The Unfolding Drama: A Cover-by-Cover History of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue, 1995–2024
1995
From left: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Patricia Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julianne Moore, Angela Bassett, and Sandra Bullock.
1996
From left: Tim Roth, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, David Arquette, Will Smith, and Skeet Ulrich.
1997
From left: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Renée Zellweger, Minnie Driver (reclining), Alison Elliott, Jada Pinkett, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, and Fairuza Balk.
1998
From left: Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Natalie Portman, Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Claire Forlani, Gretchen Mol, Christina Ricci, Edward Furlong, and Rufus Sewell.
1999
From left: Adrien Brody, Thandie Newton, Monica Potter, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Stiles, Leelee Sobieski, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Polley, Norman Reedus, Anna Friel, Omar Epps, Kate Hudson, Vinessa Shaw, and Barry Pepper.
2000
From left: Penélope Cruz, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Marley Shelton, Chris Klein, Selma Blair, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Sarah Wynter.
2001
From left: Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve, Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Vanessa Redgrave, Chloë Sevigny, Sophia Loren, and Penélope Cruz.
2002
From left: Kirsten Dunst, Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Connelly, Rachel Weisz, Brittany Murphy, Selma Blair, Rosario Dawson, Christina Applegate, and Naomi Watts.
2003
From left: Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Ewan McGregor, and Matt Damon.
2004
From left: Julianne Moore, Jennifer Connelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Aniston, Kirsten Dunst, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Hilary Swank, Alison Lohman, Scarlett Johansson, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
2005
From left: Uma Thurman, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Scarlett Johansson, Rosario Dawson, Ziyi Zhang, Kerry Washington, Kate Bosworth, and Sienna Miller.
2006
From left: Scarlett Johansson, Tom Ford, and Keira Knightley.
2007
From left: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Chris Rock, and Jack Black.
2008
From left: Emily Blunt, Amy Adams, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Alice Braga, Ellen Page, Zoë Saldana, Elizabeth Banks, Ginnifer Goodwin, and America Ferrera.
2010
From left: Abbie Cornish, Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Hall, Mia Wasikowska, Emma Stone, Evan Rachel Wood, and Anna Kendrick.
2011
From left: Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Jennifer Lawrence, Anthony Mackie, Olivia Wilde, Jesse Eisenberg, Mila Kunis, Robert Duvall, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Garrett Hedlund, and Noomi Rapace.
2012
From left: Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, and Brit Marling.
2013
From left: Ben Affleck, Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Eddie Redmayne, Quvenzhané Wallis, Olivia Wilde, and Kerry Washington.
2014
From left: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts, Idris Elba, George Clooney, Michael B. Jordan, Jared Leto, Lupita Nyong'o, Naomi Harris, Brie Larson, Chadwick Boseman, Margot Robbie, and Léa Seydoux.
2015
From left: Amy Adams, Channing Tatum, Reese Witherspoon, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sienna Miller, Oscar Isaac, and Miles Teller.
Photograph by Annie Leibovitz; Styled by Jessica Diehl.2016
From left: Jane Fonda, Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, Brie Larson, Rachel Weisz, Lupita Nyong'o, ALicia Vikander, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronan, Diane Keaton
2017
From left: Emma Stone, Lupita Nyong’o, Amy Adams, Natalie Portman, Ruth Negga, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Aja Naomi King, Dakota Johnson, Greta Gerwig, and Janelle Monáe. See the all women 2017 Hollywood cover here.
Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.2018
From left: Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hanks, Michael B. Jordan, Zendaya, Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Claire Foy, Harrison Ford, Gal Gadot, Graydon Carter, and Robert De Niro. View the 2018 Hollywood Cover: One Momentous Year here.
Photograph by Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki.2019
From left: Chadwick Boseman, Saorsie Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Nicholas Hoult, Yalitza Aparicio, Rami Malek, Regina King, John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki, Tessa Thompson, and Henry Golding. See the Moving Pictures here.
2020
From left: Eddie Murphy, Renée Zellweger, and Jennifer Lopez. See the 2020 cover here.
2021
From left: Michael B. Jordan, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Sacha Baron Cohen, Spike Lee, Maya Rudolph, LaKeith Stanfield, Awkwafina, Michaela Coel, and Dan Levy. See the 2021 cover here.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND PIERPAOLO FERRARI; STYLED BY KATIE GRAND.2022
Clockwise from top left: Andrew Garfield, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simu Liu, Penélope Cruz, Idris Elba, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Kristen Stewart, and Nicole Kidman. See the 2022 cover here.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVEN KLEIN; STYLED BY PATTI WILSON.2023
From left: Selena Gomez, Jonathan Majors, Austin Butler, Ana de Armas, Florence Pugh, Keke Palmer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Julia Garner, Regé-Jean Page, Emma Corrin, Hoyeon, and Jeremy Allen White. See the 2023 cover here.
Photograph by Gordon von Steiner; styled by George Cortina.2024
From left: Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Jodie Comer, Lily Gladstone, Greta Lee, Charles Melton, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan. See the 2024 cover here.
