Lisa Kudrow Reveals the Celeb She Was Mistaken For—& It's Confusing AF

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Lisa Kudrow keeps smilin’ over this hilarious fan interaction. 

After all, the Friends actress revealed a truly befuddling encounter when she was confused with music legend Dionne Warwick. Yes, you read that correctly.

“It was during Friends, and I was going to Jerry's Deli or something,” Kudrow recalled during a Hollywood Reporter roundtable conversation with Keke Palmer, Quinta Brunson, Rachel Sennott and more comedians, “and the hostess goes ‘Oh! OK. I’ll show you your table.’ And I went, ‘Aw she’s seen Friends that’s cute.’”

But, as it turned out, the hostess was a much bigger fan Warwick’s 1985 song “That’s What Friends Are For”—and not the sitcom starring Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer

“She took me to the table and she had an accent—she was from somewhere in Eastern Europe—and just went, ‘Uh, I know who you are,’” Kudrow continued. “She said, ‘You are Dionne Warwick’ And I just went, ‘No, I’m not!’”

Initially, the 62-year-old was relieved she was not actually recognized by the fan, but then confusion settled in. 

“Then it was, ‘Wait, Dionne Warwick? Why would you think I’m Dionne Warwick.’” Kudrow recalled. “I just went, ‘She’s a legend. She’s a legendary singer.’ And she just went, ‘Oh, OK.’ I just thought it was the funniest thing ever.”

Afterwards, Palmer chimed in with, “Girl if you Dionne Warwick, I’m Stevie Nicks.”

Kudrow isn’t the only star who has been confused with another celebrity in public. Emily Blunt once revealed a hilarious interaction with a 6-year-old who played a guessing game to figure out how she knew her. 

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“She went, ‘Are you the girl from the Gilmore Girls?’ Blunt recalled during a 2012 appearance on The Graham Norton Show. “And I said, ‘No, no I’m not,’ And she went, ‘Hm. Are you the girl from the Bridge to Terabithia?’ And I said, ‘No, no I’m not,’ and she said, ‘Oh.’”

Losing momentum, Blunt recalled the young fan ended up just walking away. 

“And I heard myself go, scream at her, ‘But I was in The Devil Wears Prada!’” Blunt reluctantly admitted, “And she turned—and her father looked a bit shocked that I had screamed at her—and she went, ‘I haven’t seen that movie.’”

While we’re definitely confused by fans claiming these are celebrity lookalikes, read on for doppelgangers that do make sense..

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Dolores Catania & Liz McGraw

Bravo fans get extra credit if they can tell The Real Housewives of Rhode Island costars apart.

And, no, they aren't related. They just go to the same plastic surgeon (and dentist). 

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McKenna Grace & Kiernan Shipka

You're not going mad(men): The Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire actress looks even more like the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star now than when she played a younger Sabrina on the Netflix series!

Writer Jamie Jirak tweeted a collage of younger-version characters Grace played, including a young Shipka/Sabrina, in 2020 and wrote, "I think about this a lot."

Grace quote-retweeted with a crying-laughing emoji, "Same."

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Jared Leto & Scott Disick

In a November 2023 Sirius XM interview, Leto was asked his thoughts on being compared to the Kardashians star, to which he said, "Really? Lucky me," and after a pause, added, "Thank you."

He also noted that if they were actually related, "Then I would have a rich relative. Because he's very wealthy, right? Yeah, that would be nice."

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Amy Adams & Isla Fisher

The Nocturnal Animals costars are aware of the comparison. In 2016, Fisher said on NBC's Today show that she once pasted Adams' face over hers for her family's holiday card.

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Margot Robbie & Emma Mackey

It was no coincidence the actresses were both cast in Barbie

"I've been getting told for years that I look like the girl from Sex Education, who is Emma Mackey," Robbie told BuzzFeed in a July video. "She plays one of the Barbies in the movie pretty much because [director] Greta [Gerwig] and I thought it would be funny. We were gonna do like this whole joke about us looking similar."

