Who’s the Best Marilyn of Them All?

The waiflike Williams transformed into the bodacious screen siren for her role in the upcoming movie My Week with Marilyn. Although she did gain some weight to look the part, Williams told Vogue she resorted to foam padding on her hips to get Marilyn’s signature curves.

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Photo source: Vogue.com

Madonna borrowed heavily from Marilyn’s image for most of her early career, but nowhere more obviously than in her video for “Material Girl,” which mimics (pink dress and all) Monroe’s iconic performance of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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In 2008, Lindsay posed for Bert Stern, the photographer who shot the famous series of photos with Monroe in 1962 that have come to be known as “The Last Sitting.” Each of the photos with Lohan was a re-creation of one of the famous Marilyn shots.

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Barrymore posed as Marilyn for the cover of JFK Jr.’s George magazine in 1996. The birthday wishes, which were a nod to Marilyn’s famous serenade of John Jr.’s father, were for then-President Bill Clinton, who was turning fifty.

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Naomi tries Marilyn’s platinum locks on for size for her upcoming role in the movie Blonde, based on the fictitious memoir of Marilyn Monroe by Joyce Carole Oates.

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The transformation from the pre-fame girl-next-door Norma Jean into the bleach-blond glamour-puss we know as Marilyn was so dramatic it was almost as if they were two entirely different people. That’s the premise behind 1996’s made-for-TV movie Norma Jean and Marilyn, which featured Ashley Judd as Norma Jean and Mira Sorvino as Marilyn Monroe.

Kelly channeled her inner Marilyn for a photo shoot with People in 2010, when she was named one of their most beautiful people.

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Visionary makeup artist Kevyn Aucion transformed Lisa Marie Presley into Ms. Monroe for his 1999 book, Making Faces.

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