What Kristen Stewart looked like as Princess Diana in Spencer (2021): Neon / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Princess Diana looked like: Princess Diana Archive / Hulton Royals Collection / Getty Images
What Jim Carrey looked like as Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon (1999): Warner Bros. Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Andy Kaufman looked like: Jim Britt / Getty Images
What Halle Berry looked like as Dorothy Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999): HBO / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Dorothy Dandridge looked like: Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images
What Lily James looks like as Pamela Anderson in the upcoming series Pam & Tommy (2022): The miniseries starts streaming on Hulu on Feb. 2, 2022.
Hulu What the real Pamela Anderson looks like: Pearson All-American Television / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What Viola Davis looked like as Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020): Netflix / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Ma Rainey looked like: Donaldson Collection / Getty Images
What Philip Seymour Hoffman looked like as Truman Capote in Capote (2005): Sony Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Truman Capote looked like: John Downing / Getty Images
What Sacha Baron Cohen looked like as Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020): Netflix / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Abbie Hoffman looked like: Jack Manning / Getty Images
What Salmya Hayek looked like as Frida Kahlo in Frida (2002): Miramax / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Frida Kahlo looked like: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
What Charlize Theron looked like as Megyn Kelly in Bombshell (2019): Lionsgate / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Megyn Kelly looks like: Fox / FOX Image Collection via Getty Images
What Sterling K. Brown looked like as Christopher Darden in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) FX / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Christopher Darden looks like: Lee Celano / Getty Images
What Nicole Kidman looked like as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos (2021): The film is set to be released in theaters on Dec. 10 and Amazon Prime on Dec. 21.
Amazon Studios / Courtesy of Everett Collection What the real Lucille Ball looked like: CBS
What Marion Cotillard looked like as Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose (2007): Picturehouse / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Édith Piaf looked like: Gilles Petard / Redferns / Getty Images
What André 3000 looked like as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013): XLrator Media / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Jimi Hendrix looked like: Avalon / Getty Images
What Lady Gaga looked like as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci (2021): MGM
What the real Patrizia Reggiani looks like: Ipa/Shutterstock
What Jennifer Hudson looked like as Aretha Franklin in Respect (2021): MGM / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Aretha Franklin looked like: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
What Jamie Foxx looked like as Ray Charles in Ray (2004): Universal Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Ray Charles looked like: Rb / Redferns / Getty Images
What Cate Blanchett looked like as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004): Warner Bros. Pictures
What the real Katharine Hepburn looked like: Clarence Sinclair Bull / Getty Images
What Daniel Kaluuya looked like as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021): Warner Bros. Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Fred Hampton looked like: Chicago Tribune / Getty Images
What Jennifer Lopez looked like as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in Selena (1997): Warner Bros. Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Selena Quintanilla-Pérez looked like: Arlene Richie / Getty Images
What Taraji P. Henson looked like as Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures (2016): 20th Century Fox / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Katherine Johnson looked like: Smith Collection / Getty Images
What Christian Bale looked like as Dick Cheney in Vice (2018): Annapurna Pictures /Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Dick Cheney looks like: Lawrence Lucier / FilmMagic / Getty Images
What Leslie Odom Jr. looked like as Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami... (2020): Amazon Studios / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Sam Cooke looked like: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
What Keke Palmer looked like as Chilli in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013): VH1
What the real Chilli looks like: LaFace / Arista Records
What Ewan McGregor looked like as Halston in Halston (2021): Netflix / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Halston looked like: Rose Hartman / Getty Images
And what Denzel Washington looked like as Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992): Warner Bros. Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Malcolm X looked like: Truman Moore / Getty Images
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