27 Child Actors Who Grew Up And Are Totally Killing It Now
It’s possible that the stereotypical burned-out child star is the exception, rather than the rule.
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Child actors who crash and burn are a gossip site staple. The thing is, there are also child stars who grew up, left show business (or stayed in it), and became incredibly successful and well-adjusted. Admit it, you're surprised.
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![Jason Zimbler played the money-obsessed Ferguson W. Darling on Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All. Remember how Clarissa used to program video gam](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/4/662704.jpg?v=2)
![Canadian actress Sarah Polley is widely recognized as Sally Salt in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). She continued to star in feature films](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/9/4/662694.jpg?v=2)
![ARIANA RICHARDS, best remembered for her roles in Tremors and Jurassic Park, grew up and became a successful PORTRAIT ARTIST. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/9/3/662693.jpg?v=2)
![llan Mitchell-Smith became famous for his role as Wyatt Donnelly in Weird Science''. However, he gave up acting in the '90s and is now an English pro](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/8/9/662689.jpg?v=2)
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![You would expect the nine-year-old actress who portrayed Newt in the film Aliens (1986) to be emotionally scarred for life. But Carrie Henn leads a ha](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/8/6/662686.jpg?v=2)
![Christopher Castile, who played the nerdy kid on Step by Step, is now a history teacher at Downey s0 Ton High School Oont and a professor of political](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/8/1/662681.jpg?v=2)
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![Alisan Porter played the titular character in John Hughes' last film CURLY Sue Since then, she has starred in the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Li](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/7/662667.jpg?v=2)
![Lara Jill Miller got her start on Gimme a Break! as tomboy Sam. She later went to law school and passed the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar, but soo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/5/662665.jpg?v=2)
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![Peter Ostrum is known for playing Charlie in 1971's Wily WONK EHE CHOCOLAT FACTORY He was offered more acting work after the film's success but turned](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/4/9/662649.jpg?v=2)
![JUSTIN BERFIELD The dim-witted bully 4Reese in MCOM IN THe MDDle ...is actually quite bright. He co-founded Virgin Produced, an entertainment- develo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/4/662664.jpg?v=2)
![Fred Savage, whom you remember as Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years (1988) has gone on to acquire 65 directing credits in various TV shows such as It](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/2/662672.jpg?v=2)
![melissa Joain Hart is now a successful writer, director, producer, singer and businesswoman. She was well known for her role in CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT A](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/1/1/662711.jpg?v=2)
![Scarlett Pomers is CRACKEDCOR widely known as Naomi Wildman from Star Trek: Voyager. After quitting acting, she founded Arch- Angels, a non-profit TS](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/5/1/662651.jpg?v=2)
![Heather Langenkamp starred as Nancy Thompson in the cult-classic A Nightmare on EIm Street'. Heather is now CO-owner of the award-winning make-up FI](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/9/662709.jpg?v=2)
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![MALCOLM DAVID KELLEY played Walt on GRAu LOST Now he's half of the pop duo MKTO. The group scored a top 20 hit with Classic before releasing their d](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/9/1/662691.jpg?v=2)
![Masiela Lusha played the older daughter, Carmen Lopez, on the sitcom George Lopez. Now she's a children's book author and a humanitarian. Lusha became](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/1/8/662818.jpg?v=2)
![CHRISTIAN JACOBS APPEARED IN NUMEROUS TV SHOWS AND FILMS LIKE PRETTY IN PINK AND GLEAMING THE CUBE. SINCE THEN, HE'S FRONTED THE AQUABATS BAND WHILE C](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/1/662671.jpg?v=2)
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