She continued, "Then once we got all dressed up as our Barbies, we were kind of like, 'We don't actually look that similar.'' When she's got her brown hair and I've got my blonde hair, we don't look that similar. So we didn't put that joke in the movie. But when people come up and say, 'I loved you in Sex Education,' I just say, 'Thank you. Thank you so much.'"

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Margot Robbie & Jaime Pressly

"The celebrity I am mistaken for is Margot Robbie," the My Name Is Earl actress told Us Weekly in 2022. "It happens all the time."

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Jessica Chastain & Bryce Dallas Howard

The Help co-stars look so alike that director Ron Howard mistook Chastain for his own daughter.

At an Apple Store, "I was, like, walking by, I was like, 'Oh, that's Ron Howard,'" Chastain recalled. "And then my friend was with me (and) said he turned to someone, he goes, 'I think I just saw Bryce.' We look so much alike."

Bryce confirmed that the story was "legit" in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, saying her dad "was, like, shook. He really was."

"At first he was like, 'You really look so much alike,' " she said. "And I mean, obviously, I'm incredibly flattered, so it's great."

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Reese Witherspoon & Carrie Underwood

Neither celeb was upset when a social media user thought Witherspoon was Underwood.

"To the woman in the parking lot who just asked me if I was Carrie Underwood," the Legally Blonde star tweeted, "You officially made my day."

The Grammy winner quickly responded, "YOUR day?!?!?!?! That lady just made my whole life!"

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Mark Ruffalo & Noah Centineo

"He's way better-looking than I was," Ruffalo said on the Tonight Show in March 2019. "Are you kidding me? I wish I looked like that, I swear to God."

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Daniel Radcliffe & Elijah Wood

Harry Potter and Frodo are well aware fans confuse them.

"Though we are both short, pale, blue-eyed and brown-haired, I would say we don't actually look alike," Radcliffe said in a joint interview with Empire magazine. "But the idea of us is exactly the same."

In fact, while in Japan, Radcliffe was even asked to autograph a photo of Wood.

"So the quickest way to deal with it was to just write, 'I am not Elijah Wood, signed Daniel Radcliffe,'" he explained, "and then hope someone translated that for him later."

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Sharna Burgess & Gal Gadot

The former Dancing With the Stars pro looks like Wonder Woman herself.

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Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly

The Gossip Girl and Friday Night Lights actresses look so similar that they were cast as the leads in 2011's The Roommate, a Single White Female-esque horror flick.

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Zach Galifianakis & Nick Offerman

The bearded stars look they may have been separated at birth.

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Amber Valletta & Taylor Schilling

The actresses look similar enough that Valletta could have served as a stand-in on Orange Is the New Black.

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Allen Leech & Niall Horan

During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen pointed out the Downton Abbey actor's resemblance to the One Direction singer.

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Kristen Stewart & Jena Malone

The Twilight star and Hunger Games alum share dark locks and glowing skin.

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Seth Meyers & Nat Faxon

The Saturday Night Live alum and Oscar-winner could be confused as cousins, at the least.

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Chelsea Handler & Elizabeth Banks

These two get mistaken for each other all the time. Just ask them.

"When we were at the White House Correspondents' dinner," the comedian said when Banks stopped by Chelsea Lately. "Bill O'Reilly was talking to me and I said, 'I think you're confusing me with Elizabeth Banks,' because I wanted to get the f--k away from him."

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Aaron Paul & Tom Felton

Whether it's magic or just coincidence, the Breaking Bad star looks a lot like the Harry Potter actor.

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Ke$ha & Blake Lively

We'd believe it if the singer and Gossip Girl star revealed they were long-lost relatives.

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Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan

These actors certainly both have a similar sense of style.

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Zooey Deschanel & Katy Perry

The New Girl actress has been mistaken for the singer, who even played into their resemblance. In her "Not the End of the World" music video, Deschanel accidentally gets abducted by aliens who mistake her for the American Idol judge.

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Nina Dobrev & Victoria Justice

"Dude! You don't understand, I get this every single day," Justice told MTV News of her resemblance to The Vampire Diaries star. "Everyone always confuses me for her." 

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