10 Actors Who Played Children Even When They Weren’t Young

No matter how much we want to stop the aging process, nevertheless, we will have to come to terms with the fact that time will take its toll. But even if you manage to preserve the external beauty, then the character, habits, behavior will no longer be the same as at 15-20 years old.

But the movie world is different from real life. Here, a mature actor can play the role of a teenager or even a child. There are many such examples, both in our cinema and in Hollywood.

10 Stacey Dash | Stupid

Clueless is an American comedy film released in 1995. The film was liked by the audience, so later a television series with the same name appeared. Actress Stacey Dash was cast as the main character’s friend, Dionne. According to the story, she is 16 years old. And, in fact, she was already 28 then. She starred in the series, playing a teenager, until she was 33 years old.

By the time the picture was released, Stacey was already a mother, her son Austin was born in 1991. Before getting used to the role of a schoolgirl, the actress starred in other films where she played adult roles: an employee of the company Amber in the film “Money, money, more money”, a rookie soldier in “Renaissance Man”.

9. Leonardo DiCaprio | Catch Me If You Can

In this famous film by Steven Spielberg, the main role was given to Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2002, when this film was released, the actor was already 28 years old. But he plays the role of 17-year-old Frank Abagnale Jr.

The actor brilliantly coped with his task and was even nominated for the Golden Globe as the performer of the best male role.

8. Michael J Fox | Back to the Future

The first film premiered in 1985. The main characters are Dr. Emmett Brown, who invented the time machine, and his young friend, high school student Marty. He is 17 years old according to the story. The boy was played by Michael J. Fox, he was 24 years old at that time.

A sequel was later filmed in 1989 and a third part in 1990. During the filming of the second part of the picture, he had a son named Sam, and a year before that, he married Tracy Pollan.

When the third part came out, the actor was already 29 years old. Later he played many roles, but it was not easy for him.

7. Alexis Bledel | Jeans – a talisman

This film was made in 2005. He tells about the life of 4 girlfriends, who at that time were about 16 – 17 years old. They are all different in character, but they cannot live without each other. Ahead of them is waiting for the summer, which will become very important for them. One of them, modest and reasonable Lina, was played by Alexis Bledel. She was already 24 at the time.

In the same year, another notable film “Sin City” was released with her participation. There, the actress was transformed, as she had to play not a domestic girl, but a prostitute.

6. Minka Kelly | Friday night lights

This television series tells about the high school “Dillon High”, located in the Texas town of Dillon (this is a fictional city). The main pride of the school is the football team. But the series is not so much about football, but about devotion, friendship, love, as well as about the first failures and successes.

It starred actress Minka Kelly, who played Lila Garrity, a teenager. The series was released in 2006, it was filmed until 2011. Then the girl was already 26 years old, and by the end of filming – 31 years old.

5. Tobey Maguire | Spiderman

This is a film about the life of a modest schoolboy Peter Parker, who receives superpowers and begins to fight crime. Later, the continuation of this picture was filmed. According to the script, the boy is 17 years old. But the actor who played this role was 28 years old. He was already a fairly well-known actor, starring in 14 films.

4. Charisma Carpenter | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The series was filmed from 1997 to 2003. This is a youth movie about an American girl with unusual abilities. She arrives in the town of Sunnydale, where she must exterminate all otherworldly creatures. Charisma Carpenter wanted to star in it, but was late for the casting. Therefore, she had to accept the role of Cordelia Chase, who helps Buffy fight vampires. The girl starred in 3 seasons, after which she moved to his spin-off “Angel”. She got the role of a school student, a cheerleader who studies in the same class as the main character. But she was then 27 years old.

3. Gabriel Carteris | Beverly Hills 90210

This youth television series, which premiered in 1990, has become incredibly popular, one of the highest rated shows. One of his heroines is Andrea Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of the school newspaper.

She, like other heroes of the series, studies at the West Beverly Hills School, according to the plot, she is about 16 years old. But when the actress got this role, she was already 29 years old. Gabrielle played a schoolgirl until the age of 32. When her character was expecting a baby, Gabrielle was indeed pregnant. The actress starred in Beverly Hills for only a year, but then occasionally appeared in some episodes.

2. Rachel McAdams | Mean Girls

This is an American comedy film released in 2004. The main character is 16-year-old Cady Chiron, who recently returned with her family from Africa. She has to go to a new school and meet the most beautiful and famous girls. Regina is at the head of them. This popular schoolgirl was played by Rachel McAdams, who at the time was already 26 years old. The role made her famous.

1. Bianca Lawson | Pretty little Liars

Bianca Lawson is 39 years old, but she still looks amazing. This unique girl became famous for playing seventeen-year-old teenagers for more than 17 years. She first appeared on stage at the age of 14.

Most often, she got minor roles, or she flashed in episodes. She can be seen in Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, etc. The actress got a permanent role in the film Pretty Little Liars, where she played Maya Saint-Germain. The series is about 4 friends. They were once friends with Alison, who disappeared and was later found dead.

Girlfriends began to receive mysterious messages in which all their secrets were revealed. The series turned out to be very successful, so instead of the planned 10 episodes, 7 seasons were filmed, and 2 spin-offs appeared. When the shooting began, the actress was 31 years old, she was filming for another 2 years, i.e. at 33, the girl played a 17-year-old. The actress did an excellent job with the role and, looking at her, you can’t say that a woman over 30 played a young girl.