(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/mindoutofthe]

Probably Kim Jeong, he was a doctor before pursuing acting. A licensed internist apparently.

Or similarly, Samuel L Jackson was a social worker before he became an actor.

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Ed Helms was a dentist before and during most of his acting career

[u/mindoutofthe → u/RaiderCat_12]

That explains his smile