One can’t help but look at Sophie Turner’s red-carpet beauty style — dotted with romantic loose waves and braided updos — and think she must have grabbed at least a little inspiration from Sansa Stark. Then again, with hair like that, she has no reason not to.
What really separates the actress’s look from her on-screen persona’s is the way she uses modern makeup to give classic styles a fresh twist. It’s a trick Turner has mastered from day one: take what looks good on you — in her case, a rosy complexion that lets her freckles shine, taupe eyeshadows, and lashes doused in mascara — and add a surprising new element, like a show-stopping matte red lip or flick of black liner.
The result is a trademark beauty look that feels authentic to Turner, but is never repetitive. See how the star has elevated a natural beauty look to one that matches her growing stardom, ahead.
2012
For one of her very first Game of Thrones red carpets — when Turner was just 15 — she looked every bit the budding teenage star, with a high pony, silver shadow, and tweezed brows. (We can relate.)Photo: Tim Whitby/Getty Images.
2013
Just one year later, the actress took the same look and made it a bit more polished. The lower ponytail had a sophisticated vibe, and the makeup was more cohesive yet still very natural-looking, thanks to glossy lips, rosy blush, filled-in brows, and golden eyeshadow, which brought out the tones in her hair to accentuate her eyes and complexion.Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images.
2014
By 2014, the pencil-thin brows were gone, and Turner was experimenting with a braided updo (a little bit of Sansa there, perhaps?) and pink lipstick — a hue she rarely wears on the red carpet.Photo: Dominique Charriau/WireImage.
2014
Turner took a few of her trademarks — long, flowing hair, golden-yellow eyeshadow — and punched them up for the carpet by adding sparkle to the eyes, pin-straight hair, and a knockout matte red lipstick.Photo: Joe Scarnici/FilmMagic.
2015
Can we talk about that hair? Waves that would make a Disney princess (and the rest of us) jealous.Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images.
2015
What a difference a change in hair part makes. Here, Turner traded her signature deep part for one cut right down the center, giving her once-romantic hair an edgier effect.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.
2016
Barely-there waves pulled to the side, ultra-light lipstick, and jet-black mascara all make for signature Sophie style. But it’s the use of greige eyeshadow at the center of the lids that highlighted her metallic dress and pulled the look together.Photo: Lester Cohen/WireImage.
2016
Monochromatic makeup offset by aubergine shadow and a halo braid straight outta Thrones made for an unexpected — and super romantic — look on the star.Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images.
2016
Just when we were beginning to think monochromatic makeup and lob haircuts were played out, the actress turned up in this twist on the on-trend pairing, thanks to a few extra coats of eyeshadow and a faux lob created with braid that started at the base of the neck.Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images.
2017
How long do you think it takes Turner to hit pan on her go-to eyeshadow that’s slightly darker than her skin tone? Not that we’re complaining — her signature look just works, especially when paired with a matte crimson lipstick and flowing waves.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.
2017
This was the first time we’d seen Turner with a graphic cat eye, and certainly not the last. Alongside “no-makeup” makeup and her signature S-waves, the look was more than premiere-worthy.Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic.
2018
This look offers everything we love to expect from Turner on a red carpet: dark waterline eyeliner, pink shadow, and a freckle-revealing complexion. But the surprising twist in this style is a big one: Turner’s signature long hair was reframed as a mid-length haircut.Photo: Lars Niki/Getty Images.
2019
For the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscars party, the star gave flat-ironed ’90s hair an update, thanks to curled-under ends.Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage.
Turner said goodbye to her tenure on Game of Thrones with this dramatic smoky eye at the show’s final premiere in New York. Photo: Mike Coppola/FilmMagic.
This past June, the actress reprised her role as Jean Grey in Dark Phoenix, and schooled us all in French-girl beauty while on a European press tour.Photo: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images.
For her first red carpet appearance of the year, Turner went full-on Barbie with her blonde hair teased in sexy, voluminous waves and pale-pink makeup to match.Photo: Amy Sussman/WireImage.
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