Angelina Jolie
Love Is All There Is (1996) Jolie was 20 years old when she made her R-rated film debut in the 1996 romantic comedy Love Is All There Is. The movie is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet while having the Bronx as the setting. The film was not that good, but Jolie stood out among the cast of unknown actors.
This modern retelling of the William Shakespeare classic was filmed at the Greentree Country Club in New York and in City Island, Bronx, New York. Jolie has been in the limelight due to her widely publicized split with famous actor Brad Pitt. She has received an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. She has also been one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood today.
Reese Witherspoon
S.F.W. (1994) Reese appeared in her first R-rated film back in 1994 in the comedy-drama film S.F.W. This forgettable film has a current score of 12 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, which makes it something the famous actress would want to forget. She stars with Stephen Dorff, whom she falls for in the film while they were being held hostage. The hostage crisis ends in violence, and this is where the characters of Dorff and Witherspoon bond together as they navigate through the path of having celebrity status after the hostage crisis was caught on camera.
Reese has won an Academy Award and is now a producer and an entrepreneur as well. She began her film career in 1991 as a teenager with her film debut in the movie The Man in the Moon, which got her a nomination for Young Artist Award. She eventually got her break when she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the black comedy Election in 1999.
Anne Hathaway
Havoc (2005) Anne started out with an image of being wholesome with her roles in Princess Diaries and Ella Enchanted. This image was quickly discarded when she appeared in the critically acclaimed film Havoc in 2005. Anne plays the role of Allison, who has several nude scenes and talks using profanity as her character ventures deeper into the crime world with gang members and dealers as their sphere of influence.
Anne was one of the world’s highest-paid actresses in 2015 and has garnered multiple awards, which include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy, and a British Academy Film Award.
Winona Ryder
1969 (1988) Ryder appeared in her first R-rated film in the coming-of-age indie film 1969. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. and Kiefer Sutherland as two friends trying their best to avoid the Vietnam War. Ryder plays Downey’s sister, and Kiefer falls in love with her.
Ryder is now a film producer, aside from being an actress. She has received a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She made her film debut in Lucas in 1986, then came into the limelight for her supporting role in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice in 1998. She became popular for starring roles in films like Heathers, Mermaids, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Edward Scissorhands.
Johnny Depp
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Before he became Jack Sparrow and sailed the seven seas aboard the Black Pearl, Depp made his first R-rated film in the horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. He got the part when his friend Nicolas Cage pushed him to act and sent him to his agent. Depp heeded Cage’s advice and auditioned for the part in Nightmare. Director Wes Craven was the one who hired him on the spot.
Depp is an actor, musician, and producer. He has been nominated for ten Golden Globe Awards and won one for Best Actor for the film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2008. He has also been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Actor. He gained popularity on the 80s tv series 21 Jumpstreet. He is the third highest-grossing actor globally, with films grossing over $10 billion worldwide.