Growing up the daughter of a former Australian prime minister, Katherine Keating mixed in elite social circles, a tradition she has continued in her own right as a globe-trotting socialite with a AAA list of associates.

But those friends in high places may have put Keating, 37, in an awkward position.

A woman bearing a striking resemblance to Keating, right down to the beauty spot on her left cheek, can be seen in a video – filmed in 2010 and published around the world on Monday – leaving the New York mansion of the now-deceased billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Keating, who has been living in the United States for most of the past decade, did not respond to attempts to contact her over the past 24 hours, but friends in Sydney spoken to by PS were startled by the woman's resemblance to her.