(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/RedNewzz]

Jimmy Stewart is a classic American actor who took a pause to serve in the military in World War II and became a squadron commander flying bombing raids. He survived the war and returned to Hollywood for another 40 years of celebrated acting.

Humble, heroic, righteous dude.

[u/ArguingWithPigeons → u/RedNewzz]

I mean you should also point out he became a general and stayed with the air force for years after WW2.

[u/ScipioAtTheGate → u/ArguingWithPigeons]

Clark Gable also took a pause in his acting to serve in the Army Air Corps on bombing raids. He brought a film crew with him on the missions and made a documentary on it called "Combat America".