Lily James IS Pamela Anderson At This Point, And 17 Other Actors Who Look Like The Famous People They Portray In TV Shows

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Courtney B. Vance morphed into Johnnie Cochran in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

Here's what Julia Garner looked like as Anna "Delvey" Sorokin in Inventing Anna (2022):

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Here's what the real Anna "Delvey" Sorokin looked like in the late 2010s:

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Julia Garner vs. Anna "Delvey" Sorokin:

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Here's what Penélope Cruz looked like as Donatella Versace in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018):

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Here's what the real Donatella Versace looked like in the early '90s:

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Penélope Cruz vs. Donatella Versace:

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Here's what Viola Davis looks like as Michelle Obama in the upcoming miniseries The First Lady (2022):

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Here's what the real Michelle Obama looked like in the late 2000s:

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Viola Davis vs. Michelle Obama:

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Here's what Emma Corrin looked like as Princess Diana in Season 4 of The Crown (2020):

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Here's what the real Princess Diana looked like in the early '80s:

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Emma Corrin vs. Princess Diana:

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Here's what Courtney B. Vance looked like as Johnnie Cochran in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016):

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Here's what the real Johnnie Cochran looked like in the mid-'90s:

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Courtney B. Vance vs. Johnnie Cochran:

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Here's what Ewan McGregor looked like as Halston in Halston (2021):

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Here's what the real Halston looked like in the late '70s:

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Ewan McGregor vs. Halston:

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Here's what Uzo Aduba looked like as Shirley Chisholm in Mrs. America (2020):

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Here's what the real Shirley Chisholm looked like in the early '70s:

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Uzo Aduba vs. Shirley Chisholm:

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Here's what Susan Sarandon looked like as Bette Davis in her role for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in Feud: Bette and Joan (2017):

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Here's what the real Bette Davis looked like in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in the early '60s:

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Susan Sarandon vs. Bette Davis:

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Here's what Rose Byrne looked like as Gloria Steinem in Mrs. America (2020):

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Here's what the real Gloria Steinem looked like in the early '70s:

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Rose Byrne vs. Gloria Steinem:

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Here's what Christian Serratos looked like as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in Selena: The Series (2020–2021):

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Here's what the real Selena Quintanilla-Pérez looked like in the early '90s:

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Christian Serratos vs. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez:

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Here's what Elle Fanning looks like as Michelle Carter in the upcoming miniseries The Girl from Plainville (2022):

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Here's what the real Michelle Carter looked like in the late 2010s:

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Elle Fanning vs. Michelle Carter:

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Here's what Lin-Manuel Miranda looked like as Roy Scheider in his role for All That Jazz in Fosse/Verdon (2019):

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Here's what the real Roy Scheider looked like in All That Jazz in the late '70s:

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Lin-Manuel Miranda vs. Roy Scheider:

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Here's what Sterling K. Brown looked like as Christopher Darden in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016):

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Here's what the real Christopher Darden looked like in the mid-'90s:

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Sterling K. Brown vs. Christopher Darden:

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Here's what Michelle Krusiec looked like as Anna May Wong in Hollywood (2020):

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Here's what the real Anna May Wong looked like in the late '20s:

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Michelle Krusiec vs. Anna May Wong:

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Here's what Sarah Paulson looked like as Marcia Clark in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016):

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Here's what the real Marcia Clark looked like in the mid-'90s:

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Sarah Paulson vs. Marcia Clark:

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Here's what Sam Rockwell looked like as Bob Fosse in Fosse/Verdon (2019):

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Here's what the real Bob Fosse looked like in the early '70s:

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Sam Rockwell vs. Bob Fosse:

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Here's what Jharrel Jerome looked like as Korey Wise in When They See Us (2019):

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Here's what the real Korey Wise looked like in the late '80s:

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Jharrel Jerome vs. Korey Wise:

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And here's what Lily James looked like as Pamela Anderson in Pam & Tommy (2022):

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Here's what the real Pamela Anderson looked like in the late '90s:

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Lily James vs. Pamela Anderson:

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