Child Stars All Grown Up – Some Of Them Might Look Familiar
We have been following these child stars ever since they had braces and were anxious to see who survives the stress of living the Hollywood life and not fall into a downward spiral. Some have had success while some have suffered from various issues common to celebrities – leading them to spend all of their well-earned money seeking help. Many of them can’t even make it through the day without any panic attacks. Keep on reading – we reveal what your favorite child stars are up to today! More than a few of them are guaranteed to surprise you…
Hallie Eisenberg
Hallie Eisenberg rose to fame as ‘The Pepsi Girl’ in a series of Pepsi commercials. She made her film debut in Paulie and later starred in various made-for-television films. She appeared in a few more films such as Beautiful, The Miracle Worker, and The Goodbye Girl but in 2010, she went to college. Eisenberg attended American University in Washington, D.C. Since then we haven’t heard much about her, though she was seen in 2016 in the audience of The Voice, supporting her boyfriend, Owen Danoff. They live together in Nashville.
Josh Saviano

Josh Saviano is best known as Kevin Arnold’s best friend, Joshua Pfeiffer, in The Wonder Years. During the series, he landed some other acting jobs but after the show ended he struggled quite a bit, which is probably why he decided to focus on his education. Saviano majored in Political Science at Yale University and then went to Yeshiva University to study law. Today, he is the CEO of two start-ups, a law firm, and a celebrity brand consultancy. He did play a lawyer on three episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims, though.
Taran Noah Smith

Taran Noah Smith is probably only known for his role as Mark Taylor on Home Improvement. During the time the show was running he had many more acting jobs, like Ebbie, Little Bigfoot 2 and 7th Heaven. At the end of the series, he decided to retire from acting. He made headlines when he got married to Heidi van Pelt who was 33 while he was 17. At the same time, he accused his parents of stealing money from his trust fund worth $1.5 million. Since then he has gotten divorced and reunited with his family.
Mara Wilson

Mara Wilson first appeared in the 1993 hit Mrs. Doubtfire, and then in Miracle on 34th Street and on Melrose Place. She finally landed her real break-through job as the lead actor in Matilda. Unfortunately, two years later her mother died from breast cancer and Wilson lost interest in acting. At the age of 12, Wilson was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and she struggles with anxiety and depression. In 2009 she graduated from NYU Tisch’s School of the Art but only made a comeback in acting in 2016, on Broad City.
Michael Bower

Michael Ray Bower is probably best known for his role as Eddie aka Donkeylips on Nickelodeon’s Salute Your Shorts. Bower appeared on many more shows through the late 1980s and 1990s. While he never landed any leading role, he always played minor roles and was never without a job. In the 2000s, for example, he appeared on The X-Files and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and films like Dude, Where’s My Car?. More recently, he was a voice actor for Grand Theft Auto, Halo and Star Wars and also appeared in the film called the Bread of Wickedness.
Romeo Miller

Romeo Miller is most known by his stage name Rome or former Lil’ Romeo. He is a rapper, actor, and model. To date, his most famous single is “My Baby” which he released at age 12. After that Nickelodeon offered him his own series called Romeo. In 2007 the University of Southern California accepted him with a full basketball scholarship but he wasn’t that good and decided to return to music. Since then he appeared on Dancing with the Stars, worked as a model and designed fashion for his clothing line College Boys.
Hanson

The brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac earned three Grammy nominations for their debut album Middle of Nowhere. Most of their songs didn’t make it into the mainstream top 20 hits though. They are still pretty popular in Australia. They released their last album, Anthem, in 2013 and had their latest tour in 2017. In 2016 they played an acoustic version of their song MMMbop on ABC’s Greatest hits. Furthermore, we were excited to hear that they make a lot of music for charity. Keep up the good work! They are set to release two albums in the following years Agains the World and Black Mesa.
Jeremy Jackson

Jackson became famous for his role of Hobie Buchannon on Baywatch. During the show he became addicted to drugs He tried to make money out of his misfortune by participating in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew to overcome his problems. He appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK in 2015 but was kicked out due to his truly horrible behavior. In 2012 he married Loni Willison and they separated only two years later. Considering he went to prison in 2017, we doubt his career will pick up anytime soon.
Jake Lloyd

Jake Lloyd started his acting career in 1996 with a minor role in ER: Emergency Room. He became famous with his appearance in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and also appeared on six subsequent Star Wars video games but then decided to retire from acting at age 11. For a semester he studied pscyhology and film at Columbia College but then dropped out. His mother has revealed that her son suffers from schizophrenia and occasionally fails to take his meds. After Jake attacked his mother he was transferred to a psychiatric facility.
Ross Bagley

