Then-&amp;-Now Photos Show Them Grown Up

Then-&-Now Photos Show Them Grown Up

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‘Pop’ Music
Edgy electro is the genre of choice for singer/songwriter Dyllan, who is the youngest of Days of Our Lives mainstay Stephen Nichols (Steve) and wife Lisa Gordon’s three children.
Jack of All Trades
Jeremy Snyder, with mom Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, Bold & Beautiful) and kid brother Julian on the right, grew up around showbiz and has worked as an actor, editor and even a cameraman.
Up, Up and Away
In 2021, General Hospital Emmy winner Laura Wright (Carly) shared that daughter Lauren had graduated from college with a BS in journalism and a minor in ethics.
Press ‘Pause’ While You Can
Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren, Young & Restless) could tell ya: One day, they can’t get enough hugs from Mom — see photo with son Austin Recht on the right — and the next they’re ready to get married.
Found in Translation
When Bregman’s son Landon turned 27 in 2023, the Emmy winner Instagrammed that they speak a “language only we understand… You’re the cheese to my mac and the other way around.” Aww!
Mirror Image
In 2023, the “best part of my life” is what All My Children alum (as Maria) and General Hospital newbie (as Natalia) Eva LaRue called Kaya, her daughter with late ex-husband and All My Children leading man John Callahan (Edmund).
Two Sweet
Deidre Hall (Marlena, Days of Our Lives) was able to open up about sons Tully and David Sohmer’s births through a surrogate in the 2012 TV movie Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story.
Sitting Pretty
Isn’t it ironic? Bold & Beautiful baddie Kimberlin Brown (Sheila) started her career as a model — the same role that daughter Alexes Pelzer played when she guest-starred on the soap.
America’s Next Top Model
Any kid who could pull off a cowboy outfit as well as the son of Finola Hughes (Anna, General Hospital) was obviously destined to have as bright a career in front of the camera as an all-grown-up Dylan Young.
In Living Color
The daughter of Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki, Young & Restless) and her first husband, Alexandra Yeaggy is now a successful designer. One of her wedding gowns was even featured on Bold & Beautiful. In the photo on the left, that’s her with Mom as well as Elizabeth and Jennifer Scott, the actress’ children with her second husband, Bold & Beautiful producer Edward J. Scott.
His Turn at Bat
Though once Ben Hogestyn followed dad Drake Hogestyn (John, Days of Our Lives) into showbiz, passing through both General Hospital and Bold & Beautiful, he now constructs bespoke leather handbags.
Made in the Shades
Even now that the son of Bold & Beautiful alum Krista Allen (ex-Taylor) is all grown up — and a successful Hollywood talent manager — Jake Moritt still can’t resist rocking a pair of sunglasses.
Star Power
Chris Warren Jr. followed the footsteps of mom Brook Kerr (Portia, General Hospital) all the way into the spotlight. The Bold & Beautiful alum appeared in all three High School Musical movies and more.
A Real Knockout
A boxing enthusiast like dad Eric Braeden (Victor, Young & Restless), Christian Gudegast is fast becoming a Hollywood heavy hitter as a screenwriter and director.
Rough ’N’ Ready
Hard to believe, isn’t it, that the sweet-faced kid on the right — that’s Jake Weary with mom Kim Zimmer (Reva, Guiding Light) — grew into one of the scruffy leads on TNT’s Animal Kingdom.
Rising Star
Dad John McCook (Eric, Bold & Beautiful) must be as proud as can be of daughter Molly. She not only scored a lead in a primetime sitcom (Last Man Standing), she managed to survive being a recast!
The Next Generation
“I’ve always had a strong feeling about him,” Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) said of son Joshua on his 19th birthday. “I can’t wait to see where he ends up.” Perhaps back on the soap as troubled Adam?
The Wonder Years
In 2024, Young & Restless’ Michelle Stafford (Phyllis) marveled that her older child, daughter Natalia, was “so compassionate and kind… so poised and funny.” We’d add that, being a Harry Styles fan, she also has great taste in music.
Two for the Show
Decades after mom Susan Lucci (Erica, All My Children) became a soap superstar, Liza Huber was cast as Gwen on Passions. But she now feeds her creative appetite running a baby-food company.
Double Trouble
“Can’t wrap our heads around it!” exclaimed Don Diamont (Bill, Bold & Beautiful) on his and wife Cindy Ambuehl’s behalf when their twins, Anton and Davis, turned 21 in 2024. “But I guess I have, too.” Time flies when you’re having kids!
Time-Out
Diamont and Ambuehl’s son Zander was a shoo-in to make it to the NFL following his celebrated college career. But after suffering what he called “a lot” of concussions, he hung up his helmet “for my safety and my future.”
Girl Power
Only four years separate these photos of Simone, the daughter of Bold & Beautiful pot-stirrer Sean Kanan (Deacon) and former leading lady Gladise Jiminez, who played Carmen in the early 2000s.
‘My Love and My Joy’
When the daughter of Rena Sofer (Lois, General Hospital) and former and future husband Sanford Bookstaver turned 17 in 2023, Mom called Avalon “the most beautiful, kindhearted, brilliant and amazing woman. I am infinitely proud of you.”
A New Chapter
All these years after the photo on the right was snapped of Days of Our Lives’ Mary Beth Evans, husband Michael Schwartz and their kids, Katherine, Daniel and Matthew, Mom’s “sweet Dollie” is a parent herself.
A DNA MVP
Already on People magazine’s radar as one of the sexiest men alive, Michael Consuelos can thank his parents, All My Children vets Kelly Ripa (Hayley) and Mark Consuelos (Matéo), for those fine, fine genes. (Ed. Note: That’s not Mark on the left, it’s Michael playing a younger version of him on Riverdale.)