46 Movies That Did A Bonkers Good Job Of Making Their Stars Look Like The Famous People They Were Playing

1.Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde:

Ana smiling in her blonde wig
Matt Kennedy / Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Marilyn Monroe:

close up of marilyn smiling
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

ana and marilyn
Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

2.Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Elvis:

closeup of austin
Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection

The real Elvis:

close up of elvis
Archive Photos / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two with the same hair and open shirt
Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection / Liaison / Getty Images

3.Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story:

daniel in a hawaiin shirt, glasses and curly hair
The Roku Channel

The real Weird Al Yankovic:

weird al in a colorful shirt, glasses and curly hair
George Rose / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two

4.Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci in House of Gucci:

jared in a plaid three-piece suit with a balding head
Fabio Lovino / MGM / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Paolo Gucci:

paulo in a pinstripe suit
Dick Loek / Toronto Star via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two
Fabio Lovino / MGM / courtesy Everett Collection / Terry Fincher / Getty Images

5.Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani:

lady gaga with dark hair smoking a cigarette
MGM / courtesy Everett Collection

The real Patrizia Reggiani:

Patricia with dark hair leaving a courtroom
AP Photo/File,Luca Bruno

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two with the same hair

Obviously Patrizia is older, but their face shapes, eye and eyebrow placement, and their noses are super similar!

MGM / courtesy Everett Collection / AP Photo/Luca Bruno

6.Elle Fanning as Michelle Carter in The Girl from Plainville:

closeup of elle
Hulu

The real Michelle Carter:

michelle in court
FAITH NINIVAGGI/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two with the same style of hair, cut just at the shoulders
Steve Dietl / Hulu / Courtesy Everett Collection / FAITH NINIVAGGI/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

7.Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock:

anthony in a suit
Suzanne Tenner/Fox Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Alfred Hitchcock:

closeup of alfred
Hulton Archive / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two with balding heads and wearing a suit
Bettmann Archive / Getty Images / Fox Searchlight / Courtesy Everett Collection

8.Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh in Hitchcock:

scarlett with short hair
Suzanne Tenner/Fox Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Janet Leigh:

closeup of janet
Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two in the same short hair style and dress
Suzanne Tenner/Fox Searchlight Pictures / Paramount Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection

9.Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers:

Geoffrey in a trench coat and buckethat
HBO

The real Peter Sellers:

peter in a trench coat and bucket hat pointing a gun at the camera
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two with the same mustache and coat
HBO / United Artists

10.Chloe Webb as Nancy Spungen in Sid and Nancy:

chloe smoking a cigarette in short platinum hair and large necklace
Samuel Goldwyn / courtesy Everett Collection

The real Nancy Spungen:

nancy with short platinum hair and dark makeup
Kerstin Rodgers/Redferns via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two with the same hair and dark makeup
Samuel Goldwyn / Everett Collection / Watal Asanuma / Shinko Music / Getty Images

11.Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy:

gary playing the guitar shirtless on stage
Samuel Goldwyn Films/Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Sid Vicious:

closeup of Sid playing guitar shirtless
Richard E. Aaron / Redferns via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two with the same messy spiky hair
Daily Express / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Samuel Goldwyn/ Everett Collection

12.Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush in Vice:

sam with his leg on a desk wearing a suit
Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection

The real George W. Bush:

bush at a campaign in a suit
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two with the same greying hair
Doug Mills / Pool /AFP via Getty Images / Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures / Everett Collection

13.Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in Vice:

christian in a suit and small wire-rimmed glasses

The real Dick Cheney:

closeup of Dick with white hair and small wire glasses
William Thomas Cain / Getty Images

Them side-by-side:

closeup of the two looking the same
Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures / Everett Collection / Gary Dunkin / MCT / Tribune News Service via Getty Images

14.Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour:

gary wearing thinking circular glasses and a suit and bowtie

The real Winston Churchill:

closeup of winston in his glasses
Central Press/Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Here they are side-by-side:

the two looking the same in their glasses
Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection / Keystone / Getty Images

15.Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos:

Nicole in a button-up dress and hair in an updo
Glen Wilson /Amazon Studios / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Lucille Ball:

closeup of Lucille in with her hair curled in an updo
Archive Photos / Getty Images

Here they are side-by-side:

closeup of the two
Silver Screen Collection / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Amazon Studios / Everett Collection

