# 2010: Child actresses that are now adult hotties **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068 "2010-07-17T23:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/1 "2010-07-17T23:40:28Z")
The ones that have caught my notice: [ul] [li][Brenda Song (London Tipton)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm604543744/nm0814259)[/li][li][Emily Osment (Lilly Truscott)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2329379584/nm0652089)[/li][li][Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1513856256/nm0690125)[/li][li][Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3808400640/nm0842332)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/2 "2010-07-18T00:57:44Z")
Unfortunately, all I can think of is not “wow, what a hottie” but “wow, I’m [suddenly crumbling into a pile of gray dust like the ancient mummy that I apparently am!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGFuHC75aY)” ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/3 "2010-07-18T01:03:47Z")
Melissa Gilbert. Yes, that Melissa Gilbert from Little House on the Prairie. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/4 "2010-07-18T01:05:17Z")
If you will permit me to go back a few years, there was Natalie Wood. And even further back, Shirley Temple. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/5 "2010-07-18T01:10:05Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > The ones that have caught my notice: > > [ul] > [li][Brenda Song (London Tipton)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm604543744/nm0814259)[/li][li][Emily Osment (Lilly Truscott)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2329379584/nm0652089)[/li][li][Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1513856256/nm0690125)[/li][li][Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3808400640/nm0842332)[/li][/ul] After a little quick IMDb research, Jodie Sweetin is twice divorced, and the other three are all tiny (none above 5’3"). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/6 "2010-07-18T01:11:58Z")
[Kirsten Dunst](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_dunst) played Lisa’s daughter in _New York Stories_ (1989) and Campbell McCoy in _Bonfire of the Vanities_ (1990). [Drew Barrymore’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_barrymore) filmography starts at an early age. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/7 "2010-07-18T01:15:13Z")
[Alyssa Milano](http://lyricsfever.net/images/a/alyssa-milano--img-m05de143f19f904789c383917ac75a6b3.jpg) [Josie Davis](http://cdn.mademan.com/chickipedia/images/1/14/Josie_davis_josie_davis_zubNJ2d_253.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/8 "2010-07-18T01:15:57Z")
Am I the only one who doesn’t know who any of these women are? I \*\*THINK \*\*Sweetin was on Full House, but I don’t even recognize the other actresses names. ETA: What \*\*Ranchoth \*\*said ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/9 "2010-07-18T01:22:25Z")
The one that comes immediately to mind for me is Jodi Foster. If I were going to ‘switch teams’, as it were, I’d hit that. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/10 "2010-07-18T01:32:19Z")
I also like Josie Davis’s transformation, but the first that leapt to mind was Natalie Portman. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/11 "2010-07-18T01:44:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I also like Josie Davis’s transformation, but the first that leapt to mind was Natalie Portman. Natalie Portman was a cute kid in\*\* Beautiful Girls\*\*, and she’s just grown more and more beautiful as she’s aged. Great call on her. General question on Jodie Foster - can someone explain the change in her breast size from her rather large and ample looking chest in **Panic Room** to the smallish chest she seemed to have in **The Brave One**? (Panic Room was on recently and my wife and I both wondered about this. Neither one of us could come up with an answer) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/12 "2010-07-18T01:53:05Z")
[Madeline Zima](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2920453888/nm0956526) She was Grace on _The Nanny._ I saw her (topless) in _Californication_ and it was a little unsettling when I found out why she looked familiar. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/13 "2010-07-18T03:19:26Z")
Danica McKellar / Winnie Cooper - [Wow](http://www.google.com/images?q=Winnie+Cooper&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=E3JCTNK0MYjGsAPmkciNDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQsAQwAw). ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/14 "2010-07-18T03:31:14Z")
milano’s the gold standard in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/15 "2010-07-18T03:31:17Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Melissa Gilbert. Yes, that Melissa Gilbert from Little House on the Prairie. Well, if we’re going back a few years, Tabitha on the original _Bewtiched_ grew up to look like [this](http://www.superiorpics.com/pictures2/Murphy_JS4400757.jpg). (direct link may not work) ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/16 "2010-07-18T03:36:48Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Danica McKellar / Winnie Cooper - [Wow](http://www.google.com/images?q=Winnie+Cooper&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=E3JCTNK0MYjGsAPmkciNDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQsAQwAw). [Val Resnick] Hubba hubba hubba [/Val Resnick] ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/17 "2010-07-18T03:43:51Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > General question on Jodie Foster - can someone explain the change in her breast size from her rather large and ample looking chest in **Panic Room** to the smallish chest she seemed to have in **The Brave One**? (Panic Room was on recently and my wife and I both wondered about this. Neither one of us could come up with an answer) \*\*Panic Room \*\*was shot shortly after Foster gave birth thereby explaining the apparent expansion in cup size. (Don’t ask me how and why I know this.) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/18 "2010-07-18T04:14:56Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Danica McKellar / Winnie Cooper - [Wow](http://www.google.com/images?q=Winnie+Cooper&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=E3JCTNK0MYjGsAPmkciNDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQsAQwAw). She’s also a bit of a math nerd. She has a BS (maybe a Master’s?) in mathematics and has written a paper in a scientific journal, and a couple books for middle/high school girls to not hate math. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/19 "2010-07-18T04:44:59Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > \*\*Panic Room \*\*was shot shortly after Foster gave birth thereby explaining the apparent expansion in cup size. > > (Don’t ask me how and why I know this.) Ah! Thank you! I had no idea she gave birth, so I wouldn’t have guessed that. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068/20 "2010-07-18T05:13:03Z")
The answer is obviously [Jenny Lewis](http://nostalgicwardrobe.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/jenny-lewis-buzz.jpg) of “Troop Beverly Hills” and “The Wizard” fame, and later the frontwoman of Rilo Kiley. [Here’s some more info.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-child-actresses-that-are-now-adult-hotties/547068.md?page=2)