Awkward Child Stars That Truly Grew Into Themselves

Published on February 13, 2022
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Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning’s earliest roles include playing Ally McBeal’s 5 year old self as well as Sean Penn’s daughter in I Am Sam. She went on to star in many more films including Uptown Girls, Man on Fire, Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, Charlotte’s Web, The Secret Life of Bees, Twilight, and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Elle Fanning

The younger sister of Dakota, Elle Fanning first played a younger version of her sister’s character in I Am Sam, but she has since carved out a path all her own, appearing in Daddy Day Care, The Door in the Floor, Babel, and Reservation Road. She later appeared in We Bought a Zoo, Maleficent, Trumbo, 20th Century Women, The Neon Demon, and The Beguiled.

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Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning