Where 90s Icons Ended Up

The 90s! What a vibe. Movies, chart toppers, wild fashion and TV lines we still quote today. Those moments stuck because of the faces who owned them. Here’s a fast roundup of the decade’s biggest names and what they’re doing now.

Elizabeth Hurley: Model, Actress, Businesswoman

Hurley broke into modeling later than most, signing with Estée Lauder at 29 and soon became a familiar late 90s presence thanks to films like Austin Powers and Bedazzled. Her on-off spotlight with Hugh Grant kept her in headlines and opened doors into steady acting and fashion work. After a quieter stretch she returned to TV with Gossip Girl and headlined E!s soap The Royals as Queen Helena. She still models, runs a swimwear label and has moved into producing on projects with family.

Erika Eleniak: Baywatch star, Low-Key Now

Eleniak had a blink-and-you-missed-it part in E.T. before becoming Shauni McClain on Baywatch, which made her a household name in the early 90s. She followed that with roles in movies like The Beverly Hillbillies and a steady string of TV spots through the decade. In the 2000s she popped up on shows such as Desperate Housewives and tried reality TV on Celebrity Fit Club. These days she keeps a lower public profile, though she was linked to a Marilyn Monroe project around 2018.

Amy Jo Johnson: Pink Ranger Turned Director

Johnson landed Kimberly, the Pink Ranger, less than a month after moving to Los Angeles, and the role made her an instant fan favorite. She went on to appear on Saved by the Bell and became a series regular on Felicity as Julie Emrick, then later found steady work on Flashpoint. Alongside music releases she discovered a passion for directing, producing acclaimed shorts in 2013 and 2014 and directing the feature The Space Between in 2017. She continues to develop film projects and split time between acting and filmmaking.

Calista Flockhart: From Ally to Family TV

Flockhart exploded into the public eye as Ally McBeal, winning a Golden Globe and becoming a cultural touchstone when the show debuted in 1997. After Ally ended she balanced film and TV work, most notably starring as Kitty Walker on Brothers & Sisters from 2006 to 2011. She married Harrison Ford in 2010 and later returned to genre TV as Cat Grant on Supergirl. She still picks strong supporting and lead roles while keeping family life at the center.

Amy Jo Johnson - Then

What would the '90s be without the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? That's right - not much! Thankfully, the action-packed teen adventure show was made, and we're all better off for it. But what would the Power Rangers be without the Pink Ranger? Right again - not much, either! Amy Jo Johnson landed the role of Kimberly Hart, AKA the Pink Ranger, less than a month after she moved to Los Angeles, but that was only the start of her career. After she finished her role as the Pink Ranger, Amy Jo Johnson went on to play in a few other '90s classics, including Saved by the Bell and Susie Q, and joined the main cast of Felicity as Julie Emrick.

Amy Jo Johnson - Now

Following her time on Felicity, Johnson continued to act, landing a regular role in Flashpoint as Jules Callaghan, as well as releasing several studio albums - but it seems as if Johnson is a woman of many, many talents. In addition to acting and making music, she has also directed and produced two critically acclaimed short films in 2013 and 2014, and then went on to direct the feature film The Space Between in 2017. She is currently working on her next film, a movie called Tammy's Always Dying.

Debbe Dunning - Then

Debra "Debbe" Dunning is probably best known for her work on the popular ABC sitcom, Home Improvement, as the "Tool Time Girl" Heidi Keppert. During the '90s she also appeared in several other classic shows and movies, including Married… With Children in the role of Rochelle, Tales from the Crypt and in the campy Leprechaun 4: In Space. Her last credited appearance was on 2006's The Last Guy on Earth.

Debbe Dunning - Now

In 1997, Debbe Dunning married professional American volleyball player, Steve Timmons, after they had their first child together in 1996, their daughter Spencer Schae. In the year 2000, the two had another child, this time a boy, whom they named Stoney, and in 2008 Dunning gave birth to another son, Sysco. Sadly, Dunning and Timmons separated in 2018.

Calista Flockhart - Then

Calista Kay Flockhart first gained public attention for the role many people still remember her best for: Ally McBeal. Flockhart's appearance on Ally McBeal was only her third television performance, but it made her an instant star as soon as the show's first season aired in 1997. The show made Flockhart, and her character, into a feminist icon, and garnered her a Golden Globe Award in 1998. In 1999, Flockhart appeared alongside Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci and Christian Bale, among others, in Michael Hoffman's film adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and would go on to play many additional roles in the years to come.

Calista Flockhart - Now

After Ally McBeal ended in 2002, Flockhart continued to act in both television and film, making her mark in shows like Brothers & Sisters, where she also played the leading role between 2006 and 2011, this time as Kitty Walker. In 2010, Flockhart married another Hollywood star, who just happens to be a few years her senior; Harrison Ford, and the two are still in a loving marriage today. Flockhart's latest television role was portraying the media mogul, Cat Grant, in The CW's Supergirl.

Gwen Stefani - Then

Gwen Stefani started her musical career in 1986, when she was just 17 years old. Her older brother, Eric, invited her to join a ska band he was forming, named No Doubt. The rest, more or less, is history. No Doubt soon grew out of their Ska roots and turned to more pop-y tunes, and their hit song, "Don't Speak," helped launch them to international stardom.

