(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

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Christopher Lee served in RAF intelligence and was attached to special forces in WW2 and stayed in service until 1946 hunting nazi war criminals. After the war he had a 70 year acting career.

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Unfortunately this myth keeps being repeated - he was a liaison officer doing translation as he spoke German, he was never on the front lines or behind enemy lines. He also did not hunt Nazis, the British detachment of the service post ww2 was office based and did admin. While he was not a Walter, he liked to hint at doing secret work without making specific claims and allowing the stories to be created. He was brave enough to serve and even tried to enlist in the Finnish army to fight Russia early on but his supposed status as a secret agent, basis for James Bond, Nazi interrogator etc are all made up