The TV presenter tried on a hairpiece in the style of the princess's legendary buns at a VIP screening of new animated Stars Wars film The Clone Wars in London's Leicester Square.
Giggling Gail, 37, looked delighted as she showed off her new do to photographers.
Nice buns: Gail Porter sports a wig of Princess Leia's famous hairstyle
She was accompanied by her five-year-old daughter Honey, who looked the part in a flowing white Leia costume, complete with lightsaber.
Gail went bald overnight in 2005 from alopecia.
Delighted: Gail giggles as she tries on the hairpiece
Hair we go: Gail vowed never to wear a wig after going bald in 2005
The blow was one of a long string of struggles - including a bout of anorexia in her twenties, a failed marriage to Toploader guitarist Dan Hipgrave and post-natal depression which culminated in a suicide attempt.
She has since claimed that she would cut off her hair if it grew back again, and has blamed her lack of TV work on her refusal to wear a wig.
Little princess: Gail and daughter Honey on their way to the screening of the new animated Star Wars film
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