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Not all celebrities age the same and whether it be their looks, personality, or just the way they are perceived, most people are surprised to find out that these celebs are actually the same age. Often it is simply that they have not been in the public eye and therefore seem younger than they really are. Many celebrities look ten years younger than they actually are, and this could possibly be that it is because we only see them under the spotlight or in films. And this means that they go through hours of preparation to achieve that look. After all, it is their job to look the best they can for the role that they are playing. Celebrities spend months preparing for their roles and will go to great lengths to portray their characters exactly how they should be. It is almost impossible to believe each pair on this list is the same age, because each looks so different. Though there are some celebrities that just don't care about their appearance, probably because they are just that good at performing and no film production is exactly the same as the next. And then there are roles where each actor is playing a certain age. Sometimes they pick actors well above the age of the character they are portraying as well. When Martin Short acted in the lead role in Clifford, he was well into his 40's and the character in the movie that he was playing was supposed to be 10 years old. In Catch Me If You Can, Leonard DiCaprio was 28 years old portraying a 16 year old. Take a scroll through the list and see these celebrities that are the same age. See if you can guess their age before reading the description!
15. Margot Robbie and Emma Watson
Margot Robbie and Emma Watson are both age 27. This one may not be too surprising as both actresses appear similar in age. And their nationality may be a part of it too.
According to IMDB, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in "Paris, France, to English parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years, she trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing and acting. By the age of ten, she had performed and taken the lead in various Stagecoach productions and school plays."
Margot Elise Robbie, according to IMDB, was born on "July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Somerset College in Mudgeeraba, Queensland, Australia, a suburb in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland, where she and her siblings were raised by their mother and spent much of her time at the farm belonging to her grandparents. In her late teens, she moved to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to pursue an acting career."
From 2008-2010, Robbie played the character of Donna Freedman in the long-running Australian soap opera, Neighbours (1985), for which she was nominated for two Logie Awards. She set off to pursue Hollywood opportunities, quickly landing the role of Laura Cameron on the short-lived ABC series, Pan Am (2011). She made her big screen debut in the film, About Time (2013).
13. Paris Hilton and Rachel Bilson
Paris Hilton and Rachel Bilson are both age 37. It appears they also like the same wardrobe, based on the picture.
Everyone knows who Paris Hilton is. According to IMDB, in 2006, "she created Paris Hilton Entertainment, a multi-billion-dollar company consisting of 45 branded stores throughout the Middle East and Asia selling handbags and other consumer products. As a DJ, designer, recording artist, host, actress, model and author, Hilton has built a global empire, and this year will expand her brand with new apparel and beauty launches in China and Korea."
Rachel Bilson was born in Los Angeles, to Janice (Stango), a therapist, and Danny Bilson. She graduated high school in 1999 and eventually worked in commercials and landed a few roles before getting the role of Summer Roberts in the hit TV series The O.C. (2003).
12. Jim Parson and Andrew Lincoln
Jim Parson and Andrew Lincoln are both age 44. You are guaranteed to recognize each of these actors if you watch The Big Bang Theory or The Walking Dead.
Having grown up in Houston,Jim made his first stage appearance in a school play. Parsons then went on to study theater at the University of Houston. According to IMDB, from there he won a place on a two-year Masters course in classical theater at the University of San Diego/The Old Globe Theater, graduating in 2001. Parson moved to New York, working in Off-Broadway productions, appearing in TV commercials and in one episode of Ed (2000) before landing a recurring role in Judging Amy (1999) in 2004. He was propelled to international fame and acclaim three years later when he starred as Sheldon in the award-winning sitcom, The Big Bang Theory (2007).
Andrew Lincoln spent his early childhood in Yorkshire before his family relocated to Somerset when he was age 10. According to IMDB, "Lincoln's first big break came when he was cast as Edgar 'Egg' Cook in the popular UK drama series This Life (1996). Various roles followed including that of teacher Simon Casey in the Channel 4 series Teachers (2001), and as Mark in the hit film Love Actually (2003). In 2010, he was cast in The Walking Dead (2010), a live action drama series based on the comic of the same name. Lincoln plays the lead character of Rick Grimes."
