TRACY Beaker's Milly actress Holly Gibbs looks unrecognisable compared to when she first hit our screens 16 years ago.
The 23-year-old actress, who made her debut on the CBBC show during the fifth and final season, has ditched the blunt bob for luscious long locks and blonde highlights.
The actress first shot to fame when she was just eight-years-old in Nanny McPhee as Chrissie.
Shortly after that she made her first appearance on Tracy Beaker.
Tracy, Justine, Lol and the rest of the kids at the Dumping Ground were suspicious of the youngster when she arrived at Elm Tree House because spooky things kept happening when she was around.
To make things worse, Milly never spoke to anyone, but during her time in care she developed a close friendship with Marco.
Holly joined the cast during episode five and her stint on the children's telly programme came to an end 13 episodes later.
15 years on and many Tracy Beaker fans wouldn't recognise her now.
Since her stint on the CBBC show, Holly has landed herself a number of roles on screen including on movie Secret Life, TV series Talk To Me, a play called Burnt By The Sun and most recently a film called Mob Handed.
Her insane talent has seen her get nominated for a number of awards and she managed to bag Best Young Actress in a Short Film at the Independent Film Society awards in 2010.
The star shares her passion for acting alongside fashion and art and regularly shares snaps on Instagram that show off her cool sense of style.
Not much else is known about Holly, but we do know that she went to go and study her Art Foundation and Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin in London.
The beauty isn't the only cast member of the popular show that people wouldn't recognise 16 years on.
Ben Hanson, 35, who played Bouncer Plakova in the show from 2003 to 2005, has recently undergone a huge weight loss.
He decided to change his lifestyle for the better three years ago and has since then become a lean, mean, muscle machine.
The actor still hangs out with former co-star Chelsie Padley, 29, who played Louise Govern, and she too has undergone a huge body transformation.
Chelsie decided to alter her lifestyle nine years ago and has never looked back.
The Story of Tracy Beaker has become a huge talking point over the past month after it was revealed that Dani Harmer was making an epic return for a new three-part series called My Mum Tracy Beaker.
The new CBBC show follows the struggles Tracy and her 10-year-old daughter Jess go through to make ends meet.
A staggering 2.1 million viewers streamed the programme on iPlayer to check in on what Tracy has been up to over the past few years.
Back in 1991 when author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her book The Story of Tracy Beaker, little did she know how popular it would have become.
The Tracy Beaker franchise includes six books, three TV series, a number of spin-offs and a TV movie.
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