Gwen Stefani - Now

In 2004, Gwen Stefani left No Doubt and set out on a solo career - which was also incredibly successful. She released hit after hit, including "Hollaback Girl," "Used To Love You," "Rich Girl," "The Sweet Escape," and many, many more. Her first solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. sold over 309,000 copies on the first week of its released, and reached multi-platinum status in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. In 2014, Stefani became a judge on the hit music reality show, The Voice, and she continues to release music and tour today.

Brandy Norwood - Then

Brandy Rayana Norwood, better known by her mononym, Brandy, first gained public attention after she released her self-titled album in early 1995. Brandy was a huge hit, and sold over two million copies in the United States alone. In 1996, she landed the leading role in the UPN sitcom, Moesha, where she played the title character. The show lasted six seasons and resulted in countless other acting roles. In 1998, Brandy returned to the music world with her hit duet with Monica, "The Boy Is Mine", which went on to become the best-selling female duet of all time and one of the longest running number one singles in music history.

Brandy Norwood - Now

Brandy continued to release music, as well as to act. She served as a judge on the first season of America's Got Talent, and her 2012 album, Two Eleven was a huge critical and financial success. In 2016, she starred in, and served as the executive producer of, the BET network sitcom, Zoe Ever After. Brandy has sold over 40 million records worldwide by the end of 2018, and her songs have been streamed over 1.5 billion times online - making her the only '90s female musician to have passed that record.

Winona Ryder - Then

Winona Ryder is probably one of the most memorable faces of the '80s and '90s. With her unforgettable performance in Tim Burton's 1988 horror comedy, Beetlejuice, Ryder became something of a cultural and fashion icon - a streak which she continued in 1990's Edward Scissorhands and Mermaids, where she olayed alongside Cher. In 1992, Ryder continued her dark, gothic streak and starred in master director Francis Ford Coppola's retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and in 1997 she starred in Alien Resurrection.

Winona Ryder - Now

Winona Ryder went through several personal struggles throughout the early 2000s, and appeared in a smaller number of films and shows over the past decade. Still, she found the time to appear in 2009's Star Trek, 2010's Black Swan and in a few other films. Her biggest comeback, however, was in Netflix's 2016 hit nostalgic '80s horror adventure show, Stranger Things, where she plays one of the leading characters.

Minnie Driver - Then

We first fell in love with Minnie Driver when she played the role of Irina in 1995's James Bond film, GoldenEye. The talented, stunning British-American actress stole the show in that film, and went on to steal our hearts in 1997's Good Will Hunting, where she played the gifted Skylar, opposite Matt Damon and Robin Williams - a role which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award. But that was far from being the highest point in her career.

Minnie Driver - Now

In March 2007, Minnie Driver returned to television, where she took on a role in the FX Network's serial drama, The Riches, - a role which garnered her an Emmy Award nomination, and won her a Golden Globe Award as Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series in both 2007 and 2008. In 2016, Driver landed the lead role in ABC's sitcom, Speechless, which is currently in its third season.

Courtney Love - Then

Courtney Michelle Love will probably always be associated with another great '90s icon, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Love and Cobain were married for just two years - between 1992 until his death in 1994 - but they did have a daughter together in that time, Frances Bean Cobain. Love formed her own grunge band, Hole, back in 1991, and their 1994 album, Live Through This, received wide critical acclaim and multi-platinum sales.

Courtney Love - Now

In recent years, Courtney Love has left her band, Hole, and gone on to perform as a solo artist. In 2012, Love appeared in a large advertising campaign for Yves Saint Laurent, and in 2014 she went back to acting in addition to her musical career, appearing in shows like Sons of Anarchy, Revenge, and in a recurring guest role as Elle Dallas in Fox network's Empire.

Sarah Michelle Gellar - Then

Sarah Michelle Gellar is perhaps best known for her role in Joss Whedon's groundbreaking, genre-bending TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - but she was already famous before it started, for her role as Kendall Hart, the long lost daughter of Erica Kane in the soap opera All My Children - a role which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award at the young age of 18.

Following All My Children, Gellar landed the role of Buffy Summers, the teenaged Vampire Slayer in what would become one of the late '90s and early 2000s most popular shows, gaining cult status and widespread critical acclaim.

Sarah Michelle Gellar - Now

In the mid-2000s, Gellar veered away from acting, and even began an entrepreneurial career by co-founding a company called Foodstirs - a culinary startup which made baking kits for kids - but in recent years we've seen her return to acting. In January 2019 it was announced that she will appear in the series Sometimes I Lie, based on the bestselling book of the same name and produced by both Gellar and Ellen DeGeneres in associated with Warner Bros. Television.

Gaby Hoffman - Then

Gaby Hoffman was a child actress for most of the '90s, having made memorable appearances in films like Field of Dreams alongside Kevin Costner, and in Uncle Buck, where she worked with fellow up-and-coming child actor, Macaulay Culkin of Home Alone fame. She also appeared in Sleepless in Seattle alongside Tom Hanks, and in The Man Without a Face with Mel Gibson. As a teen, she appeared in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You, as well as in Volcano and 200 Cigarettes.