11. Sarah Hyland and Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence and Sarah Hyland are both age 27. Jennifer Lawrence looks gorgeous but definitely with an age beyond her years, almost like her Hunger Games character. While Meanwhile, Sarah Hyland just has a youthful look about her that might have something to do with the teenager she plays on television in Modern Family. With vastly different looks and the different tone of the characters they play, it is hard to imagine that these actresses are actually the same age.
Lawrence was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016. According to IMDB, her films grossed over "$5.5 billion worldwide." She is also thus far the only person born in the 1990's to have won an acting Oscar.
Sarah Hyland was born in New York City to actors Melissa D. Canaday and Edward James Hyland. She began in the business at the age of 4 with commercial work and voice overs. Her first film was Private Parts (1997). Aside from all of her film and television work, Sarah studied voice, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, Theatre Dance, and performed with her tap and Theatre dance class at "Reel to Real" at Lincoln Center as invited performers. Now, of course, she is known for her role in the smash hit Modern Family.
10. Michal J. Fox and George Clooney
Michael J. Fox and George Clooney are both age 56.
Michael J. Fox was born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Phyllis Fox (née Piper), a payroll clerk, and William Fox. According to IMDB, at 15 he successfully auditioned for the role of a 10-year-old in a series called Leo and Me (1978). Eventually he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 and was offered a few television roles, until his big break in Family Ties (1982). He went on to star in films like Teen Wolf (1985), High School U.S.A. (1983), Poison Ivy(1985) and Back to the Future (1985).
George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host. According to IMDB, "Clooney spent most of this youth in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta High School. He was very active in sports such as basketball and baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but was not offered a contract. He is now an actor, producer, and director and has been in numerous film productions that you would recognize."
9. Sandra Bullock and Laura Linney
Sandra Bullock and Laura Linney are both age 53. However, Sanda Bullock doesn't seem to have aged a day since 25.
Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. According to IMDB, "she often performed in the children's chorus of whatever production her mother was in. That singing talent later came in handy for her role as an aspiring country singer in The Thing Called Love (1993)." Her family moved back to the Washington, where she attended East Carolina University in North Carolina, to study acting.
Laura Leggett Linney was born in New York City on February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. Her father was prominent playwright Romulus Linney and her mother, Miriam Anderson (Leggett), was a nurse. According to IMDB, "she graduated from Brown University in 1986 and studied acting at Juilliard and the Arts Theatre School in Moscow and, thereafter, embarked on a career on the Broadway stage receiving favorable notices for her work in such plays as Hedda Gabler and Six Degrees of Separation. She eventually gained film roles and moved on to bigger productions, including Speed, with Keanu Reeves."
8. Britney Spears and Beyonce
Britney Spears and Beyonce are both age 36.
Britney Jean Spears was born in McComb (Mississippi) and raised in rural Louisiana (Kentwood) by Jamie Spears and Lynne Spears. According to IMDB, "at age 8, Britney tried out for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989), but was turned down due to her young age." She again tried for The All New Mickey Mouse Club in 1989 and, this time, made it as a mouseketeer. Her big break, however, came when she was signed as a Jive Recording Artist in the late 90's. With the release of her debut album, "...Baby One More Time" in early 1999, Britney became an international success, selling 13 million copies of Baby and 9 million (as of July 2001) of her sophomore album, Oops!...I Did It Again, released in May of 2000.
Beyoncé was born & raised in Houston, Texas. Her father, Mathew Knowles, managed Destiny's Child. Her mother, Tina Knowles designed their glittering costumes. Solange, her sister (they're about 5 years apart), has also released her own albums. Beyoncé is of Louisiana Creolean & African descent. She and her group were discovered by Whitney Houston.
