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Halle Berry

Halle Berry was a pretty eighth grader at Heskett Junior High School in Bedford, Ohio. Today the actress is considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. She played a neonatal nurse in New Year’s Eve.

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Lea Michele

Only eight years ago, Lea Michele was a senior at Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey. Now, she’s been a Broadway headliner, stars in the hit TV show Glee, and costarred as a hopeful romantic in New Year’s Eve. Bet she shows up at her 10-year reunion with lots of stories.
Gleek out to this gallery on the stars of Glee, before they were famous!

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Abigail Breslin

Audiences first fell in love with little Abigail Breslin playing Mel Gibson’s daughter in the sci-fi thriller Signs. Now 15, Breslin plays the rebellious daughter of Sarah Jessica Parker’s harried mom in New Year’s Eve.

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Sarah Jessica Parker

In the late '70s, Sarah Jessica Parker was a student at New York City’s Professional Children’s School. She’s certainly made it to the big time since, but Parker still calls the city her home and has acted in plenty of Big Apple-related projects like this one.

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Ashton Kutcher

Back when he was a junior at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa, Ashton Kutcher looked like he was trying to tether his wild side for yearbook picture day. Not anymore, as the feisty actor and producer makes a living being “that guy” without the filter. He played Randy in New Year’s Eve.

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Ludacris

His fellow students at Banneker High School in College Park, Georgia, knew this guy as Chris Bridges, but the world now knows him as rapper/actor Ludacris. New Year’s Eve marked his 13th film as an actor, playing one of New York’s finest. You’ll see him again in 2013 as Tej Parker in The Fast and the Furious 6.

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Hilary Swank

Even as a seventh grader at Fairhaven Middle School in Bellingham, Washington, you could easily pick Hilary Swank out of her yearbook just by her huge smile. She’s still got that ear-to-ear grin today… and two Academy Awards to go with it!

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Jessica Biel

Young Jessica Biel attended the bilingual Le Lycee Francais School in Los Angeles. It prepared Biel well for a life as a world traveler, model, and actress. In New Year’s Eve, she played Tess, a pregnant woman ready to pop on the celebratory night. Since then, she’s been basking in newlywed bliss with Justin Timberlake… Are you green with envy, yet?

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Zac Efron

Back in seventh grade, Zac Efron was sporting the spiky tips at Grande Middle School in Arroyo Grande, California, and from the look of it, not much had changed hair-wise for him when he played Paul in New Year’s Eve. Otherwise, a lot has changed for Efron since he starred in the High School Musical films, now a major a Hollywood player.

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Robert De Niro

He was a shaggy-haired struggling actor back in 1973, but Robert De Niro's career was just about ready to take off with Mean Streets. Once that movie hit, there was no going back, as De Niro has become one of his generation’s greatest actors. Still racking up as many as four films a year, including a part in New Year’s Eve, De Niro is eternal.

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Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl was all smiles as a junior at New Canaan High in New Canaan, Connecticut. Who can blame her with her career already taking off and an incredible future ahead of her? In New Year’s Eve, she battles bad boyfriend Jon Bon Jovi.
Need more Katherine Heigl? Get into this photo gallery that looks back on her path to fame!

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Jon Bon Jovi

You think Bon Jovi was always a hair-band hottie? Looking back at his days at St. Joseph's High School in Metuchen, New Jersey, Jon was a pretty square kid until he graduated, and then a legendary band was born. He did give love a bad name, though, as Jensen in New Year’s Eve.

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Alyssa Milano

Alyssa Milano has sustained an incredibly successful acting career for almost 30 years now, but most of us will always remember her as little Samantha Micelli on TV’s Who’s the Boss? Hard to believe she’s all grown up with a son of her own, but “Nurse Mindy” has a lot more in store for us after New Year’s Eve.
More of Alyssa Milano: Child Actress in Who's The Boss? to New Mom!

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Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer was even gorgeous as a freshman back at Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California. How is that fair? She’s put those looks and acting chops to work in Hollywood for the last three decades and shows no signs of stopping, even after costarring in New Year’s Eve.

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Sofia Vergara

Most people don’t know that Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara started her career as a blond hottie pitching products like Pepsi. Now she’s a sexy brunette because she says it gets her better roles. Guess you can’t fight the facts, as she landed a sweet role in this film. Newly engaged to Nick Loeb, the hottie may be off the market, but we can dream on.
Click here for an entire gallery of the cast of Modern Family before they were stars!

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Josh Duhamel

In his solid career, Josh Duhamel graduated from turtleneck-wearing bad boy Leo du Pres on All My Children to playing Sam, the bow-tie-wearing nice guy in New Year’s Eve. Lucky for New York City there are no Transformers on the loose in the film.