The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child
acting on stage or in motion pictures or television, but also to an
adult who began their acting career as a child. To avoid confusion,
the latter is also called a former child actor. Closely associated is
teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a
teenager.Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they
become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay
Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually
experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young
age. Many child actors also become successful adult actors as well, a
prime example of this being Jodie Foster, who was 12 years old in the
film Taxi Driver in 1976 and went on to become an adult star with
variety of films including The Silence of the Lambs (1991).In the
United States, the activities of child actors are regulated by the
governing labor union, if any, and state laws. Some projects film in
remote locations specifically to evade regulations intended to protect
the child. Longer work hours or risky stunts prohibited by California,
for example, might be permitted to a project filming in British
Columbia. US federal law "specifically exempted minors working in the
Entertainment Business from all provisions of the Child Labor Laws."
Any regulation of child actors is governed by disparate state laws.
acting on stage or in motion pictures or television, but also to an
adult who began their acting career as a child. To avoid confusion,
the latter is also called a former child actor. Closely associated is
teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a
teenager.Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they
become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay
Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually
experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young
age. Many child actors also become successful adult actors as well, a
prime example of this being Jodie Foster, who was 12 years old in the
film Taxi Driver in 1976 and went on to become an adult star with
variety of films including The Silence of the Lambs (1991).In the
United States, the activities of child actors are regulated by the
governing labor union, if any, and state laws. Some projects film in
remote locations specifically to evade regulations intended to protect
the child. Longer work hours or risky stunts prohibited by California,
for example, might be permitted to a project filming in British
Columbia. US federal law "specifically exempted minors working in the
Entertainment Business from all provisions of the Child Labor Laws."
Any regulation of child actors is governed by disparate state laws.
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