# Who in pop culture looks like someone you dated or tried to date? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407 "2016-03-27T22:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/21 "2016-03-28T07:46:39Z")
**JpnGal** is often told she resembles Japanese singer [Miki Imai](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=imai+miki&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj76OGr8eLLAhWGQpQKHe5SDqcQ_AUICCgC&biw=1006&bih=752). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/22 "2016-03-28T07:51:01Z")
> [@Annoying\_Buzz](#): > > Had a pleasant one-night encounter back around 2000 or so with a woman who looked just like Alyson Hannigan. Lucky! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/23 "2016-03-28T13:03:59Z")
I once worked with a young woman who looked very much like Dana Delany, right around the time _China Beach_ was on the air. I asked her out a couple of times, but she wasn’t interested. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/24 "2016-03-28T13:07:22Z")
Dated someone back in 1982 who was a doppleganger for one of the cast of Girls. Sadly, it was Hannah (pre-haircut) and not Marnie. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/25 "2016-03-28T13:19:39Z")
I knew a girl that looked just like [Kristina Wayborn](https://jajreviews.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/vlcsnap-2012-10-20-20h49m12s183.png). I asked her out within 5 minutes of meeting her, unfortunately she already had a boyfriend. I think I was about 21 and she was 18 or 19 at the time. Also, Sarah Palin bears a strong resemblance to my wife. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/26 "2016-03-28T13:29:54Z")
I would have to ask my wife…_Morgan Fairchild._ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/27 "2016-03-28T13:44:29Z")
People (myself included) have told my gf she looks like [Maggie Gyllenhaal.](https://www.google.com/search?q=Maggie+Gyllenhaal&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKz8KKwePLAhWEJCYKHcOPDgAQ_AUIBygB&biw=1366&bih=633) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/28 "2016-03-28T13:54:22Z")
I dated a girl for 4 years that looked just like… …the sexiest, hottest, most beautiful woman you could ever imagine. Seriously, she did. Also, her IQ was 190 and so is mine. And, my cock is 12.5 inches long. Really, this is all about self-aggrandizement, right? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/29 "2016-03-28T14:08:43Z")
My college boyfriend was a dead ringer for not just the actor, but the character Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. Same mannerisms, same laugh, same weird shaped oddly kissable thin lips… Lacked the fortune and country house, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/30 "2016-03-28T14:09:53Z")
I dated a guy who’s face resembled [Matt Damon](https://media.guim.co.uk/4cef565088201dc80e23c41ddb28b525822c1eb4/720_450_3741_2244/master/3741.jpg). This was probably ten years ago and oddly enough, my guy then looked more like MD now, if that makes sense. Another one reminded a lot of people of [Mussolini](http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/463960937-benito-mussolini-italian-fascist-dictator-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QS%2B%2FVp61AfyoeIKLpi3Hgr42rHaIYoT2RYR%2FOBA7yb8K6p9KKV7FFTTpVO%2F7HiMy7Q%3D%3D) (even his mom said so). He wasn’t as old, though you could say he was a bit of a fascist. My most recent ex has been told of a resemblance to Kevin Costner, though I couldn’t see it until [Mr. Brooks](http://images.popmatters.com/news_art/k/kevin-costner-mr-brooks.jpg). Yep, there is a strong resmeblance. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/31 "2016-03-28T14:12:27Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Really, this is all about self-aggrandizement, right? Not necessarily. For example, my ex-wife looked a bit like a young Lou Ferrigno. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/32 "2016-03-28T14:57:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > In Moscow, I’ve had girlfriends who were dead ringers for Sarah Miles, Margaret Colin, and Elizabeth Hurley. Oops! I left out the one who looked like Elly May Clampett! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/33 "2016-03-28T15:02:14Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Not necessarily. For example, my ex-wife looked a bit like a young Lou Ferrigno. How about when she got angry? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/34 "2016-03-28T15:05:43Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > I dated a girl for 4 years that looked just like… > > …the sexiest, hottest, most beautiful woman you could ever imagine. Seriously, she did. Also, her IQ was 190 and so is mine. And, my cock is 12.5 inches long. > > Really, this is all about self-aggrandizement, right? Asked the poster called _I Love Me_ :dubious:😛 Seriously, I just admitted to dating a dude that looks like Mussolini (and a twenty- something that looked like a forty-something Matt Damon). You can’t get much more self deprecating than that. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/35 "2016-03-28T15:10:57Z")
Mrs. MeanJoe looked a lot like Katherine Heigl during her Grey’s Anatomy period. They really have this same R.B.F. 😃 [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,20422036,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20422036,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/36 "2016-03-28T15:18:47Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > How about when she got angry? Hence, the ex.😃 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/37 "2016-03-28T16:54:17Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > How about when she got angry? The she looked like Bill Bixby. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/38 "2016-03-28T16:54:32Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Haha no, that’s Avril Lavigne with a lot of makeup designed to look like she doesn’t have any. Yeah, but it’s not a distracting amount. You can see her perfect bone structure and see that she is a stunningly beautiful woman. It was visible under the raccoon eyes, if you looked, but then she was also just a pretty, unfinished girl. > [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Really, this is all about self-aggrandizement, right? I think self-delusion works better. 😉 But look at my examples: Selma Blair is not considered a great beauty; she is more like a pretty girl you knew in college, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t make my heart flip when she gives a sly smile. Diana Muldaur is more glamorous than beautiful, and less glammed up would be more quirky-cute than her [former sister-in-law,](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/be/26/1c/be261c1defaf80a58a9b379c7ad71db4.jpg) a classic Hot Italian Chick. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/39 "2016-03-28T17:04:46Z")
I dated a girl who looked like Avil Lavigne, too. Avril Lavigne is kind of a normal looking person though, so I think a lot of people have dated women who looked like her. I disagree that Lavigne would be “Stunningly beautiful” - I’ve met her, though she’s not the woman I dated. She was pretty, but pretty in a way that most young women are pretty. Young women usually ARE attractive, after all. “Stunningly beautiful” to me suggests rare and unusual beauty not typical of a person of that age; if you classifed Avril Lavigne as stunningly beautiful you’d have to classify forty percent of all female undergraduates at any university as such, maybe more. Lindsay Lohan, whom I also met once, was stunningly beautiful; I assure you pictures did her no justice whatsoever. (That was back before the drugs and plastic surgery.) I had an ex who looked a lot like Kate Winslet. Her name, coincidentally, was Kate. I once bought a drink for, and flirted with, a woman who looked exactly like Alanis Morrisette. The closeness of the resemblance was likely because she was, in fact, Alanis Morrisette. My wife kind of looks like Janis Joplin if Janis Joplin had been pretty, which I know doesn’t make any sense but you’d understand if you saw her. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407/40 "2016-03-28T18:44:17Z")
When [Kari Byron](http://www.karibyron.com/uploads/gallery/img_6759.jpg) became a bigger part of the cast of “Mythbusters”, I realized that part of the reason I found her so attractive is that she looks a lot like my first college girlfriend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407.md?page=3)