What are the stars who became famous as children doing now? WomanHit decided to find out what is happening in the lives of actors who gained worldwide fame at a tender age. Young talent: jack of all trades

Tell me, have you ever been curious about what grew out of, for example, the boy who played the son Tom Hanks V "Sleepless in Seattle"? What does the youngest “child spy” look like now? Daryl Sabara?

If yes, then this post is for you! Portal TMZ- thank him very much! — puzzled by collecting information about what became child actors who once became famous, and then failed to break into superstars Hollywood(in relation to some of them the word “yet” can be used). Also, the attention of the portal's reporters was given to adult figures - media figures in the past, but now rarely pleasing us with their successes.

What happened is below the cut!

Gomez and Wendy Addams from the black and white series - now 80-year-old John Astin and 52-year-old Lisa Loring (now she could play Morticia!)

Gabrielle Carteris is best known today for her role as Andrea in Beverly Hills 90210. Today she is 51 years old

Jeff Cohen in 1985 in The Goonies and now at the age of 38. Last film with his participation was released in 1991.

Children of spies Alex Vega and Daryl Sabara. Alexa is now 24, Daryl is 20.

Jonathan Lipnicki from Stuart Little. Today he is 20, he is actively acting, but so far without great success

Evil little Damian from The Omen. Harvey Stevens is now 40, and he did not become an actor, although he later starred in two films - the last was the 2006 remake of The Omen, in which Harvey played a cameo role as a reporter

Karate guy Ralph Macchio is already 51. He has done quite a lot successful career in the movies, but not so famous that the paparazzi follow him in droves.

My girl Anna Chlumsky. He continues to act - for example, in the new “Hannibal” with Mads Mikkelsen. It doesn't look like she has a big role there, though.

Mary Badham from To Kill a Mockingbird. She was 10 then and received an Oscar nomination. Afterwards she starred in only three films. Now she is 60.

The older brother of the Home Alone hero Devin Ratray. Now he is 33, he starred in “Surrogates”, “Elevator”, “The Prince and I” and a bunch of other films, but he is still remembered more for his role as Buzz McCallister.

Sleepless in Seattle, Ross Malinger received the Breakthrough of the Year Award for his role as Jonah Baldwin. Now he is 28, and it has been a long time since he acted anywhere.

Superman as a child Aaron Smolinski, 35 years old. It's been a while since we've heard anything about him.

"Oh, the science" Anthony Michael Hall, 44. It also cannot be said that his career is super successful, but in any case, he continues to work on it. For example, he was in “The Dark Knight” - do you remember him there?

The girl from Jurassic Park. Ariana Richards is now 31 years old and continues to act, but Park remains her most significant film work to this day.

According to your requests-) Difficult child Michael Oliver. Alas, alas, I have not acted since 1995. He is now 31 years old

T-1000 Robert Patrick - in the second “Terminator” and now. Why TMZ put him on this list is not very clear - he doesn’t appear in films so rarely that we have time to forget him-) But let it be-)

Princess Stephanie of Monaco. She is now 45, but she looks older. Alas…

American actress and singer, known for her roles Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy and Shiloh Wallace in the musical " Genetic opera"("Repo! The Genetic Opera").

Alexa Vega's childhood

Alexa Vega(Alexa Vega) was born in the summer of 1988 in Miami, in the family of a Colombian father and an American mother, a top model Gina Roux(Gina Rue). The girl grew up in the company of three sisters and two brothers. When her parents divorced, Alexa and her mother moved to Los Angeles to live with her stepfather.

The creative path of Alexa Vega

Her debut took place in the film " Little giants"("Little Giants") as six-year-old daughter Ed O'Neill(Ed O'Neill). She also performed several episodic roles V popular TV series"Emergency" ("ER"), " Hope Chicago"("Chicago Hope") and " Evening shadow"("Evening Shade").

Fame came to her after the release of the children's adventure film « Spy Kids" Alexa played one of the main characters, Carmen Cortez, who, together with her brother, must save her parents and destroy the villain who is forming an army of robot children.

The film was first shown in 2001 and was a huge success. The father of the heroine Alexa Vega was played by Antonio Banderas himself. Two years later, the sequels “Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams” and “Spy Kids 3: Game Over” were presented. . And in 2011 the fourth part is being prepared for release "Spy Kids 4: Armageddon"("Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World"). Alexa performed several famous soundtracks for the film.

– By the way, I had my first kiss on the set of the second part of the film “Spy Kids”! The boy was one of the understudies, a year older than me. I still remember how giddy I felt with happiness.

