Female Childhood Crushes (Then And Now)

You remember the days: sitting in front of the TV wondering which outfit Kelly Kapowski would wear today in her efforts to draw more attention that Zach Morris's 20-pound cell phone. Those amazingly hot teen/pre-teen/eternally teen actresses of the '80s and '90s paraded around in their cut-off shorts and tank tops and made it generally necessary to have a big binder handy at all times they were in view. You had their posters on your wall and in your mind, well, I don't really want to know what was going on in there. The question now is: what happened to the hottest girls of your childhood? Sorry to say, but some of the hottest teen actors of the '80s and '90s are now residents on the list of ugliest former child actors, while others find themselves on among the child stars who grew up to look like muppets. But fear not: the vast majority of actresses who were hot in your childhood are as hot (or hotter) now. This list of before and after pictures of the hottest crushes from your childhood is a side-by-side comparison of what became of all the hottest actresses from your youth. Fair warning: some of the results are not pretty. If you fear that the fantasies of your youth are about to be spoiled by the sandy vaginas of time, you may be right. Of course, some of these actresses are still totally boner-worthy (some of them are still working and could easily rank among the hottest women of primetime) and worth an update in your mental picture file, so carry on with the greatest before and after pictures of your childhood crushes. 90s Melissa Joan Hart Photo: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch At the height of her popularity from Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina. Melissa Joan Hart Now Photo: Ga Fullner/Shutterstock She was last reported to have endorsed Mitt Romney. '90s Alicia Silverstone Photo: Clueless Star of Clueless and Batman and Robin Alicia Silverstone Now Photo: Mark Coggins/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 She's mainly vegan and an activist these days. Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, producer, author, and activist. Silverstone made her film debut in The Crush, earning the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and gained further prominence as a teen idol when she appeared in three music videos for the band Aerosmith. Lisa From Weird Science (Kelly LeBrock) Photo: Weird Science Kelly LeBrock Now Photo: Ovidiu Hrubaru/Shutterstock Kelly LeBrock is an American actress and model. Her acting debut was in The Woman in Red co-starring with comic actor Gene Wilder. She also starred in the films Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, and Hard to Kill, with Steven Seagal. 90's Spice Girls Photo: Spice World The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of five members, who each later adopted nicknames initially ascribed to them: Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, and Victoria Beckham, Jnée Adams. Spice Girls Now Photo: Featureflash Photo Agency/ Shutterstock 90s Drew Barrymore Photo: The Wedding Singer Don't forget how she looked in E.T. and Firestarter! Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, model, producer, director, and author. She is a descendant of the Barrymore family of well-known American stage and cinema actors and is a granddaughter of film legend John Barrymore. Barrymore first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. Her TV debut was in 1978 as Melissa on The Waltons and in 1980, she made her film debut in Altered States. Drew Barrymore Now Photo: Twocoms/Shutterstock For some reason, she often co-stars with Adam Sandler Click NEXT to see 5 more... Winnie From The Wonder Years (Danica McKellar) Photo: The Wonder Years Danica McKellar Now Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock Danica Mae McKellar is an American actress, author, mathematician, and education advocate. She is well known for her role as Kevin Arnold's On-again, off-again girlfriend Winnie Cooper in the television series The Wonder Years, and later wrote four non-fiction books: Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, Hot X: Algebra Exposed and Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape, which encourages middle-school and high school girls to have confidence and succeed in mathematics. Kelly Kapowski From Saved By The Bell (Tiffani Amber Thiessen) Photo: Saved by the Bell Everybody's dream girl from the late 80's to the early 90's Kelly Kapowski From Saved By The Bell (Tiffani Amber Thiessen) Photo: Dooley Productions/Shutterstock Topanga From Boy Meets World (Danielle Fishel) Photo: Boy Meets World Danielle Fishel Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock She's the mom now in Girl Meets World Danielle Christine Fishel is an American actress, author, and television personality best known for her role as Topanga Lawrence-Matthews on the 1990s TV sitcom Boy Meets World, and its 2014 successor Girl Meets World on Disney Channel. She is also known for being the host of Style Network's The Dish. Fishel also appears in National Lampoon's Dorm Daze and its sequel and was a spokesperson for NutriSystem. Punky Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) Photo: Punky Brewster Soleil Moon Frye Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Carmen From Spy Kids (Alexa Vega) Photo: Troublemaker Studios Alexa Vega Now Photo: FashionStock.com/Shutterstock Click NEXT for 5 more.... Al From Step by Step (Christine Lakin) Photo: ABC/CBS Christine Lakin Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Christine Helen Lakin is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Alicia "Al" Lambert on the 1990s ABC/CBS situation comedy Step by Step and as Joan of Arc in Showtime's Reefer Madness. She was the sidekick on Craig Kilborn's 2010 Fox talk show, The Kilborn File. Harriet The Spy (Michelle Trachtenberg) Photo: Nickelodeon Movies Michelle Trachtenberg Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Michelle Christine Trachtenberg is an American actress. She is known for portraying Nona F. Mecklenberg on The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Dawn Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl. She has also appeared in films such as Harriet the Spy, Eurotrip, Ice Princess, Black Christmas, and 17 Again. Judy From Jumanji (Kirsten Dunst) Photo: TriStar Pictures Kirsten Dunst Now Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American-German actress, singer, model, and director. She made her film debut in Woody Allen's short film Oedipus Wrecks for the anthology film New York Stories. At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire, a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in Little Women, the same year and in Jumanji the following year... Samantha From, Who's The Boss? (Alyssa Milano) Photo: ABC Remember her role as Arnie's daughter in Commando? Alyssa Milano Now Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock Alyssa Milano is an actress and a film producer. Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) Photo: Lucasfilm Carrie Fisher Now (RIP) Photo: Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock Carrie Frances Fisher is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and performance artist. She is best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and reprised the character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. NEXT are more greats... Amanda Bynes From The Amanda Bynes Show / All That Photo: Nickelodeon Network Amanda Bynes Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Amanda Laura Bynes is an American actress and fashion designer. After appearing in commercials and in plays, Bynes rose to prominence as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the Nickelodeon series All That and The Amanda Show. From 2002 to 2006, she starred in the sitcom What I Like About You on The WB. She has also starred in several films, including What a Girl Wants, She's the Man, Hairspray, Sydney White, and Easy A. Actually, Wait - Amanda Bynes Now Photo: @rlamandabynes/via Instagram Marty McFly's Mom In Back to the Future (Lea Thompson) Lea Thompson Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Lea Kathleen Thompson is an American actress, television director, and television producer. She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines in the Back to the Future trilogy and as the title character in the 1990s NBC sitcom Caroline in the City. Other films she is known for include All the Right Moves, The Beverly Hillbillies, Howard the Duck, Jaws 3-D, Red Dawn, and Some Kind of Wonderful. Wednesday Addams From The Addams Family (Christina Ricci) Photo: Paramount Pictures Christina Ricci Now Photo: Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock Christina Ricci is an American actress, who began her acting career appearing in commercials and received early recognition as a child star. Her debut performance in Mermaids was followed by a breakthrough role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values when she was 11 and 13 years old, respectively. Following her success with the Addams Family films, she earned somewhat of a "teen icon" status thanks to appearances 80s/90s Jennifer Grey Photo: Paramount Pictures Jennifer Grey is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the 1980s films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dirty Dancing. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the latter. She is also known for her 2010 victory in season eleven of the American version of Dancing with the Stars. Grey is the daughter of Academy Award–winning actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder. Jennifer Grey Now Photo: Jaguar PS/Shutterstock The Pink Ranger (Amy Jo Johnson) Photo: dmgice/via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 Amy Jo Johnson Now Photo: Canadian Film Centre/via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY Want to see the NEXT group? The Childlike Empress From The Neverending Story (Tami Stronach) Photo: sauco/via deviantart Tami Stronach Now Photo: via wesharepics Tamara "Tami" Stronach is an Israeli American dancer and choreographer who has also worked as an actress. Maid Marian from Robin Hood Men in Tights (Amy Yasbeck) Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Amy Yasbeck Now Photo: s_bukley/Shutterstock Amy Marie Yasbeck is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Casey Chapel Davenport on the sitcom Wings from 1994 to 1997, and also having played the part of Madison the mermaid in the television movie Splash, Too in 1988. She has guest starred in various television shows and co-starred in films such as House II: The Second Story, Pretty Woman, Problem Child, Problem Child 2, The Mask, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula. Alex Mack (Larisa Oleynik) Photo: Hallmark Entertainment Larisa Oleynik Now Photo: via Pinterest Larisa Romanovna Oleynik is an American actress. She is best known for starring in the title role of the children's television series, The Secret World of Alex Mack during the mid-1990s. She has also appeared in theatrical films, including The Baby-Sitters Club and 10 Things I Hate About You. Vada From My Girl (Anna Chlumsky) Photo: Columbia Pictures Anna Chlumsky Now Photo: HBO Anna Chlumsky is an American film, stage and television actress who rose to prominence for her role as Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl, as well as in its 1994 sequel. Chlumsky abandoned her acting career in 1999 to study at the University of Chicago, and pursued other work before returning to acting. Six From Blossom (Jenna Von Oy) Photo: Impact Zone Productions Jenna Von Oy Now Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock Let's see more on the NEXT page... Grace Sheffield From The Nanny (Madeline Zima) Photo: CBS Madeline Zima Now Photo: hugo971/via Flickr Madeline Rose Zima is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Grace Sheffield on the sitcom The Nanny, Mia Lewis on the Showtime comedy-drama series Californication, and Gretchen Berg on Heroes. Louise From Teen Witch (Robyn Lively) Photo: TWE Robyn Lively Now Photo: via Pinterest Robyn Elaine Lively is an American actress. Lively is best known for her role in the film Teen Witch, as well as for her roles in the TV shows Doogie Howser, M.D., Twin Peaks and Saving Grace. Wendy Peffercorn From The Sandlot (Marley Shelton) Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Marley Shelton Now Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock Marley Eve is still an actress. 80s Phoebe Cates Photo: Universal Pictures Phoebe Cates Kline, better known as Phoebe Cates, is an American film actress, model, and entrepreneur. She is known for her roles in several 1980s films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins. Phoebe Cates Now Photo: Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock Monique From Better Off Dead (Diane Franklin) Photo: CBS Entertainment Production Diane Franklin Now Photo: 48states/via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 Diane DeLaurentis is now a film producer. Mathilda From The Leon: The Professional (Natalie Portman) Photo: Gaumont Natalie Portman Now Photo: Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock Natalie Portman is an Israeli-born American actress, producer, and director. