10 Child Stars Who Didn’t Turn Into Hot Messes
Anna Paquin
At an age where most of us were still eating Play-Doh, “True Blood” actress Anna Paquin was accepting an Academy Award for her supporting work in 1993′s The Piano at only 11 years old, becoming the second youngest person in history to snag an Oscar. An award like that could easily trigger a swift spiraling down (see the actual youngest ever Oscar winner, Tatum O’Neil, as proof!), but Paquin kept her feet on the ground and her head on straight, taking big parts in popular flicks like Almost Famous, X-Men and She’s All That throughout her teen years. After attending Columbia University for two years, the actress left school to pursue acting full-time, which she’s successfully done for years, currently popping up on our TV screens each week as Sookie Stackhouse on HBO hit “True Blood.” Now as Sookie, Paquin can finally experience all those wild, scandalous times she dodged all these years!
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Post a CommentI had no idea Katherine Heigl was a child star! Actually, i haven’t really cared for her much. Nothing against her, just not my favorites. After reading this, though, I definitely have much more respect and admiration for her and her work!
Aww…Leo!!!
I remember Leonardo DiCaprio from Growing Pains, i feel old!
Love Mila Kunis!
I know I’m late, but another child actors and one of my favorites is Reese Witherspoon……oh and not sure, but I haven’t heard anything bad about Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster)
It’s nice to know some people act like real people in Hollywood.
What about Kirk Cameron? He probably turned out better than any of the child actors.
THANK YOU,I REALLY ENJOYED THE ARTICLE…
Yes, it would be nice if you showed a little more diversity in this list. More research people.
awww I remember wish upon the star. I used to lovveee that movie as a child!
The problem is the news likes to focus on the negative. I would guess that the majority of childhood stars have “gone good” but you only hear about the bad ones over and over and over again. This list should be “100 child stars who didn’t turn into hot messes.”
kirsten dunst had has her fair share of rehab stints
thery are all awsome
Natalie Portman should be on this list! From “Leon: The Professional” to “Black Swan” with a degree from Harvard in between.
Great article.
not too often do you hear of those who are doing good, glad to see holiday doesnt ruin everyone
How about a little diversity here? There is also Raven Simone, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tatiana Ali, Bernadette Stanis, Janet Jackson to name a few.
Jason Bateman is great.
JGL just keeps getting more popular.
I have no recollection of Christian Bale being in Hollywood at a young age…