While age is important in the entertainment industry, some actors and actresses can actually make people believe they are high school students, when in fact they are much older. These artists never seem to get old. Bianca Lawson, for example, played a teenager for two decades!
we, from awesome.club, we were pleasantly surprised to find that these young-looking actors and actresses are actually much older than the characters they played.
1. Jennifer Gray
Gray was 27 years old when he played 17-year-old Baby in Dirty Dancing.
2. Ralph Macchio
The actor was 23 years old when he debuted as 17-year-old Daniel LaRusso in Karate Kid: The Moment of Truth (1984).
3. Bianca Lawson
Lawson appears to be eternally young, having played teenage characters for over 20 years. She was around 20 years old when she filmed Dawson’s Creek and Swinging in Love. In her 30s, she was a teenager in popular movies like Evil and The Vampire Diaries.
4. Gabrielle Union
Union was 28 years old when she played a teenage cheerleader in Teenagers: All In All.
5. Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio put his youthful looks into the role of teenager Frank Abagnale in Catch Me If You Can. He was 28 years old at the time.
6. Kristen Bell
The little actress was 24 years old when she started filming Veronica Mars: The Young Spy, a character who was in high school in previous seasons.
7. Sarah Hyland
The Modern Family star was 22 years old when she played the character of a teenage cheerleader and class representative in The Diary of Carson Phillips.
8. Shirley Henderson
Known for her role as Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter series, the actress was 36 when she first appeared as the young witch.
9. Michael J. Fox
The actor began filming the role of teenager Marty McFly when he was 24 years old.
10. Audrey Hepburn
Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s was 19 years old, while Hepburn, who played her, was 32 at the time.
11. Felicity Jones
Jones was 30 years old when she starred in Innocent Passion as a high school student.
12. Jason Earles
In Hannah Montana, he played 16-year-old Jackson Stewart, but he was actually 29 when he started filming.
13. Ashleigh Murray
Murray was 28 years old when she hit the screens in Riverdale as teenager Josie McCoy.
14. Emilia Clarke
Clarke was 25 years old when she played 16-year-old Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.
15. Keiko Agena
The actress was 27 years old when she began playing the role of 16-year-old Lane Kim, Rory’s best friend in Gilmore Girls: Like Mother, Like Daughter.
16. Sean Patrick Thomas
The actor was 31 years old when he played teenager Derek Reynolds in The Swing of Love opposite Julia Stiles.
17. Emily Kinney
Kinney played 18-year-old Beth Greene on The Walking Dead. She was 28 years old when she joined the series regular in the role of the teenager.
18. Alexis Bledel
Her character in Four Girls and a Traveling Jeans was a teenager. She was 24 years old at the time.
19. Thomas Brodie-Sangster
He was 24 years old when he starred as teenager Newt in Maze Runner: Run or Die.
20. Maggie Grace
Grace was 25 years old when she played the 17-year-old kidnapped daughter in Relentless Quest.
21. Ellen Page
Page was 20 years old when she played a 16-year-old pregnant woman in Juno.
22. Carey Mulligan
Mulligan played a character who was over a decade younger than his actual age in The Great Gatsby. She was 28 years old and Daisy Buchanan, the character in the film, was only 17 years old.
Did these actors and actresses make you believe they were teenagers? Do you know any other actors who look younger than their actual age?
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