Just a bit of vanity today. A stranger recently told me that I look just like an actress I'd never heard of. He even said I must hear it all the time, which I don't, because I didn't know who she was. But it made me remember that I have been compared to a few celebrities over the years. I'm posting this not to brag that I am beautiful and gorgeous just like a celebrity, but because, as someone who's only ever considered herself to be mostly average, I think it's funny that I've been compared to beautiful celebrities to whom I think I bear no resemblance.
This photo was taken last summer, so it's pretty close to how I look now. (Couldn't figure out how to crop the kids out of the photo, but they're cute, so it's okay.) Now let's compare to the celebrities I allegedly resemble.
I look less like Julia Roberts now, since she's polished her appearance considerably in recent years.Then, no celebrity comparisons that I can remember until a few months ago, when one of Greg's friends told me that he and his girlfriend thought I looked just like the main character from the old, short-lived Fox TV series Undeclared. He couldn't remember her name, but I did a little sleuthing, out of curiosity to see if I had a twin somewhere out there, and as far as I can tell, Carla Gallo is the girl he was talking about:
My hair is not that curly, nor is it that dark, and I... well, I don't really see it. Maybe it's different seeing her in action on the show -- maybe we have similar mannerisms or something. Still, physically, not so much.
And then, last week, the University parking employee who told me I look just like an actress from CSI, "Georgia-something". Come to find out that her name is Jorja, and again, I don't really see the resemblance:
I don't know, am I wrong? Do any of you readers think I look like any of these celebrities (or any others)? Have you ever been compared to a celebrity, accurately or not?
6 comments:
Long, curly hair creates the perception of resemblence despite the lack of any other physical similarities. In high school, I was compared to Nicole Kidman in Far and Away surely based on hair alone.
My boss swears I look just like Julia Stiles. Must be the big round moon face.
Just last week, I was trying to figure out which of my friends looked like Drew Barrymore, and i thought of you. I think it is the curly hair, probably.
I agree that most of the comparisions are due to hair.
I've been told on several occassions that I look like Kristen Davis (from Sex & the City and Melrose Place before that). I think it was due to always having long, dark, straight hair.
Well I defiantly see the resemblance in both pictured scenarios.
In high school people used to say that I looked like Claire Danes in "My So Called Life"...
Yeah, it was probably the red hair!
Of the celebrities you mentioned, I'd say you look the most like Carla Gallo....and I think it's the smile, not just the hair.
Jessica
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