#48: Twin Sisters
When a movie or a TV show portrays twins, they are often played by the same actor or actress. After all, where are you going to find two unrelated people (and two talented actors, for that matter) who look exactly the same? It’s impossible to do, so the next best thing is having one actor play two roles. If they’re talented enough, they can pull that off.
Things get even more complicated when the same actor (or actress) plays two roles on the same show and the same role on another TV show. Confused? This is what happened when Lisa Kudrow famously portrayed Phoebe Buffay on Friends, as well as Phoebe’s twin sister on the show – and she also portrayed the character of Ursula Buffay on the sitcom Mad About You, which aired during the nineties.