We’ve all had those moments when you recognized an actor but you couldn’t quite remember from where. Many former child stars are making a comeback and returning to their roots in Hollywood. Here’s who grew up on screen and are still making a living acting to this very day:
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To start, Ashley Johnson played Chrissy Seaver in Growing Pains during the early ’90s.
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Thora Birch played Dani in 1993’s Halloween classic Hocus Pocus.
She recently appeared as Nichole Schmidt in The Gabby Petito Story.
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Danica McKellar played Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years during the late ’80s and early ’90s.
She recently appeared as Sadie Walker in Christmas at the Drive-In.
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Tatyana Ali played Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air during the early ’90s.
She recently played Mrs. Hughes in three episodes of Bel-Air.
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Joseph Mazzello played Tim in 1993’s Jurassic Park.
He was recently seen as Paul Begala in American Crime Story.
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Amber Tamblyn played Emily in General Hospital from 1995 to 2000.
She was recently seen as Carolyn in You Hurt My Feelings.
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Lacey Chabert played Claudia Salinger in Party of Five for over 140 episodes between 1994 and 2000.
She was recently seen as Tess Harper in The Crossword Mysteries.
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Christina Ricci played Wednesday in the ’90s Addams Family movies.
She was recently seen as Ms. Thornhill in the Netflix series Wednesday and stars in Yellowjackets.
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Haley Joel Osment played Cole Sear in 1999’s The Sixth Sense.
He was recently seen as Jeremy in Somebody I Used to Know.
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Kyle Massey played the lead character in Cory in the House, a spinoff of That’s So Raven, from 2007 to 2008.
He was recently seen as Omar Benson in the TV series Millennials.
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Daryl Sabara played Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids franchise during the early ’00s.
He was recently seen in Meghan Trainor’s music video for “Made You Look.”
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AnnaSophia Robb played Leslie Burke in 2007’s Bridge to Terabithia.
She was recently seen as Michelle Shughart in Dr. Death.
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Sara Paxton played Staci in 2004’s Sleepover.
She was recently seen as Miss Flynn in the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde.
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Alyson Stoner played Sarah Baker in the Cheaper by the Dozen films that were popular in the ’00s.
She was recently featured as a voice actor in the animated series Hamster & Gretel.
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Fred Savage played Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years from 1988 to 1993, starring in over 110 episodes.
He was recently seen as Vaughn in The Afterparty.
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Jaleel White played Steve Urkel in over 200 episodes of Family Matters between 1989 and 1998.
He was recently seen as Max Jefferson in The Ms. Pat Show.
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Jonathan Lipnicki played George Little in the Stuart Little movies in 1999 and 2002.
He was recently seen as Sean in Pooling to Paradise.
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Keshia Knight Pulliam played Rudy Huxtable in The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992.
She was recently seen as Bethany in The Hillsdale Adoption Scam.
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Madeline Zima played Grace Sheffield in The Nanny from 1993 to 1999.
She was recently seen as Space Case in Doom Patrol.
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Finally, Anna Chlumsky played Vada Sultenfuss in the ’90s My Girl movies.
She was recently seen as Molly in They/Them and starred in Netflix’s Inventing Anna.
Who’s your favorite from this list? Share their name in the comments!