Gaby Hoffman - Now

After a break for college, and a 4-year stint in New York working in theatre, Hoffman returned to Hollywood. In addition to film roles in movies like Life During Wartime, the thriller 13, starring Mickey Rourke, and starring in Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus alongside costar Michael Cera, Hoffman has made numerous and very memorable guest appearances in the critically acclaimed dramedies, Louie and Girls, as well as on HBO's High Maintenance and Amazon's Transparent.

Linda Fiorentino - Then

For a while, it seemed like Linda Fiorentino was in every major '90s movie, from 1994's The Last Seduction to Men in Black, where she had a major role opposite Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, Larger Than Life, and, of course, in Kevin Smith's 1999 controversial cult classic, Dogma, where she played the leading role of Bethany Sloane alongside Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock and, of course, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith himself, better known, perhaps, as Jay and Silent Bob.

Linda Fiorentino - Now

Lina Fiorentino's last credited appearance was in 2009, in the independent comedy-drama Once More with Feeling. She has since stopped acting, and not much is known about her personal life today - but our love of her work in the 1990s and early 2000s remains, and we wish her well!

Melanie Brown - Then

Melanie Brown, better known as Mel B - or Scary Spice - is, alongside the rest of her iconic girl power pop group, Spice Girls, probably one of the most important people in the '90s. The best-selling female group of all time, the Spice Girls were more than just a popular band: they were a social phenomenon. In 1998, while the Spice Girls were on hiatus, Melanie B released her first solo album, Hot - whose lead single, "I Want You Back," peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart.

Melanie Brown - Now

Since 2009, Mel B has mostly been working in television. She's served as a judge on both the Australian and British versions of The X Factor, co-presented the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, judged on America's Got Talent and America's Got Talent: The Champions, and served as a coach and mentor on The Voice Kids Australia.

On November 5, 2018, Mel B announced a Spice Girls reunion tour on her social media profiles, and concerts are set for a six-date UK stadium tour in 2019 - the group's first in over a decade.

Christina Applegate - Then

Back in the '90s, Christina Applegate was huge. Her most famous and well-remembered role is probably her portrayal of the character of Kelly Bundy on Married… with Children, in which she co-starred in an ensemble cast alongside Ed O'Neill, later of Modern Family fame, and Katey Sagal - a show which ran for nearly eleven years, between 1987 and 1997. She also appeared in film roles in movies like Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!.

Christina Applegate - Now

Following her success in the '90s, Christina Applegate continued to dominate film and TV, starring in movies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, alongside comedy giant Will Ferrell, and the Bad Moms franchise with fellow '90s sitcom alum, Mila Kunis, as well as Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jay Hernandez, Annie Mumolo, and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Jennifer Love Hewitt - Then

Jennifer Love Hewitt started acting back in 1989 - at the very young age of 10! After performing in a string of more than twenty television commercials, she landed a role on the Disney Channel's variety show, Kids Incorporated - but her first big break actually came in 1995, when she landed the role of Sarah Reeves Merrin on Fox's Party of Five After her success on Party of Five, Love Hewitt become world famous thanks to her role in 1998's I Still Know What You Did Last Summer - and her popularity and success would only continue to grow in the 2000s.

Jennifer Love Hewitt - Now

In 2005, Love Hewitt became the star of her own supernatural thriller show, Ghost Whisperer, Playing Melinda Gordon, a psychic medium that uses her powers to help save people and solve mysteries. The show ran for five years, and after it ended, Jennifer went on to appear in several other main roles in the series Criminal Minds, The Client List and 9-1-1.

Eliza Dushku - Then

Eliza Dushku started her career young. By the time she was ten, she had landed a lead role in the coming of age film, That Night, and would later play alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This Boy's Life, and as the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in the cult action film, True Lies. While she was still in high school, Dushku landed what many would consider her most important role: the part of Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series, Angel.

Eliza Dushku - Now

In 2000, Dushku went on to star in another smash hit: the cheerleader comedy, Bring It On. She would continue to make multiple appearances in both films and television shows, but perhaps her biggest project after Buffy was in another Joss Wheadon show; Dollhouse. In Dollhouse, Dushku played the starring role of Echo/Caroline Farrell for the duration of the show's run, and won multiple awards and nominations for her performance. Today, she stars in the main role of The Lady in The Black Company, a show based on author Glen Cook’s fantasy books.

Melissa Joan Hart - Then

Back in the '90s, there was no one bigger on kids' TV than Melissa Joan Hart. She started out playing the titular Clarissa in Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All when she was just 15. Following her success in Clarissa, Joan Hart later landed the leading role in the TV movie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which was followed by a television series of the same name - that lasted for seven seasons, well into the early 2000s.

Melissa Joan Hart - Now

In 2010, after a short hiatus, Melissa Joan Hart returned to acting, landing a lead role in ABC Family's sitcom, Melissa & Joey - a show in which she not only acted, but also got to direct an episode. Hart continues to act today, and is also set to star in the upcoming - and much talked about - Netflix comedy series, No Good Nick, where she will play a "hyper-competitive career mom who, with the lovable but dorky “fun dad,” welcome 13-year-old Nick (short for Nicole) into their family of four before realizing she is a street-smart con artist with a secret agenda."

