Acting is not an easy art. It is
a gambling game, depends on a person’s luck, sometimes give success and
sometimes failure. This industry is full of ups and downs and only a
magisterial body can make its place in it. A person who knows how to control
his emotions, how to keep himself motivated, and how to learn from fiasco can
pace towards victory, fame, and glory. Talking about the child stars, many of
the younger people, when tried to move in this industry, ended up being
oblivious and unimportant. But many others started their career since childhood
and now became famous and well-known adults. They, luckily, have proclaimed
their potential and now living a life in full limelight and éclat. Here are 15
child stars with unbelievable net worth, enough for your jaw-dropping and
eye-opening. Starting from the least one!
Net worth: $12
million
Mayim is majorly known for her
brilliant acting in 1990s TV sitcom series Blossom. She got a role in this
series all because of her comedy movie Beaches in 1988. She then took a small
gap to pursue his education and done Ph.D. in neuroscience from the UCLA. She
was also selected for both Yale and Harvard but she chose UCLA because she
wanted to live with her family. She came back into acting and got a role as
Sheldon’s girlfriend namely Dr. Any Farrah Fowler in another sitcom series The
Big Bang Theory in 2009 for which she was nominated four times and won Critic's
Choice Television Award.
Net worth: $14
million
At the age of just 11, Anna
gained an Academy Award for the best-supporting actress for her role as Holly’s
daughter in 1993 romance movie The Piano, the role for which she defeated 5000
candidates. After that, gaining success had never been difficult for her.
Although she was born in Canada, she spent most of her time in New Zealand
that’s why she has a citizenship of New Zealand. She also gained Golden Globe Award
in 2009 for her acting in as Sookie Stackhouse in Vampire TV Series True Blood.
She also appeared in X-Men series.
Net worth: $15
million
The 37 years old Macaulay started
his career as an actor at a very young age of four. His debut movie is Uncle
Buck 1989 which really put a shine on his face in his acting career. He is
better known for his leading role as Kevin in 1990s Home Alone for which he was
also nominated for Golden Globe Awards as the Best Actor. He also appeared in
Michael Jackson’s music video of Black & White. After that, the success
always blessed him for the movies like My Girl, The Good Son, and Richie Rich.
He also is a musician and author.
Net worth: $16
million
Dakota started her career at the
age of five through a TV commercial. She started taking steps towards success
via popular shows like ER, CSI, and The Practice. She banged with the best she
could be in a movie I am Sam at the age of eight and marked herself as the
youngest nominee for Screen Actors Guild Award. Her major movies include War of
the Worlds, The Secret Life of Bee’s, Charlotte’s Web, and The Twilight Saga.
She also started modeling in 2009 and appeared on the cover of magazines like Elle,
Vanity Fair, and Cosmopolitan.
Net worth: $18
million
He initially worked on several
films and got many diverse roles, his career actually started when he appeared
in a music video of Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl. After that, he did many
movies in the 80s and 90s like Back to the Future II, Radio Flyer, and Forever
Young. His prominent role is in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He had been
nominated for several Young Artist Awards at the age of nine. He also put his
voice as Mumble in Happy Feet movies. He also works as a DJ and Producer.
Net worth: $25
million
She made her first appearance at
the age of eleven in 1978’s Pretty Baby. Her acclaimed movies include The Blue
Lagoon and Endless Love that really did best for her fame and glory. She left
acting for her Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 1983. She
returned with a boom in a TV sitcom Suddenly Susan. She also made an appearance
in other TV shows like That '70s Show and Lipstick Jungle. Despite her great
success, she is now focusing on other projects and her family.
Net worth: $35
million
The New Mexico born Neil started
his career through several roles at a young age. But the movie that brought him
into the limelight was Clara’s Heart in 1988 alongside Whoopi Goldberg at the
age of five for which he was nominated for Young Artist Award and Golden Globe
Award. He won awards for his starring in Doogie Howser, M.D. After that, he
appeared in several movies and TV series like How I Met Your Mother, The Next
Big Thing etc.
Net worth: $70
million
Miss Granger as we all know her,
started her splashing and splendid career as an actress through the Harry
Potter trilogy. Since then, success never left her side. She proved herself as
a marvelous actress through other movies like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Noah,
Beauty and the Beast, The Circle etc. She was privileged to win British Artist
of the Year from British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2014. She is
currently a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and working as an activist for women
rights.
Net worth: $100
million
Harry Potter summed up most of my
childhood and even today I can spend days watching this series with the same
excitement as before. Daniel signed the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
when he was just eleven. The series nearly required a decade with his eight
exhilarated movies, making the younger people in it all grown up. Apart from
acting, Daniel has a poetic side too and he also has played his parts in
various charity projects. His movie list includes The Woman in Black, Kill Your
Darlings, Swiss Army Man etc.
Net worth: $100
million
Jodie first appeared on TV
advertisement when she was just three years old. Soon at the age of twelve, she
marked her debut movie Taxi Driver. Her role was a bit controversial but made
her be nominated for an Oscar. She won many awards and did movies like The
Accused, Silence of the Lambs. She also picked horror genre too like Panic
Room. She has made a good place in the industry as Director and Producer also.
Net worth: $125
million
Born in an actor’s family,
daughter of John Barrymore, Drew started her career by various child role. Her
debut film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) hit the screens and the Box Office
with the biggest bang. Though her childhood was filled with drug and alcohol
abuse, she managed to overcome these and continue her career with the movies
like Scream, Ever After, 50 First Dates, and many others. She wrote her
autobiography with a name Little Girl Lost (1991).
Net worth: $140
million
He began his career in a sitcom The
Andy Griffith Show as Opie Taylor for eight years. He spent most of his teenage
in Happy Days as Richie Cunningham. His prominent movies include American
Graffiti, The Shootist, etc. He left acting to pursue his directing skills and
definitely made an important place through movies like Cocoon, Apollo 13, The
Da Vinci Code, etc. and won Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award
for Best Picture for his movie A Beautiful Mind.
Net worth: $200
million
Loved by every teenager because
of her singing and role as Hannah Montana; her debut Disney channel show, the
daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus never took fame and
success as a difficult task. She eventually became a heartthrob of kids through
her acting. She is more of a fond of music rather acting and pursue pop music.
Her success is a complex mixture of fame and controversy. Her movies include
Hannah Montana, The Last Song etc. She also appeared as an advisor in signing
competition The Voice.
Net worth: $235 million
Started his career through TV
commercials in the late 1980s, Leonardo is loved by many and hated by no one.
He came in a soap opera Santa Barbara and TV sitcom Growing Pains. His debut
movie is Critters 3 in 1991, a horror film. In his teenage days, he opted
beside Robert De Niro in the movie The Boy’s Life. He was highly applauded for
her supporting role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993. His highly
appreciable movies include Titanic, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, The
Great Gatsby Inception, Wolf of Wall Street, The Revenant etc. The Oscar Winner
has really got some great potential to prove himself.
Net worth: $400
million
Fashion designers, actresses, and
fraternal twins, Mary & Ashley marked their initial role as Michelle Tanner
in a TV sitcom Full House and Two of a Kind. In the 90s, they released their
successful video series by the name of The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley.
After that, they did many films and TV series. Through their fashion and
entertainment company, Dualstar, they smashed as wealthiest women in this
industry at a very young age. Since then, they keep moving towards wealth,
success, and fame.
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