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Doesn't she look a lot like Meryl Streep?


Anyone agree? Just saw THE RIVER KING and her resemblance to Ms Streep is uncanny

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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, not a lot.
Okay, a bit.
But Jennifer is MUCH better looking!

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I first thought Meryl Streeps daughter. It's kind of hard to see the resemblance as her mother is 42 years older. I never would have guessed that Peter Parker's grandmother was Ehle's mother!

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Not really. i don't get why people see a resemblance.

"I'm no Trilby!!!!"- Lily Garland in "Twentieth Century"

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You have to see her in Pride and Prejudice. She's EXACTLY like Meryl Streep in that one ... including her expressions!

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Yes, really. You're blind if you don't. Seriously? She even sounds like Meryl Streep.

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yes, she even smiles like her.

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I agree that it's much more her mannerisms than anthing else. I never mistook her for Meryl Streep when watching Pride and Prejudice, but was struck immediately by how closely her mannerisms resembled Meryl Streep. I am not sure whether it is intentional or not, but leaning now toward intentional imitation, after watching her acceptance speech for P&P at the BAFTA awards, in which she accepted the award with an absolutely British accent; and then the Tony awards in which she accepted with an American accent. I can only conclude that she is gifted in the art of mimicry and that she somehow channeled Meryl Streep during a lot of her performances.

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