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Female Childhood Crushes (Then And Now)

90s Lacey Chabert

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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

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Kelly Bundy From Married…With Children (Christina Applegate)

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Christina Applegate Now

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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)

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Katie Holmes Now

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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)

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Jennifer Connelly Now

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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)

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Jennie Garth Now

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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

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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

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Heidi From Home Improvement (Debbe Dunning)

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Debbe Dunning Now

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Debra “Debbe” Dunning is an American actress, model, and spokesperson.

Agent Scully From The X-Files (Gillian Anderson)

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Gillian Anderson Now

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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)

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Maureen Flannigan Now

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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)

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Alison Fanelli Now

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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)

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Claire Danes Now

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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.

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