Dawn French jokes she looks like late ghosthunter Derek Acorah with her new grey hair

Dawn French has joked to fans that she now looks like the late TV medium Derek Acorah because of her new grey hair.

The comedian, 64, said last year that she would embrace her hair turning grey and has since been giving fans update on her changing look.

This has included her new look being compared to other celebrities, with the latest being the late ghosthunter Derek, best known for being the medium on Most Haunted, who passed away in 2020.

The Vicar of Dibley star took to social media last night to share a photo of herself alongside Derek, with the pair seen sporting similar slicked back, grey hairstyles.

Dawn French shared a side-by-side comparison of herself and Derek Acorah last night (Image: Twitter/Instagram) (Twitter/Instagram)

Dawn shared the comparison with her fans on Twitter, writing alongside the side-by-side photos: "I loved Derek Acorah ... but I don't want to BE him ... what's happened."

The post prompted more than 300 comments with a number of her followers responding with photos of their own grey hairstyles or others who sport the shade.

And Dawn also showed her followers on Instagram, with BAFTA recipient saying: "I have become Derek. Eeeeeeeeek!" The post has almost 10,000 likes on the platform.

Dawn previously compared her new look to that of actor Jamie Lee Curtis (Getty Images North America)

She's posted updates about her new hair colour on social media in recent months (Instagram)

The latest comparison comes after she said in October that she felt her look resembled that of actor Jamie Lee Curtis, 63, - who has rocked a short, grey hairstyle for years.

She however admitted at the time that her husband Mark Bignell, 56, had said her short locks more resembled Anne Hegerty, 63 - who features as a quizzer on ITV 's the Chase.

Spiritual medium Derek was best known for appearing on Living TV's Most Haunted - in which he was said to investigate a range of locations where paranormal activity was claimed to be present.

Dawn has now ditched her signature dark hair for a grey colour, as seen on her social media (Instagram)

She has most recently compared her hairstyle to that of the late Celebrity Big Brother alum Derek (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

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He appeared on the show alongside presenter Yvette Fielding, 53. It initially ran from 2002 until 2010, although it returned in various formats over subsequent years.

It was announced in January 2020 that Derek had died, aged 69, following a "brief illness." The Celebrity Big Brother alum is said to have had sepsis, reportedly brought on by pneumonia.

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