In 2003, Vanity Fair magazine named her one of the sexiest teenagers. The actress appeared in several television projects, and in 2008 the musical was released "Genetic Opera". The action takes place in 1956 - twenty years before that, a ecological catastrophy, which is why people's organs began to fail. The film was not censored due to scenes of violence and sex.

“This is one of the greatest opportunities directors have—to bring imaginary worlds to life. I really enjoyed living with my heroine in this new society, as if you were lifting the curtain and seeing the future. I even suggested that the creators consider a sequel, as I'm looking forward to new meeting with this world.

Alexa also auditioned for main role in film Robert Rodriguez(Robert Rodriguez) “The Wishing Stone” (“shorts”), but due to filming in Australia in the film "Broken Hill"("Broken Hill") she was replaced by an actress Kat Dennings(Kat Dennings)

In 2009, Vega played Ruby Gallagher in a TV channel sitcom ABC Family "Ruby & Rockits". The second season of this series was never released.

In 2007, she made her Broadway debut in the musical " Hair fixation spray"("Hairspray").

In the life of Alexa Vega great place She is occupied by music - she recorded three soundtracks for the film “Spy Kids” and the singles “Isle of Dreams” and “Game Over”, dedicated to the release of the sequels. But she doesn't think about it seriously musical career, preferring to remain an actress.

Personal life of Alexa Vega

Alexa Vega married a producer Shawna Kovela(Sean Covel) in October 2010. He led her to the altar Godfather in the world of cinema, director of the film " Spy Kids» Robert Rodriguez.

The actress's hobbies include fishing, gymnastics and reading.

Filmography of Alexa Vega

Summer Song (2011), Ellie
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011), Carmen Cortez
Prada and feelings / From Prada to Nada (2011), Mary Dominguez
Mine (2010), Sharon
Cafe (2010), Sally
Clockwork Girl (2010), Tesla
Mother's Day (2010), Jenna Luther
It could be worse (TV series) / Middle (2009 – ...), Morgan
Broken Hill (2009), Kat Rogers
Ruby & the Rockits (TV series) (2009), Ruby Gallagher
Helix (2009), Ashley
Genetic Opera / Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), Shilo Wallace
Daze / Remember the Daze (2007), Holly
Marrying God (2006), Ivy
Prosecution Witness / State's Evidence (2006), Sandy
Strike (TV) / Walkout (2006), Paula Crisostomo
Ghost Whisperer (TV series) / Ghost Whisperer (2005-2010), Serena Westen
Odd Girl Out (2005), Vanessa
Night party (TV) / Sleepover (2004), Julie
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003), Carmen Cortez
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Carmen Cortez
The Bernie Mac Show (TV series) / Bernie Mac Show (2001-2006), Jill
The stars will show the way (TV) / Follow the Stars Home (2001), Amy Williams
Spy Kids (2001), Carmen Cortez
Run the Wild Fields (TV) (2000), Opal "Pug" Miller
At the very bottom of the ocean / Deep End of the Ocean (1999), Kerry Cappadora
Network Patrol (TV) / NetForce (1999), Susan "Susie" Michaels
To Have & to Hold (1998), Kelly McGrail
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998), Gina
Magnificent Seven (TV series) / Magnificent Seven (1998-2000), Olivia Greer
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Claire DeLaughter
Glimmer Man (1996), Cole's Daughter
Shattered Mind (1996)
Twister (1996), Jo Harding age 6
A Promise to Carolyn (TV) (1996), Young Kay
Lost (TV) / It Was Him or Us (1995), Young Carrie
Nine Months (1995), Molly Dwyer
All That (TV series) / All That (1994-2005), Spy Kids
Little Giants / Little Giants (1994), Priscilla O"Shea
ER (TV series) / ER (1994-2009), Bonnie Howe
Hope Chicago (TV series) / Chicago Hope (1994-2000), Sara Wilmette
Evening Shade (1990-1994), Emily Newton

Name: Alexa Vega (Alexa PenaVega)

Age: 30 years

Height: 155

Activity: actress singer

Family status: Married

Alexa Vega: biography

Alexa Elless Vega - American actress and singer, starring in the Spy Kids trilogy. Alexa was born on August 27, 1988, on the sea coast of the resort city of Miami, American state Florida, in the family of a Colombian and an American mother. The girl became the first of seven children. After the birth of Alexa, sisters Mackenzie, Margot, Krizia, Graylin and brothers Cruz and Jet were born.

