If you ever want to surprise yourself with how much time has flown by, take a look at celebrities who got their start as child stars. They starred in your favorite movies and TV shows when you were a kid, but like you, they’ve grown up, and many of them have transformed into certified babes. They may have been cute and nerdy when they were younger, but a lot can change over a solid chunk of time. And these celebrities have proved that time is on their side.
You fell in love with Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine. Her dorky manner, along with her oversized glasses and gap tooth had you rooting for her the entire time. But now, at the age of 20, she is proving to the world that she’s not a little girl anymore. Starring along Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in 2013’s August: Osage County and this year’s Scream Queens, the cutie has transformed into a total bombshell. The same goes for Alexa Vega who got her start in The Little Giants at the age of 6. She then went on to star in Spy Kids with her tom boy, bad ass demeanour. But now at age 27, she’s all grown up, and is absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
You probably remember Josh Peck from Nickelodeon’s Drake and Josh, but you likely wouldn’t recognize him now. After dropping 110 pounds, his face and physique totally changed, and he looks like a different person from when he starred on the show as a kid. The chubby child star transformed into a total hunk. Jonathon Lipnicki has also made quite the transformation. You’ll remember him as the cute blonde kid from Jerry McGuire, Stewart Little and Like Mike. Now, as a Brazilian jiu jitsu fighter, he is looking as buff as can be.
If you were brave enough to sit through The Ring, you might still have nightmares about Daveigh Chase, the little girl with the long, black hair. You certainly wouldn’t recognize her now. With roles on the TV series Big Love and the film Obsessed on Campus, she has blossomed into a major bombshell. And there’s a lot more where that came from. In today’s video we’re taking a trip down memory lane. Take a look at 10 child stars who grew up to be extremely hot.