Hollywood is notorious for casting older actors in roles that are meant to portray high school-aged students and teenagers. Sometimes it can get so wild that you find yourself watching people play a character that’s half their real age.
So, here are 13 adult actors who took the fountain of youth to a whole new level and portrayed teenagers on-screen, and 12 then-teenage actors who actually got cast as teens:
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Teenager: Amanda Seyfried
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Adult: Shirley Henderson
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Teenager: Anna Cathcart
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Adult: Stockard Channing
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Teenager: James Lafferty
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Adult: Monique Coleman
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Teenager: Corbin Bleu
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Teenager: Shailene Woodley
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Teenager: Sasha Pieterse
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Teenager: Molly Ringwald
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Adult: Nicola Coughlan
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Teenager: Taylor Momsen
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Adult: Ashleigh Murray
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Teenager: Taylor Lautner
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Adult: Barbara Streisand
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Teenager: Hillary Duff
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Adult: Andrew Garfield
