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

Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie in “High School Musical” (2006-2008)

Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie and Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth in “High School Musical 3.” | Photo Credit: Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection

Though High School Musical is perhaps one of the best-known high school movies of the 2000s, actress Monique Coleman, who played Gabriella’s (Vanessa Hudgens) best friend Taylor, was way past her high school days. In the first film where Taylor is a junior, Coleman was 26. And by the time Taylor reached graduation in High School Musical 3, Coleman was just shy of her 29^th birthday. What time is it? Time to graduate!

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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…