And here she is. Shovel some US dollars and an Absolut miniature into her fake Gucci handbag and she'll be happy to bring a touch of Glasnost-era glamour to any event.
Not bad, and you can probably negotiate a decent rate given that her real-life counterpart went to the big Kremlin in the sky in 1999.
The celeb lookalikes agency doesn't seem to have twigged that their client could diversify by impersonating former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond:
J-Bo.
You could be tricky and hire her as Raisa at a cut-price rate, then simply imagine that she's Jennie Bond when she shows up! MONEY IN THE BANK.
Annnd welcome. Welcome to The Daily News' in-depth investigation of the lookalike trade in Britain today (ie where we nick a few pictures off the internet and make some puerile jokes about Bono looking more like a clinically depressed Jon Bon Jovi).
And there he is.
"'ERE, BONO, GIVE US LIVIN' ON A PRAYER, SUNSHINE."
Bono demonstrates the golden rule of the celeb lookalikes world: that you must look like the person you are impersonating, but a clinically depressed version.
(Here's the current James Bond, for example, tranked up to the eyeballs on bennies after the death of his love in Casino Royale. Poor bastard).
Cheesed off: Clooney.
No reason to carry on: Grant.
Not leaving the house any time soon: Stiller.
At least he's a better Ben Stiller than this guy:
You see? The happier they are, the worse they are as celeb lookalikes.
If you can't afford A-list hunks like Clooney or Grant, you can surely negotiate a good price on the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Wonder what his actual schtick is, once you've hired him for your hen do -- does he lead a debate on whether the issues that divide Anglicans and Roman Catholics are theological enough to justify ecclesiastical separation, or does he just cover himself in whipped cream to Love Machine?
Read part two of our Celeb Lookalikes Agencies article here.
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