7. Scarlett Johansson and Anna Kendrick
Scarlett Johansson and Anna Kendrick are both age 33. These two you would probably be able to guess the age if you just saw the picture alone.
Scarlett Johansson was born in New York City. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, is from a Jewish family from the Bronx, and her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, from Copenhagen. According to IMDB, "Johansson began acting during childhood, after her mother started taking her to auditions. She made her professional acting debut at the age of eight in the off-Broadway production of Sophistry with Ethan Hawke, at New York's Playwrights Horizons." Following minor roles in Just Cause (1995) and If Lucy Fell (1996), she was recognized for her role in Manny & Lo (1996), which garnered her and Independent Spirit Award.
Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine. According to IMDB, "for her role as "Dinah" in High Society on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was nominated for a Tony Award (second youngest ever), a Drama Desk Award, and a Fany Award (best actress featured in a musical). Her spectacular performance landed her the Drama League and Theatre World Award."
6. Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Gere
Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Gere are both 69 years old.
Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft(2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005). Going from supporting player to leading man, his performance in Pulp Fiction (1994) gave him an Oscar nomination for his character Jules Winnfield.
Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children. According to IMDB, "Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high school and writing music for high school productions. He graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967, and won a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he majored in philosophy." Onscreen, he had a few roles, and gained recognition in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Offscreen, he spent 1978 meeting Tibetans when he traveled to Nepal, where he spoke to many monks and lamas. Returning to the US, on Broadway he portrayed a concentration-camp prisoner in "Bent," for which he received the 1980 Theatre World Award. Back in Hollywood, he played the title role in American Gigolo (1980), establishing himself as a major star and gave his rise as a successful actor.
5. Jennifer Lopez Renee Zellweger
Jennifer Lopez Renee Zellweger are both 48 years old.
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the Castle Hill section of The Bronx on July 24, 1969. She is the middle of three musically-inclined sisters, Leslie Lopez, a homemaker, and Lynda Lopez, a DJ on New York's WKTU, a VH1 VJ, and a morning news show correspondent on New York's Channel 11. Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar. Jennifer's parents, Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez, were both born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the second largest Puerto Rican city. The two were then brought to the continental United States during their childhoods and, eventually, met while living in New York City.
Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, USA. According to IMDB, she "took an acting class at the University of Texas (Austin), where she began looking towards acting as a career. After graduation, she wanted to continue acting, but Hollywood is a tough town to break into, so Renée decided to stay in Texas, and auditioned for roles around Houston, where she managed to grab roles in such films as Reality Bites (1994) and Empire Records (1995)."
4. Madonna and Ellen DeGeneres
Madonna and Ellen DeGeneres are both 59 years old, and these two don't need any introduction.
Madonna is a seven-time Grammy Award-winner who has sold over three hundred million records and CDs to adoring fans worldwide. According to IMDB, "New York producer/D.J. Mark Kamins passed her demo tapes to Sire Records in early 1982 and the rest is history. The 1980s was Madonna's boom decade, and she dominated the music charts with a succession of multimillion-selling albums, and her musical and fashion influence on young women was felt around the globe." Madonna first appeared on screen in two low-budget films: A Certain Sacrifice (1985) and Vision Quest (1985). However, she scored a minor cult hit with Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).
Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. According to IMDB, after graduating from Atlanta High School in 1976, "Ellen attended the University of New Orleans as a communication major, but she dropped out after one semester. She held a wide variety of jobs until she turned to stand-up comedy, making her money at small clubs and coffeehouses before working her way up to emcee Clyde's Comedy Club by 1981." Beginning in the early 1980's, she toured nationally and was named the funniest person in America after winning a competition sponsored by the cable network Showtime. This led to better gigs, including her first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in 1986.
3. Amy Adams and Eva Mendes
Amy Adams and Eva Mendes are both 44 years old. Amy Adams definitely looks younger than her age in the past few productions she's been in, including the recent Man of Steel.
