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Can I ask, which famous person do you get told you look like?

388 replies

FishingIsNotASport · 07/08/2018 13:18

Some friends were over at the weekend. Their kids love Mrs Doubtfire and had watched it again recently. They told me how much I look like the mum character in the film, Sally Field . My son-in-law then piped up and said "Yeah I thought that too when I first met you". I can't see it myself but it could have been worse (thank the lord they didn't think I look like Robin Williams in drag!).

Can I ask who you get told you look like and whether you're happy with the comparison?

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AnneWiddecombesHandbag · 07/08/2018 15:03

Kelly Brook. We are the same height and everything. I've been asked for autographs and even a photo once!! Slightly embarrassing as I'm pretty shy.

delphguelph · 07/08/2018 15:04

I am gorgeous - when I'm 9 stone and looking like Meryl.

When I'm 14 stone I look like Mrs. Patmore.

Curious, really.

slovenlys · 07/08/2018 15:05

Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johannsen

Chuffed Grin

Itchytights · 07/08/2018 15:05

Anna Friel

Can’t see it myself

Confused
CountFosco · 07/08/2018 15:06

DH is often told he looks like Brian Cox. Without the weird lips thankfully. I have never been told I look like a celebrity at all! I think people who look like me don't become celebrities Grin.

YaLoVeras · 07/08/2018 15:06

@romanyroots, she play alicia florrick's mother and she looked good I thought! Well preserved.

DeliaSmythe · 07/08/2018 15:07

I'm repeatedly told I look like Anne Hathaway . I can see a resemblance but it's much like when you see a celeb's less attractive, heavier sibling Grin

Cismyass · 07/08/2018 15:08

Emma Willis the other day. I was very happy!

Longdistance · 07/08/2018 15:08

In my 20’s I used to get told I looked like Julia Roberts in Mystic pizza. Nothing now 20 years down the line, and 4 stones heavier Blush

YaLoVeras · 07/08/2018 15:09

Remember that ad for Smirnoff vodka when you saw ordinary looking versions of gorgeous people through the glass in the vodka bottle? It was set on a plane.

schnubbins · 07/08/2018 15:12

Debra Winger all the time.Especially around the time "Terms of Endearment ' came out .I do actually look like her though.

violeticecream · 07/08/2018 15:18

When I was younger I used to get told I looked like sinead O'Connor.

Secretsquirrel101 · 07/08/2018 15:21

A brunette Rosamund Pike, which I can't really complain at!

TalkUsernameYoudLike · 07/08/2018 15:23

A mix of Susannah Constantine(Trinny & Susannah) and Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle - Emmerdale) Hmm

Effendi · 07/08/2018 15:23

Helen Mirren now, Shirley Maclean when I was younger. I'm only 49 so not sure how to feel about either of them.

DeltaG · 07/08/2018 15:28

Children say I look like Elsa from Frozen, but that's only because I sometimes wear my (long, blonde) hair in a side braid.

From adults, I have had the mermaid from Splash (Darryl Hannah when she was young). The film was a bit before my time, so I had to look her up. I've also had Asdis Ran (some Icelandic woman) - again I'd never heard of her and had to look her up. So not really that famous then after all! Confused

HesterShaw1 · 07/08/2018 15:28

Depending on my hair and beard situation I get told I look like Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Day Lewis

Are you single? They are the two actors in the world I have spent the most amount of dreamy thoughts on.

SugarIsAmazing · 07/08/2018 15:31

Princess Fiona from Shrek

TheDarkPassenger · 07/08/2018 15:32

Zooey deschanel

I don’t really get it but I think it’s cos my style is quite similar to hers.. but I’m much darker than she is!

DrPeppersPhD · 07/08/2018 15:34

There was a boy in my class who looked like the guy who plays Nick in Grimm.

JovialNickname · 07/08/2018 15:34

Zara Tindall

hellsbellsmelons · 07/08/2018 15:36

Jodie Foster!
Not so much now but I used to get asked for my autograph when younger.

MonsterRehab23 · 07/08/2018 15:36

I got told recently I look like the actress who plays Ana in 50 shades. Don’t see it myself though. When DS was younger he thought I looked like Taylor Swift, I wish Grin

whopureedmypeas · 07/08/2018 15:41

I get asked if I'm Tanya from Eastenders a lot!

RoseWhiteTips · 07/08/2018 15:43

I would like to look like this.
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I do have a swept to the side fringe but my hair is shoulder length. Someone I once liked a lot liked this image which I used as an avatar. That pleased me. I miss him.