This Is What Your Favorite Celebrities Looked Like in Their 20s

They were just babies back then.

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Alex Warner
By Alex Warner
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Many celebrities grew up in the spotlight, and that means we have physical proof of what they looked like when they were younger—and for some, the difference is striking. Click through to see some of your favorite movie stars, singers, and royal family members when they were in their 20s versus today.

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Kate Winslet
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Kate Winslet

Year: 1998
Age: 23 years old

A photo of Winslet one year after Titanic (opens in new tab) was released into theaters.

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Sandra Bullock
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Sandra Bullock

Year: 1990
Age: 26 years old

Bullock appeared in two different TV shows (opens in new tab), Working Girl and Lucky Chances, in 1990.

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Jennifer Aniston
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Jennifer Aniston

Year: 1990
Age: 21 years old

Four years prior to her most iconic role at Rachel Green in Friends (opens in new tab), Aniston played Jeannie Bueller in the Ferris Bueller (opens in new tab) TV series.

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Anna Faris
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Anna Faris

Year: 2003
Age: 27 years old

The year after this photo was taken, Faris appeared as Erica, the mom of Chandler and Monica's adopted babies in Friends (opens in new tab).

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Beyoncé
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Beyoncé

Year: 2001
Age: 20 years old

The woman we now know as Queen B hadn't even released her first album yet. Her first album, Dangerously in Love (opens in new tab), dropped in 2003.

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Halle Berry
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Halle Berry

Year: 1989
Age: 23 years old

This was the first year Berry landed an acting role. Her first gig was in a TV series called Living Dolls (opens in new tab).

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Scarlett Johansson
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Scarlett Johansson

Year: 2004
Age: 20 years old

This was a huge year for Johannson. She took on six different roles, including playing the voice of Mindy in The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (opens in new tab).

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John Legend
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John Legend

Year: 2005
Age: 27 years old

In 2005, Legend performed at the House of Blues (opens in new tab) with special guests Kanye and Snoop Dogg.

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John Lithgow
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John Lithgow

Year: 1974
Age: 29 years old

The Crown' (opens in new tab)s Winston Churchill was just at the start of his acting career in the early 1970s.

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Nicole Kidman
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Nicole Kidman

Year: 1988
Age: 21 years old

Kidman in her early 20s starred in Emerald City (opens in new tab) as Helen McCord.

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Kim Kardashian West
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Kim Kardashian West

Year: 2006
Age: 24 years old

A photo of Kim before the fan-favorite reality TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians (opens in new tab) started. The show first aired in 2007.

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Prince Harry
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Prince Harry

Year: 2004
Age: 20 years old

This was the year the prince started dating Chelsey Davy (opens in new tab), who is reportedly set to attend the wedding (opens in new tab) of the now 34-year-old Harry and Meghan Markle.

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Patrick Dempsey
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Patrick Dempsey

Year: 1987
Age: 22 years old

This was the year the young Dempsey played Ronald Miller in the classic 80s movie Can't Buy Me Love (opens in new tab).

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Prince William
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Prince William

Year: 2002
Age: 20 years old

Young Prince William's budding romance with Kate Middleton (opens in new tab) was said to have started right around this time.

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Meghan Markle
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Meghan Markle

Year: 2005
Age: 24 years old

Markle had a few small acting roles in 2005, including one in the Ashton Kutcher movie, A Lot Like Love (opens in new tab). The royal-to-be is currently engaged to Prince Harry (opens in new tab).

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Milo Ventimiglia
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Milo Ventimiglia

Year: 2002
Age: 25 years old

The Gilmore Girls (opens in new tab) heart throb was just one year into the show in 2002.

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Mandy Moore
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Mandy Moore

Year: 2004
Age: 20 years old

Moore was "the most protected girl in America" as Anna Foster, the First Daughter in Chasing Liberty (opens in new tab).

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Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey

Year: 1978
Age: 24 years old

Oprah became the co-anchor of WJZ's Eyewitness News (opens in new tab) in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Queen Elizabeth
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Queen Elizabeth

Year: 1946
Age: 20 years old

The young Queen-to-be would be crowned (opens in new tab) just 7 years later, in her mid-20s.

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Robert Downey Jr.
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Robert Downey Jr.

Year: 1989
Age: 24 years old

Before he was flying around in an iron suit, Downey Jr. played the role of lawyer who took on an 8-year-old murder case (opens in new tab) in True Believer.

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Reese Witherspoon
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Reese Witherspoon

Year: 1996
Age: 20 years old

Witherspoon's daughter, Ava Phillippe (opens in new tab), looks exactly like Reese at this age.

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Tracee Ellis Ross
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Tracee Ellis Ross

Year: 1992
Age: 20 years old

1992 was the year Ross was asked to walk in Thierry Mugler’s (opens in new tab) Spring show.

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Khloé Kardashian
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Khloé Kardashian

Year: 2008
Age: 24 years old

The current mom-to-be (opens in new tab), just one year after the premiere of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

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Sarah Jessica Parker
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Sarah Jessica Parker

Year: 1985
Age: 20 years old

Parker starred as Janey in the movie Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (opens in new tab) in 1985.

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John Stamos
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John Stamos

Year: 1983
Age: 20 years old

Young Stamos was just three years away from playing his iconic role, Jesse Katsopolis in Full House (opens in new tab).

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Sofía Vergara
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Sofía Vergara

Year: 2000
Age: 28 years old

Vergara wasn't acting at this time, but the Modern Family (opens in new tab) star landed her big role in 2009.

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Johnny Depp
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Johnny Depp

Year: 1987
Age: 24 years old

Long before he was Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp was Officer Tom Hanson in the TV series 21 Jump Street (opens in new tab).

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Julianne Moore
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Julianne Moore

Year: 1985
Age: 25 years old

This was the first year of Moore's career as an actress. She played Frannie Hughes in the TV series As the World Turns (opens in new tab).

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Kate Middleton
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Kate Middleton

Year: 2007
Age: 25 years old

Middleton was dating Prince William, but the couple broke up (opens in new tab) in 2007. Luckily, we know it worked out, and the royal duo is expecting their third baby (opens in new tab).

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Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep

Year: 1976
Age: 27 years old

This photo of Streep was right at the beginning of her acting career. She's since become an acclaimed, iconic actress and voice in the current Times Up movement (opens in new tab).

Alex Warner
Alex Warner
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I’m currently working at Dotdash Meredith as the Celeb & Entertainment E-Commerce Lead contributing affiliate content for People.com and InStyle.com. I’m basically like your personal shopper, from writing about that cozy loungewear set you didn’t know you needed to keeping tabs on the best sales and deals on the internet. I’m also a pro at finding affordable dupes for celebrity looks and I love to dig into the data to strategize content opportunities.

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