Can you guess these 13 A-listers from before they were Hollywood superstars?

Oscar-nominee Kirsten Dunst has played spoilt youngest child Amy in Little Women, frozen vampire child Claudia in Interview with the Vampire and ill-fated Lux Lisbon in The Virgin Suicides. Needless to say, her days of stardom came early.

But before that, the Spider-Man star had smaller roles in Saturday Night Live, Star Trek: The Next Generation and a debut role in 1989 on New York Stories. 

We might now know him better as Grey's Anatomy's McDreamy, but Patrick Dempsey started his career long before he was cast as Dr Derek Shepherd. The Primetime Emmy nominee got his first role in 1985 in Catholic Boys. 

His first recurring job was a role on the TV adaptation of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, titled Fast Times. Now, of course, we know him as a rom-com lead from hits like Made of Honour, Can't Buy Me Love and Sweet Home Alabama. 

Lily-Rose Depp has become a regular on screen in horror hits like Nosferatu (2024), Tusk (2014) and hotly anticipated feature Werwulf (2026). 

But her current star power isn't all that surprising, given the fame of her parents, actor father Johnny Depp and model mother Vanessa Paradis. Lily-Rose has been seen in public for years, but established herself as an independent star in 2014 body-horror Tusk.

The '80s would have been nothing without the Brat Pack and their on-screen teenage antics. But before she was pretty in pink, Molly Ringwald first appeared as Molly Parker on Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.

This fast-talking photographer was only the start for Molly who is now widely recognised as one of the '80s best, starring in hits like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.

Born to acting stars Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, Angelina Jolie came from a family with strong celebrity credit, appearing with her father Jon on the red carpet before she'd set foot on her own path to fame. 

The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider star has since taken the silver screen by storm in Maleficent, Girl, Interrupted and Salt.

Before he was turning heads as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary (Fitzwilliam and Mark, respectively), Colin Firth was just another drama student hoping for his big break. 

In the early '80s he was cast on the West End in Another Country, going on to grace the cinema screen with standout roles in The King's Speech, Kingsman, Love Actually and Mamma Mia!. 

Maya Hawke isn't just the daughter of two beloved celebrities, she's a star in her own right with major credits on cultural phenomenon Stranger Things, comedy Do Revenge and Tarantino hit Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood. 

Born to Before Sunrise's Ethan Hawke and Kill Bill star Uma Thurman before their split, it's no wonder Maya's a star. Before she reached the heights of Hollywood fame, she got her start on PBS mini-series Little Women, just two years before her role on Tarantino's 2019 drama – not a bad start to a now-flourishing career.

Denzel Washington is one of our favourite action heroes, with leading credits in The Equalizer, Training Day and Man on Fire to his name. No one does it quite like Denzel, and he's still a favourite on-screen today.

He got his first on-screen credit in biographical drama Wilma, starring in medical drama St. Elsewhere five years later for a total of 137 episodes. A regular on-screen, Denzel has since starred in Malcolm X, Much Ado About Nothing and a host of action-packed blockbusters. 

Who better to provide a teenage POV on Los Angeles than regular 15-year-old Demetria Gene Guynes? Well, it turns out she wasn't quite so ordinary, as Demetria later became Brat Pack star and Patrick Swayze love-interest Demi Moore. 

Before she reached silver screen stardom, Demi worked in front of the camera as the typical American teen in a photo series around LA. Since then, she's become far better known for not-so-typical Hollywood roles in The Substance, Ghost and Indecent Proposal. 

Star of Cast Away, The Green Mile and Forrest Gump, it feels as though Tom Hanks has been a fixture on screen forever. He's starred in touching dramas like Philadelphia and light-hearted kids franchise Toy Story, proving his versatility on screen.

But before that, Tom made his screen debut in 1980 with slasher horror He Knows You're Alone and a 37-episode run in Bosom Buddies. A head of curls and early dreams of stardom makes it harder to place him as the Big actor we know today.

Michael B. Jordan oozes cool and charisma, recently showing he's got the talent of two in Sinners. Of course, Michael's been proving his leading-man talents for years with roles in Black Panther, Creed and Fruitvale Station. 

Before he was packing a punch on screen, Michael was a rising star. A few years after a guest appearance on legendary series The Sopranos started his career off on the right foot, he was cast in famed series The Wire and beloved sitcom All My Children. 

Brad Pitt got his start in 1987 with an uncredited role in Hunk and a two-episode appearance on Another World, years before he was spotted as the ideal heartthrob to bring Thelma & Louise's J.D. to life in 1991. 

Now, of course, he's the A-list talent behind hits like Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 

Meryl Streep has the golden touch in cinema today, almost guaranteed to make every casting a dominating feature at the box office. From Mamma Mia! to The Devil Wears Prada and Death Becomes Her, Meryl has proved her talent for coldness, comedy, likability and singing on-screen.

While the actress is now noted for her versatility, her first role was more understated than might be expected. In 1976, she voiced a part in Everybody Rides the Carousel, an animated feature based on the eight stages of life described by psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.