Kathryn Hahn Gets Mistaken for Ana Gasteyer: ‘Everyone Asked Me If I Was onSNL’

Mar. 15, 2025

Kathryn Hahn / Ana Gasteyer.Photo:JC Olivera/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty

JC Olivera/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kathryn Hahnfully embraces beingAna Gasteyer’s doppelgänger.

On the Monday, Sept. 30 edition of theArmchair Expert with Dax Shepardpodcast,Hahn, 51, opened up about how she feels about getting mistaken for Gasteyer, 57.

“I’m always confused, and flatteringly so, with Ana Gasteyer. We always are confused with each other. She will send me pictures of Starbucks cups that sayBad Momslike, ‘I loveBad Moms,’ " said Hahn. Hahn starred in thehit 2016 filmalongsideMila KunisandKristen Bell.

Ana Gasteyer.Mary Ellen Matthews/NBCU/getty

Mary Ellen Matthews/NBCU/getty

“Everyone asked me if I was onSNL,” said Hahn, giving another example of how she’s been mistaken for Gasteyer, whoappeared as a cast member onSaturday Night Livefrom 1996 to 2002.

“I’m very flattered. We both went [to] Northwestern,” added Gasteyer, expressing that the two also have “a pretty healthy body of work.”

In 2019, Gasteyer shared similar sentiments in a conversation with PEOPLE abouther dream collaborator.

(L-R) Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn in ‘Bad Moms’.Michelle K. Short/STX Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection

Michelle K. Short/STX Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection

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“We’re going to find each other on Ancestry.com,” said Gasteyer of her and Hahn’s similar looks. “Every single day, I probably get a compliment for her, and every single day, she gets a compliment for me. And we both went to Northwestern and finally met. We know a million people in common, but like our dream would be to play sisters or something.”

When asked if she ever plays along when mistaken for theAgatha All Alongstar, she reflected on her experience meetingKenny G.

“I met Kenny G, good name drop, backstage at theMatch Game, or, like, one of those game shows, and he came up, and he was like, ‘Bad Moms, I met you there,’ and I didn’t have the heart to tell Kenny G I wasn’t Kathryn Hahn, so I just said thank you it with super fun working with you,” said Gasteyer.

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“Someone tell Kathryn Hahn I have her cappuccino.#BadMoms,” she hilariously captioned the post.

source: people.com