Everyone Famous Has to Look Like Somebody Else.

So I was watching Boardwalk Empire, which I pretty much only have fantastic things to say about. I love historical dramas. And I love it when HBO does historical dramas because they always do them so well. And then who doesn’t like gangsters? And since I like tacky things I always sort of imagined I’d like Atlantic City. Though… I’ve never been there.

Anyway, this actress:

She played a prostitute who was shacking up with Michael Pitt’s character until he got her face slashed. And then was addicted to laudanum.

I thought she looked really familiar even though I’d never heard of Emily Meade before. And since I’m an obsessive Googler I looked her up. What I discovered was a lot of people saying she looked like other people. Like Gina Gerson, Christina Ricci, Mary Louise Parker, one of the Top Models, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Leighton Meester. Personally, I don’t really see it. The resemblance I see is this:

Especially in the show. I sort of wished I could have found a photo of Emily Meade in Boardwalk Empire, where her hair is twenties style so I could have compared her to Hannah Murray as Cassie in Skins, but it was not to be. Anyway, you can still see the resemblance. Come on now, squint! Anyway, I see it.