1. Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy. Roadside Attractions / courtesy Everett Collection / Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
2. Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci . MGM / courtesy Everett Collection / AP Photo/Luca Bruno
3. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X . Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection/Bettmann / Getty Images
4. Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI in The Two Popes . Peter Mountain / Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection / Maurix / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
5. Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac Shakur in All Eyez on Me . Quantrell Colbert / Lionsgate /Courtesy Everett Collection/Raymond Boyd / Getty Images
6. Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in Amelia . Ken Woroner / Fox Searchlight / courtesy Everett Collection/Bettmann / Getty Images
7. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady . Alex Bailey / Weinstein Company / courtesy Everett Collection/ Jean GUICHARD/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
8. And Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie & Julia . Jonathan Wenk / Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
9. André 3000 as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is by My Side. Patrick Redmond / Open Road Films / courtesy Everett Collection/David Redfern/Redferns / Getty Images
10. Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody . Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp / Courtesy Everett Collection/Pete Still/Redferns / Getty Images
11. Emma Stone as Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes . Fox Searchlight Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection/Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images
12. Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly in Bombshell . Hilary Bronwyn Gayle / Lionsgate / courtesy Everett Collection/Noam Galai / WireImage
13. Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in The Runaways . Apparition / Courtesy Everett Collection/Brad Elterman / Getty Images
14. Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon . MGM / Courtesy Everett Collection/Herb Ball / NBCU Photo Bank
15. Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo in Frida . Miramax Films / courtesy Everett Collection/Bettmann / Getty Images
16. Jennifer Lopez as Selena in Selena . Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection/ Arlene Richie / Getty Images
17. Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn . Laurence Cendrowicz / The Weinstein Company / courtesy Everett Collection/Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
18. Rose Bryne as Gloria Steinem in Mrs. America . Sabrina Lantos / FX / courtesy Everett Collection/Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
19. Taron Egerton as Elton John in Rocketman . David Appleby / Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection/Anwar Hussein / Getty Images
20. Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin . TriStar Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection/Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images
21. Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan in I'm Not There . Weinstein Company / Courtesy Everett Collection/Fiona Adams/Redferns / Getty Images
22. Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It . Buena Vista / courtesy Everett Collection/Armando Gallo / Getty Images
23. Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood . Lacey Terrell / TriStar Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection/Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images
24. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in Capote . Sony Pictures Classics / courtesy Everett Collection/John Downing/Express / Getty Images
25. Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in Vice. Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection/Carley Margolis / FilmMagic / Getty Images
26. Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story . Ray Mickshaw / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection/POO/AFP via Getty Images
27. Bill Hader as Andy Warhol in Men in Black 3 . Sony Pictures Releasing / Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images / Via youtube.com 28. Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours . Paramount / courtesy Everett Collection/Culture Club / Getty Images
29. Steve Carell as John du Pont in Foxcatcher . Scott Garfield / Sony Pictures Classics/Courtesy Everett Collection/TOM MIHALEK/AFP via Getty Images
30. Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in Jobs . Glen Wilson / Open Road Films/Courtesy Everett Collection/Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS/VCG via Getty Images
31. Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix as June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash in Walk the Line . 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved / ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
32. Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in Invictus . Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection/Media24/Gallo Images / Getty Images
33. Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel in Coco Before Chanel . Chantal Thomine-Desmazures / Sony Classics/Courtesy Everett Collection/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images
34. Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln . 20thCentFox / Courtesy Everett Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images
35. Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen . Miramax / courtesy Everett Collection/Samir Hussein / WireImage / Getty Images
36. And finally, Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors . TriStar Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection/Chris Walter / WireImage / Getty Images
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