Blake Lively, Before and After

Ever since she first rose to fame as the star of Gossip Girl, Blake Lively has been considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. It’s fitting, then, that she has gone on to play the lead in multiple films, act as a spokesmodel for L’Oréal Paris, and marry Hollywood heartthrob Ryan Reynolds. Could her life be any more charmed?

But the funny thing is that the Blake we know today, at 34, looks a little different than the Blake that first debuted on screen in 2005 (in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). She’s been in the public eye the entire time, so this transformation happened right in front of our eyes—and barely anyone noticed.