Movie stars and the real-life people they're playing

In 'Steve Jobs', Michael Fassbender (left) plays inimitable Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in a biopic that spans across three major product launches, ending with the launch of the iMac.

In 'The Danish Girl', Eddie Redmayne (left) plays Lili Elbe, nee Einar Wegener (right), a transgender Danish woman who was the first person in history to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

For 'Legend', Tom Hardy played the Kray twins, Reggie and Ronnie, a duo of British gangster brothers who wreaked havoc in London during the 1950s and 60s.

In 'Truth', Cate Blanchett (left) stars alongside Robert Redford as Mary Mapes (right), the American producer of '60 Minutes'.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (left) took himself to the limit to play French high-wire walker Philippe Petit (right), the man famous for walking across a wire between New York's Twin Towers – with no safety harness – in 'The Walk'.

In 'Joy' Jennifer Lawrence (left) plays single mother-turned-mogul Joy Mangano, who found wealth and fame after inventing the Miracle Mop.

Johnny Depp (left) wore prosthetics and pale blue contacts to transform into infamous Boston gangster Whitey Bulger (right) in 'Black Mass'.

In 'Suffragette', Meryl Streep inhabits the role of Emmeline Pankhurst, the fierce leader of the British women's suffrage movement.

In 'Trumbo', Bryan Cranston (left) plays Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Helen Mirren stars alongside Bryan Cranston in 'Trumbo' as Hedda Hopper, a famous American gossip columnist.

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