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In Case You Wanted To Feel Old Today, Here Are 23 Famous People Who Turn 23 Years Old In 2023

It blows my mind that the actor who played Renesmee Cullen in the Twilight movies is turning 23 this year.

Lauren Garafano
by Lauren Garafano

BuzzFeed Staff

IDK why, but it blows my mind when I remember that people born in the year 2000 are full-blown adults now. Like, even as a '97 baby myself, the math somehow just doesn't compute in my brain.

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And just in case you wanted to feel old today, here are 23 famous people who are turning, you guessed it, 23 in 2023:

1. Joshua Bassett

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Birthday: Dec. 22, 2000

Where you know him from: He's an actor, singer, and songwriter. He currently plays Ricky on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

2. Addison Rae

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Birthday: Oct. 6, 2000

Where you know her from: She's a TikToker and starred in the movie He's All That. She also has her own makeup line, called Item Beauty. 

3. Willow Smith

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Birthday: Oct. 31, 2000

Where you know her from: She's the very famous daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. She also released the suuuuper-popular single "Whip My Hair" in 2010, and she's currently a cohost on Red Table Talk. She releases music under the name "Willow" and is best known for her hit song "Meet Me at Our Spot."

4. Frankie Jonas

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Birthday: Sept. 28, 2000

Where you know him from: He's the youngest Jonas brother, aka the ~bonus Jonas~. He also voice-acted in Studio Ghibli's Ponyo. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he blew up on TikTok and currently has over 1.8 million followers. He currently cohosts the reality show Claim to Fame with his older brother Kevin. 

5. Yara Shahidi

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Birthday: Feb. 10, 2000

Where you know her from: She's best known for playing Zoey Johnson on Black-ish and Grown-ish. She also starred in the movie adaptation of The Sun Is Also a Star.

6. Reneé Rapp

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Birthday: Jan. 10, 2000

Where you know her from: She's best known for playing Regina George in the Broadway production of Mean Girls and starring as Leighton Murray on The Sex Lives of College Girls. Her first EP, Everything to Everyone, just came out in November. She also iconically won the 2018 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress. 

7. Willow Shields

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Birthday: June 1, 2000

Where you know her from: She played Primrose Everdeen in The Hunger Games films and starred on the Netflix series Spinning Out.

8. Auli'i Cravalho

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Birthday: Nov. 22, 2000

Where you know her from: She's the actor who voiced Moana. She's also best known for starring in Crush, Rise, and Darby and the Dead.

9. Jacob Bertrand

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Birthday: March 6, 2000

Where you know him from: He starred on Disney XD's Kirby Buckets and played Jack Malloy in the DCOM The Swap. He currently stars on the Karate Kid spinoff series, Cobra Kai. 

10. Sophie Nélisse

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Birthday: March 27, 2000

Where you know her from: She's best known for playing young Shauna on Yellowjackets. She also starred in The Book Thief, The Kid Detective, and Monsieur Lazhar.

11. Halle Bailey

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Birthday: March 27, 2000

Where you know her from: She's half of the R&B duo Chloe x Halle, and she's starring as Ariel in Disney's live-action film The Little Mermaid.

12. Mackenzie Foy

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Birthday: Nov. 10, 2000

Where you know her from: She played Renesmee Cullen in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part II, and she starred in Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

13. Milly Alcock

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Birthday: April 11, 2000

Where you know her from: She's best known for playing young Rhaenyra Targaryen on House of the Dragon. 

14. Thomasin McKenzie

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Birthday: July 26, 2000

Where you know her from: She's best known for her roles in JoJo Rabbit, Last Night in Soho, Old, and The Power of the Dog. 

15. Jade Pettyjohn

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Birthday: Nov. 8, 2000

Where you know her from: She played Reese Witherspoon's daughter on the TV adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere. She also starred on Big Sky, Nickelodeon's School of Rock, and The Last Ship. 

16. Jazz Jennings

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Birthday: Oct. 6, 2000

Where you know her from: She is a YouTuber and has a reality TV series called I Am Jazz, which focuses on her life as a transgender teen. She's also one of the youngest people to identify publicly as trans.

17. Griffin Gluck

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Birthday: Aug. 24, 2000

Where you know him from: He was on shows like Red Band Society, American Vandal, Locke & Key, and Private Practice. Most recently, he starred in Netflix's Tall Girl movies.

18. Meg Donnelly

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Birthday: July 25, 2000

Where you know her from: She played Addison in Disney Channel's Zombies franchise and also starred on the ABC sitcom American Housewife. She currently plays Mary Campbell on the Supernatural prequel series The Winchesters.

19. Laurie Hernandez

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Birthday: June 9, 2000

Where you know her from: She was one of the members of the US women's gymnastics team during the 2016 Olympics.

20. Noah Cyrus

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Birthday: Jan. 8, 2000

Where you know her from: She's Miley Cyrus's younger sister. She's also released a TON of singles, and her first album, The Hardest Part, came out last year.

21. Ester Expósito

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Birthday: Jan. 26, 2000

Where you know her from: She's a model and best known for her roles as Carla on Elite and Cayetana on Someone Has to Die.

22. Jared Gilmore

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Birthday: May 30, 2000

Where you know him from: He's best known for playing Henry Mills on Once Upon a Time.

23. And Chloe Kim

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Birthday: April 23, 2000

Where you know her from: In the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win the gold medal for snowboarding (!!!).