--- title: Best Celebrity Impressions: Ariana Grande, Chris Pratt, Benedict Cumberbatch description: From Ariana Grande's spot-on Celine Dion to Chris Pratt's pitch-perfect Essex accent canonical: https://time.com/3971746/best-celebrity-impressions/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-27T19:28:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:22:32.242Z og:title: Watch 14 Celebrities Do Their Best Impressions og:description: From Ariana Grande's spot-on Celine Dion to Chris Pratt's pitch-perfect Essex accent og:url: https://time.com/3971746/best-celebrity-impressions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch 14 Celebrities Do Their Best Impressions twitter:description: From Ariana Grande's spot-on Celine Dion to Chris Pratt's pitch-perfect Essex accent twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch 14 Celebrities Do Their Best Impressions by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 27, 2015 7:28 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 27, 2015 7:28 PM UTC Plenty of celebrities enjoy doing impressions, but there are always a few that really, really stand out. Some celebs just make us laugh because their impressions are so over-the-top, while others genuinely astound us with their accuracy and attention to detail. Here’s a look back at 14 of our favorite recent impressions from a variety of celebrities. Most of them imitate fellow famous people — you’ll see a lot of Bill Clinton and Christopher Walken — but there are a few other types of impressions thrown in there too. ### Emilia Clarke as a valley girl The British _Game of Thrones_ actress revealed her alter ego: Callie from the Valley. ### Jamie Foxx as Mick Jagger, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson Foxx showed off an impressive range of musical impressions — complete with dance moves — on an episode of _The Tonight Show_. ### Christina Aguilera as Cher, Britney Spears and Shakira Like Jamie Foxx, the songstress was also recruited to play Jimmy Fallon’s “Wheel of Musical Impressions.” She particularly shined when imitating Britney Spears. ### Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Rickman Cumberbabes loved this: Benedict Cumberbatch reading hip hop lyrics in his best Alan Rickman voice. ### Chris Pratt as someone from Essex, England Chris Pratt managed to wow _actual British people_ with his take on an Essex accent. (He picked it up while watching the reality show _The Only Way Is Essex_.) ### Bono as Bill Clinton When the former president was running late to the 2013 annual Clinton Global Initiative gathering, Bono stepped up the plate — to impersonate him. Turned out the Irish rock star pulled off a rather convincing Arkansas accent. ### Matt Damon as Matthew McConaughey Damon has been perfecting his Matthew McConaughey bit [for years](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvQzA47YIs). ### Bradley Cooper as Owen Wilson, Bill Clinton and Christopher Walken Cooper showed off some impressive imitations of his _Wedding Crashers_ co-stars Owen Wilson and Christopher Walken — and also offered a decent Bill Clinton impersonation. ### Tom Hiddleston as Alan Rickman, Owen Wilson, Velociraptor, Chris Evans, Orson Welles and Samuel L. Jackson The British actor has perfected a wide range of impressions of fellow performers, and then also, a Velociraptor. ### Will Ferrell as Harrison Ford Will Ferrell’s Harrison Ford goes from good to great with the help of a convincing crooked smile. ### Adam Levine as Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and Eddie Vedder The Marron 5 frontman was another musician who Jimmy Fallon tapped for “Wheel of Musical Impressions.” He wowed the crowd with very convincing takes on three classic voices. ### Ariana Grande as Celine Dion Jimmy Fallon really loves encouraging famous people to impersonate other famous people — and we’re so, so glad he asked Ariana Grande to do her Celine Dion. ### Kevin Spacey as Johnny Carson, Christopher Walken and Bill Clinton Kevin Spacey reminded us that Christopher Walken and Bill Clinton are very popular impressions — but he totally held his own. ### Seth MacFarlane as Liam Neeson, Bobcat Goldthwait and Ray Romano The _Family Guy_ creator is known for his voice acting, and he pulled off a particularly convincing (and extremely terrifying) Liam Neeson impression. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3971746/best-celebrity-impressions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3971746/best-celebrity-impressions/"},"headline":"Watch 14 Celebrities Do Their Best Impressions","datePublished":"2015-07-27T19:28:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:32.242Z","description":"From Ariana Grande's spot-on Celine Dion to Chris Pratt's pitch-perfect Essex accent","url":"https://time.com/3971746/best-celebrity-impressions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3971746/best-celebrity-impressions/","name":"Watch 14 Celebrities Do Their Best Impressions"}}]}] ```