celebrity kids

Before this little boy with a bowl cut was chopping it up as a huge Hollywood actor with the same beautiful head of hair, he was just another cute little kid growing up in Emmett, Idaho.

This grinning little guy has broken out of his horizontal stripes and traded in the turtlenecks. Now, he has cooked up a much more bad boy A-lister look.

He now only goes by his first and middle name ... and dropped his last name (Sturtevant) on his way to the top of the crop!

Can you look past the chubby cheeks and fresh face to guess which Emmy Award-winning actor is in this old school kid pic?

Two O'Neals are better than one ... just ask the LSU hoops program!

Shaq's 18-year-old daughter, Amirah O'Neal, announced she's headed to Baton Rouge to play basketball for the Tigers next season ... just months after her big bro, Shareef, committed to LSU.

"I am excited to say that I have decided to commit to being a student athlete at LSU along side my brother @shareefoneal," Amirah said on IG.

"I am Sooooo grateful to spend my next 4 years as a Tiger."

Of course, both O'Neals are following in their father's famous footsteps -- Shaq is an LSU legend who balled out in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center from '89 to '92 before lighting up the NBA.

As for Amirah (who's 6'3" tall) -- SHE'S LEGIT -- averaging 17.2 points per game during her high school career at Crossroads in Santa Monica.

She was also an Honorable Mention to the MaxPreps 2019 California All-State Girls Basketball Team.

Shareef -- who recently announced he was transferring to LSU after a short stint at UCLA -- he's VERY excited about Amirah's decision.

"THE BROTHER SISTER DUO," Shareef posted on social media ... "Congrats to my sister on committing to LSU."

The 6'9" Shareef was a top-ranked high school player before heading to UCLA in 2018  -- but his freshman season ended before it began after doctors discovered an irregularity with his heart.

Before this little lady was purr-fecting her hit hip-hop albums and playing sold-out shows, she was just another pipsqueak in pink cooling off with a freeze pop in Los Angeles, CA.

You may recognize her from all the TikTok videos you have been binging this quarantine ... her hilarious social media presence created a viral dance to her popular song "Say So." Recently, she joined Megan Thee Stallion, Halsey, and Normani on the all-female "Birds of Prey" album.

In this throwback photo, she was better known as Amalaratna Zandile Dlamini instead of the stage name you might be familiar with.

Before we were keeping up with this cute kid, she was just another cheesin' chick showing off her missing teeth in Los Angeles, CA.

This little lady is best known for her famous family in which she is one of 5 sisters. She has taken the modeling world by storm walking in some of the most prestigious fashion shows including Alexander Wang, Versace, Tom Ford and Burberry ... just to name a few.

If she's not on the cover of international Vogue magazines, she's being proactive with her very own clothing line she shares with her sister.

Before this cute little Jurassic lover who's falling prey to a puppet was at the top of the Hollywood food chain as an A-list actress, she was just another young dinosaur enthusiast growing up in Northern California.

With a lifelong passion for performing -- both on the stage and on the big screen -- this thespian may seem like a fossil in the acting world ... but in human years, this young lady is only 30 years old.

This celebrity swapped in her real name (born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers) for something a little cheesier once she began to gain fame.

Before this cool little kid was known as one of the hottest artists in the rap game, he was just another styling young man in a sensible sweater growing up in Ohio.

It may take a little closer look because this dark knight with his brunette braids has locked down a much more scarlet style to his hair.

Although this little guy's rap name has got the world tripping out ... he was known as Michael Lamar White IV for most of his life.

He has previously collaborated with other big-named rappers including Travis Scott and Swae Lee and XXXtentacion.

Before this cute little kid was getting the crowds fired up as an international musician and bass-playing heartthrob, he was just another tot in a turtleneck posing with a furry feline mascot while growing up in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.

This young man traded in his vertical striped shirts for a much more emo sense of style ... complete with spiked hair and guy-liner ... when he gained fame for his part in a pop/punk boy band.

He's since upgraded from his cat costume partner to marry (and divorce) another Hollywood rocker that he shares three kids with.

Before this dapper little dude with a head full of brown curls was crushing the music scene with his original rap lyrics, eye-popping music videos and Earth-shattering causes ... he was just another happy kid growing up in Pennsylvania.

This mini man with a pimped out pattern on his shirt may be getting paid now but you won't see a dime of that in his new rap look! The current incarnation of the cutie (real name David Andrew Burd) takes a more frugal approach to fame.

He's collaborated with music great like Chris Brown, Fetty Wap, Snoop Dogg and many more.

Before this celebrity spawn was showing off her ultimate fashion sense and starring in movie franchises, she was just another brown-eyed girl growing up in Venice, Los Angeles.

Take a closer look ... this darling daughter of two A-list stars made a name for herself when she appeared as a superhero heartthrob in "X-Men: First Class." The multitalented woman has also risen to fame from her success in music and modeling.

While being stuck at home, you can binge her new television show -- which is a remake of a film starring her mom in 2000.

You'd be mad to not figure out who this little lady is!

Before this funny, young man was showing his face around the world as an incredible musician, he was just another cute kid hamming it up for the camera in a bright-orange tank top.

You may not see it right away ... but this British-born singer took a new direction in life and struck out on his one as a solo artist after leaving one of the world's biggest boy bands.

This mini-man has also been making headlines for donating over 300 thousand meals to people who are in need due to the pandemic.

This dainty, young gal would grow up to become one of America's most famous child actresses and models, and controversially ... a major sex symbol too.

She was born in Manhattan to a socialite mother and a Revlon executive father, but the 2 divorced when she was a baby and her mom quickly got her into modeling -- seriously, her first gig was an Ivory Soap ad as an 11-month-old.

At the age of 12, she gained critical acclaim as the lead in a movie where she played a child prostitute ... and her career would continue to venture into risque territory.

She'd go on to become the youngest fashion model to appear on the cover of Vogue at 14 and later appeared in a very controversial ad campaign for Calvin Klein jeans.

Of course, this was right before she appeared in 2 scandalous teen dramas in the early '80s ... which are still her most well-known movies to date.

She took a career break to attend Princeton and made a return to acting and modeling in the '90s ... with great success.

Before this buckaroo would grow up to become an All-Star baller in the NBA, he was just a boy growing up in Oklahoma.

He was childhood friends with NFL quarterback Sam Bradford and played basketball at Sam's family gym, along with his brother. This cowboy kid and his bro would go on to play high school hoops together -- coached by their dad -- and win 2 state championships ... and he'd win 2 more without his older sibling.

After following his brother to college -- as one of the university's most decorated recruits ever -- he'd struggle through some knee injuries as a freshman before bouncing back in a big way his sophomore year ... sweeping all 6 of the national player of the year awards.

That led to the NBA draft, where he was taken #1 overall. His rookie season was postponed an entire year after suffering another knee injury, but once again, he bounced back big ... being named an All-Star and winning the Dunk Contest.

He'd lead his team to the playoffs the following year and become one of the league's top stars ... until a few injury-plagued seasons of late. He's still balling, though ... just in a different city than where he started.

"Mr. Robot" star Grace Gummer is waving the white flag on her marriage -- she's just filed for divorce.

Meryl Streep's daughter filed docs Monday in L.A. Superior Court to end things with her husband, Tay Strathairn ... according to court records.

Grace and Tay, a keyboardist, did not have any children together ... which should make the divorce way less complicated. It's not clear what led to the split.

The estranged couple first met as kids way back in 1993 on the set of their parents' film, "The River Wild." Meryl and David Strathairn starred in the flick as husband and wife.