They’ve grown up: see how 19 child actors are currently doing

Many TV celebrities started very small and we have followed the development of their work in this time. Many continued acting and others, over time, chose another profession. That’s why we made a remake of some kids who are now adults, and their performances that stayed in our memory for their cuteness and their charming cheeks.

see in awesome.club this selection of child actors who enchanted and were part of our memory and our childhood.

Anyone who saw Maisa at age 3 in the Raul Gil Program can barely recognize the pretty girl without curls, which was characteristic of her. The girl who also starred, for several years, in the SBT program called “Bom Dia & Cia”, is now very successful. Furthermore, she has nearly 3 million followers on Twitter and nearly 23 million on Instagram.

The little girl with red hair made several appearances on Rede Globo, such as “Laços de Família”, “Linha Direta” and “Os Maias”. But she is still known for the little girl who made the second version of the Emília doll from “Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo” for 6 years. This classic of Brazilian literature marked the childhood of many who are now adults.

Sérgio participated in the program “Gente Inocente” in 2000 and was Thor in the movie “Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida”. But the beautiful curly-haired boy became best known for acting, in 2004, in the Globo telenovela “Da cor do sin”, as the son of the protagonist Taís Araújo, the first black actress to star in a telenovela on Rede Globo.

He acted on Rede Globo in “Um Anjo Caiu do Céu” and in “Malhação”, in 2008. He made soap operas on Globo until 2012. In 2014, he released his first EP by Sony and today he plays the role of apostle Lucas in the soap opera “Jesus”, on Rede Record. But his most outstanding role, as a child, was that of the small and intelligent Samuca in the soap opera “Chiquititas”, in 1998 and 1999.

Glória debuted in 1971, when she was just 8 years old. She has made several films, soap operas, plays and other appearances, and has won more than 30 awards, among the more than 50 she has been nominated for. What few remember is that she starred as little Fatinha in “Selva de Pedra”, when she was only 9 years old, and enchanted everyone for her performance with renowned actors such as Francisco Cuoco and Regina Duarte.

The actress acted in the soap opera “Belíssima” (2005) on Rede Globo and played several roles on the network as a young lady and even a villain in the series “Amorteamo”, in 2018. But the most beloved red-haired girl in Brazil started acting in the soap opera “Começar de Novo” (2004) and surprised everyone with her resourcefulness as the little angel Aninha, who was protected by another angel, starring Tony Tornado.

The actress started on TV at the age of 4, in the program “Caso Especial”. In all, she made more than 50 appearances on TV, including soap operas, series and as a presenter (Globo de Ouro). This cute girl was the protagonist of the soap opera “Água Viva”, produced by Rede Globo. The plot revolved around her, a little orphan: “I was a child who discovered later that I had a real family”.

The actress started very early doing commercials with Xuxa and at the age of 7 she was already part of the program “Gente Inocente”. But she became well known for her great performance as Salete in the soap opera “Mulheres Apaixonadas”, by Manoel Carlos. In the plot, she was a girl who already suffered a lot in the first chapters for having lost her mother, and was still mistreated by her grandmother.

She started doing commercials since she was very young, she was even part of the program “X-Tudo” on TV Cultura, but she became famous as Mili, from the soap opera “Chiquititas” by SBT. The character was one of the girls who lived in the Raio de Luz orphanage, a place created by the girl’s grandfather so that she would not have contact with her mother and father. She was part of the plot for 20 months.

The boy with an easy smile started in advertisements at the age of 9 and debuted on TV in “Chiquititas”, by SBT. But it was at Globo that he played one of his most outstanding roles as a child, he was Bernardete in “Chocolate com Pimenta”: a boy who was convinced by his mother that it was a girl, and after many blunders during the plot, discovers who is a beautiful boy. In addition, he was the protagonist of the soap opera “O Beijo do Vampiro”.

The girl who has the blood of an actress in her veins, played her first role in the movie “O Cangaceiro Trapalhão” in 1983, at age 9. After that, she acted in other productions, but became known in childhood for her beautiful performance in the remake of “Irmãos Coragem” in 1995, the role that her mother, Regina Duarte, played in the first version of the soap opera.

Miguel Rômulo is the most famous of the former child actors who played the first phase of the Rede Globo soap opera “Senhora do Destino”. He played the role of the eldest son of Maria do Carmo, the protagonist of the soap opera, when he was young and who was also the meanest in the plot. Today the actor already accumulates several soap operas in the curriculum.

The blond boy, with sparkling blue eyes, had outstanding performances in films with Renato Aragão and Xuxa, but he was successful even when he played twins in the soap opera “Prova de Amor”, by Rede Record. With his performances as a child actor alone, he won no less than 10 awards between 2002 and 2008. His last work was in the Rede Record soap opera “O Rico e o Lázaro” in the role of Tamuz.

The former chiquitita Pata, who acted in the role from 1997 to 2001, was a success along with Fernanda Souza, and had already participated in the SBT soap opera “Brasileiros e Brasileiras” in 1990, with only 5 years old. But she was really successful in the children’s soap opera in which she was one of the protagonists. She even made a cameo in the Rede Globo soap opera “Páginas da vida” and today she has a YouTube channel.

David got his first TV job at the age of 9, just 20 days after applying to a TV agency. Despite having done several works, he became famous when he played opposite a monkey in the soap opera Caras e Bocas, in 2009, in the role of Espeto, a smart boy who conquered everyone. His last TV job was on the comedy show Divertics, his first as an adult actor.

The beautiful and well-articulated girl, who starred in Khadija Rachid, daughter of the main character Jade, in Rede Globo’s O Clone, began her career at the age of 2 doing commercials for TV. She did soap operas and series on Rede Globo and Rede Record and her last work was in Globo’s six o’clock soap opera, “Espelho da Vida”, in which she played Carine and Gigi.

The actor began his career at the age of 12, in the series “Mundo da Lua”, but his great success was as Pedro in the children’s program “Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum”, both on TV Cultura. The program lasted 3 years, had a total of 90 episodes and was broadcast in 16 countries in the Americas, in addition to Brazil, and won 4 awards, including silver for best children’s program at the New York Film Festival.

The girl, who is now a vlogger, was the character Biba in “Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum”, a smart girl and the most responsible of the group. The actress started at the age of 7 advertising for the Tang soft drink and participated in Rede Manchete, Rede Record and TV Gazeta. She was a presenter and reporter, and now lives in Argentina and works as a dubbing director, voice actress and advertising actress.

The little boy, of Japanese descent, was discovered on Raul Gil’s program in 2002 at the age of 9, and at 11 he was already the presenter of the SBT children’s program “Bom Dia & Cia”, in which he was very successful. He worked on other programs as a presenter and as a reporter on SBT and Rede Brasil. Today, he alternates between the activities of singer, dancer and presenter in “Programa do Yudi”, on Record News.

Did you enjoy remembering the best performances of these brilliant little ones? Did you have any that marked your childhood? Tell us.