10 Young Achievers Who Will Make You Feel Inadequate

Oh, you didn’t have an Academy Award before you turned 12? Loser.

1. Julie Andrews

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Andrews made her professional debut at the age of 12 at the London Hippodrome, by 13 she was performing as a solo artist at the Royal Variety Show and on Broadway by 19.

You may now curtsey.

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2. Yo-Yo Ma

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A child prodigy, Ma was performing by the age of five, and performed for JFK and Dwight D. Eisenhower when he was 7. He graduated age 15 from school and attended Julliard. He has 16 Grammys.

Impressive no?

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3. S.E. Hinton

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Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was 15, the book was published in 1967 while she was at university, and the young writer became a household name shortly after.

How ya doing there?

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4. Ronnie O'Sullivan

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Snooker player O’Sullivan is the youngest person ever to have won the Masters. He played professionally at 16 and won the UK Championship age 17.

It’s alright, only 6 more to go.

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5. Ricky Schroeder

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At the age of 9 Schroeder made his screen debut in The Champ, bringing anyone who saw it to tears. He won a Golden Globe for his troubles.

Pretty cool, eh?

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6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Mozart had composed and performed for the European Royal Family by the time he was 5. FIVE.

Shall I go on?

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7. Tiger Woods

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Woods picked up golf before he was 2, and was the youngest ever U.S. Junior Amateur champion at 15. A year after he turned professional he won the Masters. He was 22.

I’ll just let that sink in.

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8. Lucy Saxon

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Saxon started writing at the age of 12 and is a published author at the age of 19. She also looks better than you do in Cosplay.

I know.

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9. Anna Paquin

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Having only played a skunk in a school play previously, Anna Paquin beat 5000 other little girls to the part in The Piano and won an Oscar at the age of 11 for her trouble.

Yeah. You heard.

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10. Gary Kasparov

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Kasparov was 15 when he qualified for the Soviet Chess Championship, the youngest ever at that level. By 22 he was the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion.

You ok?

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Don’t despair though…

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Jon Hamm was 36 when the role of Don Draper made him a star and Peter Roget invented the Thesaurus aged 73, so there’s still time.

Take Back the Skies by the young and talented Lucy Saxon is out now.