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While most kids are inherently adorable, not everyone grows up to be an oil painting. These 60 child stars got lucky, though, by turning from super-cute sprogs into super-attractive adults.
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60. Christina Ricci
While she’ll forever be remembered for playing Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, Christina Ricci has gone on to enjoy a pretty prolific acting career. And after shedding the goth look, she’s also become scarily attractive.
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59. Kirsten Dunst
As a kid, Kirsten Dunst featured in some of the best-loved films of the ’90s, namely Interview with the Vampire and Jumanji. Better yet, she’s since grown up to be one of the hottest screen sirens in Hollywood, and her most recent appearance has been in blackly comic TV crime drama Fargo.
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58. Emma Watson
Since the roaring success of the Harry Potter movies, where she of course played Hermione Granger, Emma Watson has become one of the movie world’s hottest properties – and not only because of her acting skills. Her most recent film role was in Noah, in which she starred alongside Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins.
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57. Alyssa Milano
After playing Tony Danza’s daughter in hit ’80s sitcom Who’s the Boss?, Alyssa Milano went on to star in a range of hit TV shows and films. She also became the subject of a well-liked Facebook group by the name of “Alyssa Milano The Sexiest Women Alive.”
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56. Lacey Chabert
From 1994 to 2000 Lacey Chabert shone on the small screen as troubled teen Claudia Salinger in Party of Five. Cut to the present day, though, and it’s clear to see that the former Baby Daddy actress has since grown into her looks – as her 2007 and 2013 Maxim covers definitely show.
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55. Natalie Portman
Israeli-born Natalie Portman was only 13 when 1994’s Léon: The Professional launched her career. Since then, she’s achieved a degree from Harvard and taken home an Oscar for her work on Black Swan, so she’s more than just a pretty face.
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54. Drew Barrymore
A cute six-year-old Drew Barrymore starred in E.T. the Extra Terrestrial before going somewhat off the rails during her adolescence. Still, she’s come through the other side looking stunning – and being stunningly successful.
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53. Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts began her career as a kid alongside Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz in Blow, and she has since featured in a number of hit films and TV shows. She’s also now fronting Aerie’s lingerie campaign.
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52. Jennifer Connelly
A fresh-faced Jennifer Connelly made notable performances as a teenager in the ’80s, including – of course – in Labyrinth. What’s more, she’s retained both her looks and talent since then and scooped an Oscar for her showing in 2001’s A Beautiful Mind.
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51. Jennifer Love Hewitt
At 5’ 2”, Jennifer Love Hewitt may not have literally grown much since her days on Kids Incorporated, but she’s certainly grown into her looks; she sure turned heads in 2012 for that billboard to promote The Client List.
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50. Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning captured hearts as a young girl in Ally McBeal and ER before starring alongside Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds. Now 21, she’s hot – and hotly tipped to be the next big thing.
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49. Mischa Barton
A teenage Mischa Barton is almost unrecognizable in Notting Hill and certainly The Sixth Sense. And she was still only in her late teens when Entertainment Weekly named her “It Girl 2003” following her role in The O.C.
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48. Lindsay Lohan
At 11 years old Lindsay Lohan appeared in The Parent Trap and consequently took home a Young Artist Award. It’s not all been plain sailing since then, of course – but at least she still looks good.
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47. Michelle Trachtenberg
A sweet and innocent-looking Michelle Trachtenberg appeared in the kids’ TV series Pete and Pete at nine years old, yet there was little suggestion that she’d transform into the striking Georgina Sparks of Gossip Girl.
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46. Scarlett Johansson
Now one of the world’s most beautiful women and star of The Avengers movies, ScarJo has come a long way since being the brown-haired girl in ’90s films Home Alone 3 and The Horse Whisperer.
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45. Anna Chlumsky
A ten-year-old Anna Chlumsky shot to fame after appearing alongside Macaulay Culkin in 1991’s My Girl. And, despite a decade-long break from acting, her return in 2007 confirmed just how attractive she had become. It’s easy to see why she’s had a regular on-screen presence ever since.
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44. Miley Cyrus
As her controversial twerking antics and skimpy stage outfits have proven, Miley Cyrus is certainly no kid these days. And while the clean-cut Hannah Montana star-turned-raunchy pop queen has dumped the long locks and figure-hugging dresses in favor of a more tomboyish look, she’s arguably all the more attractive for it.
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43. Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin may have won an Oscar for her role in The Piano at the tender age of 11, but her career has far from floundered since. Just ask anyone who has watched her sizzle on screen as True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse or as strangely alluring mutant Rogue in the X-Men movies.
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42. Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder first hit the big time as a pale goth in 1988’s Beetlejuice. And even more than two decades later she was listed as one of the “100 Sexiest Movie Stars” by Empire magazine.
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41. Tiffani Thiessen
Teenage beauty queen Tiffani Thiessen became every adolescent boy’s TV crush as Kelly Kapowski in Saved By The Bell. She’s still got it these days, too, fronting cookery show Dinner At Tiffani’s.
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40. Vanessa Hudgens
High School Musical fans will know Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez, the lead character she played in the hit series between 2006 and 2008. And despite releasing a couple of solo albums, the now-adult Hudgens has decided to concentrate on acting. Her most recent appearance was in 2015’s Freaks of Nature.
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39. Katherine Heigl
A 13-year-old Katherine Heigl made her first movie appearance in 1992’s That Night, in which she appeared alongside fellow film debutante Eliza Dushku. Having been named one of the world’s most beautiful women by People in 2008, the actress also starred in Knocked Up and Jenny’s Wedding.
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38. Selena Gomez
Between 2007 and 2012 stunning Selena Gomez was perhaps better known as Alex Russo, the lead character in Wizards of Waverly Place. Meanwhile, in 2015 the actress – who’s gone on to become a hugely successful singer – appeared as herself in The Big Short.
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37. Isabelle Fuhrman
In 2009, when she was just 12, Isabelle Fuhrman played Esther, a deranged Russian orphan, in the appropriately titled Orphan. And having turned 18 in February 2015, the American starlet, who has since starred in The Hunger Games as Clove, looks set to become a silver screen regular.
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36. Hilary Duff
Heavenly Hilary Duff made her name playing the teenage Lizzie McGuire between 2001 and 2004. Now having shed her teen idol image, the beautiful blonde, who in 2015 starred in independent movie Flock of Dudes, has been something of a movie mainstay.
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35. Claire Danes
Claire Danes belied her cuteness by playing a teenage killer in Law & Order during the early 1990s. Just a few years later, the actress – who really rose to prominence in 1996’s Romeo + Juliet – was winning Golden Globe awards for her roles in TV dramas Homeland and My So-Called Life.
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34. Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Cosgrove’s big breakthrough came in 2003’s School of Rock when she starred as the smiley Summer Hathaway. And despite entering the music industry, the former child star, who voiced Margo in Despicable Me, decided to concentrate on acting in 2013.
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33. Raquel Castro
In the 2004 movie Jersey Girl, Gertrude Steiney and Ollie Trinké, played by Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck respectively, had a daughter by the name of Gertie. She was played by the adorable Raquel Castro, who in November 2015 celebrated her 21st birthday. She’s since appeared in five other movies.
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