Celebrity Halloween Costumes That Really Raised the Bar This Year

Celebrity Halloween Costumes 2023

Every year, celebrities dress up for Halloween and share their costumes with the world. Some of them, like supermodel Heidi Klum, are known for going all out in the makeup department. Others have fun leaning into the comedic side of the holiday. (This year, many celebrities got especially creative amidst the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike and the union's direction to avoid TV and film characters as costumes. Of course, some celebrities baulked at this request and wore what they wanted, while others like Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. opted out of wearing a costume altogether.) We've put together some of the most memorable looks from this year's Halloween costumes, which range from hyperrealistic animals to other fellow celebrities.

Singer Janelle Monáe stunned her followers on Instagram by transforming into a chameleon. Not only is the performer's face completely masked to look like the reptile, but she wears a matching costume that changes colors. In a similar theme, the Klum also dressed up as an animal—a colorful peacock. While Klum wore an all blue bodysuit and a face of makeup to make it seem like she had a beak, a group of 10 performers from the Cirque du Soleil posed as the vibrant plumage for the tail.

Not all celebrities tapped into their wild side though. Many found inspiration from well-known films. Kim Kardashian and her daughter North West dressed up as Cher and Dionne from the beloved 1995 film Clueless, looking very chic in matching plaid outfits. Meanwhile, British singer Adele wore dramatic makeup that made her a perfect Morticia Addams from The Addams Family.

Scroll down to see more eye-catching celebrity costumes from Halloween 2023.

Celebrities got all dressed up in elaborate costumes for Halloween this year.

 

Heidi Klum as a peacock

 

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Janelle Monáe as a color-changing chameleon

 

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as David Beckham

 

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Meghan Thee Stallion as a flower from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

 

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Mariah Carey as Jessica Rabbit

 

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Adele as Morticia Addams from The Addams Family

 

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Christina Aguilera as Cher

 

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Paris Hilton as Britney Spears

 

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Some people made it a creative family affair.

 

Keke Palmer and son Leo as the Bride of Frankenstein and Dr. Frankenstein

 

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Kim Kardashian and daughter North West as Cher and Dionne from Clueless

 

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Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka's family as ancient Greek gods

 

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Shay Mitchell and her daughter Rome as Elpheba and Glinda from Wicked

 

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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz's family as Mortal Kombat characters

 

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There were also some fun couples/friends costumes.

 

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

 

Justin and Hailey Bieber as Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles from The Flintstones

 

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Kourtney Kardashian Barker and Travis Barker as Lydia and Beetlejuice

 

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly as Gogo Yubari and Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill

 

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Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies as Nomi Malone and Cristal Connors from Showgirls

 

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Margherita Cole

Margherita Cole is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met and illustrator based in Southern California. She holds a BA in Art History with a minor in Studio Art from Wofford College, and an MA in Illustration: Authorial Practice from Falmouth University in the UK. She wrote and illustrated an instructional art book about how to draw cartoons titled 'Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square' that was published by Walter Foster in 2022.
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