20 Girls-Next-Door Types That Became Attractive Hollywood Stars

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8. Jennifer Love Hewitt

Another actor that first became recognizable due to her television work, over her career, Jennifer Love Hewitt has straddled both worlds and has been gainfully employed throughout as a result. Also a singer that has released four studio albums to date and appeared on a couple of compilations records, she has made a living in a number of ways throughout her career. A part of a series of memorable movies like House Arrest, Can’t Hardly Wait, Heartbreakers, and The Tuxedo, she was also the lead actor in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel. Predominantly cast in roles that are extremely reliable to the audience that is likely the case because of her girl-next-door origin, but her looks are some incredible that only one in a million know that feeling.

7. Alexa Vega

Another former child star that was one of the lead actors in a series of movies that were a really big deal with many kids in her age range, Alexa Vega made her by name playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids films. Able to beat the odds and gain roles in a long list of movies as an adult, in the year 2014 alone, she appeared in seven different films, as well as four separate television shows. In fact, she owes several of her most notable roles to her continuing relationship with her Spy Kids director, Robert Rodriguez, whose sequels to Sin City and Machete she was a part of. A kid that earned the hearts of millions due to how well she came off, she now has fans that adore her acting, as well as her fit body and pretty face.

6. Halle Berry

An actor that rose to prominence in the early nineties, Halle Berry’s parts in movies like Jungle Fever, The Last Boy Scout, Strictly Business, Boomerang, and The Program made the world take note of her. Since then going on to international superstardom due to movies like the X-Men movies, Monster’s Ball, Swordfish, and Die Another Day, her career was a marvel to behold. Also someone with a winning personality, she has such a sense of humor about herself that she showed up in person to accept her Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Something that points to her being brought up well and not being full of herself, in childhood photos, she looks kind but many people as dazzling as she is develop poor attitudes.

5. Emma Watson

Introduced to the pop culture world while she was still very young, Emma Watson was a part of one of the most successful film franchises ever made—Harry Potter. Cast as Hermione Granger, she would go on to play the part in eight separate movies that were behemoths at the box office. Able to outdo her co-stars in that series of films, of all the actors that played ongoing parts in the franchise as kids, she would go on to have the most success in Hollywood. Also notable for her part in films like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Bling Ring, This Is the End, and others, there is no doubt that Emma has made her mark outside of her biggest role too. Someone who grew up before our eyes, she landed her role in the Potter films because of how studious and openhearted she seemed, and since then, she has gone on to become a very elegant-looking woman.

4. Blake Lively

A part of one of the steamiest shows on recent network television, Blake Lively and her co-stars in Gossip Girl had to deal with some viewers’ anger at how intimate several scenes from the show were. Able to garner a great deal of attention due to the role in a talked-about series, she would take that momentum and her looks and use them to get a series of film roles. A part of movies like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Accepted, The Town, and Green Lantern among others, she also recently received praise for her part in the shark film The Shallows. Someone who posted childhood photos of herself on social media, in one, she looked like she was a tomboy which is a far cry from the alluring woman that she matured into.

3. Natalie Portman

The final former child actor to appear on this list, unlike the others, Natalie Portman’s career at the start was marked by the perception of audiences that she was mature far beyond her years. Despite how adult she came off in Léon: The Professional, she would go on to take part in films like Heat and Beautiful Girls that would show the world that she was the girl-next-door type. Since then made a star by her parts in movies like the Star Wars and Thor films, as well as Garden State, V for Vendetta, and Black Swan among others, she has been a part of independent movies and blockbusters alike. A woman with a small frame that belies her large personality and extremely attractive looks, between that and her impressive career, she is a dream girl for many.

2. Elizabeth Hurley

Another English actor that was able to make her mark on the international stage, Elizabeth Hurley’s first foray into the public eye was when she turned heads by wearing a revealing dress on a red carpet. Then dating Hugh Grant, he had become a star at the time so the stunning woman on his shoulder garnered tons of attention from the media and fans alike. Since then able to make an impact on the film world, she starred in movies like Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, EDtv, and Bedazzled among several others. Formerly a kid that looks like she could have come right out of a Little Rascals style short, she is now one of the most beautiful stars in the world in our opinion and doesn’t seem to age as far as we can tell.

1. Gal Gadot

Somebody who is now considered to be one of the biggest stars around, it was only a few years ago at this point that most people had no idea who Gal Gadot was. A former beauty queen that won Miss Israel in 2004, five years later, she would make her film debut as part of one of the biggest film franchises going today, the Fast & Furious series. These days best known for her part in another cinematic world, Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, at first, people balked at the casting decision but her performance is very popular now. Growing up as a girl that looks like she could have belonged on any street across the world, as an adult, it is safe to say that she is a truly gorgeous woman today.