ANNE AS JUDY

Those stunning big eyes, full lips and brunette waves, Anne Hathaway has drawn comparisons to Hollywood's Golden Era star Judy Garland. Even more uncanny, the 28-year-old can hold a tune with the best of them. You can have a look at her amazing rendition of Les Misérables' "On My Own" at this year's Oscars! No wonder Hathaway, who spoofed The Wizard of Oz on Saturday Night Live in January, has been tapped to play Garland in an upcoming biopic of the star's troubled life.

JENNIFER AS BARBRA

Cover girl Jennifer Aniston directed larger-than-life diva Barbra Streisandfor a Harper's Bazaar photo shoot based on Streisand's iconic film moments, all the way from the long nails to the signature '60s coif, in the month of September 2010. Barbra states that "I think she did a wonderful job!" the fellow New Yorker gushed, before adding, "if only she had a bump on her nose!"

BEYONCÉ AS PAM

For her big screen debut in Goldmember “Austin Powers”, Beyoncé stole the show as Foxxy Cleopatra, a cheeky 'fro-back to '70s Blaxploitation queen Pam Grier (Foxy Brown). "My mother is a Pam Grier fan," the 29-year-old told Jay Leno of her inspiration for the role. "And I went and watched all of her movies. And now I'm a huge fan."

KATIE AS JACKIE 

The public probably never thought that they would see Katie Holmes step into the challenging shoes of Jackie O. in “The Kennedys”, but the mini-series based on the famous First Family is finally showing just how much work the 32-year-old star put into the role. "It was overwhelming because she is such an icon, so I did a lot of research," Holmes tells EW. "It furthered my adoration."

PENÉLOPE AS SOPHIA 

Pedro Almodóvar, told the New York Times in 2009 that Spanish muse Penelope Cruzbelongs to the Mediterranean school of acting, meaning sensual, gutsy, cleavage-heaving, loud, only really a style mastered by Italian screen goddess Sophia Loren. When Cruz got to work with Loren that same year on Nine, she gushed to the interview of her screen idol, "She looks like a goddess."

HALLE AS DOROTHY

Halle Berry'sconnection to the first African-American Best Actress Academy Award nominee runs further than just skin deep. Berry played Dandridge in a TV biopic based on her life, for which she won an Emmy and a Golden Globe in 2000. Two years later, when Berry became the first African-American to win a Best Actress Oscar (for Monster's Ball), she paid a touching tribute to the '50s-era pioneer.

RACHEL AS HEDY

This Cambridge-educated British actress, known for her brains and beauty, has been in talks since 2009 to star as '40s movie “Hedy Lamarr” (famed for starring in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah). The biopic will put emphasis on the Hungarian's second, notable career as an accomplished scientist whose invention guided World War II torpedoes by radio control.

GWEN AS JEAN

Gwen Stefani with her golden pin-curls and signature red lips has drawn inspiration from original platinum blonde star Jean Harlow. Their remarkable likeness didn't go unnoticed by Martin Scorsese, who cast the singer as the '30s screen alert in the 2004 biopic by Howard Hughes “The Aviator”. "[Scorsese] gave me my first role in a major film, Howard Hughes gave Jean Harlow her first big lead role," Stefani marveled to MTV about the equivalents between her and Harlow.

 

Via: People.com

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