The children's mother, Gina Rue, worked as a fashion model, so the eldest Alexa and sister Mackenzie already have early childhood I dreamed of working in the entertainment industry. Soon after the divorce, the mother of the future actress moved to Los Angeles, California with her children and second husband. In a new place, Gina got a new job - at a travel agency.

Movies

Thanks to the efforts of her mother, Alexa Vega first appeared on screens at the age of three. As a child, Alexa appeared as Emily Newton in the telenovela Evening Shade, which aired for four years. So it began creative biography young actress. The girl was noticed by directors, and in just three subsequent years the little girl starred in the TV series “Chicago Hope” Ambulance", "Little Giants", "All This", "Nine Months", "It Was Him or Us", "The Promise Made to Carolyn".

In 1996, the girl appeared in the film “Tornado”, where she played the role of main character in childhood. Three years later it appeared basically cast drama "At the Bottom of the Ocean", where the main roles were played by Hollywood stars, Treat Williams and.

Real glory came to Alexa in 2001, when the young actress got into the Spy Kids trilogy, playing the role of Carmen Cortez.

The film was about married couple Gregory and Ingrid Cortez (and), who were suspected of murdering other agency spies. The children of the scouts - Juni () and Carmen - helped their parents in the investigation and restoration of justice. The first part of the trilogy grossed $150 million worldwide, after which the creators began filming the second and third parts. The leading actors immediately rose to the top of the Olympus of fame.

Petite Alexa Vega, whose height is only 155 cm and weight does not exceed 48 kg, two years after the release of the third part, received recognition as the sexiest young actress of the year, according to Vanity Fair magazine. At this time, Alexa Vega is trying her hand at theater stage. With the participation of the girl, in the early 2000s, the musical “Hairspray” started on Broadway, in which Alexa played the role of Penny Pingleton. The production turned out to be a box office success, and the show continued until 2007.

This was followed by Alexa’s work in the comedy “Night Party,” the drama “A Rare Woman,” the thriller “Witness for the Prosecution,” and the mystical series “Ghost Whisperer.” In the youth drama "Dazed", dedicated to the problems of high school students, Alexa appeared in the role of Holly.

In 2008, the actress’s filmography was replenished with a role in the top-rated television series “The Mentalist” about the psychologist Patrick Jane (), endowed with a phenomenal ability by logical thinking solve complex crimes.

After so much significant project The actress's filming in the TV series "Dear Doctor", "Broken Hill", "It Could Be Worse", and "Forward to Success" followed. In 2010, Alexa appeared before the audience as the main character Ashley in the crime action film Innocence. In the thriller "Mother's Day", the filming of which followed this, Alexa appeared in a supporting role.

A year later, the actress worked in the comedy melodrama “Prada and Feelings,” where the girl appeared in the ensemble cast along with Tina French. The film was about how, after the death of a rich father, two sisters had to say goodbye to a carefree life and move to a poor neighborhood, with a strict aunt. But unexpectedly, each of the girls finds her own love here.

In 2012, Alexa starred in the youth horror film “Abandoned Mine,” which tells the story of five schoolchildren exploring an abandoned tunnel on Halloween. In the same year, the artist auditioned for the series “Nashville,” which subsequently became a ratings series. Viewers loved the story about an urban area in which country musicians' recording studios are concentrated.

No less interesting in the performance of Alexa Vega are the roles played in the fantasy action film “The Hitman” and the top-rated series “People of the Future.” In 2014, the actress appeared in the box office action film Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For, where the leading roles were played by and.

Personal life

Alexa Vega has been married twice. The actress's first husband was film producer Sean Covel, with whom the girl went down the aisle in South Dakota in October 2010. The marriage did not last long; in 2012, the young couple separated by mutual consent.

Soon after the divorce, Alexa turned her attention to the young artist Carlos Pena. The romance developed rapidly, the young people immediately began to live together. In 2014, the marriage was registered, and both newlyweds changed their surname to a common one - PenaVega.

The gala event took place in the Mexican city of Puerto Vallarta, on the Grand Velas Riviera. Congratulate ex-wife Sean Covel also hurried and wished the newly minted spouses for long years life and birth of tall children, in in a comic form hinting at Carlos and Alexa's growth.

The PenaVega couple did not have to wait long, and already in mid-2016, fans of the actress noticed that the girl was pregnant. In December of the same year, a son appeared in the family - Ocean King PenaVega. Alexa PenaVega does not hide family members from fans and often posts them on her own page on "Instagram" joint photos with a child and husband.

