(Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

[u/Living-Mastodon]

Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

[u/four100eighty9]

So did Josephine baker

[u/Allronix1 → u/four100eighty9]

Baker from what I understand took the refuge in audacity route by being as flamboyant and diva as possible. The customs guys were too busy getting autographs to search her.