16.Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon:

closeup of jim
Universal Pictures/ Courtesy: Everett Collection

The real Andy Kaufman:

closeup of andy with curly hair
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two wearing similar pinstrip blazers and hair parted to the side
Universal Pictures/ Courtesy: Everett Collection / American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images

17.Lily James as Pamela Anderson in Pam & Tommy:

Lily in a one piece lifeguard swim suit
Erica Parise / Hulu / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Pamela Anderson:

pamela in her one piece lifeguard swim suit
Pearson All-American Television / Courtesy: Everett Collection

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two with the same messy blonde updo
Stephane Cardinale / Sygma via Getty Images / Erin Simkin / Hulu / Courtesy Everett Collection

18.Jennifer Lopez as Selena in Selena:

close up of jennifer as selena
Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Selena Quintanilla:

selena with lipstick and hair pulled back
Arlene Richie / Getty Images

Here they are side-by-side:

close up of the two singing

19.Tina Fey as Sarah Palin:

tina in a suit with small glasses
Dana Edelson / NBC / Courtesy: Everett Collection

The real Sarah Palin:

sarah in a suit with small glasses
Dana Edelson / NBC / Courtesy: Everett Collection

Here they are side-by-side:

both with the same hair style and glasses
Dana Edelson / NBC / Everett Collection / Ethan Miller / Getty Images

20.Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury:

rami with long curly hair
20th Century Fox

The real Freddie Mercury:

closeup of Freddie
Michael Putland / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two with the same mustache
Paul Natkin / Getty Images / Alex Bailey / 20th Century Fox./ Everett Collection

21.Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy:

renee in a floral dress with short hair singing

The real Judy Garland:

closeup of judy with short hair
Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images

22.The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two with the same hair
R. Powell / Daily Express / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Roadside Attractions / Everett Collection

Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly in Bombshell:

Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly

The real Megyn Kelly:

megyn
Nathan Congleton / NBCU Photo Bank / NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images

Here they are side-by-side:

both with the same dress and hair
Lionsgate / Frontline PBS

23.Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady:

Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher

The real Margaret Thatcher:

closeup of margaret in short hair
Bettmann / Bettmann Archive via Getty Images

Here they are side-by-side:

both with the same style of hair
Evening Standard/ Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Alex Bailey / Weinstein Company / Everett Collection

24.Alexandra Shipp as Aaliyah in Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B:

alexandra in a crop top and leather pants with long hair
Christos Kalohoridis / Lifetime/Lionsgete / courtesy Everett Collection

The real Aaliyah:

aaliyah with long dark hair
Kevin Mazur / WireImage via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

close up of the two
Christos Kalohoridis / Lifetime / Lionsgate / courtesy Everett Collection / Sal Idriss/Redferns via Getty Images

25.Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran in American Crime Story: OJ vs. the People:

courtney in a suit and glasses
Byron Cohen / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection

The real Johnnie Cochran:

johnnie in a suit and glasses
Lee Celano / WireImage via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

both wearing a suit and same glasses
Hal Garb / AFP via Getty Images / Prashant Gupta / FX / Courtesy Everett Collection

26.Julia Garner as Anna Delvey in Inventing Anna:

julia with long red hair
Nicole Rivelli / Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Anna Delvey:

ana with red hair
Dave Kotinsky / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

both wearing the same thick glasses
Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images / Nicole Rivelli / Netflix / Everett Collection

27.Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray:

jamie in a suit and dark glasses
Universal / courtesy Everett Collection

The real Ray Charles:

ray in dark glasses and suit
James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

close up of the two
Universal / courtesy Everett Collection / Tony Evans / Getty Images

28.Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X:

denzel in a suit and glasses
Warner Bros.

The real Malcolm X:

Malcolm X
Express Newspapers / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

close up of the two
Robert Elfstrom / Villon Films / Gety Images / Warner Bros / Everett Collection

29.Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors:

val singing on stage with his shirt open
Tristar Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Jim Morrison:

jim singing on stage
Andrew Maclear/Hulton Archive / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

close up of the two
Tri-Star Pictures / Everett Collection / Chris Walter / WireImage via Getty Images

30.Selma Blair as Kris Jenner on The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story:

Selma Blair as Kris Jenner
FX

The real Kris Jenner:

closeup of Kris with short dark hair
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

31.The two side-by-side:

close up of the two with the same hair style
FX / Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

32.Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn:

michelle as marilyn
Laurence Cendrowicz/The Weinstein Company / courtesy Everett Collection

The real Marilyn Monroe:

Marilyn Monroe
Baron / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two with lip stick and same hair
Laurence Cendrowicz/The Weinstein Company / courtesy Everett Collection / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

33.Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in Invictus:

Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela

Spot the difference.

