The resemblance is UNCANNY.
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Halle Berry played Old Hollywood icon Dorothy Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.
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Dandridge was the first Black woman to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
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Jennifer Lopez played Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the “Queen of Tejano Music,” in Selena.
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Felicity Jones played Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex.
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Ginsburg was the second woman to serve as part of the US Supreme Court.
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Angelina Jolie played Gia Carangi, the first supermodel, in Gia.
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Carangi was also one of the first openly gay models.
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Taraji P. Henson played Katherine Johnson, an important NASA mathematician during the Space Race, in Hidden Figures.
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Her work helped the US send astronauts into space.
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Rosamund Pike played journalist Marie Colvin in A Private War.
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Salma Hayek played artist Frida Kahlo in Frida.
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Kahlo, one of Mexico’s greatest artists, became famous for her deeply personal paintings.
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Queen Latifah played Bessie Smith, “The Empress of Blues,” in Bessie.
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Smith was the music industry’s first Black superstar.
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Hailie Sahar will play Sir Lady Java in an upcoming biopic.
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Java is a performer and trans rights activist who won a discrimination case against the LAPD in the California Supreme Court in the ’60s.
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Angela Bassett played Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do with It.
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Meryl Streep played chef Julia Child in Julie & Julia.
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She helped introduce French cooking to American audiences through her TV show.
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Andra Day played Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
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The jazz icon’s unique vocal style helped change the conventions of modern singing.
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Sissy Spacek played country legend Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter.
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In 1972, Lynn become the first woman named the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year.
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Kristen Stewart will play Princess Diana in Spencer.
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Michelle Williams played Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn.
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Monroe overcame a difficult early life to become one of Hollywood’s biggest icons.
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Madina Nalwanga played chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi in Queen of Katwe.
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Lynn Whitfield played Josephine Baker in The Josephine Baker Story.
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Baker was an activist and World War II spy as well as an incredibly successful performer.
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AnnaSophia Robb played Bethany Hamilton in Soul Surfer.
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Cynthia Erivo played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet.
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Judi Dench played novelist Iris Murdoch in Iris.
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And finally, Barbra Streisand played comedian and actor Fanny Brice in Funny Girl.
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