With the 2016 Oscar nominations finally revealed, we’ve taken a look back at how the actors and actresses contending for the top prizes first started out.
From a teenage Leo Dicaprio sporting his blonde bangs, to a 13-year-old Brie Larson at the ‘Snow Dogs’ premiere in 2002, we’ve done some digging to find amazing pics of the nominees' earliest Hollywood red carpets.
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Brie Larson at the 2002 'Snow Dogs' premiere, left, and at the 2016 Golden Globes.
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Baby Leo, left, posed at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Basketball Diaries' in 1995.
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Rachel McAdams sported trendy bangs at the 2004 ShoWest New Line Cinema Tea Party for 'The Notebook'.
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Cate Blanchett was all about the Nineties at the 1999 Vanity Fair party.
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Jennifer Lawrence practiced her red carpet pose at the 15th Annual Movieguide Faith and Values Awards in 2007.
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A baby-faced Kate Winslet attended the 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1996.
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Eddie Redmayne had some serious laid-back charm at the New York premiere of 'The Good Shepherd' in 2006.
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A short-haired Jennifer Jason Leigh donned a pinstriped suit for the 1996 'From Dusk Til Dawn' premiere in Los Angeles.
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Rocky icon Sylvester Stallone was already stylish as early as 1981, when he wore a tux to the London Premiere for 'Victory'.
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A 27-year-old Matt Damon looked like the perfect boy-next-door at the 'Rainmaker' premiere in 1997.
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Eternal beauty Charlotte Rampling looking stylish for the 'Victoires de La Musique' French Music Awards in 1986.
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Christian Bale was cool and casual at a party for the 20th Anniversary of the movie 'Alien' in 1999.
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Red carpet pro Saoirse Ronan was adorable as she stepped out in jeans and a cardigan at the 64th Annual Venice Film Festival in 2007.
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Tom Hardy 13 years ago, at the Evening Standard Drama Awards in 2003.
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It was thumbs up to Bryan Cranston's style at the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Edgy Rooney Mara was another kind of cool as she appeared at the Kenneth Cole Black & Gen Art Sundance Party held in 2009.
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Michael Fassbender was already proving his heart-throb status at the '300' premiere in 2007.
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Mark Ruffalo showed his low-key style all the way back in 2001, at the 26th L.A. Film Critics Awards.
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Alicia Vikander got some early red carpet practice in at Sweden's Guldbagge Film Awards in 2011.
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Hats off to Mark Rylance, who proudly showed off his trophy at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in 2008.
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