"She Has All But Vanished": 19 Once-Super Popular Celebs Who Are Massively Underrated Today

We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed community to name celebrities who they felt were far more popular over the last couple of decades than today. Here are some of the responses:

1. "Josh Hartnett. Recently saw he’s in a new project and couldn’t think of anyone more talked about and relevant in the past to a complete no name for younger generations in the present."

—Anonymous, 42 Massachusetts

2. "Dove Cameron"

—Anonymous

3. "Vanessa Hudgens"

—Anonymous

4. "Ashley Tisdale"

—Anonymous

5. "Freddie Prinze Jr."

—Anonymous

6. "Brandon Routh"

—Anonymous, Toronto, Ontario Canada

7. "Ian Somerhalder. His career went downhill after TVD ended."

—Anonymous

8 and 9. "Leighton Meester as well as the band 3OH3! Both were huge back in the aughts and then vanished from sight and sound."

—Anonymous, 35 / New Albany, OH

10. "Lucy Hale"

—Anonymous

11. "Sisqo"

—Anonymous, 40 California

12. "Dianna Agron"

—Anonymous, 31, NJ

13. "Alexis Bledel"

—Anonymous, 50 Nashville

14. "Lauren Conrad"

—Anonymous

15. "Whatever happened to Ginnifer Goodwin? She has all but vanished!"

—Anonymous, Ellie, USA

16. "Jessica Simpson"

—Anonymous, 34 New Jersey

17. "Miranda Cosgrove"

—Anonymous, Connecticut, 29

18. "Mischa Barton"

—Anonymous

19. "Katherine Heigl!"

—Anonymous

If you can think of more examples, let me know in the comments.