62 Celeb Red Carpet Side-By-Sides That Show Some Pretty Dramatic Transformations

1.Emma Stone's first red carpet:

Emma is wearing bootcut jeans and a tank at the Replay red carpet
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Emma Stone's last red carpet:

Emma is wearing a pantsuit at the Cruella premiere
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2.Sydney Sweeney's first red carpet:

Sydney has a black dress with a bedazzled peace sign heart in 2011
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Sydney Sweeney's last red carpet:

Sydney is at the euphoria Season 2 premiere in a white gown
Jeff Kravitz / Getty Images for HBO

3.Paul Rudd's first red carpet:

Paul is at the premiere of Now and Then
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Paul Rudd's last red carpet:

Paul is in a brown suit on the Ghostbusters red carpet
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4.Emma Watson's first red carpet:

Emma is in 2001 and in a floor-length sack with a furry boa
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Emma Watson's last red carpet:

Emma is wearing a billowy white dress with black dress pants
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5.Ashley Tisdale's first red carpet:

Ashley is striking a pose at the Princess Diaries 2 premiere
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Ashley Tisdale's last red carpet:

Ashley is at the House of Gucci premiere in head to toe black
Amy Sussman / Getty Images

6.Abigail Breslin's first red carpet:

Abigail is in a white dress and holding a stuffed animal poodle
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Abigail Breslin's last red carpet:

abigail is in a black dress at the EMA awards
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7.Kristen Stewart's first red carpet:

kristen is wearing all black on the panic room red carpet
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Kristen Stewart's last red carpet:

Kristen is wearing all red at the gotham awards
Theo Wargo / Getty Images for the Gotham Film & Media Institute

8.Jake Gyllenhaal's first red carpet:

jake has spiky hair and a denim coat on
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Jake Gyllenhaal's last red carpet:

Jake is wearing yellow plants and a blue blazer
Steve Granitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images

9.Drew Barrymore's first red carpet:

Drew is in a princess dress at the golden globes
Barry King / WireImage / Getty Images

Drew Barrymore's last red carpet:

Drew is at the iHeart radio awards
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10.The Jonas Brothers' first red carpet:

The brothers are wearing conflicting patterns and graphic tees
Stephen Lovekin / WireImage / Getty Images

The Jonas Brothers' last red carpet:

The brothers are wearing a coordinated outfit and look stylish and hot
Stephen Lovekin / WireImage / Getty Images

11.Michael B. Jordan's first red carpet:

Michael is at the cheetah girls premiere
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Michael B. Jordan's last red carpet:

Michael has a gray trench over slacks and looks very handsome
Michael Loccisano / Getty Images

12.Halle Berry's first red carpet:

Halle is dressed for the early '90s in a polka-dot ensemble
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Halle Berry's last red carpet:

halle is at the moonfall premiere
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13.Gabrielle Union's first red carpet:

gabrielle is wearing a floral blue gown at a TV guide event
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Gabrielle Union's last red carpet:

Gabrielle is wearing a gorgeous lime green gown at the fashion awards in the UK
Leon Bennett / Getty Images

14.Katy Perry's first red carpet:

katy is wearing a sparkly sea-themed gown in 2009
Patrick McMullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Katy Perry's last red carpet:

Katy is at the CMAs in a floor-length brown gown
Daniel Pockett / Getty Images

15.Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks's first red carpet:

Rita and tom are in the 80s in pleather and wool suits
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's last red carpet:

Tom and Rita are holding hands she has sparkles on and he has a boring suit
Rick Rowell / Getty Images

16.Leonardo DiCaprio's first red carpet:

Leo is wearing a knit beanie and a heavily '80s-themed shirt
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Leonardo DiCaprio's last red carpet:

Leo is in a suit at the Don't Look Up premiere
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17.Rihanna's first red carpet:

Rihanna is in a boot cut jeans and striking an awk pose
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Rihanna's last red carpet:

Rihanna is winning the National Heroes Award in Barbados
Randy Brooks / AFP via Getty Images

18.Jennifer Lopez's first red carpet:

Jennifer is in a T-shirt dress in 1994
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Jennifer Lopez's last red carpet:

jennifer is with ben affleck at the marry me premiere
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19.Justin Bieber's first red carpet:

Usher is pointing at jb at the kid's choice awards
Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Justin Bieber's last red carpet:

justin is at the our world event in a bucket hat
Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Amazon Studios

20.Hailey Bieber's first red carpet:

hailey is with her family in 2000 when she's a wee little baby
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Hailey Bieber's last red carpet:

hailey is in a stunning floor length white gown
Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for LACMA

21.Taylor Swift's first red carpet:

Taylor is at the CMT Awards dressed the part in country attire
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Taylor Swift's last red carpet:

taylor is in a purple velvet suit at the all too well premiere
Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images

