When a show comes back after 20 years off the air, you might expect things to look quite a bit different. But when Roseanne returned to ABC for the first time since 1997, it was kind of spooky how little everything had changed.
The set was able to be re-created — because obviously the set designers are amazing — and the old love-with-a-side-of-sarcasm wit was in abundance. But the actors have barely changed either. Sure, some of the older cast members, like Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, and Laurie Metcalf, are getting on into their 70s. But Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, and Sarah Chalke look like they’ve hardly aged a day, and Michael Fishman has only changed because he’s grown about two feet since the show went off the air.
So in case you’re curious, here is how old the cast of Roseanne is in real life.
- Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner
Age: 72
Birthday: Nov. 3, 1952
2. Sarah Chalke as Andrea
Age: 48
Birthday: Aug. 27, 1976
3. Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner
Age: 43
Birthday: Oct. 22, 1981
4. Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner
Age: 49
Birthday: Jan. 29, 1975
5. John Goodman as Dan Conner
Age: 72
Birthday: June 20, 1952
6. Alicia “Lecy” Goranson as Becky Conner
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Age: 50
Birthday: June 22, 1974
7. Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris
Age: 69
Birthday: June 16, 1955
8. Ames McNamara as Mark Conner-Healy
Age: 16
Birthday: September 27, 2007
9. Emma Kenney as Harris Conner-Healy
Age: 25
Birthday: Sept. 14, 1999
10. Jayden Rey as Mary Conner
Age: 15
Birthday: April 25, 2009