Mickey Rourke gave up acting to fulfill his childhood dream of boxing

The ‘Fantastic Four' star was a big deal in the 2000s, but she decided to step back from Hollywood and take on less roles to launch her lifestyle brand, The Honest Company. Of her business, Jessica said: “I created The Honest Company because you shouldn’t have to choose between what works and what’s good for you.”

The ‘High School Musical’ star swapped acting for her lifestyle brand, Frenshe, which includes a website, a skin care line and a range of candles. Ashley - who has daughter Juniper, two, with her husband Christopher French - recently told Nylon magazine: "At Frenshe, we believe that wellness is a journey, not a destination. There’s so much toxic wellness information out there that we want to dismantle because everyone is different. Wellness is about what works best for you and what makes you feel the best. We also really want to empathize with the importance of mental health in wellness. We can’t be healthy if we’re neglecting our minds.”

The ‘We Found Love’ hitmaker is still involved in music, contributing the song ‘Lift Me Up’ to the ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' soundtrack and recently performing the Super Bowl halftime show - where she revealed she is expecting her second child with ASAP Rocky after welcoming a son nine months ago. But her main focus appears to be her Fenty clothing and beauty empire, which includes makeup, lingerie, athletic wear and many other inclusive products. Rihanna recently told Vogue magazine: “Everything is stimulating. Everything right now is firing off. I’m excited. It’s getting me super motivated, super energised to do new things, to create, and I’m back in the studio and now we’re going to be back on stage for the Super Bowl. Which is just crazy that I even agreed to that, but I am, and I’m excited. Of course being a new mom is insane. It is lovely. It is epic, honestly.”

The stand-up comic and sitcom star gave up acting for her chat show, which ran from 2003 to 2022. When it came to an end after 19 seasons and 61 Emmy wins, the 65-year-old television personality said: "When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn't exist. Social Media didn't exist. Gay marriage wasn't legal. We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. "But whatever was happening, my goal was always for the show to be a place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour. "Being invited into your lives has been the greatest privilege of my life and has brought me incredible joy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."

The 51-year-old star first shot to fame as a musician. Wahlberg was the Marky Mark in Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, and the group had a string of hits in the early '90s. In 1996, Wahlberg decided to switch careers and become an actor and he is now one of Hollywood's most bankable box office stars. His hit movies include 'Boogie Nights', 'Ted', 'Daddy's Home' and 'Transformers'.

The 36-year-old twins were the most famous child stars of the late 90s and 00s. Their career began when they were babies when they shared the role of the youngest Tanner daughter Michelle on the sitcom ‘Full House’. Mary-Kate and Ashley moved into the fashion world with the proceeds from their entertainment company, Dulstar. They now work on their couture brand, The Row, which they founded in 2007.

Victoria, 48, shot to fame as one fifth of '90s girl group the Spice Girls. But she traded in her pop career - which included a solo venture - for her eponymous brand in 2008, now a Fashion Week staple. Revealing the stereotype she had to overcome to be a designer, Victoria - better know in her pop days as Posh Spice - said: “I’m very aware of people’s preconceptions. But the product spoke for itself... When I was starting out I remember Marc Jacobs saying, 'As long as the quality is great, then people can say it's not their personal taste, but they can't say that it's rubbish.'"

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl left modelling behind and moved on to other pastures such as releasing a number of of her ‘Cravings’ cookbooks, bringing out a line of corresponding cookware and sharing her journey on her incredibly popular Instagram. Recently, Chrissy revealed to Forbes that she and her husband John Legend “live for their pancake weekends” along with their three kids; Luna, six, Miles, four, and one-month-old Esti.

The ‘To Catch A Thief 'star - who was one of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite muses - left her Oscar-winning Hollywood career behind when she ascended to royalty she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Grace never returned to a film set again before tragically dying in 1982 aged 52 from injuries sustained in a car crash.

The ‘Nine and Half Weeks Later’ star flirted with boxing as a teenager in the 70s but his passion was interrupted when he was accepted to train with likes of Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Harvey Keitel at the Actor’s Studio with Elia Kazan in New York but returned to the sport in the early 90s. Of his time in the ring, which has made his face notable for all the plastic surgery it needed, Mickey, now 70, said: "I had my nose broken twice. I had five operations on my nose and one on a smashed cheekbone. I had to have cartilage taken from my ear to rebuild my nose and a couple of operations to scrape out the cartilage because the scar tissue wasn't healing properly.”