Real and on-screen worlds collide! Monica Barbaro, 34, portrayed the legendary musician Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown, which depicted Bob Dylan's rise to success. Baez, 84 — who released more than 30 albums over 60 years and is widely known for her protest songs — was instrumental to Dylan's popularity.

Finally, the star of the recent Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, Monica Barbaro, has met the real-life Joan Baez. Previously, the “Diamonds and Rust” singer complimented Barbaro's performance of her in James Mangold's Timothée Chalamet -led movie.

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan are two of the most iconic musicians of the ’60s, and while they’ve always had a devoted following, the Oscar-nominated biopic A Complete Unknown—where Monica Barbaro plays Baez alongside Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan—has put them back at the forefront of the cultural conversation and introduced them to a new audience.

Folk legend Joan Baez is giving her take on Monica Barbaro playing her in the Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown."

In a new interview, Joan Baez shared what she thought of Monica Barbaro’s portrayal of her in the new Bob Dylan biopic, ‘A Complete Unknown.’

Joan Baez has shared her thoughts on James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and gave “kudos” to Monica Barbaro, who portrays Baez in the film.

While Timothée Chalamet may win an Oscar for his role in A Complete Unknown, Bob Dylan's real ex-girlfriend, Joan Baez, has high praise for the actor's performance in the biopic. In an interview with The Marin Independent Journal, Baez discussed the biopic. She complimented Chalamet's stage presence when playing Dylan.

I think she fell in love with the words themselves and how he was saying things she was trying to find the words for,' the 'A Complete Unknown' actor says of the folk singers' doomed relationship.