Grace Van Patten is one of those rare, under-the-radar nepo babies.
And,as with so many child stars, she looks unrecognizable from her early acting days.
Let’s take a look at the stunning transformation of “Tell Me Lies” star Grace Van Patten.
From a young age, she was certain that she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps.
“I went through a phase where I wanted to do nothing but that,” she toldVoguein 2021.
I saw the stress and unpredictability that comes with it firsthand."
Bring the girls,'" she recalled.
During her time on set, she was able to learn more about her craft from co-star James Gandolfini.
In particular, she was fascinated by the notion of acting as a transformative experience.
“I remember being so in awe and thinking, how did he do that?
There, she studied alongside fellow star-in-the-making Timothee Chalamet.
In 2014, an 18-year-old Van Patten performed alongside Chalamet at The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan.
I can’t imagine a normal high school experience after that.”
In 2016, the 19-year-old made her big screen debut with “Tramps.”
The film saw her travel the world, and that fall she appeared at the Rome Film Festival.
Also that year, she was living her best life in Tokyo.
Ditching the bleached locks for dark hair, the actor appeared to morph into someone entirely different.
Speaking toHarper’s Bazaar, she described the experience as surreal.
“[This year has] been such a blur in the best way possible,” she enthused.
A month before her 21st birthday, she appeared at an event for the flick in Los Angeles.
In her chat with Harper’s Bazaar, she mused that having dark hair made her feel more powerful.
In particular, she described herself as a tomboy who grew up hating the girly girl aesthetic.
She went to the show with then-boyfriend Nat Wolff, whom she reportedly started dating the previous year.
Just as she was modifying her appearance, the star was also making significant changes in her professional life.
Grace Van Patten was no exception to this global rush to reach for the dye.
“That commitment I found is, you’ve got to go there.
Appearing at Paris Fashion Week in 2021, she slayed in a vibrant cape draped over an all-black ensemble.
“If I brought out pictures of me at eight, it’s like a different person.
I love that because it marks … times in your life, which is really cool.”
“You’ve got to be in the right mindset to go vintage shopping, though.
But when I am, I’m on a mission,” she added.
In 2022, gone was the ginger mane.
In its place was striking raven hair.
“By the end, I was buying [low-rise jeans] on Depop,” she said.
“I had multiple Ed Hardy shirts in my wardrobe.
I got completely brainwashed.”
“I’m slowly realizing that may not be me,” she mused.
“The further I get away from it, [the waists] just get higher and higher.”
Grace Van Patten entered her soft girl era
Soft girl style dominated spring 2023.
It wasn’t just Van Patten’s enviable tresses that were making headlines, though.
“Our relationship is out there, but not too much of it.
