5 Easiest Celebrities to Impersonate

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It is rarely acknowledged that impersonating is not quite the same as dressing up; not only does it take creativity, but also practice: it’s dressing up with attitude. The first thing you need to understand about this endeavor is that pictures are not enough to go on; if you wish to properly portray another person you’ll need to see them in action. If you’re going as an actor, you need to watch some films, if it’s a musician, then stream of their live videos, and if it’s a politician then take a glance at some speeches and subsequently learn to lie your keister off. In any of the cases, you should watch some interviews as well, as they are the best for detail. An excellent practice method is to film yourself and watch it over and over, in order to identify and correct your mistakes; many actors do this in real life when preparing for a role.

A further key point would be identifying what makes these people so unique and recognizable, a personality trademark, such as a special laughter, a catchphrase, a manner of speech, or maybe just the look on their face. Context and history are also important, the people they hang with and the places they visit are also relevant to the attitude you’ll take. This is the most important part of an impersonation, remember: it’s not just about the costume, however, if you want some ideas you can check our 10 easiest celebrities to dress up as.

Following, it is crucial that you learn about their style and clothing, hair, makeup, everything. There’re all kinds of stars, but not all the “beautiful people” have the same regard for their aesthetics. Some look like royalty, some look like bums, some enjoy crossdressing, some are known for their nudity, but they all have an iconic look.

Last but not least, if for some reason you’re just not getting it right, props always help: guitars, small dogs, gigantic blunts, hats, wigs, motorbikes, sex dolls, your grandma, what have you. It all helps as long as you use it right.

What makes the celebrities on our list easiest to impersonate are their specific personality trademarks, which are easy to do, such as nasal speaking, or repeating a certain phrase. Curious to find out who are they, and what are their easy-to-imitate trademarks? OK, let’s start with the number 5 in our list of easiest celebrities to impersonate!

5. Fran Drescher

Born into a New York Jewish family, Drescher became a well-known actress and female fashion icon of the 90s, thus becoming one of the 5 easiest celebrities to impersonate. Besides being an absolute knock-out, Fran is also known for being funny as hell. Her first appearance on the big screen was in a small role in Saturday Night Fever, where she delivered John Travolta the phrase “So, are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?” However, the reason we all know her style and flair is her sitcom “The Nanny”, which she not only starred in but co-created. On the show, she looks after British widower/hunk Mr. Shefield’s three children, but ends up becoming part of the family. Much alike her character, her relentless humor, unnerving nasal voice, and classily tacky style made of Fran a celebrity to be remembered.

Personality trademark: She is well known for her nasal, annoying voice and laughter, which has been compared to a trumpet, or fingernails scratching a chalkboard. She’s always smiling and walks with a very seductive bearing.

Style and clothing: Sensuous and appealing, she goes for matching outfits and long dresses, everything as tight as your mind can fathom, colors everywhere, and very high heels. However, her most recognizable physical feature is her big, curly, vintage-styled, hair.

Props: Unless you have a mass of curly hair to play with you’ll probably need a hairpiece. However, if you want to be absolutely sure everybody gets it, then dress your grandma in as many sequins as you can find, bring her along and call her Yetta. No wonder it’s on our list of easiest celebrities to impersonate, right?

4. Eminem

We all know there’s just one real Slim Shady, but that’s precisely what makes him so easy to portray!

Detroit-born rapper Marshal Mathers (aka “Slim Shady”) ranks 4th in our list of easiest celebrities to impersonate. He is primarily known for being an ingenious and talented artist you should never take advice from, and remaining a professional agitator. In the early 00’s Marshal’s fame went through the roof owing to his fiercely outspoken lyrics and controversial attitude. Of course, being the first white rapper had a lot to do with it as well, so if you’re a pasty white kid from the burbs who wants to look like a rhyme pro, he’s your best choice. It’s either that or one of the Beastie Boys, who interestingly are not only white, but also Jewish, which makes them double-singular in the rap industry.

Personality trademark: As I previously mentioned, Mr. Shady’s known for his disruptive and all-around “screw-you-attitude”, so curse at everyone and everything, grab your genitals, and flip the bird, flip it all around, do the hokey pokey with that thing. By the way, it doesn’t hurt if you know how to rap like a genius.

Style and clothing: Of course you’ll need the obvious rap-pack (baseball cap, gigantic hoodies and sweatpants, huge sneakers, bling, etc.), but a trademark Eminem aspect is his very shortly cropped platinum blonde hair. Also, I can’t stress this enough, you should probably be white, otherwise you’ll just come off as “rapper”, however racist that may seem.

