Good Luck Charlie was the show that brought us big sister goals, valuable life lessons, and this meme:
The show first aired in 2011 during that sweet time period between the end of OG Disney Channel shows like That’s So Raven and Kim Possible, and the release of newer abominations like Lab Rats and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
Good Luck Charlie only ran for three short years and has been out of production for five years, since 2014. And something truly insane has happened in those years: Mia Talerico, the actor who played cute baby Charlie, grew up. She’s still cute but she’s no longer a baby – Mia just celebrated her 11th birthday and I am shook to my old millennial core.
Charlie is officially a preteen which means she’s now old enough to watch the show she once starred in. My head is spinning.
I know ageing is a natural part of life but this just feels wrong to me – in my mind, Mia is forever a baby. I know, it makes zero sense and defies all laws of science, but the heart knows no logic.
How did this happen? And why does Mia seem to be the only member of the Duncan family to have aged in the last few years?
Mia has done a lot more than just get older – she’s a very busy girl (if her Instagram is anything to go by). She surfs, dances and kayaks.
She still acts too! After starring in film shorts like Shadow Theory and Photographic Memory, Mia went on to appear in projects like Mani, a Brat’s web series, and the TV show, Conrad.
She also has a a successful YouTube channel with over 50k followers, where she reviews toys, shows off her gymnastics skills, and does random arts and crafts like making slime.
Meanwhile I’m still stuck on the fact that Charlie isn’t Charlie anymore and she looks like I did when I was watching Disney Channel.
I think it’s time I finally invest in some eye cream…
