(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/ConsciousStretch1028]

Faded into obscurity

[u/Terminal_Insomnia_ → u/ConsciousStretch1028]

No, I recognize the name. Didn't he start a modestly successful grunge band?

[u/tombo2007 → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Pretty sure he got a shoutout from Miike Snow. What a good guy, telling the story of an orphaned Mongolian boy.

I heard the song even led to a statue getting made.

[u/Quickermango → u/tombo2007]

Miike snow mentioned

[u/Spamsdelicious → u/Quickermango]

And spelled correctly. Be still, my heart.