11 Celebrities with Their Very Own Toy Doll Doppelgänger

By Isabel Jones
Nov 17, 2016 @ 12:00 pm
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Some would say that the highest celebrity honor is earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, casting your handprints in a namesake slab of cement—but we think there’s a form of immortalization that beats even that: having a doll made in your likeness.

Throughout the years, Mattel and fellow toy companies have turned the most high-profile American figures into plastic toys for pop culture-obsessed children, adults, and doll collectors.

Want to see Katy Perry and J.Lo share a stage? Make Ava DuVernay and Zendaya work on a film together? Thanks to Mattel, it can be done (sort of).

Most recently, the company created a Barbie in Ashley Graham’s likeness, which the plus-sized model ensured was made sans thigh-gap. But Graham is far from the first to receive such an honor—the tradition has been in place since 1967, when Twiggy was introduced to the Barbie family.

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Scroll through our collection below to see some of the most notable celebrity dolls.

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Ashley Graham, 2016

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Graham had one requirement when it came to her mini-me, “She had to have her thighs touch.”

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Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1998

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No one's more iconic than Breakfast at Tiffany's lead Holly Golightly—except maybe the actress who played her, Audrey Hepburn. This edition is just one of many Hepburn-inspired Barbies. 

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Katy Perry, 2011

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This Perry-inspired Barbie was sold at a charity auction in late 2011. The bidding began at $3,250. 

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Jennifer Lopez, 2013

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Play personal stylist to the one and only Jenny from the block. 

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Ava DuVernay, 2015

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The Oscar-nominated director's Barbie doll sold out within minutes of its launch in late 2015. 

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Heidi Klum, 2009

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The perfect accessory for your next Project Runway binge watch.

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Nicki Minaj, 2011

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Like Perry's doll, Minaj's Barbie was also sold at a charity auction, though its price was a tad higher at $4,855.

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Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games, 2012

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The Katniss Everdeen Barbie comes with some vital accessories: a bow and set of arrows. 

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Zendaya, 2015

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Thank goodness Zendaya's stunning Academy Awards look is forever immortalized in Barbie doll form. 

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Elizabeth Taylor, 2012

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Several Barbie dolls bear the iconic actress's name. This one was released shortly after her death in 2011. 

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Misty Copeland, 2016

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The history-making ballerina made her Barbie doll debut in May 2016. 

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