Names of Two Actresses That Are Mistaken For Each Other

Brooke Burns & Brooke Burke. They don’t look alike, & I’m not sure B. Burke is even an actress, but the names, the names!

Tilda Swinton & several other redheaded actresses, esp. Cate Blanchett, as above.

The Naomi Watts/Nicole Kidman/Poppy Montgomery resemblance has been discussed in this forum before.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7895715&postcount=8 :slight_smile:

Vicki Lewis and Kathy Griffin

Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnette.

In that case, I should also mention Heather Locklear and Heather Thomas. (Way back when, of course.)

Pssssst.

Not that they look alike, but I’m always confused between Mena Suvari and Mira Sorvino. In fact, when I just went to look up an image, I typed Mena Sorvino. Gah!

I dunno. Rita Hayworth and Eleanor Parker?

I honestly mistook Julianne Nicholson for Molly Parker for the first hour of the movie Tully.

And Jennifer Jason Leigh, properly coifed, is a dead ringer for Jean Harlowe. (Although Ms. Leigh is definitely a natural blonde.)

I have also found that, depending on how her hair is styled, Jennifer Jason Leigh strongly resembles Lee Remick.

This was going to be mine, as was Helen Hunt/Leelee.

But if actors are okay: Willem DaFoe and Denis Leary. In fact, Leary did a little bit on The Daily Show where he said his role was actually played by DaFoe, and their deal was that Leary would do all the publicity. He added that sometimes he signs autographs with DaFoe’s name.

Helen Hunt, Jodie Foster, and Leelee Sobieski all look shockingly similar to me.

Jennifer Jason Lee / Elizabeth Shue…?

Kenneth McMillian and Charles Durning

Vicki Lawrence can be confused with Carol Burnett? By who? I’m not great at distinguishing similar faces, but I would never confuse them at any age. Different eyes, noses, face shapes at least.

Now that I’ve said that, feel free to mock me: Louise Fletcher is sometimes confused with another actress, but I can’t remember who! :smack:

At least two people so far. While we’re not saying they’re identical, you can at least acknowledge the similarities between them.

Many people have noted a similarity between Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager) and Katherine Hepburn.

I have a hard time distinguishing between Margaret Colin and Elizabeth Perkins.

I don’t know if they are mistaken for each other, but I think Calista Flockhart and Elizabeth Mitchell bear a strong resemblance to each other.

If you read the wiki article about Vicki Lawrence, you see that the reason she was hired by The Carol Burnett Show was because of her resemblance to Carol.