Tyra Banks - Then

Tyra Banks was born in Inglewood, California, in 1973 - and started her career as a model at the age of 15 in 1988. She was the first woman of African American descent to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and by 2000 she was one of the world's highest-earning models. In addition to her modeling work, Banks also has a very prolific career as an actress. She started acting on television in 1993, on the hit sitcom starring Will Smith, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and in 1995 made her film debut in Higher Learning.

Tyra Banks - Now

In addition to her appearances in successful television shows and films, in 2003 Banks created her own show: America's Next Top Model, which, in addition to hosting, she executive produced - for over 20 seasons! The show was one of television's longest running reality series until its cancellation in October 2015 - after which it was revived. Today, in addition to her modeling, producing and acting work, Banks heads the cosmetics bran Tyra Beauty, as well as teaches personal branding at Stanford University.

Anna Chlumsky - Then

Anna Chlumsky started out as a child actor back in 1989, and is perhaps still best remembered for her role as Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl , in which she acted opposite Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis - and its sequel, My Girl 2. She also starred in Trading Mom and in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain, alongside fellow child star, Christina Ricci. Despite her success in Hollywood, Chlumsky decided to go on an acting hiatus between 1999 and 2005 in order to attend the University of Chicago, from which she graduated in 2002 with a BA in International Studies.

Anna Chlumsky - Now

Following her hiatus, Anna Chlumsky returned to acting in 2006, making her debut return role in an episode of Law & Order. She went on to appear in 30 Rock and in an Off Broadway production of Unconditional by Brett C. Leonard, and since 2012, has played the role of Amy Brookheimer, an aide to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character in HBO's Veep.

Christina Ricci - Then

Christina Ricci's acting debut was in 1990's Mermaids, where, at the age of 9, she played Kate Flax opposite Cher, Winona Ryder and Bob Hoskins. A year later, she would star as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family - a role she is still widely remembered for today. She continued to appear in films, playing characters with a somewhat dark edge, acting in Casper and Now and Then in 1995, and in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow in 1999, opposite Johnny Depp.

Christina Ricci - Now

In the mid-2000s, Ricci went on to act in various roles, including as a paramedic in two episodes of Grey's Anatomy, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Her portrayal of the troubled Rae in 2006's Black Snake Moan opposite Samuel L. Jackson garnered her additional praise, as did her work on 2008's Wachowskis cult film, Speed Racer. Today, Ricci continues to be prolific. Her latest TV role was as Zelda Fitzgerald in Z: The Beginning of Everything, and her work on 2018's film, Distorted, was recently praised.

Heather Donahue - Then

Heather Donahue is best known for her role as a fictionalized version of herself in 1999's The Blair Witch Project. Blair Witch was an experimental, independent horror film which required its actors improvise and react to the surroundings the film's producers had created for them, and, on a $60,000 budget, went on to make nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in theaters, thanks to its innovative promotional tactics, which included writing "missing - presumed dead" in her IMDB profile in order to blur the lines between fact and fiction.

Heather Donahue - Now

Despite The Blair With Project's success, Donahue's acting career failed to lift off in more conventional acting roles. In 2002, she starred in the science fiction miniseries, Taken, which earned her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination, but in 2008 she left acting for good in order to pursue a career in growing medical marijuana. In 2012, she wrote a book about her life experiences titled Growgirl: How My Life After the Blair Witch Project Went to Pot.

Alicia Silverstone - Then

Alicia Silverstone started acting in 1992, and acted in an episode of The Wonder Years, as well as in the film The Crush. After seeing Silverstone in The Crush, director Marty Callner decided to cast her in a music video he was directing for Aerosmith, for a song called "Cryin'" - and she was later cast in two more Aerosmith videos, "Amazing" and "Crazy." These music videos proved hugely successful, made Silverstone a household name, and helped her land the lead role in the '90s classic, Clueless, in in the lead role of Cherilyn "Cher" Horowitz.

Alicia Silverstone - Now

In the early 2000s, Silverstone decided to focus on smaller productions, and appeared in films like Love's Labour's Lost, as well as on Broadway. In the mid 2000s she appeared in movies like Silence Becomes You, Stormbreaker, Tropic Thunder and The Art of Getting By, and she has since continued to act. In 2018 she appeared opposite Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen in the romantic comedy Book Club, and is slated to appear in several more movies and television shows in the future.

Claire Danes - Then

Claire Danes first gained recognition at the age of 15 in the popular 1994 teen drama series, My So-Called Life. The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and that same year she went on to act in Little Women. She continued to appear in many successful films including 1996's Romeo + Juliet, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, The Rainmaker, Les Misérables and Brokedown Palace, before she left acting in 1998 in order to attend Tale University.

Claire Danes - Now

After two years at Yale, Danes dropped out in order to return to acting, and went on to appear in films like Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Shopgirl, Stardust, based on Neil Gaiman's popular fantasy novel, and many more. In 2010, she landed a leading role in HBO's biopic, Temple Grandin, for which she won an Emmy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award. Danes continues to be a successful actress today, and in recent years is perhaps best known as Carrie Mathison on Homeland, which started airing in 2011 and which will continue airing until late 2019.

Mandy Moore - Then

Amanda Leigh Moore, better known as Mandy Moore, first rose to fame in 1999 with her hit single - and recording debut - "Candy." The studio album in which "Candy" was released, So Real, wasn't long to follow, and was certified platinum, and got Moore touring with the likes of the Backstreet Boys and N'SYNC. But Moore's true success would come in 2001, when she would play opposite Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries.