Amy Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman. According to IMDB, "she worked as a greeter at The Gap and as a Hooters hostess to support herself. Her role in the low-budget independent film Junebug (2005) (which was shot in 21 days) got her real attention, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as other awards."
Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida but raised in Los Angeles, California of Cuban-American heritage. According to IMDB, in college "she began acting, studying underneath acting coach Ivana Chubbuck. This led to her desire to appear in feature films. Though taking many smaller roles in movies, she was little known until playing the girlfriend of Denzel Washington's character in Training Day (2001)." Since then, she has been featured in a wider range of roles, from comedic to dramatic. These gave her the ability to work with many highly regarded directors, such as Robert Rodriguez Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), and Stuck on You (2003).
2. Jared Leto and Mark Wahlberg
Jared Leto and Mark Wahlberg are both age 46. You would recognize Leto for his portrayal as the Joker (alright maybe you wouldn't because of the make-up) and Wahlberg in the Transformer series.
Jared Leto is an accomplished actor who is known to be selective about his film roles. Born in Bossier City, Louisiana, to Constance "Connie" (Metrejon) and Anthony L. "Tony" Bryant, his family traveled across the United States throughout his childhood. According to IMDB, "Leto would continue this trend when he initially dropped a study of painting at Philadelphia's University of the Arts in favor of a focus on acting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 1992, Leto moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career, intending to take acting roles on the side. Leto's first appearances on screen were guest appearances on the short-lived television shows Camp Wilder (1992), Almost Home (1993) and Rebel Highway (1994)."
Mark Wahlberg is one of a handful of respected entertainers who successfully made the transition from teen pop idol to acclaimed actor. According to IMDB, "he is the son of Alma Elaine (Donnelly), a nurse's aide and clerk, and Donald Edward Wahlberg, a delivery driver." Wahlberg is the youngest of nine children.
1. Shia LaBeouf and Lindsay Lohan
Shia LaBeouf and Lindsay Lohan are both age 31. It almost feels like yesterday these two were in kids films on Nickelodeon.
Shia Saide LaBeouf was born in Los Angeles, California, to Shayna (Saide) and Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf. According to IMDB, "he started his career by doing stand-up comedy around places in his neighborhood, such as coffee clubs. One day, he saw a friend of his acting on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), and wanted to become an actor." His break through role came in Even Stevens, which helped open the door for him in Hollywood. We went onto to star in the Transformers series: Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City on 2 July 1986. Her mother, Dina Lohan(née Donata Melina Nicolette Sullivan), is a former Wall Street analyst, and her father, Michael Lohan, is a businessman and former Wall Street trader. According to IMDB, "Lohan made her acting debut in 1996 as the third actress to play Ali Fowler in the television drama Another World (1964)." Lohan's first feature film, The Parent Trap (1998), performed well commercially, earning her widespread critical acclaim.
14. John Stamos and Mike Myers
John Stamos and Mike Myers are both age 54. John Stamos feels like he has been around forever because of his role on Full House. Everyone grew up wanting him for an uncle. Therefore it’s a little hard to imagine him as being the same age as the crazy, immature spy Austin Powers. But believe it or not these actors are the same age, and they both look pretty good for being in their 50s.
John Phillip Stamos was born in Cypress, California, to Loretta (Phillips), a model, and William Stamos, a restaurateur. According to IMDB, "his first professional role was as Blackie Parrish on the daytime soap General Hospital (1963) from 1982-1984, for which he won two Soap Opera Digest Awards (1982 and 1983). In 1987 he began the role of Jesse on Full House (1987), which is his best-known role to date, spanning eight years."
Michael John Myers was born in 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario, to Alice E. (Hind), an officer supervisor, and Eric Myers, an insurance agent. According to IMDB, Myers' "television career really started in 1988, when he joined Saturday Night Live (1975), where he spent six seasons. He brought to life many memorable characters, such as Dieter and Wayne Cambell. His major movies include Wayne's World (1992), Wayne's World 2 (1993), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), the Austin Powers movies and The Cat in the Hat (2003)."
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