45 Celebrites That Really Grew Into Themselves. Or In Some Cases… Way Out Of Themselves.

Dakota Fanning

We all age, that seems to be one of the constants in life we can all count on. Even those adorable children stars we all grew up watching on our TVs or on the big screen get all old and fragile one day.
It’s actually really fun to compare what our favorite young celebrities of yesteryear look like nowadays. Most have aged very, very well. Which isn’t surprising seeing how many of them are still very successful. But then there are a few bad apples that have turned into complete messes. Check them out for yourself here below:

Kristen Stewart

Natalie Portman

Scarlett Johansson

Reese Witherspoon

Elijah Wood

Lindsay Lohan

Christina Ricci

Anna Paquin

Michelle Trachtenberg

Edward Furlong

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Danielle Fishel

Jessica Biel

Macaulay Culkin

Neil Patrick Harris

Drew Barrymore

Jason Bateman

Jessica Alba

Mayim Bialik

Jerry O’Connell

Soleil Moon Frye

Jaleel White

Jaimee Foxworth

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Tiffani Amber Thiessen

Dustin Diamond

Mario Lopez

Jodie Foster

Haley Joel Osment

Peter Billingsley

Tatum O’Neal

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Jodie Sweetin

Fred Savage

Danica McKellar

Ricky Schroder

Melissa Joan Hart

Britney Spears

Christian Bale

Jonathan Lipnicki

Zac Hanson

Kurt Russell

Gary Coleman (R.I.P.)

The girls particularly all seem to have aged very well, even though child stars like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan have had their fair shares of periods where they were complete messes, they clean up good when they want.
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