Mandy Moore - Now

Moore would go on to release six more albums, and to act in multiple films and television shows, including Scrubs, Entourage, How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy and in the leading role in Disney's animated Tangled as Rapunzel- a role she would reprize in both Tangled Ever After, Ralph Breaks the Internet and Tangled: The Series. In 2016, Moore started playing the lead role of Rebecca Pearson on NBC's dramedy This Is Us, and continues to act today.

Jenna Jameson - Then

Jenna Jameson started her career in the adult film industry, and by the mid '90s was one of the leading, popular and most recognized adult performers in America. She famously crossed over into mainstream media after appearing in Howard Stern's 1997 movie, Private Parts, as well as with her guest hosting and guest starring in several popular television shows and movies, including Ali G, as well as E!'s Wild On! and Family Guy.

Jenna Jameson - Now

In 2008, Jenna Jameson announced her retirement from the adult film industry, stating she never planned on going back. In 2004, she published her autobiography - which spent an impressive six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. Today, Jameson is a successful businesswoman, capitalizing on her fame and merchandising.

Denise Richards - Then

Denise Richards started out acting in shows like Saved by the Bell, Melrose Place and Seinfeld before she made her film debut in the cult Paul Verhoeven science fiction satire, Starship Troopers in 1997. Following Starship Troopers, Richards went on to appear in 1998's Wild Things, and 1999's Drop Dead Gorgeous and the 19th James Bond film, The World is Not Enough, where she played "Bond girl" Dr. Christmas Jones.

Denise Richards - Now

In 2001, Denise Richards guest starred in Friends as Ross and Monica Geller's cousin, Cassie Geller, in the episode "The One with Ross and Monica's Cousin", before going on to appear in four episodes of Spin City. She went on to appear in Two and a Half Men, as well as in the film Love Actually, as well as in the show's 30 Rock, Dancing With the Stars and Anger Management. In 2011, Richards published her memoir, The Real Girl Next Door, which went on to become a New York Times Best Seller. In August 2018, it was announced that Richards will be joining the Bravo reality series, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, for its 9th season.

Tia Carrere - Then

Althea Rae Janairo, better known by her stage name Tia Carrere, was huge back in the '90s. She first rose to fame after becoming a regular on the daytime soap opera, General Hospital, but became a fan favorite after playing the character of Cassandra Wong in the cult comedies Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2. In 1992, People Magazine named her one of the most beautiful people in the world, and her success continued with her appearance in True Lies.

Tia Carrere - Now

Carrere continued to act in the 2000s, voicing the character of Nani in Lilo & Stitch and its subsequent sequels, as well as in shows like Nip/Tuck, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Apprentice, Hawaii Five-0, Dancing With the Stars and many more. Carrere also records traditional Hawaiian music, and her 2010 album Huana Ke Aloha won her a Grammy for Best Hawaiian Music Album in 2011.

Lucy Lawless - Then

Lucy Lawless first became famous after she portrayed the character of Xena in an episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys called "The Warrior Princess." Lawless' performance was so powerful, and the her character so popular, that she soon received her own spinoff series, titled Xena: Warrior Princess. The show was a huge hit and lasted six seasons, launching Lawless into international fame and making her a world renowned celebrity.

Lucy Lawless - Now

Following her success in Xena, Lawless went on to act in many other films and television shows. Between 2005 and 2009, Lawless played cylon model Number Three, D'Anna Biers, on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica science fiction series, and between 2010 and 2012 she took on the role of Lucretia in the Spartacus franchise. In addition to these, she also had a recurring role in the final seasons of Park and Recreation as Diane Lewis-Swanson, and as Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg on the WGN America supernatural series, Salem. Most recently, she starred as Ruby on Starz Network's horror comedy, Ash vs Evil Dead.

Tiffani Thiessen - Then

The first role Tiffani Thiessen landed as an actress would prove to be one of her most iconic. In 1989, Thiessen auditioned for and got the role of Kelly Kapowsky on saved by the Bell - and soon turned into a teen icon. After she finished her run on Saved by the Bell in 1992, she went on to act as the memorable bad girl, Valarie Malone, in the hugely successful Beverly Hills, 90210, and became a teen icon.

Tiffani Thiessen - Now

In recent years, Tiffani Thiessen played the role of Elizabeth Burke on White Collar, between 2009 and 2013. Starting in 2015, Thiessen began hosting her own show on the Cooking Channel, called Dinner at Tiffani's, which lasted for two seasons. In 2017, Thiessen was cast as Lori Mendoza on the Netflix sitcom Alexa & Katie, which has run for a total of two seasons so far.

Elisabeth Shue - Then

Elsabeth Judson Shue made her film debut opposite of Ralph Macchhio in 1984's cult classic, The Karate Kid, where she played his love interest, Ali ("Ali with an I!"), and went on to appear in 1988's Cocktail as the love interest of Tom Cruise's character. In one of her most memorable roles, Shue took over Claudia Well's character, Jennifer, in Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III, where she played Mart McFly's girlfriend. She went on to appear in The Marrying Man with Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin, Soapdish with Sally Field, Robert Downey Jr., Kevin Kline and Whoopi Goldberg, and many more.

