Winter 2023

Working with over 1,800 celebrity look-alikes and impersonators, Dot Findlater can arrange for just about anyone to make an appearance at your next event. D op-pel-gang-er (noun): “a person’s look- alike or double.” It’s said that everyone has one, and Carmel’s Dot Findlater has created a unique business that plays on that fact. Want Leonardo DiCaprio to appear at your corporate event? Britney Spears or Cher to sing at your wedding? Mirror Images Specialty Talent Agency has you covered. “We have more than 1,800 celebrity look- alikes around the world,” Findlater says. “Right now, Tom Cruise is the top request. Snoop Dogg is hot, as are Austin Powers and Lady Gaga.” Many Mirror Images performers are not only spitting images of the celebrities they portray, but also perform like them. A native Londoner, Findlater recently settled here after years in Los Angeles. She came to the U.S. to work with R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire. “I then went to work for a talent agency, and we started getting calls for celebrity impersonators. Management wasn’t interested, so I saw an opportunity, founding Mirror Images in 1995.” “I have a great appreciation of art and artists and love working with creative people—which is part of why I came here.” The entrepreneur also serves on the board of the Monterey County Film Co mmission. For more information, visit www.mirrorimages. co or call 831/888-4036. Celebrity Look-alikes are this Carmel Businesswoman’s Stock in Trade B Y M I CHA E L CHAT F I E LD SHORT CUTS NEIGHBORS 78 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 2 3 Photo: Kelli Uldall