20 Iconic Child Actors Who Aren’t Super Famous, So You Might Not Know They’re Still Actors
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20 Iconic Child Actors Who Aren't Super Famous, So You Might Not Know They're Still Actors,They're SO grown up now.
20 Iconic Child Actors Who Aren’t Super Famous, So You Might Not Know They’re Still Actors
We’ve all had those moments when you recognized an actor but you couldn’t quite remember from where. Many former child stars are making a comeback and returning to their roots in Hollywood. Here’s who grew up on screen and are still making a living acting to this very day:
1. To start, Ashley Johnson played Chrissy Seaver in Growing Pains during the early ’90s.
© Buena Vista Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe recently appeared as Nichole Schmidt in The Gabby Petito Story.
Jerod Harris / WireImage3. Danica McKellar played Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years during the late ’80s and early ’90s.
George Long / TV Guide / © ABC / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe recently appeared as Sadie Walker in Christmas at the Drive-In.
Astrida Valigorsky / Getty Images4. Tatyana Ali played Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air during the early ’90s.
© NBC / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe recently played Mrs. Hughes in three episodes of Bel-Air.
Frazer Harrison / Getty Images5. Joseph Mazzello played Tim in 1993’s Jurassic Park.
Murray Close / © Universal Studios / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe was recently seen as Paul Begala in American Crime Story.
Jason Kempin / Getty Images6. Amber Tamblyn played Emily in General Hospital from 1995 to 2000.
© ABC / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Carolyn in You Hurt My Feelings.
Theo Wargo / Getty Images7. Lacey Chabert played Claudia Salinger in Party of Five for over 140 episodes between 1994 and 2000.
FOX / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Tess Harper in The Crossword Mysteries.
Cindy Ord / Getty Images8. Christina Ricci played Wednesday in the ’90s Addams Family movies.
Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Ms. Thornhill in the Netflix series Wednesday and stars in Yellowjackets.
Gregg Deguire / WireImage9. Haley Joel Osment played Cole Sear in 1999’s The Sixth Sense.
© Buena Vista Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe was recently seen as Jeremy in Somebody I Used to Know.
Steve Granitz / FilmMagic10. Kyle Massey played the lead character in Cory in the House, a spinoff of That’s So Raven, from 2007 to 2008.
Bob D’Amico / © Disney Channel / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe was recently seen as Omar Benson in the TV series Millennials.
Wil R / Star Max / GC Images11. Daryl Sabara played Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids franchise during the early ’00s.
Troublemaker Studios / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe was recently seen in Meghan Trainor’s music video for “Made You Look.”
Future Publishing / Future Publishing via Getty ImagesFun fact: Meghan is his wife IRL.
12. AnnaSophia Robb played Leslie Burke in 2007’s Bridge to Terabithia.
© Buena Vista Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Michelle Shughart in Dr. Death.
Brian Feinzimer / Variety via Getty Images13. Sara Paxton played Staci in 2004’s Sleepover.
© MGM / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Miss Flynn in the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde.
Charley Gallay / Getty Images for Netflix14. Alyson Stoner played Sarah Baker in the Cheaper by the Dozen films that were popular in the ’00s.
© 20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently featured as a voice actor in the animated series Hamster & Gretel.
Michael Kovac / Getty Images for IMDb15. Fred Savage played Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years from 1988 to 1993, starring in over 110 episodes.
Michael Becker / © New World Television / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe was recently seen as Vaughn in The Afterparty.
Randy Holmes / ABC via Getty Images16. Jaleel White played Steve Urkel in over 200 episodes of Family Matters between 1989 and 1998.
Bob D’Amico / TV Guide / © ABC / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe was recently seen as Max Jefferson in The Ms. Pat Show.
Robin L Marshall / FilmMagic17. Jonathan Lipnicki played George Little in the Stuart Little movies in 1999 and 2002.
© Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe was recently seen as Sean in Pooling to Paradise.
Roy Rochlin / Getty Images18. Keshia Knight Pulliam played Rudy Huxtable in The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992.
© NBC / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Bethany in The Hillsdale Adoption Scam.
Paras Griffin / Getty Images19. Madeline Zima played Grace Sheffield in The Nanny from 1993 to 1999.
© CBS / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Space Case in Doom Patrol.
Araya Doheny / FilmMagic20. Finally, Anna Chlumsky played Vada Sultenfuss in the ’90s My Girl movies.
© Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionShe was recently seen as Molly in They/Them and starred in Netflix’s Inventing Anna.
NBC / Nathan Congleton / NBC via Getty ImagesWho’s your favorite from this list? Share their name in the comments!
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