Elisabeth Shue - Now

In 1995, Elisabeth Shue was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Leaving Las Vegas. She continues to act today, acting as a regular in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the role of Julie Finlay. In 2018 she co-starred in Eli Roth's remake of Death Wish, opposite Bruce Willis, as his ill-fated wife, and in 2019 she will be acting as a series regular in the superhero drama television series, The Boys, alongside Karl Urban and Jack Quaid.

Keri Russell - Then

Keri Russell started her career at the age of 15, as a cast member of the All-New Mickey Mouse Club, alongside other future celebrities like Ryan Gosling, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and more. In 1992, Russell appeared in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, alongside Rick Moranis, and had a guest appearance on Married… with Children in 1995. In 1998, Russell landed a role which launched her into international fame: the titular character of Felicity, her performance in which would win her a Golden Globe merely a year later.

Keri Russell - Now

After Felicity ended in 2003, Russell moved to New York and started acting in off-Broadway stage productions. In 2005, Russell joined the cast of Mission: Impossible III in 2005, directed by J. J. Abrams. Russell continued to act in many films and television shows throughout the 2000s, most recently in the FX drama series The Americans, in which she plays Elizabeth Jennings, a Russian KGB spy living deep undercover in 1980s Cold War era America.

Tina Majorino - Then

Tina Majorino started her acting career at the very young age of seven, in the role of Sophie Wilder in the short lived sitcom, Camp Wilder. She went on to act in films like Andre, When a Man Loves a Woman, Corrina, Corrina, Alice in Wonderland and Waterworld, before she stepped away from acting in 1999, when she was just 13, in order to focus on her studies. She went on to graduate from high school at 15 - and would return to acting in 2004.

Tina Majorino - Now

In 2004, Majorino returned to acting with the unforgettable role of Deb in Napoleon Dynamite, and went on to act in shows like Veronica Mars, The Deep End, Castle, Grey's Anatomy and True Blood. Her most recent role is in CBS's action drama, Scorpion, where she plays the character of chemist Florence "Flo" Tipton, who helps the team solve cases - and becomes Sly's romantic interest.

Michelle Williams - Then

Michelle Ingrid Williams moved out to Los Angeles on her own at the age of 15 with the aim of pursuing a career in acting. Living by herself and taking on odd acting jobs wherever she could find them, by the age of 17 she had managed to land small roles in several film productions, including A Thousand Acres, which starred Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange. When she was 18, Williams landed the role of Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek alongside James Van Der Beek and Katie Holmes - a role she would play for six seasons between 1998 and 2003, and an experience she called "the best acting class" she could have hoped for.

Michelle Williams - Now

Throughout the 2000s, Michelle Williams continued to hone her craft, and slowly became known for her work in small scale, independent productions with dark or tragic themes. Over the course of her later career, during which she acted in Brokeback Mountain, Blue Valentine, Manchester By the Seas, Shutter Island and The Greatest Showman, Williams has garnered multiple awards and accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for four Academy Awards and one Tony Award.

Monica Lewinsky - Then

Monica Samille Lewinsky was fairly anonymous for most of her adolescent life. Born in San Francisco in 1973, she grew up in Southern California and attended Santa Monica College, and later the Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, from which she graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1995. In 1998, recorded phone conversations between Lewinsky and a colleague surfaced, revealing that during her time as an intern in the office of the White House Chief of Staff, Leon Panetta, she had a series of sexual encounters with Bill Clinton, then the President of the United States.

Monica Lewinsky - Now

The Lewinsky-Clinton scandal made waves throughout the United States and the world, and seriously damaged Bill Clinton's popularity and standing with the American public. Lewinsky herself was quite traumatized by the whole ordeal, and focused on surviving the intense media attention. In 2014, Lewinsky started making public appearances, starting with the National Geographic Channel three-part television special, The 90s: The Last Great Decade, in which she gave an in-depth interview. Following her re-emergence, she has since become an activist against cyberbullying, calling herself "Patient Zero" of the phenomenon.

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter - Then

Today, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is indisputably one of the world's greatest performing artists - but back in 1989, when Beyoncé first went to an audition for an all-girl entertainment group she was just an eight year old girl having fun with her friends. That group would later turn into Destiny's Child, one of the most popular R&B groups ever, and help turn Beyoncé and her friends into superstars thanks to their album's title track, "Survivor," which earned the group a Grammy Award.

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter - Now

Today, Beyoncé's solo career is nothing short of meteoric. Her shows are consistently sold out, her albums have reached multi-platinum sales numbers, and she has also appeared in several Hollywood productions, including Austin Powers in Goldmember and the voice of Nala in the upcoming live action remake of Disney's The Lion King. Her highly public relationship with producer and rapper Jay-Z is constantly covered by media outlets, and the two have three kids together: Blue Ivy, Sir Carter and Rumi Carter.

Gisele Bündchen - Then

Gisele Bündchen, better known by her mononym Gisele, is one of the highest paid models in the world today. She started her career in the late 1990s, as part of the first wave of Brazilian models to find international success, and in 1999 was credited with ending the "heroin chic" era of modeling. She got her big break in 1997, when she was chosen for her ability to walk in extremely high heels on a slippery runway for Alexander McQueen's spring 1998 "rain" ready to wear show.

