8 actors who had already grown up playing teenagers: one was 37 years old

These actors passed as teenagers when they were adults, thanks to their genes they deceived many fans because they are much bigger than their characters.

Nicholas Cofflan

In “Bridgerton”, the Netflix series, this actress brings to life 17-year-old Penelope Featherington, Eloise’s best friend and the secret author of a tabloid gossip.

In real life, Nicola is much older than her character in “Brigerton”, as she is now 35 years old, having been born in January 1987 in Ireland.

charitran charitra

This is another actress who appears in the series ‘Brigerton’ and who plays a teenage girl. Edwina Sharma’s character appears in the second season and is between 17 and 18 years old.

The British Charitra is now 25 years old, having been born in January 1997, almost at the same age as the character of Kate Sharma, her older sister in the series.

alexa demie

The actress made her television debut in 2016 in the series “Ray Donovan”, but in the series “Euphoria” she plays the teenage Maddy Pérez in two seasons.

In the first season of the series, Maddy is 17 years old and, although the Mexican actress keeps her real age a secret, Internet users found out that she graduated from high school in California in 2008, so she would be between 31 and 32 years old. .

Tobey Maguire

He was the first actor to play Spider-Man in a major Hollywood live-action film in 2002 and the next two installments. But according to the story of the trilogy, Peter Parker was originally in his final year of high school, that is, he was 17 years old.

For his part, Maguire first wore the uniform of Marvel’s friendly arachnid neighbor when he was 26 and by the end of the 2007 trilogy he was already in his 30s, while Peter must have been 20 or 21.

Andrew Garfield

In “The Amazing Spider-Man”, the on-screen version of Peter Parker was younger than Tobey Maguire’s 16-year-old in the second film released in 2014.

But the actor who was responsible for playing Peter on this occasion was even older, as Garfield was 27 years old when he recorded the first installment of “The Amazing Spider-Man” and 30 for the sequel.

Gabourey Sidibe

In 2009, this actress made her debut as the character of Precious in the film of the same name, directed by Lee Daniels. Claireece “Precious” Jones is a 16-year-old girl living in Haarlem, New York with her unemployed mother expecting her second child.

Actress Gabourey Sidibe was born in May 1983 and when she made the film ‘Precious’ she was 10 years older than her character, ie 26 years old.

Shirley Henderson

This actress had a small role in the movie “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” as Myrtle the weeping, a ghost of a 14-year-old girl who died in one of Hogwarts baths and still haunts the place.

But the real age of the actress was much older than her character, since Henderson was born in 1965 and until 2002 she was 37 years old when she played the role of the ghost student.

Florence Pugh

The Marvel actress in “Black Widow” and “Hawkeye” appeared in the 2019 version of “Little Women” as the younger sister Amy March, who is only 12 years old when the story begins.

When Pugh appeared in the film he was 22 years old, that is, he was 10 years older than the character he played, but even so his role on the screen did not show the age difference.