The (Very Dramatic) Evolution of Bella Thorne
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Bella Thorne has come a long way from her first acting role: an uncredited turn as a sidelines fan in the 2003 classic film Stuck on You when she was just six years old. These days, she’s a hugely popular actress and singer who has more than 17 million Instagram followers (she even makes up to $65,000 per post!) and a wildly entertaining Twitter feed. She changes her hair more than she changes outfits, it seems—we’ve seen it dyed blue, she’s gone long and dark with bangs, and she’s had straight-up rainbow-colored hair. The natural blonde hates her real hair color, though.
“A lot of people don’t know I’m not actually a redhead,” the 19-year-old told Allure in 2014. “I’m a blonde. I dyed it for Big Love. It started off more of a deep red, and Disney was like, ‘Why don’t we take Bella all the way to blonde again?’ I don’t know why, but I had a breakdown and so overreacted. I wanted to go back to red.”
And that’s just the start.
Ahead, trace Thorne’s rise to stardom—and hair changes—over the years.
A version of this article was originally published in April 2017.
2008
Here's Bella at a Company 81 launch party in L.A. when she was just 11 years old.
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2009
Bella attends the Los Angeles premiere of Hotel For Dogs, when she was 12.
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2010
Bella's just 13 years old here, posing at a Simmons Jewelry Co. display at the Four Seasons in L.A.
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2011
Bella spotted backstage at the People's Choice Awards.
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2012
Bella blows a kiss at the Los Angeles premiere of The Vow at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
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2012
Bella attends the premiere of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.
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2013
Bella attends the premiere of Warm Bodies at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.
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2013
Bella poses on the carpet with then-boyfriend, Tristan Klier, at a DoSomething.org and Aeropostale Teens For Jeans event.
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2014
Here's Bella at Diane Von Furstenberg's Journey Of A Dress premiere party in L.A.
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2014
Bella poses at Chateau Marmont in L.A. for an event honoring Michelle Dockery.
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2015
Bella attends the People's Choice Awards.
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2016
Bella poses with her boyfriend at the time, Gregg Sulkin, at the Heaven Gala.
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2016
Here's Bella at the Golden Globe Awards post-party.
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2017
Bella's spotted speaking about her TV show, Famous in Love, at the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour.
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2018
Bella attends the Assassination Nation premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January 2018.
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2018
Bella attends The Hollywood Reporter 2018 Sundance Studio in January 2018.
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2018
Bella attends world premiere of her film Midnight Sun in March 2018.
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2018
Actress Bella Thorne visits Build Series to discuss her film, Midnight Sun, in March 2018.
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2018
Bella attends the after-party in March 2018 for her film, Midnight Sun.
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