15 Celebrities You’d Hardly Recognize at the Start of Their Careers

Many actors have been a part of Hollywood since childhood, and they still have significant careers in the industry, even today. Interestingly, if you look back on their earliest movies when they were about to flourish, you wouldn’t be able to recognize most of them. And if you look at their current movies, you’ll be appalled at how time changes their appearances. Here are some of the drastic before-and-after images of a few celebs down below.

1. Angelina Jolie

© Lookin' To Get Out / Lorimar Productions and co-producers, © Wanted / Universal Pictures and co-producers

2. Brendan Fraser

© School Ties / Paramount Pictures and co-producers, © The Whale / A24 and co-producers

3. Winona Ryder

© Lucas / Twentieth Century Fox and co-producers, © Stranger Things / Netflix and co-producers

4. Christian Bale

© Empire of the Sun / Warner Bros. and co-producers, © The Dark Knight Rises / Warner Bros. and co-producers

5. Keira Knightly

© Screen One: Royal Celebration / BBC One and co-producers, © Anna Karenina / Universal Pictures and co-producers

6. Ryan Reynolds

© Fifteen / John Binkley and co-producers, © The Adam Project / Maximum Effort and co-producers

7. Meryl Streep

© Alice at the Palace / New York Shakespeare Festival and co-producers, © The Devil Wears Prada / Fox 2000 Pictures and co-producers

8. Jake Gyllenhaal

© City Slickers / Castle Rock Entertainment and co-producers, © Spiderman: Far From Home / Columbia Pictures and co-producers

9. Jodie Foster

© The Courtship of Eddie's Father / MGM Television and co-producers, © Carnage / Constantin Film and co-producers

10. Elijah Wood

© Avalon / TriStar Pictures and co-producers, © Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / AMC Studios and co-producers

11. Johnny Galecki

© National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation / National Lampoon and co-producers, © The Big Bang Theory / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

12. Justin Timberlake

© The All New Mickey Mouse Club / Walt Disney Television and co-producers, © Palmer / Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and co-producers

13. Mayim Bialik

© Beaches / Touchstone Pictures and co-producers, © The Big Bang Theory / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

14. Neil Patrick Harris

© Clara's Heart / Warner Bros. and co-producers, © How I Met Your Mother / 20th Century Fox Television and co-producers

15. Kristen Stewart

© Panic Room / Columbia Pictures and co-producers, © Happiest Season / TriStar Pictures and co-producers

Which celebrity have you seen acting in movies as a child and couldn’t recognize as the same person today? Share with us in the comments.

Preview photo credit Beaches / Touchstone Pictures and co-producers, The Big Bang Theory / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

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