FEMALE ACTORS TATTOO INDEX - J

The surge of interest in tattoos and body art among women in mainstream popular culture during the modern era can be traced, in part, directly back to the the 1990's when a number of high profile female celebrities in the arts displayed their tattoos without compunction.

Lyle Tuttle's tattooing of Janis Joplin at the dawn of the era of feminism was a watershed event for tattoos and women. From the late sixties on, increasing numbers of women claimed ownership of their bodies and expressed a newfound independence by seeking out and getting a tattoo. If Janis Joplin was an early inspiration to women, Cher could be said to have picked up the torch.

Cher crossed over the boundaries of popular music, fashion, television and film and was a superstar in every field during the seventies and eighties. Her influence can be seen in the first supermodels that got tattoos, Stephanie Seymour, Christie Turlington and Carrie Otis, pop stars like Britney Spears, Beyonce and Christina Aguilera sporting body art and actors like Angelina Jolie, Alyssa Milano and Drew Barrymore that had tattoos very early on.

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