32 Celebrities Who Look Very Young

If you love old photos of your favorite actors and singers, be sure to check out our gallery. Many of the biggest celebrities started out as child or teen actors, or had famous parents and grew up in the spotlight, so we've followed their careers since they were young. Whether they were 2 or 21 when they started working, these early photos are both nostalgic and fun. Below are some photos of big celebrities looking very young.

Lindsay Lohan

Teenage Lindsay Lohan Bed (the 2000 CBS sitcom) is a great reminder of just how long this actor has been in the business: She started working at age 10, and this was just four years later, meaning she's a total pro at this point.

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood is such a stylish gentleman! This photo was taken in 1994. To be precise, his film debut was Back to the Future Part II Backstage at the Oscars in 1989, he was already making a name for himself as a talented child actor. This bow tie is so cute!

America Ferrara

In a breakout role Real women have curvesAmerica Ferrara was only 17 when this movie came out. Here she is at Sundance looking exactly the same as she does now. She's aging like a fine wine. That's all.

Matthew Broderick

Baby Matthew Broderick is so adorable! This photo was taken in 1983, right around the time of his first film appearance.War games and Max Dugan is back) He would be around 21 or 22 years old here. Ferris Bueller It appeared just a few years later.

Kirsten Dunst

This portrait of Kirsten Dunst circa 1993 very Foreshadowing, since the Cheerleader movie bring it on She didn't come out until 2000, when she was about 10 or 11. She started acting when she was about three years old. Interview with the Vampire It was supposed to be released a year later.

Johnny Depp

Here, Johnny Depp is at the Limelight nightclub circa 1988. For reference, Depp's acting debut was inA Nightmare on Elm Street) was released in 1984, so Depp would have been around 25 years old at the time. He also sports a lot of '80s trends, including earrings, graphic tees, and that epic swoosh hair look.

Michelle Williams

Before Dawson's CreekMichelle Williams acted in an episode of. Home Improvements In 1995, she was literally in her early teens (she was 14 or 15 when this show aired). Dawson's It debuted in 1998 and was her big break.

Jacob Elordi

Did you know that before Jacob Elordi became a top actor, he was the winner of the 2012 Senior Men's Fashion on the Fields? He's only 15 years old and his acting career looks set to last another 7 years. If you're interested, The Kissing Booth It was released in 2018.

Jennifer Lopez

This “casual” portrait of Jennifer Lopez from 1992 was taken when she was around 23 years old, around the time of her TV debut. Vivid colors It was released in 1991. Serena Not appearing until 1997, she's merely a rising star here.

Timothée Chalamet

Check out that hair gel! Timothée Chalamet looked relatively young at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards. If you want to feel old, this is the same year Chalamet graduated from high school (though he started appearing in commercials as a kid in 2008).

Heath Ledger

The late Heath Reeder poses for a 1997 Fox show. Roar. Ledger was around 18 at this point and was performing in a show in Australia. 10 things you hate It was released just a few years later in 1999, and people immediately recognized his greatness.

Gabrielle Union

In 1990, Gabrielle Union was just 18 years old, during her “sitcom years.” (In case you missed it, she was Saved by the Bell, Sister, Sister, Smart Guy, Moesha, 7th Heavenand friendShe seems to be aging backwards.

Tracee Ellis Ross

If you didn't know that Tracee Ellis Ross is the daughter of Diana Ross (pictured here with her sister Rhonda), then this photo will blow your mind. Tracee is on our left and Rhonda is on our right. Tracee would have been around 1-2 years old at this point. Also, she looks exactly like Diana Ross.

Jennifer Lawrence

here Burning Plains Jennifer Lawrence was just beginning her film career in this photocall at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, and is only about 18 years old in this photo. Aside from those unfortunate 2000s-style thin eyebrows (we've all experienced them), Lawrence looks adorable and lovely here.

Ariana Grande

This is Ariana Grande at 15 (she's at Planet Hollywood as part of the cast of a Broadway show) 13)—her career debut! victory Just two years later she showed up and took to the races.

