One of Disney's youngest stars is all grown up now, and fans can't quite believe it.
It's been 12 years since Good Luck Charlie wrapped up after a four-season run on Disney Channel. Following the Duncan family after the surprise birth of baby Charlie, the series provided endless laughs and made a household name of leading star Bridgit Mendler.
And who can forget the viral shrug that earned baby Charlie, played by actress Mia Talerico, a place in the meme hall of fame?
© Disney Channel via Getty ImagesMia was just 11 months old when she joined Good Luck Charlie to play the titular toddler. By the time the show had wrapped in 2014, she was around five years of age. Now, more than a decade later, baby Charlie is a teenager and getting close to finishing high school.
17-year-old Mia shared photos on Instagram from her first day of senior year last week, which left many fans feeling "old".
"Last First Day! Now I'm starting to feel old," Mia captioned the snaps of her smiling and holding a celebratory chalkboard with the date on it. While Mia still has the same bright blonde hair, gone are the days of pigtails and colourful hair clips she wore as a toddler on Good Luck Charlie.
Baby Charlie is all grown up
© Instagram/ @miatalerico101"If you feel old then I feel ancient," one fan reacted to the photos of the actress, now a teen. "Our Charlie is all grown up, time sure flies," another said.
Charlie's on-screen parents sweetly shared their support for their TV daughter. "You make a TV Dad proud," Eric Allan Kramer, who played the Duncan patriarch Bob, commented.
"Seems like yesterday you were eating bananas in episode 1! My little improv partner is now a senior!" Leigh-Allyn Baker, who starred as Mia's TV mother Amy Duncan, wrote.
Mia's TV brother Jason Dolley previously recalled reuniting with the actress when she was older at their co-star Bridgit Mendler's engagement party. "It was so strange because we all knew her, and she was looking at us like she knew she was supposed to know who we were but genuinely did not know who we were," he told E! News.
"It was like, 'Oh right, her brain was still forming when we were carrying her around the set and stuff'."
© Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesWhat is she doing now?
These days, Mia has largely taken a step back from the camera but has still appeared in the odd project here and there. After saying goodbye to Good Luck Charlie, she went on to act in a couple of short films and landed small roles on the Brat TV web series Mani and an episode of Conrad in 2023.
Mia's co-star Jason said of her transition to life away from the limelight in 2024: "It’s great. I understand what it’s like to kind of grow up in the spotlight, so I feel for her in that way."
"But it seems like she’s doing things that make her happy and that’s honestly all you can ask for in this life, so if she’s doing what she loves then who cares?"
© Getty Images for Fab Factory StuShe's returning to the screen next month for a comedy film called American Summer, which drops on 4 September in the US and stars Steve Guttenberg and Christie Brinkley.
What has she said about Good Luck Charlie?
Good Luck Charlie followed the Duncan family's life in Denver as teenager Teddy Duncan (Bridgit Mendler) filmed video messages filled with advice for her baby sister Charlie. Mia opened up about her time on the Disney sitcom while reuniting with the cast over Zoom in 2020.
"I probably had a really easy role 'cause I just got told most of my lines or didn't have any," Mia told Entertainment Tonight for the show's ten-year reunion.
"I think it was really easy because most of the time, it was what happened. We just rolled with it, like, in the crawling scene, I just stood up so we just went with it."
Mia's TV dad Eric said of watching her grow up over the seasons: "She started off being swaddled and by the time the series was over, we're doing full-on scenes with her."