Props: He once beat up a blow-up doll during a concert, which is as iconic as it is disturbing, so… there’s that. Sometimes he wears a pair of metal, thin framed glasses, which look odd in a rapper, so I think are extremely characteristic.

And now, let’s see the top three easiest celebrities to impersonate.

3. Woody Allen

Another New York born and raised Jew, and overwhelmed by existential complexes and paradoxical loves, Woody has proved to be one of the most hilarious and successful artists of last century.

Director/writer/actor/hypochondriac Woody Allen qualifies as one of the 5 easiest celebrities to impersonate mainly because he’s been teaching us how to do it for almost fifty years. Woody has been satirizing his over-psychoanalyzed self on screen ever since he began shooting film. By performing as lead role in most of his movies he’s made a living cartoon out of himself, so it’s hard to know where the script ends and the man begins; and when he’s not, he has someone else play the phobic, neurotic writer, such as Owen Wilson, Kenneth Branagh, Jesse Eisenberg, and many others.

His personal life, nevertheless, has been packed with polemical relationships and events, such as marrying the adoptive daughter he had with Mia Farrow.

Personality trademark: What you have to learn to capture among all things respecting Woody are his nervousness and anxiety. When playing his character, he’s hyperbolically paranoid and squeamish, constantly on edge, but as far as the eye can see, he’s not that different in real life.

Style and clothing: Woody is one of those celebrities who astoundingly have always been old (Ron Wood and Marcia Cross also make the list), so he has always had this “I was born in the first half of the 1900s” look. It consists of a brown sports jacket, khaki corduroy pants, blue or plaid shirt, tie, and I’d bet my life he carries around a handkerchief.

Props: You’ll need big, thick-framed glasses, this is crucial to the obviousness, which will hopefully conceal your bad acting. Oh, and if you happen to have a pissed-off ex-wife, bring her too.

2. Cortney Love

Up next in our list of easiest celebrities to impersonate is Courtney, who is well known for three things: Being the lead singer of Hole, a grunge rock band from the 90’s; marrying blow-your-brains-out gorgeous Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain; and over time, becoming a middle-aged mess. While in her youth, she was a pale, pink-cheeked, platinum blond, rocking cherub, after her husband’s suicide, she began to lose her way, getting tons of plastic surgery and becoming one of those celebrities who go through relapse after relapse, and provide the media with tons of drunken scandals. She’s also acknowledged for her performance in some Hollywood movies, such as Man on the Moon, and the acclaimed TV show Sons of Anarchy. One thing clear though: She’s a true rock star.

Personality trademark: What I believe to be a personal distinctive for Courtney is her rough, low-key voice. It’s probably what you’d sound like if you spent a snowy night in the open, naked, screaming at the top of your lungs. Another tip to look genuine would be to raise some hell, just appear to be wasted and flash people your panties.

Style and clothing: If you’re going for her classic 90’s look, I’d opt for a girly dress, red lipstick, lots of eyeliner, busted pantyhose, and combat boots. This is actually called the “kinderwhore” look, which Courtney was accused of stealing from Babes in Toyland lead singer, Kat Bjelland.

Props: A blonde wig is essential, because you don’t want to do that to your hair; also, having a vodka bottle to wave around might be helpful.

1. Paris Hilton

The number one in our list of easiest celebrities to impersonate is Paris Hilton. She is a billionaire actress, heiress, DJ, and businesswoman who owns her own brand of perfumes and clothes. The socialite became famous when she starred alongside Nicole Richie in the reality show “The Simple Life”, revolutionizing TV by being based solely on them being rich waaay before the Kardashians. When she was right at the top of her career a sex video of her got “leaked”, a scandal that only increased her popularity. Histrionic to the core, Hilton has become one of the 5 easiest celebrities to impersonate.

Personality trademark: Paris is a classic tease, so everything she says in her soft, childish voice sounds like she kinda doesn’t care but at the same time she wants it bad. “That’s hot” is her most famous catchphrase, which she has repeated over a thousand times on TV. The facial expression you should adopt is “having fun, très chic, but slightly constipated”.

Style and clothing: Paris looks like a real-life Barbie doll, kind of like Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde. She likes to wear tight clothes and long dresses, mostly in neutral colors, but always accompanied with expensive jewelry.

Props: Even though she sadly passed away, Paris’ small, ugly Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, was her most noticeable accessory. She used to take her everywhere, carrying her around in her purse.