Gisele Bündchen - Now

In 2000, Gisele became a Victoria's Secret Angel, and has since led numerous successful modeling campaigns for top fashion houses like Versace, Chanel and Givenchy. As of 2007, she was the 16th richest woman in the entertainment industry, and in 2012 she placed first on the Forbes top-earning models list. In 2014, Forbes listed her as the 89th most powerful woman in the world.

Naomie Harris - Then

Naomie Harris has been appearing in television and film since she was nine, landing recurring roles in shows like Simon and the Witch, Runaway Bay and The Tomorrow People by the time she was 17. It wasn't until the early 2000, however, that Harris truly broke in to the industry, after many long years of hard work.

Naomie Harris - Now

By the early 2000s, Naomie Harris had veered away from television work and immersed herself in the film industry - a decision that would prove to have been extremely right. She has since appeared as the voodoo witch Tia Dalma in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films, as Selena in 28 Days Later, and as Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, as well as the special MI6 agent, Eve Moneypenny, in the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honors for services to drama.

Mariah Carey - Then

Mariah Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey, first hit record stores in 1988 - and won her Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance awards for her single "Vision of Love," earning her the self-proclaimed title of diva and placing her as a contemporary of Madonna and Whitney Houston. Carey continued to release smash hits throughout the '90s, and even earned the title of best-selling recording artists of the 1990s.

Mariah Carey - Now

Carey continued to reinvent herself throughout the late '90s and 2000s, releasing a wide array of poppy and genre-bending songs. Throughout her career, Carey has sold over 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and the third best-selling female artist in the United States. In 2012, VH1 ranked her second on the list of 100 Greatest Women in Music, and over the course of her career has won 5 Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, and 14 Billboard Music Awards.

Maggie Q - Then

Margaret Denise Quigley, better known by her stage name Maggie Q, is an actress, model and animal rights activist. She started her career as a model in Tokyo at the age of 17, before she moved to Hong Kong. It was there that actor, director and producer Jackie Chan selected her for one of his movies. In 1998, she featured in the TV drama House of the Dragon, which was a huge his in Asia - but it was only later that she would reach Hollywood and become a true international star.

Maggie Q - Now

In 2006, Maggie Q made her Hollywood debut as a co-star in Mission: Impossible III alongside Tom Cruise. A year later, she appeared opposite Bruce Willis in Live Free of Die Hard, and later appeared in the drama/thriller movie, Deception, starring Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman. In 2010, Maggie Q became the lead character in the CW series Nikita - and she continues to work in television and film today, perhaps most notably in the Divergent series and in Netflix's Designated Survivor.

Tonya Harding - Then

Tonya Harding started her career as a professional figure skater, even finding her way to the 1994 American Winter Olympics team - but she is perhaps best remembered for the attack she had ordered on fellow Figure Skating Champion, Nancy Kerrigan, in what would later become known as "The Whack Heard Round the World" and which resulted in her banning from professional figure skating for life. She would go on to participate in several professional wrestling tournaments, as well as to appear in several game shows including The Weakest Link.

Tonya Harding - Now

Since then, Tonya Harding has gone on to try several other careers - including a boxing career, winning several boxing matches, which ended in 2004. She also went on to set an automobile racing land speed record in 2009, for a vintage gas coupe with a speed of 97.177 mph driving a 1931 Ford Model A, named Lickity-Split, as well as to star in the 26th season of Dancing with the Stars, where she finished third place overall. In 2017, a movie about her life and the figure skating scandal, starring Margot Robbie, who portrayed Harding, was released to critical acclaim.

Eva LaRue - Then

Eva LaRue started her career acting in The Barbarians, a 1987 sword and sorcery film, and later in Santa Barbara, where she played the character of Margot Collins for 24 episodes. She worked as the co-host and announcer in Candid Camera between 1991 and 1992. From 1993 to 1997 she portrayed Dr. Maria Santos Grey on the daytime soap opera All My Children, receiving a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series."

Eva LaRue - Now

In 2002, LaRue returned to her character of Dr. Maria Santos Grey on All My Children, and played her until 2005 - and would later reprise the role once more for All My Children's 40th anniversary special. In the fall of 2005, LaRue started the role of Detective Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami, and starting with season 5 of the show, became a full-time cast member. In 2015, LaRue was cast in Netflix's revival of the '90s sitcom, Full House, Fuller House, in the role of Teri Tanner, Danny Tanners vivacious wife.

Julia Stiles - Then

Julia O'Hara Stiles' screen debut was on PBS' educational children's television show, Ghost Writer, where she played Erica Dansby, a young hacker terrorizing her school in a memorable, 6-episode-long guest role. Her first film appearance was on 1996's I Love You, I Love You Not, followed by a leading role in 1998's Wicked, a thriller for which she won the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award for Best Actress. It wasn't until she starred opposite Heath Ledger in 1999's cult hit, 10 Things I Hate About You, however, that she truly became a well-known celebrity.

Julia Stiles - Now

Following her success on 10 Things I Hate About You, Julia Stiles' career continued to blossom. She played Nicky Parsons opposite Matt Damon in the Bourne Identity film series, and had a recurring role as Lumen Pierce in the fifth season of Showtime's Dexter. Today, Stiles appears as a regular on Hulu's drama series, Blue, as well as in the main role of Georgina Clios is Riviera.

