Before actor Monica Barbaro had the chance to meet Joan Baez — the iconic folk singer she portrayed in “A Complete Unknown” — she received a special message from her.

Monica Barbaro met Joan Baez in person for the first time. For Barbaro, this was a big step in an extraordinary journey that first began in 2020, back when Barbaro couldn’t play guitar at all, but sang at her audition to play Baez in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic,

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.

Actress Monica Barbaro finally met Joan Baez, the iconic folksinger, activist and ex-girlfriend of Bob Dylan, who she plays in the new movie “A Complete Unknown.” Barbaro, 34, captured her sweet encounter with Baez, 84, in photos she shared Monday on Instagram.

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.

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

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.