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12 Irish celebrities on their early red carpets compared with now
1. Saoirse Ronan
Here’s wee Saoirse attending the Venice Film Festival in 2007.
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And there she is at the Tony Awards last year. Still looking preposterously fresh-faced, we see.
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2. Chris O’Dowd
Here’s baby-faced Chris O’Dowd saluting photographers with a glass of wine at 2006 Brit Awards. Doesn’t he look like he’s about to deliver an ill-advised speech at a wedding?
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And there’s respected actor Chris O’Dowd sporting a jazzy shirt at the Sundance Film Festival a few weeks ago.
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3. Ruth Negga
There’s Ruth Negga attending the premiere of Breakfast on Pluto in Dublin’s Savoy Cinema in 2006.
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Over ten years later, she’s attending the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon. Just a tad more glamorous then.
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4. Jamie Dornan
There’s Jamie Dornan wearing an atrocious pair of jeans and a backwards baseball cap with his former flame Keira Knightley.
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And here he is rocking a beard at the premiere of Fifty Shades Darker last week. How far he’s come.
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5. Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson rocked up to the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One looking like a member of Razorlight.
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Fast forward to 2016 and he looks like a European designer. He’s rocking a scarf and everything.
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6. Colin Farrell
Here’s bad boy Colin Farrell arriving to the premiere of The Recruit with (a) Britney Spears and (b) an unbuttoned shirt.
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And here is at last month’s Golden Globes with his Mammy. How times change.
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7. Cillian Murphy
Here is Cillian Murphy wearing a t-shirt that says, “I’m not a beaver” a the Cannes Film Festival. Very nonchalant, you might say.
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And here he is suited up at the premiere of Peaky Blinders back in October.
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8. Michael Fassbender
There’s Fassy at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. Doesn’t he look like a young and trendy TG4 presenter?
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And here he is over the weekend at the DGA Awards. Suave.
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9. Aidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen attending the premiere of Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. Once again looking like the lead singer of a 2000s indie band.
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And there he is at last year’s SAG Awards reppin’ Game of Thrones. No skinny scarf in sight.
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10. Amy Huberman
There’s ickle Amy Huberman at the opening of Gourmet Burger Kitchen in 2009.
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And there she is at the launch of Striking Out in December 2016. *bows down*
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11. James Nesbitt
Oh nothing. Just James Nesbitt 20 years ago.
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And here he is at the UNICEF UK’s Halloween Ball in 2016. (Couldn’t resist, sorry.)
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12. Graham Norton
Here’s national treasure Graham Norton on the red carpet for the Gaytime TV Awards nominations in 1999. There’s so much happening here.
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And here he is last month. Damn, Graham. You’re aging like a fine wine.
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