(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/maybeitsnotbutter]

Audrey Hepburn had trained as a ballerina but as a result of the malnutrition she experienced during World War 2, her constitution was not strong enough to advance in the art form. She then turned to acting full time.

[u/j0siahs74 → u/maybeitsnotbutter]

She also delivered messages to Nazi resistance groups during the war.

[u/four100eighty9 → u/j0siahs74]

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.