Celebrities who have been turned into Barbie dolls

Barbie Turns 65 at a Museum

Barbie’s on a roll. Her smash hit movie, directed by Greta Gerwig and released in June 2023, was reprised in movie theaters in January 2024. Soon after, her exhibition, Barbie: A Cultural Icon, opened in Phoenix, traveling to Las Vegas and then Duluth, Minnesota, before arriving here, at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Although the exhibition “charts the 65-year history of Barbie,” according to the press release, a case displaying two…

Celebrities who have been turned into Barbie dolls

Thanks to the blockbuster movie featuring Australia’s own Margot Robbie, 2023 was the year of Barbie. But in 2024, Barbie is huge for a different reason: their celebrity Barbie doll creations. Mattel have made celebrity Barbie dolls for decades now, but more recently they have amped up the amount of dolls being made to honour our favourite actresses, singers and even royals. From Queen Camilla to Kylie Minogue, Helen Mirren and everyone in betwe…

Black Gaye History: Laverne Cox, the Worlds First Transgender Barbie

History | Feature Spotlight Laverne Cox is an actress, television presenter  LGBTQ+ rights advocate, and the first transgender woman to have a Barbie doll made in her likeness.  Cox was born on May 29, 1972, in  Mobile, Alabama, and was raised by a single mother alongside her identical twin brother. At age 8 Cox began dancing, competing at local dance recitals in her hometown with hopes of becoming Broadway-bound.  After years of cultivating her…