Former Child Stars We Almost Didn’t Recognize

Published on 12/31/2018
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Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen

The Olsen twins Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were born in 1986 and found stardom at just 9 months old when they shared the role of Michelle Tanner on Full House. They continued to star in that role from 1987-1995 and after appeared in several children’s movies like Double, Double, Toil and Trouble and other sitcoms like Two of a Kind. By 2000 the Olsen fan club that was so popular, fans even paid a subscription and the sisters became co-presidents of Dualstar which sold collectibles and  branded products to the pre-teen market. The duo fast became some of the the wealthiest women in the entertainment industry with around US$ 300 million to their name. Although they did both suffer from issues like anorexia, nowadays they are both focusing on fashion designing and have various fashion labels. Mary Kate is married to Olivier Sarkozy and Ashley is reportedly dating George Condo.

 

Mary Kate Ashley Olsen

Mary Kate Ashley Olsen

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Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Culkin peaked as a child actor at a young age, and was ranked by VHI and E! as one of the greatest child stars of all time. After starting in smaller roles, he was forever immortalized as Kevin McCallister in the family comedy Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Since then he landed roles in movies like My Girl, Uncle Buck, Party Monster, and Richie Rich. Still after his peak, he found it harder to get the big roles. He took a break from acting in 1994 began to spiral and had some issues with substance abuse. But in 2003 in made a come back and appeared on shows like Will and Grace and in the film Party Monster (2003). Culkin also landed small roles and commercials and shows and doing music with his band The Pizza Underground. He has been married to Racher Miler before and dated Mila Kunis but since 2013 has been in a long-term relationship with All My Children Actress Jordan Lane Price.

 

Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Culkin

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