20 of Our Favorite Teen Roles Played by Full-On Adults

May 29, 2021

Ben Platt (L), Gabrielle Union (C) and Chase Stokes (R) are just a few of the stars who played teens way past when they were that age. | Photo Credits: Angela Weiss/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Piaget and Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

Bianca Lawson as Maya St. Germain in “Pretty Little Liars” (2010-2012)

Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields and Bianca Lawson as Maya St. Germain on “Pretty Little Liars.” | Photo Credit: ABC Family

Though her stepsister is Queen Bey, Bianca Lawson is the queen of playing a teen. She started playing teen roles in the mid-90s when she was an actual teenager, but she was still playing a high school student in Pretty Little Liars almost 20 years later. I do not know who would want to stay in high school that long, but Lawson was still convincing as a teen at 31 years old.

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Kevin Studer

Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling around the globe.
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Kevin Studer

Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling…