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Oscars 2016 throwback! See the nominees' first red carpet photos

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With the 2016 Oscar nominations finally revealed, we’ve taken a look back at how the actors and actresses contending for the top prizes first started out.

From a teenage Leo Dicaprio with curtains, to a 13-year-old Brie Larson at the Snow Dogs premiere in 2002, we’ve done some digging to find amazing pics of the nominees' earliest Hollywood red carpets.

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Alicia Vikander got some early red carpet practice in at Sweden's Guldbagge Film Awards in 2011.

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Brie Larson at the 2002 Snow Dogs premiere, left, and at the 2016 Golden Globes.

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Baby Leo, left, posed at the Los Angeles premiere of The Basketball Diaries in 1995.

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Rachel McAdams sported trendy bangs at the 2004 ShoWest New Line Cinema Tea Party for The Notebook.

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Cate Blanchett was all about the Nineties at the 1999 Vanity Fair party.

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Jennifer Lawrence practiced her red carpet pose at the 15th Annual Movieguide Faith and Values Awards in 2007.

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A baby-faced Kate Winslet attended the 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1996.

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Edgy Rooney Mara was another kind of cool as she appeared at the Kenneth Cole Black & Gen Art Sundance Party held in 2009.

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Eddie Redmayne had some serious laid-back charm at the New York premiere of The Good Shepherd in 2006.

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A short-haired Jennifer Jason Leigh donned a pinstriped suit for the 1996 From Dusk Til Dawn premiere in Los Angeles.

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Rocky icon Sylvester Stallone was already stylish as early as 1981, when he wore a tux to the London Premiere for Victory.

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A 27-year-old Matt Damon looked like the perfect boy-next-door at the Rainmaker premiere in 1997.

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Eternal beauty Charlotte Rampling looking stylish for the Victoires de La Musique French Music Awards in 1986.

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Christian Bale was cool and casual at a party for the 20th Anniversary of the movie Alien in 1999.

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Red carpet pro Saoirse Ronan was adorable as she stepped out in jeans and a cardigan at the 64th Annual Venice Film Festival in 2007.

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Tom Hardy 13 years ago, at the Evening Standard Drama Awards in 2003.

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Michael Fassbender was already proving his heart-throb status at the 300 premiere in 2007.

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Mark Ruffalo showed his low-key style all the way back in 2001, at the 26th L.A. Film Critics Awards.