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno, but mainstream success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University. Melody On Hey Dude (Christine Taylor) Photo: Cinetel Productions Christine Taylor Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Click NEXT to see some 90s Crushes 90s Lacey Chabert Photo: New Line Cinema Lacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress and voice actress. She first gained prominence as a child actress on television for her role as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five. She has also provided the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys and more. Lacey Chabert Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Kelly Bundy From Married...With Children (Christina Applegate) Photo: Fox Network Christina Applegate Now Photo: Ron Adar/Shutterstock Christina Applegate is an American actress and dancer who gained fame as a child actress, playing the role of Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children. In her adult years, Applegate established a film and television career, winning an Emmy and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations. Joey From Dawson's Creek (Katie Holmes) Photo: The WB Television Network Katie Holmes Now Photo: Ron Adar/Shutterstock Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes is an American actress and model who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. She appeared in 1998's Disturbing Behavior, a thriller, which won an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. Sarah From Labyrinth (Jennifer Connelly) Photo: HA/Lucasfilm Jennifer Connelly Now Photo: LaCameraChiara/Shutterstock Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American film actress who began her career as a child model. She appeared in magazine, newspaper and television advertising before she made her debut role in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. Connelly continued modeling and acting, starring in films such as Pirates of The Caribbean. Kelly From Beverly Hills, 90210 (Jennie Garth) Photo: 90210 Productions Jennie Garth Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Jennifer Eve "Jennie" Garth is an American actress and film director. She is known for starring as Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise and Valerie Tyler on the sitcom What I Like About You. In 2012, she starred in her own reality show, Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country on CMT. 80s Jami Gertz Photo: Warner Bros. Jami Beth Gertz is an American actress. Gertz is known for her early roles in the films Sixteen Candles, Crossroads, The Lost Boys, Less Than Zero and Quicksilver, the 1980s TV series Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker, and 1996's Twister. Jami Gertz Now Photo: Photo Works/Shutterstock Heidi From Home Improvement (Debbe Dunning) Photo: Wind Dancer Productions Debbe Dunning Now Photo: Freebase/Public domain Debra "Debbe" Dunning is an American actress, model, and spokesperson. Agent Scully From The X-Files (Gillian Anderson) Photo: X-F Productions Gillian Anderson Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi horror drama series The X-Files for all nine seasons. Her film work includes The House of Mirth. Evie From Out Of This World (Maureen Flannigan) Photo: Bob Booker Productions Maureen Flannigan Now Photo: via listal Maureen Osborne Flannigan is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as teenager Evie Ethel Garland on the fantasy sitcom Out of This World, which ran from 1987 to 1991. Ellen From Pete And Pete (Alison Fanelli) Photo: Nickelodeon Network Alison Fanelli Now Photo: via alchetron Alison Fanelli is an American former actress who is best known for the role of Ellen Josephine Hickle on the television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Fanelli was born in Northport, New York. Alison attended Northport High School where her talents were on display for the Powdered Wigs Drama Department, and as a percussionist for the Northport High School Drumline. She is a 2001 graduate of Baltimore's Goucher College. Angela From My So-Called Life (Claire Danes) Photo: ABC Productions Claire Danes Now Photo: Showtime Networks Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress, who first came to prominence with her role as Angela Chase in the 1994 series My So-Called Life. The role won her the first of four Golden Globe Awards. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women. Her other films include Romeo + Juliet. Click NEXT for more.... Jamie From Halloween 4 and 5 (Danielle Harris) Photo: Trancas International Films Danielle Harris Now Photo: Shutterstock Danielle Andrea Harris is an American actress and film director, best known as a scream queen for her roles in various horror films, four of these in the Halloween series: 1988's Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, 1989's Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, 2007's Halloween and 2009's Halloween II. Other such turns include portraying Tosh in Urban Legend, Belle in Stake Land, and taking over the lead role of Marybeth Dunston in the Hatchet series. 80s/90s Elisabeth Shue Photo: Touchstone Pictures Elisabeth Judson Shue is an American actress, known for her roles in the films The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Leaving Las Vegas, The Saint, and Hollow Man. She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. In February 2012, she began starring as Julie Finlay in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Elisabeth Shue Now Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock '80s Molly Ringwald Photo: A&M Films Molly Ringwald Now Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock Molly Kathleen Ringwald is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. Her first major role was in The Facts of Life before making her motion picture debut in the independent film Tempest that earned her a Golden Globe nomination. After subsequently appearing in the successful John Hughes films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink, Ringwald became a teen icon. She later starred in The Pick-up Artist, and For Keeps. Source: Ranker