TV Stars When They Were Young
#14 Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore "auditioned" for a dog food commercial when she was only 11 months old. Needless to say, she knows what it's like to be on the tube. Here's a shot from her in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when she was 7.
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JT and Britney
Every one knows they were on the Mickey Mouse Club with a gang of other would-be celebs, so it's no surprise they made the list. But this picture's just too priceless.
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Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore "auditioned" for a dog food commercial when she was only 11 months old. Needless to say, she knows what it's like to be on the tube. Here's a shot from her in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when she was 7.
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Elijah Wood
Now he's got his own TV show, Wilfred, where he talks to a dog. But good ol' Frodo's been around for a long time. Here's him in Back to the Future Part II in 1989.
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Raven
Before she had a TV show named after her, she was the 3-year-old Olivia on the Cosby Show.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Long before SJP was Carrie Bradshaw, she geekily co-starred in the 1982 sitcom, "Square Pegs." Know your roots!
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Rob Lowe
Today he's known for the excessively-perky budget cutter, Chris Traegr, on Parks and Rec. But way back when he was in a few TV movies, and starred as Soda Pop Curtis in the Outsiders.
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Claire Danes
She was opposite Leo/Romeo in Romeo + Juliet when she was still a teen, but before that she starred in "My So-Called Life."
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Kristen Stewart
Yeah she's in Twilight, and a bunch of other movies right now... And some people remember her from Panic Room. But she was also the merboy's little sister in Disney Channel's The Thirteenth Year!
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Before he was Romeo, and before he was Jack Dawson, he was the orphan, Luke Brower, on "Growing Pains." Wait a sec, isn't that Hillary Swank on the left?!
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Michael Cera
Michael Cera still plays the same sort of roles that he's always played, but we'll never forget him as George Michael Bluth in Arrested Development.
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Neil Patrick Harris
Everyone loves NPH for playing Barney on How I Met Your Mother. But his first main gig was when he played a 16-year-old doctor on Doogie Houser, M.D. in the early 90s.
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Natalie Portman
She isn't necessarily known for her television roles, but Natalie Portman was in a bunch of things on the tube far before she was even old enough to drive.
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Ryan Gosling
Everyone knows about Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera's roles on The Mickey Mouse Club. But few people seem to remember that little kid in the bottom left... who has been taking hollywood by storm ever since The Notebook.
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Katherine Heigl
Rumor has it that starring in Disney Channel's Wish Upon a Star was Katherine Heigl's best career move ever. Either that, or Bride of Chuckie!
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Nowadays, he's one of hollywood's up and coming dreamy dudes who seems to be in just about everything. But this guy probably wouldn't be in films like Inception, 50/50, and the Dark Knight Rises if he didn't play a nerdy alien kid on Third Rock from the Sun.
