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Heterochromia in the Spotlight: 15 Famous People with Different Colored Eyes

In the world, we have many famous people with different uniqueness. Many of them are known for their talent, others for their good looks but in this article, we are looking at famous people with unique eyes; having different colored eyes.

Heterochromia is the condition of people having different colors of eyes. It can be inherited, or caused by injury, or diseases. One can either have sectoral iridium where one鈥檚 part of the eye has a different color from the other half or complete where one iris has a different color from the other. Here are 15 famous people with different coloured eyes;

1. Catherine Anne Bosworth

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Catherine is a well-known American actress. She was  featured in several films such as Wonderland in 2003, Remember the Titans in 2000, Blue Crush in 2002, Superman Returns in 2006, and The Horse Whisperer in 1998

She was born with heterochromia iridum, a condition in which someone has different colored eyes. Catherine has a blue left eye and a hazel right eye. However, many people never notice it since many of her directors make her wear-colored lenses while filming to match the eye鈥檚 color.

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2. Alice Eve

Alice Eve is one of the famous people who have Heterochromia. She has one blue eye and a green eye. She is a British actress born in London, a daughter to actor Trevor Eve and Actress Sharon Maughan.

She is a famous actress had has starred in several films such as Stage Beauty in 2004, Starter for 10 in 2006, Big Nothing in 2006, She’s Out of My League in 2010, The Decoy Bride in 2011, The Raven in 2012, and Decoding Annie Parker in 2012 among others

3. Max Scherzer

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When we talk of famous people with different colored eyes then Maxwell Scherzer is one of them, he has a blue and brown eyes. He is an American professional baseball pitcher as well as a member of the New York Mets, a Major League Baseball had has worked with the team from 2022 to date. Other teams he worked for include  Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, and Washington Nationals.

4. Elizabeth Berkley

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Elizabeth Berkley is a well-known American actress. She was born and raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S. Daughter of Fred Berkley, a lawyer and a gift-basket business owner, Jere. She has been active in the field of acting from 1986 to date. Elizabeth is one of the celebrities with heterochromia, her left eye is all green while her right eye is half green and half brown.

It is interesting to note the actress is married to artist and actor Greg Lauren. The couple married back on  November 1, 2003, at the Esperanza Hotel in Cabo San Lucas. After their marriage, Elizabeth changed her name to Elizabeth Berkley Lauren. In July 2012, the couple welcomed their first child.

5. Mila Kunis

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Mila Kunis is an American actress. She began acting at a young age, when she was only 14 years, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series known as 鈥楾hat 鈥�70s Show鈥� from 1998 to 2006. When Mila played the Rachel role in the romantic comedy known as鈥� Forgetting Sarah鈥� in 2008, it was her breakthrough, she became popular and won many other roles.

Her eyes acquired different colors (heterochromia) after suffering a bad eye injury that left her blind at one year at young age, however, Mila went for eye surgery and she is no longer blind but the difference in eye color has lasted.  Mila鈥檚 left eye is green and her right eye is brown.

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6. Josh Henderson

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Josh Henderson is an American model, singer, and actor. He became popularly known after starring on 鈥楾he WB鈥� singing competition show, Popstars 2. Apart from his singing career, Josh appeared in several films such as Broken Bridges in 2006, Rushlights in 2013, Swelter in 2014 and  April Fool鈥檚 Day in 2008 among others.

He has heterochromia and if you are not keen enough you may not notice since they are in light range, one of his eye is light green while the other is medium blue.

7. Michael Flatley

Flatley is known as an Irish-American dancer. He was the son of Michael James Flatley and Elisabeth Flatley. His mother, Elisabeth was a gifted step dancer from Country Carlow. Michael became popularly known for performing in several Irish dance shows such as 鈥楥eltic Tiger Live鈥�, 鈥楲ord of the Dance鈥�, 鈥楩eet of Flames鈥�, and 鈥楻iverdance.鈥�

Flatley is among the famous people known to have heterochromia. Due to heterochromia, he has different colored eyes. One of his eyes was brown flecks while the other one was blue.

