TOM Hanks and Meg Ryan’s iconic romance flick, You’ve Got Mail, stole hearts over 20 years ago.
After bidding farewell to her acting career, the former child actress has taken an unexpected turn.
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Hallee Hirsch has traded the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for the sweet and delicious world of pastries.
It’s safe to say that this former star’s journey has taken a scrumptious twist.
In the movie, which came out in 1998, Hirsch portrayed Annabelle, who happened to be Tom’s family member – specifically, his grandpa’s daughter.
In the flick, the adorable young actress took on the role of little Annabelle, who stole hearts with her heavenly singing in the Christmas film.
The movie sees her sporting her natural brunette curls and looking youthful as the action rolls on, detailing the story of two rival bookshop owners.
Over two decades have passed since that movie, and Hirsch has undergone a major transformation.
She’s all grown up now and has bid farewell to acting for good.
Often taking to her Instagram to keep her fans up to date, Hallee, now 35, looks unrecognisable.
She still sports her natural curls, but wears them shorter, chopped at her shoulders, with a stylish fringe.
Hallee often poses for selfies on her Instagram, where she keeps her fans up to date with her new job.
The mother-of-two, who shares her children with her husband Ryan Martin, often posts parenting snaps online.
The pair, who have been together for over ten years, now own a doughnut shop together near their home in North Carolina.
Hole Doughnuts – which has an impressive 24.6k followers on Instagram – is run by the couple and their friends.
Elsewhere, the former actress, who describes herself on social media as a “retired film/tv actor”, has a second account dedicated to her love of pole dancing.
Halle made a name for herself with some big TV roles.
You might remember her as Mattie in the US drama, JAG, Daley in the kids’ show Flight 29 Down, and she even stepped in as Rachel Greene on the medical drama, ER.
Hallee was last seen in 2018, when she reunited with her former co-stars from You’ve Got Mail.
Hallee came together with Jeffrey Scaperrotta played Tom’s much younger brother, Matt, to celebrate 20 years of the iconic Christmas film.
Jeffrey, 30, told TODAY: “A lot of people, when I tell them that I’m in the movie, that’s all they ask me to do.
“Even now, 20 years later, they’ll go, ‘F-O-X.’ I’m always the Fox kid.”
“I wanted to be Meg Ryan when I grew up. And Tom Hanks was pretty well on my radar as well. So it was definitely, at that point in my life, the biggest win,” Hallee chimed in.
“I remember being at home and getting a phone call from my agent, and screaming and running around the house. And I think my mother was probably in tears.
“I have really lovely memories working with Tom Hanks.
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“Tom Hanks is, like, a people person. He is like the type of person who knew everybody on set’s name.”