Pairs of celebrities who look nearly identical
We all likely have a doppelgänger in the world somewhere. And that's not limited to just everyday people who are running into their look-alikes. Celebrities do, too.
Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard get mistaken for each other all the time. Fans are convinced others share such a resemblance that they must have been separated at birth.
If you've ever felt like you're experiencing déjà vu, these pairs of celebrities may be the reason you're seeing double.
1. Sarah Hyland and Mila Kunis
The "Modern Family" and "Ted" actresses say they get mistaken for the other all the time. Upon meeting each other in December 2010 at a Nylon party, the two decided they'd pretend to be each other in public.
"She came up to me and said she gets called me all the time too," Hyland told InStyle. "She said that sometimes she pretends she's me because it makes her feel young. I asked if I could pretend to be her next time somebody asks me if I'm her, and she said OK."
2. Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley
Short, long, curly, or straight hair, Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman look strikingly similar no matter how you pair them.
The two look so similar, Knightley played Portman's double, Sabé, in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace."
3. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes
Neeson has said people often confuse the "Harry Potter" and "Taken" stars. That shouldn't be too much of a surprise since the two have starred in multiple films alongside each other ("Schindler's List," "Wrath of the Titans"). The only difference is that Fiennes usually plays the bad guy while Neeson's the hero.
"He is one of my best, best, dearest friends. I keep getting fans and stuff mixing me up with Ralph because we have very similar profiles," Neeson said on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2014. "So I've been complimented on winning a Tony Award for my Hamlet, he's been complimented on the 'Taken' movies."
4. Amy Adams and Isla Fisher
Despite the eye color difference, the "Arrival" and "Bachelorette" actresses get confused often. Fisher joked about the duo's striking resemblance in her cover story with Allure in January 2009.
"If 'Shopaholic' is a hit, then it was Isla Fisher in the movie," said Fisher. " ... and if it doesn't work out, it was Amy Adams."
Fisher used Adams' photo in her Christmas card one year and fooled both family and friends.
5. Lucy Hale and Selena Gomez
The "Pretty Little Liars" actress has previously said she would always get mistaken for the singer when younger and she would play along.
"When I was younger, it was a lot of Selena Gomez, during her 'Wizards of Waverly Place' days," Hale told Insider. "Usually, I would correct them, but I remember there was this one time, it was this older lady in an airport, and she was like, 'Can I get a picture with you?' I thought that she thought I was Lucy."
"Afterward she started listing off the projects that she liked of mine and I quickly realized that she thought I was Selena. And I kind of just went with it because I didn't want to crush her dreams," she continued.
Hale added that she believes there's a group of women in Hollywood who all have a similar vibe including herself, Sarah Hyland, and Maisie Williams.
6-Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard
The actresses are well aware that fans get them mixed up.
"We did 'Help' together and that was the first time we like grabbed each other and said, 'Let's look in the mirror,'" Chastain told Jimmy Fallon in 2015. "And we looked at our faces side by side and we were like, 'Okay, we look alike.'"
Chastain recalled how she was mistakened for the "Jurassic World" star later and how she sometimes just goes with it. The two are good sports about it though and have tried to clear up all the confusion.
Howard made a short dubsmash clip where she let's people know who's who. It caught the attention of Chastain who shared it on Instagram. In May 2015, Chastain shared a funny image on Twitter poking fun at how people can't tell them apart.
7-Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek
The official Oscars Instagram even confused the two back in 2014.
In real life, the two are really good friends and take selfies with each other. They have a nickname for one another, too — huevos — which is Spanish for eggs.
8-Leelee Sobieski and Jennifer Lawrence
Before Jennifer Lawrence became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, there was Leelee Sobieski, who you may remember from "The Glass House." The two look strikingly similar whether they don short or long hairdos.
Sobieski — who some say also resembles a young Helen Hunt — left Hollywood to focus on being a mother to her two children.
9. Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel
The "New Girl" actress was initially kind of frustrated when fans confused the two.
"It's a little bit annoying, to be totally blunt," Deschanel told MTV back in 2009. "The only similarity that we have is that we look a little bit alike."
The actress has since appeared to warm up to the similarity.
"I was relieved because everyone kept saying ‘this girl looks so much like you,'" she told Letterman in November 2012. "And then I met her and I was like, 'Thank God she’s attractive!' I was worried she was gonna be an unattractive person."
