text: Freckly-faced carrot tops once mocked for their distinctive hair are flourishing into flame-haired sex symbols as the redhead takes the celebrity world by storm. From Hollywood starlets and musical sex symbols to a certain member of the royal family, according to copper-locked actor Damian Lewis, his hair colour is having a moment on screens both big and small. Whether their rouge colouring is au naturel or straight out of a packet, we're loving the fiery-haired stars flying the flag for gingers everywhere. Scroll down for video . 'This might be a unique moment in recent history: redheads everywhere are doing well,' said Damian Lewis . The Wolf Hall star told The Sunday Times Magazine: 'The redhead stock is very high at the moment. 'This might be a unique moment in recent history: redheads everywhere are doing well - Prince Harry, Ed Sheeran, Julianne Moore, me, Lily Cole.' In truth, many of us have nurtured secret crushes on those with bold barnets for years, with Prince Harry transforming from a cute ginger kid  into a bone-fide hot-haired hunk before the nation's eyes. Then there's our admiration for the eternal glamour of Julianne Moore, who has been lighting up our screens with her lioness's mane since the 1990s. The 54-year-old has embraced her natural colour and hopes to help young reds to do the same. She even penned a bestselling children's book Freckleface Strawberry, about a young redhead girl finding confidence in a world full of blondes and brunettes. Prince Harry transformed from a cute ginger kid into a bona fide hot-haired hunk before the nation's eyes . Julianne Moore has embraced her natural colour and hopes to help young reds to do the same . For others, the love of red locks stormed its way into their hearts and hair salons thanks to the fiery females in Game of Thrones. Sansa Stark and Ygritte rock luminous-looking locks with porcelain skin, while auburn-haired Melisandre - aka The Red Woman - seduces would-be kings, turning them into putty in her hands. Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, is in fact a natural blonde, which is what makes her red such a vibrant shade of copper. Turner has said her dyed locks are what get her recognised, and so when she's not filming for GoT, she goes back to her natural colour. Perhaps the first moment you felt a weakness for a man with a mop of auburn curls was when Eddie Redmayne let out that adorable squeak during his Oscar performance. In truth, he's only borderline ginger, with his red hue and freckles hibernating in winter. Not that Eddie would know - he's colour blind, so can't distinguish between red and green. Eddie Redmayne is actually colour blind, so is unable to see how gorgeous his red locks are . Of course we can't talk about sexy gingers without mentioning man of the musical moment, Ed Sheeran. His tattoos may look as if they've been drawn in Crayola, but his carroty mop top and ginger stubble do nothing to quash our daydreams of being the woman in his 'Thinking Out Loud' music video. Or, even better, the woman the song is about. And this singer/songwriter has revealed he doesn't plan on changing his look anytime soon. Although the reasoning behind this is more to do with his need to cover his 'non-existent' eyebrows. 'They have no definition so I just end up looking like a big white blob,' he joked to The Express. Ed Sheeran uses his red mop to cover up his 'non-existent' eyebrows. 'They have no definition so I just end up looking like a big white blob,' he joked . Arguably, though, when it comes to rocking the red, the Irish have it, as proved by the oh-so-cute Domhnall Gleeson. Inheriting his vibrant hair colour from his actor father Harry Potter star Brendan Gleeson, Dom has exchanged his dad's brutish bushy ginger beard for a tousled mop of strawberry-blond locks. He played the leading man opposite Rachel McAdams in About Time, and while he might not be Ryan Gosling (who is?), he captured our ginger-loving hearts. Domhnall Gleeson captured our ginger-loving hearts in About Time, opposite Rachel McAdams . Christina Hendricks has recently changed her crimson colour as she says goodbye to her Mad Men character . Back to the ladies, ever since Christina Hendricks strutted onto our screens in Mad Men we've had a serious case of the green-eyed monster over her hourglass curves and sophisticated strawberry waves. (It's lucky, then, that green eyes suit red hair perfectly.) But, as she bid farewell to Joan, her Mad Men character, she also bid goodbye to her ruby-red locks, trading them for a golden blonde. She's said that it was to represent her fresh start, but we suspect it may also have something to do with her being the face of Nice N Easy hair dye... Flame-haired actress Jessica Chastain is another red dipping her toe into blonde waters, as she will transform her red hair to play perhaps the most iconic blonde of all time, 1950s bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. She'll also be following in the footsteps of Amy Adams, who temporarily swapped her amber aura for a platinum 'do to play painter Margaret Keane in Big Eyes. Another actress who reached for the dye for a role is Emma Stone, who went blonde for her role as Gwen Stacey in the Spider-Man movies. She actually claims to be a natural blonde, but we refuse to believe her as she was clearly born to be red. Jessica Chastain will transform her hair to play perhaps the most iconic blonde of all time, Marilyn Monroe . Emma Stone claims to be a natural blonde, but we refuse to believe her as she was clearly born to be red . Isla Fisher bucked the blonde beach waves trend from her home country of Australia, swapping them for loose auburn curls. The actress, who is married to Sacha  Baron Cohen (aka, Ali G), has said that she likes the fact her hair makes her look different to most, but admitted she got more attention when she lightened her locks for her role as Mary Jane in 2002's Scooby-Doo. Back in 2002, Nicola Roberts made it cool to be crimson when she was selected to be a member of Girls Aloud, a girl band created on Popstars: The Rivals. Aussie Isla Fisher swapped the blonde beach waves trend from her home country for loose auburn curls . Cheryl may have hogged the spotlight, but we've always admired Nicola's doll-with-an-attitude look; her pale skin setting off her vibrant hair perfectly. Keeping on the doll theme, Lily Cole reminds us of a red-headed rag doll we had as a child - in a good way, of course. Her pale cheeks and big blue eyes offset the model's red mane perfectly, making her stand out in a world of blondes and brunettes. Indeed, this glamorous lot go to show gingers should be proud of their out-of-the-ordinary locks. Suddenly our shade seems rather dull... excuse us, we're off to call our hairdressers.
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