Country strong: Gwyneth Paltrow imitated Taylor Swift singing on last night's Saturday Night LiveShe has just played a fallen country singer on her latest film Country Strong.
And Gwyneth Paltrow has clearly developed an appetite for the music.
The 38-year-old actress transformed into country star Taylor Swift on yesterday's Saturday Night Live, complete with curly blonde wig and acoustic guitar.
Country strong: Gwyneth Paltrow imitated Taylor Swift singing on last night's Saturday Night Live
Country icon: Taylor Swift, as seen last year, is a best selling singer in the U.S.
The sketch saw her perform a cover of the young singer's hit Love Story, at a Bar Mitzvah
'Thank you so much for having me,' Gwyneth's Taylor told the crowd. 'Y'all are awesome.'
Country icon: Taylor Swift, as seen last year, is a best selling singer in the U.S. The actress, who was hosting the variety TV show, gamely appeared in a variety of other sketches, including one where she wore Tudor clothes and sang a duet parodying Shakespeare plays.
She also played a 1970s songwriter, a policewoman, a Spanish TV presenter and Heidi Klum, trying to get a presenting job on CNN with Eliot Spitzer.
All singing: Gwyneth returns to Tudor times to sing a duet based in London's Globe Theatre where they parodied Shakespeare playsGwyneth clearly seemed to enjoy the singing aspect of the show, starting out her hosting duties with a comical duet of Islands in The Stream with a Kenny Rogers lookalike.
She ended up singing and appeared in a sketch with one of her idols, singer Cee Lo.
'I am such a big fan of Cee Lo - he is so gorgeous and amazing and talented,' she has said.
Hosting duties: Gwyneth looked elegant in a black dress as she waved goodbye at the end of the programme along with one of her music idols Cee Lo
Blast from the past: The actress played a Mad Men style woman on a 1960s game show skitThe star made sure to name check Country Strong in her opening monologue.
For the role of fallen country music star Kelly Canter, Gwyneth had to learn guitar and perform country music.
'I had never really been exposed to much country music, but during this movie I fell madly in love with it and listen to it all the time,' she has said.
SNL Saturday Night Live Taylor Swift Performs At A Bar Mitzvah
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