Dreamy Teen Stars From The '90s Who Are Now Moms And Dads On Popular Shows

Voting Rules
Vote up the former crushes who are crushing it as parents on popular shows.

Teen heartthrobs, scream queens, and every crush-worthy celebrity from the '90s are now turning out performances as concerned dads, working moms, and try-hard stepparents as former Tiger Beat cover stories turn in their pom-poms and Mazda Miatas for sack lunches and PTA meetings. But that doesn't mean the end of an era, just a new chapter. Here are a few '90s teen dreams who are now playing the part of parents on popular TV shows. Vote up the actors and actresses who are still worthy of poster wall space.

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  • Best Known For: Teen icon Kelly Bundy on Married...with Children, Suell (short of Sue Ellen) on Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
    Now Known For: The deeply disturbed Jen Harding on Dead to Me

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  • Drew Barrymore
    2

    Best Known For: Manic pixie dream girl of the '90s thanks to Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Scream, Batman Forever, Bad Girls, The Wedding Singer, Ever After, and Never Been Kissed
    Now Known For: Zombiefied wife and mother on Santa Clarita Diet 

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  • Best Known For: '90s superstar who starred in Fear, Pleasantville, Cruel Intentions, and Election before hitting the jackpot with Elle Wood in Legally Blonde 
    Now Known For: Elena Richardson in Little Fires Everywhere, suburban mom with a secret Madeline in Big Little Lies

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  • Best Known For: Fashion forward Cher in Clueless, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the ill-advised Batman & Robin, Aerosmith video muse
    Now Known For: Super mom Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer in The Baby-Sitters Club 

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  • Kirsten Dunst
    5

    Best Known For: Judy in Jumanji, Claudia in Interview with a Vampire, Lux Lisbon in The Virigin Suicides, the great Torrance Shipman in Bring It On
    Now Known For: Krystal Stubbs in On Becoming a God in Central Florida 

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  • Julia Stiles
    6
    85 votes

    Best Known For: Headstrong Kat in 10 Things I Hate About You 
    Now Known For: Widow Georgina Clios in Riviera 

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