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117 Rare Celebrity Childhood Photos Show Barely Recognizable Stars
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When we look at famous people, we sometimes forget that they aren't superhumans and that they actually stumbled through the awkwardness of childhood just like us at one point. Photos of our youth tell vivid stories of where we came from and provided a window into the styles and customs of a bygone era. Through these glimpses of young celebrities, we get an impression of how they lived and grew up before reaching the red carpet.
Funnily enough, they too did participate in awkward family photos and had the ugly duckling yearbook images taken at the gawky stages of puberty. Some of these now popular celebrities seem to have found the anti-aging elixir, while others changed almost beyond recognition. And we've gathered more than a hundred of these before and after celebrity photos, so proofs are aplenty.
Youth comes with its own unique beauty often depicted in awkward photos, but it's impossible to deny that just like a bottle of wine, some things (and people) genuinely do get better with age.
Try to spot your favorite famous celebrities, before they were famous below.
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Ryan Gosling
Leonardo DiCaprio
You can tell the ones who were child actors (Gosling, DiCaprio, etc) cause their kid photos are headshots.
Chloe Grace Moretz
George Clooney
Freddie Mercury
Jennifer Aniston
At her child photo she looks like she's saying "Calm down, I got this!" :D
Jackie Chan
Keira Knightley
I sometimes have troubles trying to picture her in a 21st century setting.
Anne Hathaway
David Bowie
Julia Roberts
Elizabeth Taylor
I'm assuming the early photo was from National Velvet. She didn't change a lot. Put makeup on her as a child, and they're virtually the same.
Meryl Streep
Bjork
I love the fact that she always had that creepy-cute look, even as a child
Whoopi Goldberg
Wow! The little girl who played Delores as a child in Sister Act, REALLY resembled Whoopi as a child!
Lady Gaga
If you look at her without makeup, she looks very similar to her child self.
Justin Timberlake
Chris Pratt
Whoah!! Is it just the lighting or did his eyes change color?
Amy Schumer
Jack Nicholson
Jimmy Fallon