Nancy Kerrigan - Then

Nancy Kerrigan was the victim in 1994's "The Whack Heard Round the World" scandal. She was attacked by Shane Stant, Tony Harding's ex-boyfriend, on her way to the locker room before the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and suffered a serious blow to her right leg with a police baton. Still, Kerrigan is a true winner, and only a few weeks later she would win the Silver medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Nancy Kerrigan - Now

In the 2000s, Kerrigan appeared in several television shows, including 2006's Skating With Celebrities, and had a small role in the ice skating Will Ferrell comedy, Blades of Glory, in 2007. Lately, she has announced she will be the executive producer behind an eating disorder in sports documentary, and in January 2018, joined Inside Edition as their Super Bowl correspondent.

Marisa Tomei - Then

Marisa Tomei got her start on the Cosby Show spinoff series, A Different World, back in 1987. In 1992, she came to international attention after her role in the comedy My Cousin Vinny, for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to appear in a string of highly successful films, including Oscar, Chaplin, Four Rooms and Welcome to Srajevo, and hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live, as well as appeared, as herself, in Seinfeld.

Marisa Tomei - Now

Marisa Tomei's career has continued to be highly successful, and she has recently appeared in the films Slums of Beverly Hills, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Cyrus, Love Is Strange, The Big Short, where she played Cynthia Baum, and in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home as Aunt May. She has also made television appearances in various shows, including in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, where she appeared as Mrs. O'Conner.

Sarah Jessica Parker - Then

By the early 1990s, Sarah Jessica Parker was already a fairly well-established actress. Before her big debut as Carrie Bradshaw in 1998's Sex and the City, Parker had appeared in Honeymoon in Vegas opposite Nicolas Cage, as well as opposite Bruce Willis in 1994's Striking Distance. That same year, she appeared opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's critically acclaimed Ed Wood, and, two years later, in another Tim Burton movie: Mars Attacks! In 1998, she landed the role of Carrie Bradshaw in 1998's Sex and the City - a show and a role that would change television forever, as well as become an important milestone in feminist discourse.

Sarah Jessica Parker - Now

Following the success of Sex and the City, Parker continued to act in various films, including two film sequels to the successful television series, as well as in successful television shows like Glee and Divorce. Today, Parker continues to act, as well as to work as a n executive producer on various films and television shows.

Alyssa Milano - Then

Alyssa Milano started her career as a child, playing Samantha Micelli on the hit sitcom Who's the Boss alongside Tony Danza and Judith Light. The show ran from 1984 to 1992, and by the time it was over, Milano had solidified her place in pop culture as a star and a celebrity. She continued to land high profile roles, including in the popular television shows Charmed and Melrose Place, as well as in films like Hall Pass and New Year's Eve.

Alyssa Milano - Now

In recent years, Milano has played Savannah Davis in ABC's drama series, Mistresses, and became the host and one of the judges on Project Runway: All Stars starting with season three. Most recently, Milano joined the casts of two Netflix comedies: Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later and Insatiable, and also landed the lead role in Tempting Fate, a series based on the best-selling Jane Green book.

Pauley Perrette - Then

Born in 1969, Pauley Perrette is known for playing Abby Sciuto on the television series NCIS, from 2003 to 2018. Perrette was born in New Orleans but grew up all over the place, mentioning she had lived in in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and California. Early in her career she appeared in season 4 of Frasier and guest starred in season one of 24. She has made appearances in several films, including The Ring and Almost Famous.

Pauley Perrette - Now

In 2003, Pauley Perrette landed her most prominent role, playing Abby Sciuto, an eccentric forensic scientist, on NCIS, a television series based on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. She has since appeared as Abby in two 2009 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles, as well as in two episodes of NCIS: New Orleans in 2014 and 2016. In October 2017, Pauley confirmed that she was leaving the CBS show, and her final episode aired in May 2018. Although the reason for leaving was never confirmed, she did admit that in a Twitter post the she's "NO I AM NOT COMING BACK! EVER!"

Hurley Keeps Finding New Roles

Since her run on The Royals, Elizabeth Hurley has steadily reappeared on screens in a mix of character parts and light entertainment. She turned up in a comic-book inspired series as a classic villain, guested on reality competition shows, and has been popping up in cheerful holiday films. The choices read as a shift toward fun, crowd-pleasing parts and occasional cameos that play to her charm. Fans who missed her on screen have been getting little reminders that she never really left.

Working With Her Son Behind the Camera

Hurley has broadened her work to include producing, teaming up with family on at least one project written and directed by her son. She has spoken about taking time away from acting to raise him, and now balances roles in front of the camera with behind-the-scenes work. That family collaboration marks a noticeable new chapter in how she picks projects. Producing lets her shape the kinds of parts she plays and the stories she helps bring to life.

Beauty Deals and Beachwear Built to Last

Hurley has maintained her long-standing ties to Estée Lauder while continuing to sell swimwear under her own label. Her Estée Lauder association still pops up in charity and promotional work, and her beach line remains a steady part of her business life. She mixes commercial savvy with selective acting, which keeps her visible without taking on constant publicity. It is a neat example of a 90s star who turned early modeling roots into a lasting lifestyle brand.