What Happened To These Stars Of The 80s?

The 1980s were a simpler time — kids played outside, video games looked like pieces of Lego on your TV screen, and the mullet wasn’t a throwback look. The decade also provided truly memorable entertainment, as legendary movies and TV shows were produced left and right. Roles from those movies have become so iconic that just seeing the faces of Marty McFly, Ferris Bueller, and members of The Brat Pack can transport someone back to their youth.

Well, some of the stars of our favorite 1980s movies and shows (including some we had massive crushes on) may have actually gotten stuck in that decade, as we haven’t heard from them in quite some time. Dust off that old jean jacket, Walkman, and head to the mall to see what happened to some of the most iconic, but perhaps forgotten, stars of the ’80s…

Jami Gertz

Jami Gertz starred in several cult film favorites of the ’80s, such as Sixteen Candles, Crossroads, and The Lost Boys. Beyond those appearances however, she never really ended up making it as a major lead when it came to starring in movies or TV shows.

Surprisingly, she actually ended up turning down the role of Monica on Friends. Throughout the ’90s and early 2000s, she had guest appearances on hit shows like Seinfeld, Ally McBeal, and ER. Gertz is now a minority owner of the NBA team, the Atlanta Hawks.