The role of an actor or actress is never stagnant.
If a female actress gets pregnant, their pregnancies sometimes get written into their TV shows. We’ve seen this happen time and time again . And, as actors get older, the roles change and evolve, leading them to take on more mature roles.
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So, if you’re ready to feel majorly old (ugh) check out these 19 former teen stars who are now playing parents on TV !
Alicia Silverstone
If there’s one person who never goes out of style, it’s Alicia. The actress played teen royalty in the ever-popular 1995 flick, Clueless . So now that she plays Kristy’s mom, Elizabeth, in The Baby-Sitters Club reboot, we’re totally buggin’.
Benjamin McKenzie
It feels like just yesterday we were watching the fresh-faced actor play a troubled teen on The O.C. Although he still looks young, he’s now playing a dad to a 17-year-old daughter in Amazon’s new rom-com, I Want You Back .
Raven-Symoné
Even reading her name gets us singing the theme song to That’s So Raven, which Raven began playing in 2003. Now, she’s all grown up and has kids on the reboot, Raven’s Home . We wonder if she has a vision about this…
Chad Michael Murray
Where would the 2000s be without Chad Michael Murray? He was everywhere, whether that was as Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill or starring opposite Hilary Duff in A Cinderella Story . Recently, he played Edgar Evernever on Riverdale in 2019.
Nicole Bilderback
Remember Nicole? She played Whitney in Bring It On , the cheerleader who really wanted her little sister to join the squad. Well, now she played Denise Harper, an attorney, in 2021’s Cruel Summer .
Scott Wolf
Many years ago, the actor played 16-year-old Bailey Salinger on Party of Five. While he had a sort of parental role on the show, he’s now actually a TV dad on the CW’s Nancy Drew as Nancy’s dad!
Sophia Bush
Almost everyone remembers the actress playing the spunky Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill . These days, she’s got a less dramatic role as Veronica, Mia’s stepmom and an expecting mother, on Love, Victor.
Mekhi Phifer
Speaking of Love, Victor , there is a former 00’s actor you might remember. Mekhi played Odin “O” James in O . Now, he’s Mia’s dad and a college university president on the teen drama.
Skeet Ulrich
With a name like Skeet Ulrich and those brooding looks, the actor was the perfect man to play Billy Loomis aka the Killer in Scream . Now, he’s living in a town full of murderers as F.P. Jones on Riverdale .
Holly Marie Combs
The actress played Piper on Charmed beginning in 1998. Years later, we were charmed to see her back on our screens when she played Aria’s mom, Ella, on Pretty Little Liars .
Meredith Monroe
It’s been more than two decades since we saw Meredith play Andie McPhee on Dawson’s Creek . So it’s unlikely that many people recognized her as Alex’s mom, Caroline, on 13 Reasons Why .
Minka Kelly
The actress’s Friday nights looked a lot different when she played the cheerleader, Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights . Now, she gets her TV daughter babysat by Maddy on Euphoria .
Alanna Ubach
Minka isn’t the only former ’00s star to now have kids on Euphoria . She went from playing one of Elle’s BFFs in Legally Blonde to playing the mom to Cassie and Lexi.
Winona Ryder
The actress has always been a chameleon. In other words, she can tackle any role. While she played a teenager in many ’90s and ’00s films, she’s now playing a worried mom to two kids on Stranger Things . What an upside-down world we live in!
Molly Ringwald
You don’t get more teen star iconic than Molly Ringwald. The actress was everywhere in the ’90s: Pretty in Pink , The Breakfast Club , and Sixteen Candles . These days, she’s passing on her former wisdom to her son, Archie, on Riverdale .
Jared Padalecki
Although his name is Jared, he’ll forever be Dean to us: Rory Gilmore’s first love on Gilmore Girls . While the show’s reboot mentioned him being a dad, we got to actually see it when he starred in the series Walker .
Christina Applegate
The actress found huge success as a teenager by playing Kelly Bundy on the hit sitcom, Married… With Children . Now, she’s the one playing a married (well, widowed) character with children on the popular Netflix show, Dead to Me .
Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel
Everything has come full circle for these two actors. They started on Boy Meets World as childhood sweethearts, Cory and Topanga, during the ’90s. Now, viewers got to see them as parents in the reboot Girl Meets World .
Zac Efron
If you ever needed a reminder that High School Musical is 20 years old, this is it. Zac, who played Troy Bolton, is now going to be playing a dad in the upcoming film Firestarter . Where has the time gone?!
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