'00s Teen Celebrity Glow-Ups
But now as an adult, nothing has quite messed with my head like realizing my favourite awkward and quirky (yet beloved) characters from these shows are like, super hot now. They were always cuties, but now I'm talking full on models.
Here are the most unexpected celeb glow-ups from some of our fave 2000s teen stars:
Let's start off with Evan Peters from Sleepover at age 17:
And here he is now, age 38:
Here is Matthew Lewis from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at age 16:
And here he is now, age 36:
Here is Josh Peck from Drake and Josh at age 18:
And here he is now, age 38:
Here is Tyler James Williams from Everybody Hates Chris, at age 14:
And here he is now, age 32:
Here are Dylan and Cole Sprouse from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Suite Life on Deck, at age 17:
And here they are now, age 32:
Here is Emma Stone from The House Bunny at age 18:
And here she is now, age 36:
Here is Raven-Symoné from That's So Raven and The Cheetah Girls, at age 17:
And here she is now, age 39:
Here is Devon Werkheiser from Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide at age 14:
And here he is now, age 34:
Here is Nicholas Hoult from Skins at age 18:
And here he is now, age 35:
Here is Keke Palmer from Jump In! at age 14:
And here she is now, age 31:
Here's Jake Thomas from Lizzie McGuire, at age 13:
And here he is now, age 35:
Here is Erin Sanders from Zoey 101, at age 16:
And here she is now, age 34:
Here's Austin Butler from Zoey 101 and Hannah Montana, at age 17:
And here he is now, age 33:
Here is JoJo from Aquamarine at age 16:
And here she is now, age 34:
Here is Shailene Woodley from The Secret Life of an American Teenager, at age 17:
And here she is now, age 33:
I'm going to need more time to process these TBH...Let us know which 2000s teen celeb had the best glow-up in the comments!
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