22.Ryan Reynolds' first red carpet:

ryan is slouch backed at the 2 Guys and a Girl premiere
Walter Mcbride / Getty Images

Ryan Reynolds' last red carpet:

ryan is very handsome in a suit at the music man premiere
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23.Blake Lively's first red carpet:

blake is wearing torn up jeans and a teal and pink top
Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images

Blake Lively's last red carpet:

blake is wearing a deep purple pant suit at the music man premiere
Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images

24.Selena Gomez's first red carpet:

Teen vogue
Patrick McMullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Selena Gomez's last red carpet:

Selena is wearing a pink top and long black skirt
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25.Brad Pitt's first red carpet:

Brad in a leather jacket and shiny, wide black pants
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Brad Pitt's last red carpet:

brad is holding his oscar on the red carpet
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26.Angela Bassett's first red carpet:

angela is wearing glasses and casual jeans
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Angela Bassett's last red carpet:

angela is in a sparkly black dress at the rock and roll hall of fame
Arturo Holmes / Getty Images for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

27.Sandra Bullock's first red carpet:

sandra at some bar in california in the '90s, with a sweater wrapped around her waist
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Sandra Bullock's last red carpet:

sandra is at the premiere of unforgivable in sparkly pants and a black coat
Steve Granitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images

28.Idris Elba's first red carpet:

idris is at the sopranos premiere in sandals
Lawrence Lucier / Getty Images

Idris Elba's last red carpet:

idris is with his wife and he is wearing a suit
Karwai Tang / WireImage / Getty Images

29.Ryan Gosling's first red carpet:

Ryan Gosling is with Summer Phoenix at the Believer premiere in 2001
Ron Galella Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Ryan Gosling's last red carpet:

Ryan is with harrison ford at an award show
Charley Gallay / Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA Foundation

30.Zac Efron's first red carpet:

zac is at the teen choice awards with some random tween
Jeffrey Mayer / WireImage / Getty images

Zac Efron's last red carpet:

zac has frosted hair
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31.Barack and Michelle Obama's first red carpet:

At NAACP awards
Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images

Barack and Michelle Obama's last red carpet:

barack and michelle are at joe biden's inauguration
Rob Carr / Getty Images

32.Adele's first red carpet:

Adele is at an h&m store opening in 2008
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Adele's last red carpet:

Adele is at the BRIT Awards looking stun
Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images

33.Harry Styles' first red carpet:

he is wearing a help our heroes shirt and a hoodie
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Harry Styles' last red carpet:

harry is in a brown checkered suit with a bag
Jmenternational / JMEnternational for BRIT Awards/Getty Images

34.Hilary Duff's first red carpet:

hilary is in a pink dress in the late '90s
Gregg Deguire / WireImage / Getty Images

Hilary Duff's last red carpet:

hilary is at a baby event in a sparkly pink gown
Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for Baby2Baby

35.Paris Hilton's first red carpet:

Paris is with her family in a princess dress in 1987
Getty Images

Paris Hilton's last red carpet:

paris is in a white princess gown in 2021
Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images

36.Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first red carpet:

the rock is at the emmy awards with an open shirt revealing his shirtless chest
Frank Micelotta Archive / Getty Images

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's last red carpet:

the rock is holding a drink at the people's choice awards
Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for DJ

37.Pete Davidson's first red carpet:

Pete is wearing a gray T-shirt at a comedy club in 2011
Bobby Bank / WireImage / Getty Images

Pete Davidson's last red carpet:

Pete is smoking a joint on the red carpet
Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images

38.Kieran Culkin's first red carpet:

kiernan is with his brother macaulay in a tux circa 1991
Dave Benett / Getty Images

Kieran Culkin's last red carpet:

kieran is at the succession premiere in a black suit
Karwai Tang / WireImage / Getty Images

39.Jason Momoa's first red carpet:

jason is at the seventeen magazine premiere looking baywatch-esque
Evan Agostini / Getty Images

Jason Momoa's last red carpet:

Jason is in a stylish velvet suit with a big grin
Samir Hussein / Samir Hussein / WireImage / Getty Images

40.Lady Gaga's first red carpet:

Lady gaga is wearing dark sunglasses and black leggings
Patrick McMullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Lady Gaga's last red carpet:

lady gaga is in a sparkly number at a house of gucci premiere with adam driver
Jonathan Ernst / Getty Images

41.Ariana Grande's first red carpet:

At planet hollywood
Jim Spellman / WireImage / Getty Images

Ariana Grande's last red carpet:

Ariana is wearing a huge gray gown at the grammys
Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images

42.Khloé Kardashian's first red carpet:

Khloé is at a svedka vodka release party
Patrick McMullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Khloé Kardashian's last red carpet:

Khloé is in a sequined silver outfit
Vivien Killilea / Getty Images

43.Kim Kardashian's first red carpet:

kim is in a maroon outfit at a playstation 3 event
Patrick McMullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Kim Kardashian's last red carpet:

kim is in head-to-toe black with black sunglasses
Christopher Polk / NBCUniversal / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

