WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS STAR FROM 2000, WHO IS UNRECOGNIZABLE AT 38

Amanda Bynes reached to stardom in her childhood ages. After she starred in Nickelodeon, and other teen movies, she had her breakthrough. Sadly, reaching to that much fame in early ages led her to struggle mentally, and after to her disappearance from the spotlight.

Over the years, Bynes changed a lot, and it is a clear transformation if you check her early pictures and current self.

Amanda Bynes at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, in New York. | Source: Getty Images

Bynes raised to fame in the 90s and early 00s, as she had appeared in “All That,” and “The Amanda Show.” Then, Bynes starred in “What a Girl Wants,” “Hairspray,” and “She’s the Man.”

She started to use drugs when she was 16. Bynes sahred, “Even though everyone thought I was the ‘good girl,’ I did smoke marijuana from that point on.”

Amanda Bynes with Emma Stone filming “Easy A” on August 5, 2010. | Source: Getty Images

While she was starring in “Hairspray,” Bynes was struggling with other substances. She learned Adderall from a magazine, where they were describing it as “the new skinny pill.”

“I was like, ‘Well, I have to get my hands on that.'” Bynes recalled. She received the pills after she consulted a psychiatrist, and faked the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder, like many others.

She was under control of Adderall while she was on the set of “Hall Pass,” in 2010. She shared that she couldn’t remember her lines, and was in discomfort all the time. She then left the movie.

“I made a bunch of mistakes, but I wasn’t fired. I did leave… it was definitely unprofessional of me to walk off and leave them stranded after they had invested so much in the set, crew, and equipment.”

After leaving “Hall Pass,” Bynes appeared in her last movie for a while, “Easy A.”

She then decided to leave acting as she was feeling depressed while she was in the industry. She shared the news of her retirement from her Twitter account.

Amanda Bynes leaving Manhattan Central Booking after being arrested for multiple alleged charges on May 23, 2013. | Source: Getty Images

Back in 2013, Bynes was placed on a 5150 hold after an episode she had. She became a threat for herself and others. Later, her mother, Lynn, became her temporary conservatorship.

She then hired a professional conservator to help her daughter. For years, Bynes fought against the conservatorship. She had problems with her family for that reason, especially with her father.

@kaitlynhotfox #amandabynes ❤️❤️ happy shes getting the help she needs. she was sweet, gave her some money and talked. sometime ppl just sb to talk to. #fyp #goviral #foryoupage ♬ original sound – kaitlyn

“The reason everybody likes Amanda is who she is. And the minute you take her away from here, from her brother and sister and grandma and her house, well, you might not have Amanda anymore.” Her father said in 1999.

Then in 2022 a source revealed the horrible truth about her father. “It’s scary. She talks about [how] ugly she is, and she sits on her phone 24-7, checking her Twitter feed. She is very angry at her father,” source said.

As Bynes struggled mentally again in 2023, she was found naked and alone in the streets of Los Angeles.

In recent days, Bynes is spotted with her face tattoo, colorful hair and piercings.

“I’m so sorry to see her in this state. She used to be beautiful and was truly talented. There must’ve been sinister triggers to reduce her current situation,” a social media user commented.

“It doesn’t even look like her anymore, not that the previous ones did. It’s just hard to imagine she spiraled into this from what she was once and could have been. I don’t know the whole story but something not very good happened along the way?”

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