Bagley became famous as Nicholas Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Afterward, Bagley teamed up with Will Smith again for the blockbuster Independence Day. The movie was a great hit but Bagley had trouble finding acting jobs after it and only landed a few minor roles that are not even worth mentioning. He graduated with a degree in cinema and television from California State University in 2012. Besides a brief appearance as Landon in Gnome Alone in 2015 we haven’t seen him on our screens lately.
Travis Tedford

Travis Tedford is famous for his appearance as Spanky in The Little Rascals. Welch’s hired him as their first advertising spokeschild in 1994 when he was only five years old after they saw him on the Little Rascals. He was quite successful as a star and landed a few more jobs in movies like Slappy and The Stinkers, Freaky Friday and A Bug’s Life. At the Trinity Valley Community College he earned a degree in Liberal Arts. He then settled down in Garland, Texas, and works as a marketing specialist for Texas Trust Credit Union.
Joseph Mazzello

Joe Mazallo is well known for his appearance as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park. In the movie Presumed Innocent, he made his film debut next to Harrison Ford. After he played Tim on Jurassic Park he appeared in several other films like Simon Borch, Raising Helen, and The Hollow. After graduation with a degree from the University of Southern California, he entered USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2001 with a recommendation letter from Steven Spielberg. He appeared in The Social Network and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Additionally, he started directing his own short movies.
Carrie Henn

Carrie Henn is best known for James Cameron’s horror flick Aliens where she starred next to Sigourney Weaver. She never acted in any other film but has said that she would love to be in a Quentin Tarantino movie. So what is she doing these days? She earned her degree in liberal studies and child development from California State University and works as a school teacher. With her husband Nathan Kutcher, she lives two hours away from San Francisco in a small town called Atwater. They have one child. She has also done some TV appearances in multiple shows.
Jonathan Lipnicki

Lipnicki made his film debut in 1996’s hit Jerry Maguire next to Tom Cruise. After his film debut, he enjoyed ongoing success and appeared in TV shows like The Single Guy and Dawson’s Creek as well as films like Doctor Dolittle and The Little Vampire. Though his acting career started slowing down for about a few years, he got back on the screen with an acting role in For the Love of Money in 2012. Since then he might not have become an A-lister but he’s not been out of work either.
Kate Maberly

Kate Maberly landed her first job at the age of eight in The Secret Garden. Following that she went to the States to play leading roles in movies like Stephen King’s The Langoliers and Gulliver’s Travels. Back in England, she continued to work as an actor for a number of high caliber film productions. She then took some time off in order to study Classical Piano and Cello at the prestigious London Conservatoire Trinity College of Music. She is supposed to release a film adaption of The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Mackenzie Rosman

Mackenzie Rosman became known as Ruthie Camden in 7th Heaven. After the series ended, Rosman kept on working as an actress for smaller productions and in smaller roles on things like The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Ghost Shark. Rosman decided to pose for Maxim magazine so that she could break free of her childhood role. Her fans were totally shocked by her sudden transformation. Today she is no longer that active as an actor, with just a couple of short films and TV movies to show for her efforts.
Danica McKellar

Danica McKellar rose to fame as Kevin Arnold’s girlfriend Winnie Cooper in the TV series The Wonder Years. The show ended in 1993 and McKellar said that she found the transition from being a child actress to an adult actress was very nerve wracking for her. Since the show ended she had several minor roles in TV series and has directed two short films. McKellar earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with summa cum laude from UCLA in 1998. She has written several books on math but she’s also still acting.
Jenna Von Oy

Actress and country singer Jenna von Oy is best known for her role as Six LeMeure on Blossom. After the series ended in 19995, she studied film and cinema at the University of South California but eventually dropped out of school. Despite a few guest roles and being on the cast of The Parkers, she wasn’t really able to find consistent work in showbiz. She then tried music and released her debut album, Breathing Room, in 2007. Furthermore, she is also writing today and has released a book called Situation Monday.
Anna Chlumsky
Anna Chlumsky is best known for her role as Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl and its sequel. She also starred in Trading Mom and Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain. Until the late 1990s she appeared on several films for TV and series. Chlumskty then attended the University of Chicago from which she graduated with a bachelors degree in International Studies. She appeared in minor roles in TV series like Law & Order and 30 Rock. For her role in the political satire In The Loop she received an Emmy nomination.


Khleo Thomas
Back in the 2000s, Khleo Thomas gained popularity after appearing in movies like Holes and Roll Bounce. He began his career at only six years old by appearing in different commercials. He did not settle for an acting career, though, as he went on to pursue music. To this day, he has released four mixtapes and two EPs. He has his own lifestyle brand called Slick Living which was later renamed Goddess Living Amongst Men. Thomas still acts from time to time and his most recent role was in UA:LA in 2019.
Lark Voorhies

Lark Voorhies is best known as Lisa Turtle on the NBC sitcom Saved by the Bell. Voorhies struggled to find new jobs after the series ended. She only appeared in a few projects within the last few years. She married Miguel Colemam 1996 and divorced in 2004. She then married her boyfriend of one year, a music engineer, in 2015 but filed for divorce only 6 months later. In 2006 she filed a lawsuit against the National Enquirer for claiming that she had a drug problem. Her mother claimed that Voorhies has bipolar disorder.
Ross Hull

Ross Hull rose to fame as Gary on the television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? After the show wrapped up he played Chris Sheppard in Student Bodies and then appeared on Stargate Atlantis. Hull then decided to retire from acting and instead pursue his passion for meteorology. He enrolled at Mississippi State University and later earned a bachelor’s degree in radio and television arts from University of Toronto. Today he works as a meteorologist for a Canadian news TV station. He is openly gay and loves travelling, hiking and rock climbing.
Mason Gamble

Mason Gamble began his acting career at age six when he played in Groundhog Dog and only three months later he got the job for the comedy Dennis The Menace. He appeared in a few more movies but that’s about it, acting-wise. He then enrolled at UCLA where he graduated as a marine biologist and was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha faternity. He actually planned on becoming a dentist but now he is really satisfied with his choice. He really loves his job, his family and friends and is happy to no more be in the spotlight.
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson

In 2012 the world got to meet Honey Boo Boo and Mama June and was totally shocked. TLC followed the child beauty pageant contestant Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and made a fortune with their reality television series on her family. In 2014 the show was cancelled because Mama June became romantically involved with a registered criminal. In 2015, Alana and her mother were featured in The Doctors after Honey Boo Boo gained weight and got to more than 120 pounds. The doctors helped her to make healthy food choices.
Brian Bonsall

Brian Bonsall became famous as Andy Keaton on Family Ties. He played the role for more than three years on the sitcom. One of his final films was Blank Check. After that, he left Hollywood and finished high school. Eventually, he formed a rock band with some of his friends and is totally into punk music these days.He has been arrested multiple times for marijuana possessions, assault and failure to report for probation. Still, not everything goes wrong for him as in 2017, he got married to a woman called Courtney Tuck.
Eminem’s Daughter Hailie

Eminem has mentioned his daughter Hailie in more than 20 of his songs. Although Eminem and Kim, Hailie’s mother, weren’t always the perfect parents, they did everything they could to raise their daughter right. Despite the fact that her father was worth millions Hailie’s parents were keen to raise her as normal as possible. She went to a public school and graduated Summa Cum Laude, which means a G.P.A of over 3.9! She graduated from Michigan State University where she got a degree in psychology and entrepreneurship. She says she wants to be an influencer.
Brooklyn Beckham

David and Victoria Beckham’s son is now 19 years old and is on the way to becoming Calvin Klein‘s next top model – at least if he keeps at it. He’s been interested in art and photography, which perhaps explains why he has gone to New York to study art. It seems he’s way more influenced by his mother than by his father, as soccer is out and fashion is in for Brooklyn. His current girlfriend, Hannah Cross, is a model and she also seems to be in love with Victoria’s fashion line.
Shiloh Jolie Pitt

Shiloh Jolie Pitt was born in 2006 to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie! And if you take a look at childhood pictures from Angelina or Brad you definitely see that it is their child. You may not even be able to decide who she looks like. And yes, Shiloh is a girl but likes to be identified as a boy. Recently, her parents allowed her to cut her hair noticeably shorter. Shiloh’s parents are totally supportive of her decision to be a tomboy. We just hope her parents’ divorce doesn’t affect her negatively.
Patrick Schwarzenegger

Being the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger can definitely open some doors in Hollywood. The 25-year-old works today as a model and actor and at the same time has founded a philanthropic company called Project360 that produces men’s clothing. He has been seen on screen in Ariana Grande’s music video Right There but he’s also gearing up for greater things. In 2018, he appeared in Midnight Sun, which was his first time as a lead actor! With his talent (and his family’s support) who knows what heights Patrick will eventually reach?
Shaun Weiss

Shaun Weiss is probably best known for his role as Goldberg in The Mighty Ducks and as John in Disney’s Heavyweights. He might have not hit the jackpot but he kept getting small parts or guest-starring on shows like Boy Meets World, The King of Queens and Freaks and Geeks. But with the new millennium, things started going downhill. His last acting credit was in Drillbit Taylor in 2008. After that, his career went into freefall and since then, he’s resurfaced in the news for various arrests and for entering rehab in 2018.