44.Kendall and Kylie Jenner's first red carpet:

the two are tweens at a keeping up viewing party
Jeff Vespa / WireImage / Getty Images

Kylie and Kendall Jenner's last red carpet:

the girls in all their glory at the 2019 met gala
Taylor Hill / FilmMagic / Getty Images

45.Will Smith's first red carpet:

Will is wearing a suit with DJ Jazzy Jeff at the '98 VMAs
Barry King / WireImage / Getty Images

Will Smith's last red carpet:

Will at the red carpet for the Peacock series Bel-Air
Peacock / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

46.Jennifer Aniston's first red carpet:

Jennifer is at an NBC party in 1990 looking very 1990
Barry King / Getty Images

Jennifer Aniston's last red carpet:

Jennifer is winning an award for the Hollywood Reporter in a black dress
Amy Sussman / Getty Images for the Hollywood Reporter

47.Zendaya's first red carpet:

zendaya is at a disney award show in a hotel
David Livingston / Getty Images

Zendaya's last red carpet:

zendaya is in a gorgeous black-and-white gown at the euphoria season 2 premiere
Jeff Kravitz / Getty Images for HBO

48.Sir Ian McKellen's first red carpet:

ian is on the street in the '70s
Stuart Nicol / Getty Images

Sir Ian McKellen's last red carpet:

Ian is proposing to Patrick Stewart
David Parry — PA Images / PA Images via Getty Images

49.Miley Cyrus's first red carpet:

miley is with billy ray
E. Charbonneau / WireImage / Getty Images

Miley Cyrus's last red carpet:

miley is in head-to-toe gucci at a gucci event
Presley Ann / Getty Images for LACMA

50.Reese Witherspoon's first red carpet:

Pleasentville red carpet
Jim Smeal / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Reese Witherspoon's last red carpet:

Reese is with her daughter ava at the sing 2 premiere
Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images

51.Meryl Streep's first red carpet:

Meryl in the '70s with a huge smile on her face
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Meryl Streep's last red carpet:

Meryl is in all black at the don't look up premiere
Michael Ostuni / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

52.Penn Badgley's first red carpet:

penn is a tween in 2002 in a white button down
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Penn Badgley's last red carpet:

pen is at a step and repeat for sirius xm
Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images

53.Dylan and Cole Sprouse's first red carpet:

the brothers are hugging each other in the 90s
Ron Galella Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Dylan and Cole Sprouse's last red carpet:

The brothers are hugging each other in 2020
Gregg Deguire / FilmMagic / Getty Images

54.Dame Maggie Smith's first red carpet:

Maggie in 1969 with a big haircut
Victor Blackman / Getty Images

Dame Maggie Smith's last red carpet:

Maggie is accepting a theater award in 2019
David M. Benett / Dave Benett / Getty Images

55.Aaron Paul's first red carpet:

aaron paul is dressed in a newsboy cap and jeans in 2002
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Aaron Paul's last red carpet:

Aaron Paul is at the premiere of Reminiscence in 2021
Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images

56.Oprah Winfrey's first red carpet:

Oprah is pointing at someone at the Golden Globes
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Oprah Winfrey's last red carpet:

Oprah smiling with hands on hips in a slinky white dress
Rachel Luna / Getty Images

57.Keanu Reeves' first red carpet:

Keanu in 1986 in a black-and-white photo
Fotos International / Getty Images

Keanu Reeves' last red carpet:

Keanu is in a suit at the new Matrix premiere
Steve Jennings / Getty Images

58.Zoë Kravitz's first red carpet:

zoe is with her mom and shes a tiny baby
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

Zoë Kravitz's last red carpet:

zoe is in a cute floral dress in miami
Alexander Tamargo / Getty Images

59.Scarlett Johansson's first red carpet:

scarjo is but a wee tween
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Scarlett Johansson's last red carpet:

scarjo is at the sing 2 premiere
Axelle / FilmMagic / Getty Images

60.Maude Apatow's first red carpet:

maude is with her famous parents as a little kid
Gregg Deguire / WireImage / Getty Images

Maude Apatow's last red carpet:

Maude at the Euphoria red carpet in a sleeveless outfit
Jeff Kravitz / Getty Images for HBO

61.Courteney Cox's first red carpet:

Courteney is with her boyfriend at the Emmys
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Courteney Cox's last red carpet:

Courteney is at the BRIT Awards with her partner
Jmenternational / Getty Images

62.And lastly, Meghan Markle's first red carpet:

Meghan is in jeans at a PR event
Jean-paul Aussenard / WireImage for Kari Feinstein PR

Meghan Markle's last red carpet:

Meghan is in a gorgeous red gown with Prince Harry
Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images

FYI, some pictures are *technically* not their absolute first red carpet appearance, but it was the first picture I found that qualified.