Hollywood Inspiring Child Stars

<h2> <span style="color: magenta; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">21 Child Stars Who Grew Up and Stayed Famous ... or Infamous</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> Hollywood has a bit of a Peter Pan complex sometimes never wanting its child actors to grow up. But grow up they must as people do.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> Occasionally, the actors and actresses we love as children make the transition to adult stars ... sometimes making a pit stop as amateur porn stars ... before going on to transition successfully into adult actors known for more than just their childhood roles.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> Sometimes those transitions are less successful and we spend their infamous adulthoods wondering what happened?</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> (Drugs and alcohol happened, that's what. Looking at you, Lindsay Lohan.)</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> Others, like second-time mama Drew Barrymore, go through seriously rough growing pains and emerge on the other side bigger and better than anyone could have imagined. Maybe there's hope for LiLo yet.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> And then there's Leonardo DiCaprio who just gets better and better with age. Seriously. He's a fine wine.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> Take a look at these 21 child actors who grew up and stayed famous. Or infamous. </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px;"> </div> <div class="slideshow" data-slug="child-celebrities-then-and-now" data-title="21 Child Celebrities Then and Now" data-total="20" itemscope="" itemtype="schema.org/ItemList" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <div class="thumbnail slideshow_start" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.054902) 0px 1px 3px; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.054902) 0px 1px 3px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding: 10px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;"> <div class="title" style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"> 21 Child Celebrities Then and Now</div> <a class="start" data-caption="Anna Paquin won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The Piano. She went on to play Rogue and Sookie Stackhouse. Not too bad." data-lightbox-gallery="slideshow_553" data-number="1" data-slug="anna-paquin" data-title="Anna Paquin" data-width="630" href="http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/stars/amanda-bynes.html#slide-7146" style="color: #ff5294; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><div class="image" style="margin: 8px 0px; position: relative;"> <img alt="21 Child Celebrities Then and Now" class="" src="http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow_start/v1398190232/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_anna-paquin.jpg.pagespeed.ic.JPIBbLJky4.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><span class="icon-chevron-left" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; display: inline; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 50px; height: auto; left: 14.578125px; line-height: normal; margin-top: -25px; position: absolute; text-decoration: inherit; top: 263px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"></span><span class="icon-chevron-right" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; display: inline; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 50px; height: auto; line-height: normal; margin-top: -25px; position: absolute; right: 14.578125px; text-decoration: inherit; top: 263px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"></span></div> </a><div class="slide_title" style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28px;"> <span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px;">1. </span><span itemprop="itemListElement" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px;">Anna Paquin</span></div> <div class="slide_description" style="padding: 4px 0px 8px;"> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Anna Paquin won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The Piano. She went on to play Rogue and Sookie Stackhouse. Not too bad.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7147"> <img alt="Amanda Bynes" class="" src="http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190277/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_amanda-bynes.jpg.pagespeed.ic.D35jTXMA7T.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 2. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Amanda Bynes</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Okay, so we didn't say they were ALL success stories. Amanda Bynes was a delightful child star whose hard-partying ways caught up to her. Kind of like another star we know...</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7148"> <img alt="Lindsay Lohan" class="" src="http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190360/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_lindsay-lohan.jpg.pagespeed.ic.uba7DUuzPz.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 3. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Lindsay Lohan</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Lindsay Lohan had a bright, bright future when she hit the scene. And then her star went completely out and now she can't even keep a reality show afloat.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7149"> <img alt="Britney Spears" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190393/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_britney-spears.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Jn39OJBryl.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 4. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Britney Spears</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Britney Spears got her start as a Mousketeer (like a few more faces we'll see in this gallery). Now she's a headliner in Las Vegas.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7150"> <img alt="Christina Aguilera" class="" src="http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190452/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_christina-aguilera.jpg.pagespeed.ic.fiRiDWpgQD.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 5. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Christina Aguilera</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Teen singing rival to Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera was also a Mouseketeer. She managed to keep her nose clean while growing up and landed a job on The Voice.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7151"> <img alt="Christina Ricci" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190524/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_christina-ricci.jpg.pagespeed.ic.2xJKjnyUNk.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 6. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Christina Ricci</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Famous for playing Wednesday Addams, Christina Ricci was a rising star in the 90s. She's kept an air of mystery through the years.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7152"> <img alt="Dakota Fanning" class="" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190621/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_dakota-fanning.jpg.pagespeed.ic.S6JmU9X35L.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 7. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Dakota Fanning</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Dakota Fanning started making films when she was in kindergarten. She eventually landed herself a role on Twilight. Not sure if that's good or bad.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7153"> <img alt="Daniel Radcliffe" class="" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190676/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_daniel-radcliffe.jpg.pagespeed.ic.bCrl3YCqn7.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 8. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Daniel Radcliffe</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Daniel Radcliffe was only part of the way through filming the Harry Potter franchise when he decided to shed his child-star image by performing in the nude in Equus. Yep. That'll do it.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7154"> <img alt="Drew Barrymore" class="" src="http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190760/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_drew-barrymore.jpg.pagespeed.ic.tNAstNAvOw.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 9. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Drew Barrymore</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Perhaps one of the most successful child stars to make it as an adult is Drew Barrymore. She's still setting trends with that hair of hers.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7155"> <img alt="Elijah Wood" class="" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190786/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_elijah-wood.jpg.pagespeed.ic.eNtcX3RV1z.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 10. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Elijah Wood</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Elijah Wood will forever and always be Frodo Baggins no matter what. Unless he pulls a Daniel Radcliffe and gets naked on Broadway. Maybe.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7156"> <img alt="Justin Timberlake" class="" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190842/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_justin-timberlake.jpg.pagespeed.ic.NJTLe_vTn6.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 11. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Justin Timberlake</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Before he was a sex symbol, Justin Timberlake was a Mouseketeer and boyfriend to one Britney Jean Spears.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7157"> <img alt="Kirsten Dunst" src="http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190911/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_kirsten-dunst.jpg.pagespeed.ic.hXO0N_AZbz.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 12. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Kirsten Dunst</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Kirsten Dunst is still making headlines these days, though it's for the controversial things she says and not so much the movies she's in.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7158"> <img alt="Leonardo DiCaprio" class="" src="http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190949/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_leonardo-dicaprio.jpg.pagespeed.ic.fSEqXaA75x.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 13. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Leonardo DiCaprio</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Leonardi DiCaprio is like a fine wine. He just keeps getting better and better with age.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7159"> <img alt="Macaulay Culkin" class="" src="http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398190998/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_macaulay-culkin.jpg.pagespeed.ic.i3ZFdIz0Vb.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 14. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Macaulay Culkin</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Once upon a time, Macaulay Culkin ordered pizza while he was home alone. Now Macaulay Culkin eats pizza and sings about it.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7160"> <img alt="Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen" class="" src="http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398191033/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen.jpg.pagespeed.ic.R8Csjm8iyb.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 15. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are probably among the absolute most famous child stars ever. EVER.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7161"> <img alt="Neil Patrick Harris" class="" src="http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398191115/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_neil-patrick-harris.jpg.pagespeed.ic.d-fnrCZN3L.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 16. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Neil Patrick Harris</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> From Doogie Howser to Hedwig to Barney Stinson, Neil Patrick Harris is still amazing.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7162"> <img alt="Rupert Grint" class="" src="http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398191160/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_rupert-grint.jpg.pagespeed.ic.2mXNNrLWgx.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 17. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Rupert Grint</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Rupert Grint might be Ron Weasley, but as an adult Rupert Grint is just sort of hot. While he's not making too many films right now, we certainly have hopes that will change.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7163"> <img alt="Ryan Gosling" class="" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398191202/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_ryan-gosling.jpg.pagespeed.ic.QxJst1PRBO.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 18. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Ryan Gosling</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Hey, girl. Check out Ryan Gosling as a child star and check out Ryan Gosling's pecs now.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7164"> <img alt="Shia LeBeouf" class="" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398191281/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_shia-lebeouf.jpg.pagespeed.ic.2ocMogY2EA.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 19. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Shia LeBeouf</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> So maybe Shia LeBeouf's success is on the decline, but he sure did have a good run between the time he was a kid and the time he went crazy.</div> <hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; margin: 18px 0px;" /> </div> <div class="slide" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;"> <div class="content" id="slide-7165"> <img alt="Emma Watson" class="" src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images.thehollywoodgossip.com/iu/t_slideshow/v1398191330/slides/xchild-celebrities-then-and-now_emma-watson.jpg.pagespeed.ic.W0bmOw0zaC.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.75px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 20. <span itemprop="itemListElement">Emma Watson</span></h3> <div class="description" style="margin-bottom: 9px;"> Emma Watson is working her way up the Hollywood ladder by making smart choices and staying out of trouble. 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