Alexa Vega now

In 2016, the actress delighted viewers with her work in the comedy project “Wedding: Pros and Cons,” where she played a cheerful wedding planner who dreams of meeting true love. Fate brings the girl together with the writer Ben Reynolds (Sean Roberts), who is an ardent opponent of the magnificent celebrations held for marriages.

In 2017, another film with the participation of Alexa Vega was released on television – the comedy “Destination: The Wedding,” where the actress played the main role along with Jeremy Guilbault. Alexa is currently working on a new project - the thriller "Resident", where she will play the role of a psychology student who will have to fight the entities of serial killers who have settled in hometown girls.

Filmography

1994 – “Little Giants”
1996 – “Tornado”
2001 – “Spy Kids”
2004 – “Night Party”
2005 – “A Rare Woman”
2007 – “Dazed”
2009 – “Innocence”
2009 – “It can be worse”
2010 – “Mother’s Day”
2011 – “Prada and feelings”
2013 – “Forward - to success”
2014 – “People of the Future”
2014 – “Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For”
2017 – “Destination: Wedding”

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If at the age of 8 you managed to play the main role in a film by Robert Rodriguez, and then take part in the sequel to this film, and more than one, consider life a success! In the biography of Daryl Sabara, the role of Junior Cortez became stellar, everyone instantly remembered the cute curly boy!

Biography of Daryl Sabara

Young talent: jack of all trades

Daryl Christopher was born in Torrance, California on June 14, 1992 - social worker Sandy was very lucky; on this day he acquired two sons at once (Daryl has a twin, Evan). The actor’s ancestors, Jewish by nationality, left the USSR in the middle of the last century and settled in the USA (on another line, Daryl’s relatives come from Germany).

The creative biography of Daryl Sabara began in ballet troupe, organized at the church. The talented boy was noticed and began acting on TV (one of the young artist’s first works were roles in the shows “Will and Grace”, Murphy Brown”, “Big Breakfast”, “Alien City”). He also worked as a voice-over artist for cartoons, and in 2000, Daryl got something he couldn’t even dream of - a central role in an action-adventure comedy.

These lively children of spies

When Robert Rodriguez worked on the anthology “Four Rooms,” he brought to the big screen the turbulent couple of children of a chic mafioso (Antonio Banderas). Later, the director came up with the idea of making a film about such kids - sensible older sister and her lively brother, only he decided to make them the children of experienced secret agents. This is how the Spy Kids project was born, with dad (the same Banderas) and mom (Carla Gugino) relegated to the background. All the action went to the heroes of Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara, Carmen and Juni Cortes.

The success was enormous, everyone, young and old, enjoyed watching the movie. With a cost of 35 million, the action movie grossed almost $148 million. Daryl woke up famous. After that, he became Juni three more times: in the more or less successful sequels of 2002 and 2003 (although they had lower box office receipts and lower ratings). The weakest part in the quadrology was the fourth part - in 2011 other characters took the lead, because both Alexa and Daryl had time to grow up.

It's good when there is a lot of work!

Between filming in the franchise, the actor had enough time to continue working on TV (these were episodes in the cult shows “Datura”, “House” and others) and voicing animated series (“Father of the Bride”, “Batman”, “American Dragon” ). Daryl remembers working on The Polar Express with special feelings. This animated project by Zemeckis is imbued with the spirit of Christmas, and we all love fairy tales! Later, the actor would work with Zemeckis again, giving voices to several of his characters from Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.”

In addition, an “honorary post” appeared in Daryl Sabara’s biography: he became a member of the jury in the competition for America’s most talented children.

Rodriguez invited the artist to an episode in his trashy action film “Machete”, then Daryl joined the cast of the gothic series “Grimm” and received the role of Edgar Burroughs in the science fiction film “John Carter”. “My grandfather read Burroughs books to me as a child, how can you forget his Martian adventures and stories about Tarzan! So it’s a great honor to play this man!” the performer shared with reporters.

Personal life of Daryl Sabara

With Alexa there is only friendship!

Unlike his “sister,” Alexa (now she is married for the second time and goes by the last name PenaVega), Daryl did not have time to start a family. They were once credited with having an affair, but personal life Daryl Sabara passes without Carmen; they were only friends both on and off the court.

If the handsome and matured artist has a girlfriend, then the media is not yet aware of her. Although there are several photos on the Internet in which 22-year-old Daryl is captured with a little-known American artist Chloe Bridges - maybe they are having an affair?