Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20191/16Deepika Padukone, India
India’s highest-paid actress: Padukone’s latest film made $50 million domestically and $80 million worldwide. Here she wears a Dries Van Noten flopsy-bow top and 3.1 Phillip Lim pants.
Fashion Editor: Camilla Nickerson.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20192/16Golshifteh Farahani, Iran
Trailblazing and unrelenting, the Ibiza- and Portugal-based Farahani flouts the strict rules of her native Iran. “I’m out there . . . provoking the youth,” she says. Farahani wears an Erdem dress in Duchess Blue.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20193/16Alba Rohrwacher, Italy
Rohrwacher’s dream role? “A male part,” she says. “Like Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There or Tilda Swinton in Orlando.” Here Rohrwacher wears a draped-sleeve frock from Michael Kors Collection and Miu Miu platform sandals.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20194/16Scarlett Johansson, U.S.A.
“It feels like we’re all kind of catching up,” says Johansson of producing and acting in the post–#MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite era. She wears a silver-flecked, pieced-together top and pants by Alexander McQueen.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20195/16Eiza González, Mexico
Resisting tired tropes of Mexican characters in American cinema, González endeavors to be “a Latin woman representing Latin women.” Here she wears a Marine Serre dress with Baroque sensibilities.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20196/16Léa Seydoux, France
Don’t put Seydoux in a box. “I’d like to have no nationality and no gender,” the actress says. Seydoux wears a trim, double-breasted crimson satin coat by Prada.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20197/16Hera Hilmar, Iceland
“It matters to me still: making movies for your people with your stories, in your own language,” says Hilmar, who wears Gucci’s puffy-sleeved blouse and pink high-sheen silk Mikado skirt.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20198/16Doona Bae, South Korea
Bae says she’s “not like K-pop stars—they have no privacy. I’m an actor.” She blooms in shoes and a two-tone ensemble by Marc Jacobs.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 20199/16Angelababy, China
The Hong Kong–based model, actress, and singer has 6.9 million followers on Instagram and 98 million on the Chinese social app Weibo. She wears an ice-blue, creased-on-purpose shift dress by Calvin Klein 205W39NYC. Beauty note: Reimagine the classic cat eye. Diorshow’s waterproof On Stage Liner in Vinyl Black creates a graphic, stay-in-place shape.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 201910/16Elizabeth Debicki, Australia
“A space has opened up, and people are saying what they want,” says Debicki of the newly forthright attitude within the entertainment industry. The actress pairs a floaty Carolina Herrera top with a dreamy Marc Jacobs neckpiece.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 201911/16Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Nigeria
“I feel like she’s my baby, and it’s my responsibility, along with a lot of other performers, to grow her,” says Etomi-Wellington, of Nollywood, Nigeria’s burgeoning film industry. She wears a flowing opera coat and floral dress by Richard Quinn.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 201912/16Vanessa Kirby, U.K.
When young girls see Kirby’s performance in the soon-to-be-released Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw, she hopes they’ll walk out thinking, “Oh, I’m as capable as my brother.” The actress wears a lipstick-red Miu Miu top and skirt with a crystal-embellished belt.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 201913/16Liv Lisa Fries, Germany
When she’s not filming, Fries likes to leave Berlin. “Traveling is one of the most important things for me,” she says—“to leave the bubble you’re in.” Fries wears a gigot-sleeved dress by Valentino.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 201914/16Bruna Marquezine, Brazil
Marquezine navigated the perilous journey from child star to telenovela supernova. “I had a nice childhood. I don’t feel like I lost anything,” she says. Here she pulls off an edgy Balenciaga blouse, wrap skirt, and buckled pumps.
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 201915/16Bae (in Dolce & Gabbana), Johansson (in Marni), and Padukone (in Oscar de la Renta).
Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, April 201916/16Clockwisefrom top: Seydoux (in Louis Vuitton), Angelababy (in Dior), Debicki (in Maison Margiela), and Etomi-Wellington (in Erdem). In this story: Hair and headpieces: Julien d’Ys for Julien d’Ys; Makeup: Hannah Murray; Manicure: Anatole Rainey and Megumi Yamamoto. Tailor: Della George. Set design: Mary Howard. Produced by North Six and Day International. Special thanks to The 1896, Hook Props, and Michael George Flowers.