8. Dan Aykroyd

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Dan Aykroyd is a Canadian actor, comedian, Screenwriter, producer, and Musician. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada the son of a civil engineer, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, and Lorraine H茅l猫ne. Dan was born with complete heterochromia one of his eyes is blue and the other one is green.

Dan married actress Donna Dixon in 1983, which is interesting since they work in the same field. The couple met on the set of 鈥楧octor Detroit鈥� film directed by Michael Pressman. They have been blessed with three children together. However, in April 2022 they announced that they will be separating but will remain legally married.

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9. Simon Pegg

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Simon Pegg is a famous English actor-comedian and screenwriter. Pegg has sectorial heterochromia iridium such that one side of his right eye has a different color to the other half. Simon鈥檚 eyes are mostly blue-grey, however, in his right eye he has a unique flash of brown.

Throughout Pegg’s career he has won many awards and nomination including British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Award in 1999, Empire Award for Best Actor in 2007,Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay in 2004  and Saturn Award for Best Actor in 2013 among others.

10. Benedict Cumberbatch

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Benedict Cumberbatch is an English actor famously known for his work on stage and screen. He went to the Victoria University of Manchester where he studied drama. He graduated with a Master of Arts in classical acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Before making his West End theater, in 2005, he was acting in Shakespearean theatre productions.

Among the famous people with heterochromia iridis, Benedict is one of them. He has sectoral heterochromia; his eyes have two different colors and they change from green to blue depending on the light.

11. Kiefer Sutherland

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Kiefer Sutherland is a well-known actor who has starred in many notable films of all time such as  Stand by Me in 1986, Melancholia  in 2011, A Few Good Men in 1992, and The Lost Boys  in 1987 among others.

He has unique eyes since he has sectoral heterochromia, both of his eyes have 2 different colors in one eye, a mix of green and blue. The colors in his eyes add more beauty to him.

12. Jane Seymour

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Jane Seymour has been a successful English actress who won several leading roles in television series and films. Due to her amazing work, she has won several awards such as Saturn Award, Golden Globe, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe Award among others.

 Apart from her acting skills, Jane鈥檚 looks have helped her steal scenes in everything she acted in, especially her colored eyes. Seymour has heterochromia iridis and her eyes have different colored eyes.  One of her eyes is green and the other brown, and this is one of her characteristics which has made her admired by many.

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13. Colleen Moore

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Colleen Moore is one of the most famous remembered American film actresses. Her career in acting began during the silent film era. Moore was one of the highly paid actresses and fashionable stars during that time.

Moore had heterochromia and one eye was brown and the other one blue. Her colored eyes were visible even in her black-and-white portraits of her taken during her era.

14. Dominic Sherwood

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When we talk of famous people with Heterochromia then actor Dominic Sherwood is one of them. One eye is blue while the other is Half blue-half brown. Initially, he hated his eye with half blue-half brown but later he proved that he had accepted himself for who he is when he tweeted a message to one child who was bullied for his eye in April 2018. He wrote, 鈥榊our eyes are beyond beautiful.鈥� 鈥淚t took me a long time to realise that about mine.鈥�

Some of the film he has starred in include Not Fade Away in 2012, Billionaire Ransom in 2016, Vampire Academy in 2014, and Don’t Sleep in 2017 among others.

15. Bill Pullman

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The American actor, Bill Pullman has appeared in several TV films such as Cagney & Lacey in 1986, Home Fires Burning in 1989, Torchwood: Miracle Day in 2011,  Merry Christmas, George Bailey in 1997, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2008, and Halston in 2021 among others.

He has Heterochromia, and his eyes have different colors, one of the eyes looks darker since it has a brown area on the iris. If you are not keen you may not realize the different colours in his eyes at first glance.

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