What These Disney Stars Look Like Today

The Disney Channel has served as a career incubator for some of the entertainment industry's
biggest stars.
Some of your favorite celebs got their start in the "House of Mouse," and many look completely
different than they did as kids.
Let's take a look.
Stacy Ferguson
Long before "My Humps" and super-stardom with The Black-Eyed Peas and as a solo artist,
"Fergie" was just Stacy Ann Ferguson, a cast member on Disney's Kids Incorporated.
As part of the show's "fake" band, Ferguson was one of the longest-running cast members
on the series, appearing in six seasons.
She later formed the girl band Wild Orchid with fellow Kids Incorporated star Renee Sandstrom
and two other ladies.
The rest is "Fergalicious" history.
Mario Lopez
While it was most definitely his appearance as A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell that propelled
Mario Lopez to fame and fortune, he got his start with Disney alongside Ferguson on Kids
Incorporated.
From 1984 to 1986, Lopez appeared as a drummer, backup dancer, and singer on the show.
The dancing experience would later serve him well during his performances as a contestant
on the third season of Dancing with the Stars.
Since his Disney days, Lopez has built up a very respectable Hollywood resumé, with
roles on dozens of shows and films, including his hosting gig on the entertainment news
magazine Extra.
Jewel Staite
You probably know her best as Kaylee from Firefly or Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate:
Atlantis, but Staite got her start in Hollywood as a child star, and her first major role
was on the very first Disney Channel original series: Flash Forward.
In the show, Staite plays 13-year-old Becca Fisher, who does her best to navigate the
obstacles of eighth grade.
Shia LaBeouf
Long before the Transformers franchise and the publicity stunts, Shia LaBeouf was a favorite
among the younger crowd thanks to his role on Disney's Even Stevens.
His performance as the mischievous and boisterous Louis Stevens earned LeBouf a Daytime Emmy
Award in 2003.
He transformed from Disney kid to the big screen with his appearance in the adventure
comedy Holes in 2003 and has continued to make waves both on and off the screen.
Hilary Duff
As the title character on the Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire, Hilary Duff was propelled
to superstardom in the early 2000s.
The success of the series earned her legions of fans and a multitude of other projects
for the network, including movies like 2002's Cadet Kelly and a musical career.
After hitting adulthood, Duff shifted her focus to independent films and wrote several
successful novels.
At the time of this video, she's playing the 20-something Kelsey Peters on the popular
comedy-drama TV series Younger.
JC Chasez
As one-fifth of the superstar boy band *NSYNC, JC Chasez will always be a name in music.
But before the group made it big, he was a Mouseketeer on the rebooted version of Disney's
The Mickey Mouse Club.
After ruling the pop charts with bandmates in *NSYNC, Chasez shifted into a solo musical
career and returned to television as a judge on America's Best Dance Crew.
Moisés Arias
As Rico Suave on Disney's smash hit series Hannah Montana, Moisés Arias was the antagonist
you loved to hate.
When the show wrapped, he continued his acting career with various roles in TV and film.
Most notably, Arias appeared as the hard-nosed Bonzo Madrid in the film adaptation of Ender's
Game in 2013.
Adam Hicks
As a Disney Channel star, Adam Hicks was one of the network's top young, male actors.
He was involved in multiple Disney shows and movies, including Lemonade Mouth and So Random!,
but he's probably best known to Disney fans for his role as the aspiring skateboarder
Luther on the series Zeke and Luther.
He's still acting, but has definitely moved away from the family-friendly fare.
His most recent projects include the 2015 thriller The Boy Next Door, starring Jennifer
Lopez, and the Hulu original horror series Freakish.
Raven-Symoné
While she first stormed into the spotlight on The Cosby Show as the precocious Olivia,
Raven-Symoné gained legions of new fans when she made the transition to Disney as a teen.
She started out with a voice-acting role as Monique on Kim Possible before landing her
own live-action Disney series, That's So Raven.
The Disney original movie The Cheetah Girls became the project that launched her into
super-stardom as both an actress and a singer.
She went on to voice Iridessa on Disney's Tinker Bell movie franchise, then became a
host on The View in 2015.
Vanessa Hudgens
This Disney star made it big when she appeared in Disney's smash hit High School Musical.
Vanessa Hudgens returned to Disney for High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3:
Senior Year, then graduated from the Disney sphere and dove into stage productions.
In 2016, she played Rizzo in the FOX production of Grease: Live.
Bridgit Mendler
While Bridgit Mendler first became a familiar face on Disney with her recurring role as
Juliet on Wizards of Waverly Place, it wasn't until she earned her own Disney show, Good
Luck Charlie, that she became a household name among younger crowds.
Soon after, she nabbed a starring role in the Disney movie Lemonade Mouth and a record
deal with Disney's Hollywood Records.
In 2016, Mendler released her second album, was cast in the CMT television series Nashville,
and graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in anthropology.
Kimberly J. Brown
She played the plucky heroine Marnie Piper in Disney 's 1998 movie Halloweentown alongside
Debbie Reynolds, but unlike a lot of other Disney stars, Kimberly Brown's role on the
channel didn't propel her to fortune and fame.
Since her appearance in the second Halloweentown sequel in 2004, Brown has collected only a
handful of acting credits.
In 2013, she appeared in the AMC crime drama Low Winter Sun, but we're still waiting for
her comeback.
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