“Seventeen” magazine really knew how to pick them. Even back before she was kicking zombie butt as the lead character from the “Resident Evil” movies, or adding her charm to “The Fifth Element,” she had the pout and look of a star. Even so early in her career, she had plenty of pre-teen sass to pass around.
Since the series of video-game-inspired movies ended in 2016, she’s been in “Shock and Awe,” “Future World,” “Paradise Hills,” and more. She loves her action, hero, thriller flicks, though she’s also spread out to period films.
Hayden Panettiere
Long, long before she won the hearts of America and the world as the cheerleader Claire Bennet on the show “Heroes,” Hayden Panettiere was already used to the camera. As the image shows, she was modeling before she could even drive.
Look close enough and you can see a little bit of early photo magic — there are strings holding up the edges of her skirt and the ends of her pigtails to make it look like she's sliding across the floor. Panettiere's other big roles include the lead in “Nashville,” the voice of main character Kairi from the “Kingdom Hearts” series, and the voice and mocap of main character Sam from the video game “Until Dawn.”
Nikki Reed
Just like her real-life husband Ian Somerhalder, Nikki Reed got her start as a model before the Twilight series started. She was a teen model for Abercrombie & Fitch. “Twilight” wasn't her first acting role — that was back in 2003, on “Thirteen.”
She had a six-episode spot on “The O.C.” and then hit it big with her role as Rosalie on “Twilight.” In 2014, she met Somerhalder and the two got hitched after Reed's divorce from Paul McDonald in 2015.
Victoria Justice
That's Victoria Justice on the right there, smiling under her knit cap for Guess Kids. Not sure who her friend is, but she might be pleased to know that Justice went on to appear in numerous Nickelodeon shows, starting with “Zoey 101,” and later as Tori Vega on “Victorious.”
She's been in “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” “Fun Size,” “The First Time,” and “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List.” She's also gotten into music, singing on the soundtracks of some of her shows, and she's also released a few of her own pop albums.
Keanu Reeves
He's gone from teen hunk to gritty action star and plenty of other places, but innocent kid model Keanu is a new side of the famous actor. His pretty-boy looks helped him get roles in movies such as “Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure” and “Point Break” before he became a worldwide star in “The Matrix.”
From there, he's done it all — a quick-thinking cop in “Speed,” an unstoppable assassin in the “John Wick” series, a master combatant in “Man of Tai Chi,” and a dangerous alien in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” His most recent big appearance was the voice and model of Johnny Silverhand in the video game “Cyberpunk 2077.”