Zoe Kravitz

Yes, this baby is Zoe Kravitz! She has the coolest mommy (Lisa Bonet) and daddy (Lenny Kravitz) Our Common Future They held a press conference together in 1989. Her acting debut didn't come until 2007, when she was nearly 20 years old.

Jennifer Aniston

Young Jennifer Aniston? Yes, this is a photo of the star at home in 1975 (Aniston was about 6 years old at the time, and in some photos she's posing with her mom and dad). Perhaps because her parents, John Aniston and Nancy Dow, were both actors, it's amazing how cute she is.

Brie Larson

Many people may not know that Brie Larson has been an actor since she was a child. Snow Dogs Her career actually began in 2002. 4 years agoHer first appearance was Scott Pilgrim vs. the Evil Ex-BoyfriendsIt was released in 2010.

Halle Berry

Halle Berry was about 23 years old when she attended a benefit event for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in 1989. This was very early in her career, and she had just moved to New York City. Soon after, she moved to Los Angeles and starred alongside Eddie Murphy. boomerang 1992.

Jennifer Connelly

At the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 One Upon a Time in America (Her first film appearance) Jennifer Connelly is only 13 years old. She began her professional career as a child actor and continued to model before dedicating herself to acting.labyrinth It was first introduced in 1986.

Angelina Jolie

Teenage Angelina Jolie in a stylish hat. Lovely! She was about 16 years old in 1991. She did a bit of modelling but soon found her passion in acting, appearing on screen for the first time in the 1992 film Star Wars. Searching for an escapeIn it, she co-starred with her father, Jon Voight.

Ryan Reynolds

Hello, this is Ryan Reynolds' little soul patch! For those of you who don't know, Reynolds starred in the hit TV show Two guys, one girl and a pizza place (This is from a 1998 ABC preview announcement before the show began, so Reynolds would have been around 21 at this point).

Scarlett Johansson

A young Scarlett Johansson showed up to the launch party for Tommy Hilfiger's new junior jeans line, the same year she made her breakthrough. Horse whisperer, She was released in late 1998. She is about 13 years old in this photo, but she had been working since 1994.

Rock

LOL at The Rock's leopard-print silk shirt at the 1999 Emmy Awards! He'd started wrestling in 1996 and his career was really taking off by this time (he was in his 20s), but he was also starting to make the transition to regular acting with cameos. That '70s Show.

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is having a blast playing with Tweety Bird and is full of the right kind of energy for the photo. She was 14 or 15 years old in this photo, shortly after her acting debut at age 12. Leon In 1994 she appeared in Star Wars First part (released in 1999).

SJP and RDJ

Did you know that Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. dated around 1985, when both actors were around 20 years old? Parker Illusion (1993) and Downey Charlie Chaplin (1992). The two separated in 1991.

Zendaya

For those who have been fans of Zendaya since she was a child actress, this image will come as no surprise, but for those who only know her as an adult actor, this will mark her acting debut. Shake it She's probably only around 13. Great things are ahead of her!

Kurt Russell

Why does young Kurt Russell look so much like adult Kurt Russell? Well, technically, this photo was taken in 1970. Russell would have been around 18 years old at the time. He would have been in the midst of signing a 10-year contract with The Walt Disney Company and playing teenager roles.

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron was 17 years old when she poses next to a tractor outside her home in Benoni, South Africa, in 1992. She had worked as a model and dancer before suffering a career-ending injury. In 1994, she moved to Los Angeles and Devil's Advocate This was just a few years later.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Ah! Baby Leo! (He looks… basically the same, right?) This is from 1975. DiCaprio started his career young. He appeared in a few commercials in the late '80s and movies in the early '90s. But a baby model would have been enough. Just look at those cheeks!

Jodie Foster

When she appeared The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969) Foster had already started doing a little acting from around the age of 7. Her first job was in a Coppertone commercial at the age of 3! Here she plays the sassy Jodie who is incredibly smart and can pack a punch. Brilliant!

Elizabeth Taylor

This is Elizabeth Taylor's bit part. The Courage of Lassie (1946) was made just a few years after her debut as an actress in 1942. She was just 14 years old at the time. National Velvet That was just two years ago, when she was 12 years old.