HOT GALLERY: 16 Years Later, Snakkle Checks In with the Cast of Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

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Mira Sorvino as Romy White in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

Even though Romy White hadn’t accomplished much in the 10 years since she graduated from high school, she was determined to go back and impress the pants off her former crush, Billy. Obviously, that meant making some things up. Romy was played by Mira Sorvino in her first lead role after winning an Oscar for Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite.

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Mira Sorvino, 2011

Over the past 15 years, Mira Sorvino has worked steadily, splitting her time between studio films like Mimic and At First Sight, indies like Gods and Generals and Union Square, and television movies like The Great Gatsby and Human Trafficking. She has a busy 2015 ahead of her, with no fewer than three films already in the can and two currently filming.

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Lisa Kudrow as Michele Weinberger in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

At the time, Michele Weinberger wasn’t exactly a huge departure for Lisa Kudrow, who was busy playing Phoebe on Friends, but we never did complain about that. In the movie, Romy and Michele design their own clothing in hopes of opening up their own boutique, but what were they like in high school? Here’s Michele’s take: “You know, even though I had to wear that stupid back brace and you were kind of fat, we were still totally cutting edge.” Indeed!

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Lisa Kudrow, 2012

Of all the Friends, Lisa Kudrow has probably had the most luck in the film world. She just missed out on an Oscar nomination for The Opposite of Sex and has starred in Analyze This, Happy Endings, and Easy A. She also returned to television memorably as Valerie Cherish in The Comeback which recently returned to HBO. She also turned her Internet show Web Therapy into a half-hour comedy for Showtime and had a guest role on Scandal.

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Janeane Garofalo as Heather Mooney in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

If it wasn’t for Heather Mooney, played wonderfully by Janeane Garofalo, Romy and Michele never would have even heard about the reunion. She unwittingly ruined their ruse—turns out the girls didn’t really invent Post-its—but in the end she turned out to be a good friend. She also invented a special fast-burning paper for cigarettes: “Twice the taste in half the time for the gal on the go.”

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Janeane Garofalo, 2012

Since Romy & Michele, Jeaneane Garofalo has had successful runs on The West Wing and 24 and continues to be first and foremost a stand-up comic. She's recently been seen on Broad City and Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

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Alan Cumming as Sandy Frink in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

Alan Cumming played Sandy Frink, who always harbored a crush on Michele. Too bad he was too much of a nerd back in high school. But that’s the best part of high school reunions. The jocks are fat and dumb, while the nerds grow up to be rich and handsome (or something like that). Luckily, Sandy had some plastic surgery and made millions, and Michele finally took notice, in the form of an interpretive dance.

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Alan Cumming, 2012

These days Alan Cumming can be seen starring opposite Julianna Margulies on The Good Wife, for which he has received two Emmy nominations. He also starred as Nightcrawler in the X-Men movies and wrote a novel called Tommy’s Tale. He's hit Broadway again--starring in Cabaret.

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Julia Campbell as Christy Masters in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

Julia Campbell played Christy Masters, every high schooler’s worst nightmare: head cheerleader and head mean girl. She married Billy Christianson, Romy’s old crush, who humiliated her at the prom. Christy is still up to her old tricks, making everyone feel bad and leading the pack of former A-listers… that is until Romy and Michele return to Tucson for the reunion.

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Julia Campbell, 2012

Today, Julia Campbell keeps herself busy guest-starring on basically every drama series you can think of: Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, Lie to Me, The Mentalist, Hawthorne, House M.D., and an arc on Dexter.

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Vincent Ventresca as Billy Christianson in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

Billy Christianson was the hottest guy in high school. He wouldn’t dance with Romy at their prom, but today he’s happy to take her back to his hotel room, even though he’s married to Christy, who happens to be pregnant.

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Vincent Ventresca, 2009

Since Romy and Michele, Vincent Ventresca has also done a lot of guest roles on television shows, both drama and comedy. You probably saw him on CSI: NY, Memphis Beat, Hot in Cleveland, Dollhouse, The Mentalist, Without a Trace, or Monk.

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Elaine Hendrix as Lisa Luder in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

Part of Christy’s clique of cheerleaders, Lisa Luder somehow broke free to become a fashion editor at Vogue. She takes a shine to Romy and Michele’s homemade dresses and also helps them take down Christy and the A-list at the reunion.

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Elaine Hendrix, 2012

Elaine Hendrix has since starred in movies like The Parent Trap with a young Lindsay Lohan and has guest-starred on shows like Rizzoli & Isles, 90210, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Criminal Minds. She is also the director of marketing and PR for the nonprofit Animal Rescue Corps. Most recently, Hendrix had a guest role on Transparent.

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Camryn Manheim as Toby Walters in Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

In one of her earliest roles, Camryn Manheim played Toby Walters, the go-getter of their school who, of course, organized the whole reunion.

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Camryn Manheim, 2011

A few months after Romy and Michele came out, Camryn Manheim won an Emmy for The Practice, famously yelling: “This is for all the fat girls.” Since then she has also starred on Harry’s Law, Ghost Whisperer, How I Met Your Mother, and The L Word. She also starred as Elvis’s mother (and received another Emmy nod) in the TV movie Elvis. Manheim has recently been on Extant,Person of Interest and Criminal Minds.

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Justin Theroux as Cowboy in Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, 1997

Every high school had a cowboy loner, right? Well, that was Justin Theorux in this story. And he had his eyes on Janeane Garofalo’s character, Heather Mooney.

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Justin Theroux, 2012

Today, Justin Theroux is hanging out with a different Friend—he’s been dating Jennifer Aniston for some time now, after meeting on the set of Wanderlust. He has had memorable roles on Parks & Recreation and Six Feet Under and is also the talented screenwriter of Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, and Rock of Ages. He's currently starring on the HBO drama The Leftovers.