Warner Bros. Pictures

The real Nelson Mandela:

nelson with a suit and grey hair
Trevor Samson / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two
Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection / Hamish Blair/Liaison via Getty Images

34.Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth in The Crown:

Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II
Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Queen Elizabeth:

Queen Elizabeth II
Larry Ellis/Daily Express / Getty Images

Here they are side-by-side:

close up of the two with the same hair
Ollie Upton / Netflix / Courtesy: Everett Collection / Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive / Getty Images

35.Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo in Frida:

Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo

The real Frida:

closeup of Frida with a unibrow and hair in braids
Susana Gonzalez / Newsmakers via Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two
Miramax / courtesy Everett Collection / Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

36.Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name:

closeup of eddie
Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection

The real Rudy Ray Moore:

Rudy with colorful circular glasses and a bucket hat
Ethan Miller / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

closeup of the two
Francois Duhamel / Netflix /Courtesy Everett Collection / Getty Images

37.Viola Davis as Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom:

closeup of viola in dark makeup
Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Ma Rainey:

closeup of ma rainey in a long dress
Donaldson Collection / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

  Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection / Donaldson Collection / Getty Images
Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection / Donaldson Collection / Getty Images

38.Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story:

Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark
Ray Mickshaw / FX / Courtesy Everett Collection

The real Marcia Clark:

marcia with short curly hair in court
Pool / AFP via Getty Images

Here's the two side-by-side:

  FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection / Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty Images
FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection / Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty Images

39.Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden on The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story:

Sterling in court with a suit and thin rimmed glasses
Ray Mickshaw / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection

The real Christopher Darden:

Christopher in court in a suit and thin glasses
Pool / Getty Images

Here's a side-by-side:

  Ray Mickshaw / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection / POO/AFP via Getty Images
Ray Mickshaw / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection / POO/AFP via Getty Images

40.Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in Jackie:

Natalie in a hat and matching two piece

The real Jackie Kennedy:

Jackie
Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

  Pablo Larrain/ Fox Searchlight /Courtesy Everett Collection Bettmann / Getty Images
Pablo Larrain/ Fox Searchlight /Courtesy Everett Collection Bettmann / Getty Images

41.Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick:

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor

The real Elizabeth Taylor:

close up of Elizabeth in dark makeup and short hair
Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images

Here's the two side-by-side:

closeup of the two
20th Century-Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection / Jack Zeman / Lifetime TV / Courtesy: Everett Collection

42.Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie & Julia:

Meryl with short curly hair

The real Julia Child:

Julia Child
Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Here are the two side-by-side:

  Jonathan Wenk/©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection / Bachrach / Getty Images
Jonathan Wenk/©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection / Bachrach / Getty Images

43.Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis in Feud:

Susan with short red hair

The real Bette Davis:

Bette Davis
Keystone / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

  FX / Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images
FX / Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images

44.Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford in Feud:

Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford

The real Joan Crawford:

close up of Joan
Hulton Archive / Getty Images

The two side-by-side:

the two with the same hair style and type of large jewelry
Avalon / Getty Images) / Byron Cohen / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection

45.Emma Corrin as Princess Diana on The Crown:

Emma in a matching suit and short hair
Des Willie / Netflix / Courtesy: Everett Collection

The real Princess Diana:

Princess Diana in a matching suit and short hair
Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images

Here they are side-by-side:

  Des Willie / Netflix / Courtesy: Everett Collection / Anwar Hussein / WireImage via Getty Images
Des Willie / Netflix / Courtesy: Everett Collection / Anwar Hussein / WireImage via Getty Images

46.And finally, Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse in Fosse/Verdon:

Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse
FX /Courtesy Everett Collection

Here's the real Bob Fosse:

closeup of Bob
Evening Standard / Getty Images

Here's a side-by-side:

closeup of the two with balding heads
Michael Parmalee / ©FX / Courtesy Everett Collection / John Downing/Daily Express/Hulton Archive / Getty Images