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.
Kate Winslet
Year: 1998
Age: 23 years old
A photo of Winslet one year after Titanic was released into theaters.
Sandra Bullock
Year: 1990
Age: 26 years old
Bullock appeared in two different TV shows, Working Girl and Lucky Chances, in 1990.
Jennifer Aniston
Year: 1990
Age: 21 years old
Four years prior to her most iconic role at Rachel Green in Friends, Aniston played Jeannie Bueller in the Ferris Bueller TV series.
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.
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, dropped in 2003.
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.
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.
John Legend
Year: 2005
Age: 27 years old
In 2005, Legend performed at the House of Blues with special guests Kanye and Snoop Dogg.
John Lithgow
Year: 1974
Age: 29 years old
The Crown's Winston Churchill was just at the start of his acting career in the early 1970s.
Nicole Kidman
Year: 1988
Age: 21 years old
Kidman in her early 20s starred in Emerald City as Helen McCord.
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 started. The show first aired in 2007.
Prince Harry
Year: 2004
Age: 20 years old
This was the year the prince started dating Chelsey Davy, who is reportedly set to attend the wedding of the now 34-year-old Harry and Meghan Markle.
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.
Prince William
Year: 2002
Age: 20 years old
Young Prince William's budding romance with Kate Middleton was said to have started right around this time.
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. The royal-to-be is currently engaged to Prince Harry.
Milo Ventimiglia
Year: 2002
Age: 25 years old
The Gilmore Girls heart throb was just one year into the show in 2002.
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.
Oprah Winfrey
Year: 1978
Age: 24 years old
Oprah became the co-anchor of WJZ's Eyewitness News in Baltimore, Maryland.
Queen Elizabeth
Year: 1946
Age: 20 years old
The young Queen-to-be would be crowned just 7 years later, in her mid-20s.
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 in True Believer.
Reese Witherspoon
Year: 1996
Age: 20 years old
Witherspoon's daughter, Ava Phillippe, looks exactly like Reese at this age.
Tracee Ellis Ross
Year: 1992
Age: 20 years old
1992 was the year Ross was asked to walk in Thierry Mugler’s Spring show.
Khloé Kardashian
Year: 2008
Age: 24 years old
The current mom-to-be, just one year after the premiere of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Year: 1985
Age: 20 years old
Parker starred as Janey in the movie Girls Just Wanna Have Fun in 1985.
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.
Sofía Vergara
Year: 2000
Age: 28 years old
Vergara wasn't acting at this time, but the Modern Family star landed her big role in 2009.
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.
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.
Kate Middleton
Year: 2007
Age: 25 years old
Middleton was dating Prince William, but the couple broke up in 2007. Luckily, we know it worked out, and the royal duo is expecting their third baby.
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.
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