Waterloo Road star Lauren Drummond looks completely different over a decade after leaving the show.
The soap actress starred as Mika Grainger - a smart hard-working student who was at one point the victim of a cyberbullying campaign - between 2006 and 2008.
Mika's mum Izzie Redpath was a drama teacher at the school she attended with her sister Chlo.
In recent years, the actress has kept out of the spotlight but still has over 5,000 followers on her Instagram page.
Lauren is now 34 years old, with her celebrating her birthday on Christmas Day.
She shared a black-and-white photo of herself beaming with joy as she posed for the camera.
"Spoilt rotten with the promise of a cracking set of curtains and a sturdy sash window. And they say being a proper adult is boring.. well not in our soon to be well insulated house my friends," she wrote.
"Jokes aside the fundamentals are the biggest gift of all. Health, family and a safe roof over our heads is all I could want. I’m very fortunate, and grateful for that every day. Happy birthday to fellow Christmas babes."
At the end of her stint on series three of Waterloo Road, Lauren's character left the school to attend university.
Mika went through a lot, with her mum being stabbed by Jed Seddon in the second season.
Her best friend Leigh-Ann Galloway also started bullying her online. But it didn't end there for she discovered that her boyfriend Brett Aspinall cheated on her with her sister Chlo.
Lauren had a few other roles after leaving Waterloo Road, including a role as Hayley Scott in Blue Murder.
She also played Hannah Sharpe in Holby City in 2008 and Sophie Stanyard in Doctors.
The star returned to Holby City between 2011 and 2013 and again in 2016 as a nurse named Chantelle Lane.
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"Ahh @bbcholbycity how much you’ll be missed," she said of her role on Instagram. "What a happy happy chapter you were. What a wonderful crew and cast Holby had, such a pleasure to work with every day, if you can call it work.
"I met some brilliant friends and made lovely memories. So many actors share those Holby memories I’m sure!
"Always grateful for Chantelle. I could do with a daily dose of her in my life."
She had a few roles in 2018, including in The Dumping Ground, Unforgotten and Press.
For five episodes, she starred as Jane Bestwick on Coronation Street in 2019.
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