1. Brad Pitt
In this picture, Brad Pitt was just 14 years old while posing for a picture with his basketball team in 1979. He was raised in Springfield, Missouri. It’s hard to believe that this kid with a goofy haircut would one day grow up to be one of Hollywood’s most famous men. He attended Kickapoo High School, where he was a member of the golf, swimming and tennis teams. Brad Pitt worked as a limousine driver for a few months, while taking acting classes. Within seven months, he found an agent and began booking acting work. From growing up in Missouri to ruling Hollywood’s A-list, Brad Pitt has undergone a stunning transformation. With those piercing blue eyes, lush mane, and unforgettable smile, he remains one of the most famous and handsome stars of this time.
2. Sandra Bullock
America’s sweetheart Sandra Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia. Did you know that she was a member of the drama club and was part of the cheerleading squad? There was a time that she was just a normal student, like the rest of us. Now, with $56,000,000, she was listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest-paid actress in the world.
Curious how Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney used to look in their school photos? Then take a look at the next photos!
3. Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez graduated with the class of 1987 from Preston High School, in Bronx, New York. Lopez got her start in show business as a Fly Girl dancer for the sketch comedy series In Living Color. Her first standout acting role came in the 1997 film Selena. Jennifer was just a fresh-faced teen when she posed for this yearbook photograph. She wrote the following as her senior quote: “What a lovely dream come true to love someone who loves you.” She has finally found her true love with with a boyfriend from the past, Ben Affleck. They recently got married seventeen years after they split up.
4. George Clooney
George Clooney attended Augusta High School, located in Augusta, Kentucky. He played basketball and baseball as well as being named Prom Prince his senior year. As we look at his yearbook photo, he has always been quite handsome with his devilish grin and goofy hair. From 1979 to 1981, Clooney majored in History and Political Science at Northern Kentucky University and briefly at the University of Cincinnati. He did not graduate from either institution. Before his acting career took off he held odd jobs such as selling men’s suits and cutting tobacco. Clooney’s career as a film star continues to thrive today. He has starred in multiple successful movies. Clooney also became a director, taking directorial roles in several of his movies as well. As an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award.
Do you recognize the famous people on the next photos on their school pictures?
5. Michelle Obama
The former First Lady Michelle Obama doesn’t seem to have changed a bit! She shared her own graduation photo to support the graduating class of 2021. She wrote: “Congratulations, Class of 2021! From navigating virtual learning to finding new ways to develop relationships with teachers and classmates—while somehow submitting your assignments on time.” Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Michelle is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. She is an attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position.
6. Tom Cruise
If you had told fourteen-year-old Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become one of the highest paid actors in screen history. From Top Gun to Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise makes every movie he stars in a huge success. You can tell that he was destined for the fim industry with his beautiful smile! He graduated from Glen Ridge High School in 1980, only one year before he would be cast in his first roles, in both Endless Love and Taps.
The person on the photo seems to be right out of an old movie! You’ll never believe who it is!
7. Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks his senior yearbook photo really gives us a 70s vibe! With his bow tie and shaggy hairstyle he looks like a typical teenager from that era. Way before he starred in movies like Forrest Gump and Cast Away he attended Skyline Highschool in Oakland, California as a regular guy. He grew up in a ‘broken’ family with divorced parents. As a teenager, Hanks wasn’t very comfortable with himself. He didn’t dare much and was very shy. Now, he’s one of the biggest actors of all time and married to the love of his life, Rita Wilson.
8. Kelly Clarkson
When she won American Idol in 2002, Kelly Clarkson got her big start. She’s a judge on The Voice and has her own talkshow, The Kelly Clarkson Show. With that, she is one of the most hard working celebrities in Hollywood. While she was in the seventh grade, studying at ‘Pauline Hughes Middle School,’ she was encouraged to join the choir by a teacher who heard her singing in the hallway. She later attended ‘Burleson High School’ where she performed in several musicals and participated in a talent show. On this sweet school photo, we see that she had that million-dollar smile even back then.
You won’t believe what Pamela Anderson used to look like! You’ll see it on the next photos.
9. Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey is the youngest of three sons born to an oil pipeline supplier and a teacher, was raised in Longview, Texas. He enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, originally intending to study law. He ultimately switched to film production and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1993. McConaughey definitely looked good on sophomore yearbook photo at Longview High School in Texas in 1986.
10. Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson recently posted this school portrait in support of an anti-bullying campaign. We may all know her as a blonde bombshell, but this throwback picture she shared tells us that she’s not a natural blonde. During her school days the now glamorous actress was very shy and a real natural beauty.
11. Barack Obama
Barack Obama served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His academic performance was far from spectacular. He was a B student who also got a D in eighth-grade French. His priorities were more focused on parties, going to the beach, and playing basketball. After high school, he went to Harvard Law School and met his wife Michelle while working as an associate at a law firm. He chose to settle in Chicago and pursued a political career. The rest after that is a beautiful story.
12. Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, on March 19, 1955. His father was an American soldier and relocated the family to his hometown of Carneys Point, New Jersey. Although, we now only know him without hair, he used to have a full head of hair. In 1973, Bruce Willis was a senior at Penns Grove High School. Bruce always had a busy schedule as a teenager due to being president of the school council. He always loved acting and starred in the monster hits Die Hard and Looper. Unfortunately, Bruce recently retired from acting. The American film star was recently told that he suffers from aphasia, a language disorder resulting from acquired brain damage.
13. Julia Roberts
The gorgeous teenager graduated from Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia. As one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, she is known for her leading roles in films of several genres, from romantic comedies and dramas to thrillers and action films. Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian as a child. She also played the clarinet in her school band. After graduating from Smyrna’s Campbell High School, she attended Georgia State University but did not graduate. She later headed to New York City to pursue a career in acting. Once there, she signed with the Click Modeling Agency and enrolled in acting classes.
14. Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham, popularly known as ‘Posh Spice’, is a former member of the largest English girl band, ‘Spice Girls’. As a teenager she loved to play with her looks. “I used to get sent into the toilet every single day at school to take off my makeup and brush my hairspray out,” Victoria said. She was already beautiful as a teenager and certainly a natural beauty.
15. Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck is one of the most recognizable actors in Hollywood today. Having starred in numerous blockbuster films and gained an impressive net worth of more than $100 million dollars, it’s almost hard to believe there was a time when Ben Affleck was not a high-profile celebrity. Ben Affleck was born in 1972 to a middle-class family. He grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It seems as if the handsome star has not changed in all these years. We get that Jennifer couldn’t forget about him!
16. Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio grew up in one of the bad areas of Los Angeles. Leo has said his walks home from his first rough neighbourhood state school were “terrifying”. He once said: “I did not grow up in a life of privilege. My mother drove me three hours a day to a different school to show me a different opportunity.” The youngster escaped through a scholarship to the University Elementary School in LA’s Westwood district. But when he reached high school age, he had to go back to the state school system and was beaten up on his first day at John Marshall High. He later said: “That was the motivational thing that happened to me. I said to my mom, ‘I want to be an actor. Please take me to auditions’. I had to get out of that school system.” Can you imagine that this little boy would become one of the greatest actors of this time?
17. Meryl Streep
She hasn’t changed in all these years, has she?! As a senior at Bernards High School in Bernardsville, N.J., Meryl Streep was a popular cheerleader. “It was my first real characterization,” she later joked. “I played blond homecoming queen for a few years.” Streep started voice training at age 12 and took up acting in high school. Meryl already had her famous charisma and magnetic beauty even as a young girl!
18. Angelina Jolie
As a student at Beverly Hills High School, Jolie was an unknown quantity. “I wore black boots with big, silver charms that dragged when I walked,” Jolie has said. “I wasn’t aware of how I looked, but apparently I looked really creepy.” But we’re sure that even as a teenager, she already made many hearts beat faster with her beautiful appearance!
19. Johnny Depp
We all know Johnny Depp for amazing acting. For example as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. Born in 1963 in Kentucky, the 58-year-old was in various bands as a teen and initially wanted to be a musician before turning to acting. But this picture shows that he was destined to be a Hollywood heartthrob!
20. Oprah Winfrey
Wow, she looks gorgeous in this school photo! Oprah is most known as the queen of talkshows for The Oprah Winfrey Show. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. She landed a job in radio while still in high school. By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news. Winfrey’s often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company. As a child, she was already really clever and imaginative who developed a love of reading at an early age.
21. Hillary Clinton
We all know Hillary as a former attorney, first lady, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State. She became the first woman in American history to head a major political party’s ticket as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. Hillary first ran for president in 1965 as president of the student government at her Chicago suburb school. (She lost.) She has said that one of her opponents told her she was stupid to think that a girl could be elected president. In her younger years she was already a real beauty with brains. We can understand why Bill fell for her!
Source: Betterbe, Businessinsider