My, how she's changed! Naomi Watts shares a sweet flashback photo from her school days in the '80s... and brands her younger self a'tomboy' and 'dork'

We know her as the ultra-glamorous movie star. 

And this week, actress Naomi Watts thrilled her fans on social media when she gave an insight into her life before fame and her childhood, sharing to Instagram a sweet flashback picture of herself from her school days.

The 47-year-old actress can be seen in her uniform and with dark blonde hair and a fringe, and captioned the shot: 'Throwback Thursday. School photo. 1980-something ?? #tomboy #dork #tbt.'

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Throwing it back:  This week, actress Naomi Watts shared a sweet flashback photo of herself to Instagram from her school days in the 1980s 
Throwing it back:  This week, actress Naomi Watts shared a sweet flashback photo of herself to Instagram from her school days in the 1980s and right in Cannes in May

Throwing it back:  This week, actress Naomi Watts shared a sweet flashback photo of herself to Instagram from her school days in the 1980s and right in Cannes in May 

Naomi, who is known for films including The Ring and King Kong, grins for the camera that appears to be for a school yearbook photo. 

She has rosy cheeks and a wispy short bob, and wore a series of earrings.

The star had on a white collared shirt with a grey jumper on top.  

The way we usually see her: Naomi is an ultra-glamorous movie star known for roles including The Ring and King Kong

Indeed, despite her penchant for working a red carpet, Naomi described herself as a 'tomboy' to Sunday Style in March. 

'I'm a tomboy myself; I am very sporty,' she said at the time. 

She is based in the US and shares two sons with partner Liev Schreiber, 48, Alexander, eight, and Samuel, six.

The blonde beauty is currently filming the upcoming drama The Book of Henry, and plays a single mother with two young boys. 

In the film, one of her sons plans to kill the father of the girl next door, to keep her from 'ongoing harm.'

The girl next door is played by Maddie Ziegler, who rose to fame appearing in film clips for Sia. 

Hard at work: The blonde beauty is currently filming the upcoming drama The Book of Henry, and plays a single mother with two young boys

Hard at work: The blonde beauty is currently filming the upcoming drama The Book of Henry, and plays a single mother with two young boys

 

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