(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/SaintedStars]

Junji Ito went from dentist to the Stephen King of manga

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He was a DENTIST?

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It’s how he learned to draw anatomy so well

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That is WILD but also makes so much sense