THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Aquamarine' 14 years later

Before stepping into the role of Claire, Emma Roberts was best known for starring as Addie Singer on Nickelodeon's middle-school sitcom Unfabulous. After Aquamarine, Roberts continued to star in films geared toward younger audiences, including Nancy Drew (2007), Wild Child (2008), and Hotel for Dogs (2009).She later upgraded to more mature roles in Twelve (2010), Valentine's Day (2010), Scream 4 (2011), and We're the Millers (2013).She returned to television in 2013 to star on FX's horror anthology American Horror Story where she played various characters for six years. In between filming AHS, she also starred on Fox's satirical slasher Scream Queens.She currently has several TV and film projects in the works. Before signing on for Aquamarine, JoJo was already a popular singer with a couple of hit songs under her belt — including her single, Leave (Get Out).Her debut, self-titled album dominated radio waves in 2004, and she also found time to appear in guest roles on a few TV shows before the 2006 rom-com. The same year Aquamarine was released, JoJo starred alongside Josh Hutcherson and the late Robin Williams in RV (2006). She appeared in a few other acting projects, but has mostly focused on her music career. She released her second album, The High Road, in 2006.In a previous interview with Insider's Callie Ahlgrim, JoJo said that she wrote hundreds of songs the year after The High Road debuted. She said the songs were not released because her production company, Blackground Records, was no longer a functioning record label but it would not release her from her contract. She sued the label when she was 18 years old in 2009. Eventually, after a multi-year legal battle, during which she was unable to release new music commercially, JoJo was released from her contract.In 2014, Jojo signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and started making music again.The singer released her third studio album, Mad Love, in 2016, rerecorded her first two albums in 2018, and debuted Good to Know (stylized in all lowercase) in 2020.According to JoJo's official website, she is scheduled to start her international tour for her latest album in 2021.Sara Paxton already had a steady career going before joining the Aquamarine cast.She made her film debut in Liar Liar (1997) before earning a string of TV credits on series like Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire, and NBC's Will and Grace. In 2004, she landed the lead role on Discovery Kids' Darcy's Wild Life.Paxton also appeared in the hit teen rom-com Sleepover (2004). Since Aquamarine, Paxton has continued to work on TV and in movies.The same year the film was released, she replaced Kimberly J. Brown as the lead in the final installment of the Halloweentown film series, Return to Halloweentown (2006). Soon after, she appeared in Sydney White (2007), The Last House on the Left (2009), and The Innkeepers (2011).Throughout the years, she has continued to guest star on hit series such as ABC's How to Get Away With Murder, TNT's Murder in the First, and CBS' Code Black. She also continued to voice act on SpongeBob SquarePants until 2017. More recently, Paxton starred alongside Hugh Jackman in The Front Runner (2018), and her latest TV credit was on NBC's Good Girls.Jake McDorman had a few acting credits under his belt before appearing in Aquamarine. Most notably, he was part of the ensemble cast of Fox's Quintuplets from 2004 to 2005. After Aquamarine, McDorman joined the cast of ABC Family's Greek in 2007.After the show wrapped in 2011, he landed a lead role on NBC's short-lived comedy, Are You There, Chelsea? He also went on to play Mike Pratt on Showtime's Shameless and Brian Finch on CBS' Limitless. Recently, the actor appeared on HBO's Watchmen and FX's What We Do in the Shadows.Outside of TV, McDorman has appeared in Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), American Sniper (2014), and Lady Bird (2017).McDorman is currently working on the upcoming film Happiest Season, starring Kristen Stewart and Daniel Levy, and the upcoming Disney Plus drama series The Right Stuff.Before appearing in Aquamarine, Arielle Kebbel was on series like CBS's CSI, HBO's Entourage, The WB's Gilmore Girls, and Fox/The WB's Grounded for Life.She was also in the popular films Soul Plane (2004) and Be Cool (2005).Kebbel starred in the popular rom-com John Tucker Must Die (2006) and the horror movie The Grudge 2 (2006) after Aquamarine premiered.She also went on to star in Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy (2006), Daydreamer (2007), Freakdog (2008), The Uninvited (2009), and Think Like a Man (2012).In terms of TV shows, she appeared on CBS's 90210, FX's The League, The CW's The Vampire Diaries, NBC's Midnight Texas, and HBO's Ballers.Kebbel's latest role was starring on NBC's Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector before it was canceled in 2020.Tammin Sursok starred on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and CBS' The Young and the Restless before acting in Aquamarine.She'd also tried her hand at a music career, releasing a few singles in the early 2000s. Sursok starred in a couple of movies and appeared on series like the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana before landing a major role on ABC Family/Freeform's Pretty Little Liars in 2010.In between filming the teen drama, she starred in TV movies like Adventures in Love and Babysitting (2015), You May Now Kill the Bride (2016), and Girlfriends of Christmas Past (2016).Her latest acting role was starring alongside Tom Felton in the 2019 drama she wrote with her husband, Braking for Whales. Claudia Karvan was already an established Australian actress before her role in Aquamarine.Her first film was Going Down (1982), and she continued to stack her acting credits in The Heartbreak Kid (1993), Redheads (1994), Dating the Enemy (1996), and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).Her longest running TV roles before Aquamarine were on Australian's Network 10 drama The Secret Life of Us and Fox 8/Showtime's Love My Way.Karvan continued to land roles in various movies after Aquamarine premiered, including the horror thriller Long Weekend (2008) and the crime drama 33 Postcards (2011).She also continued her work on Australian television, starring on Foxtel/SoHo's Spirited, ABC's The Time of Our Lives, ABC's Newton's Law, and Stan's The Other Guy. Her latest role was on the Nine Network crime drama Halifax: Retribution.Bruce Spence had been working as an actor for three decades before appearing in Aquamarine.He made his debut in the Australian film Dead Easy (1970), before joining the cast of ABC's Australian soap opera Certain Women in 1973.His career continued on the big screen in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1982), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), and Peter Pan (2003).He also voiced a character in Pixar's Finding Nemo (2003). In 2005, he joined his soon-to-be Aquamarine costar Karvan in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.After Aquamarine, Spence joined the cast of ABC's Legend of the Seeker and appeared in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).In 2017, he joined another major franchise in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).Spence is currently working on the Amazon original series Back to the Rafters, and he's set to appear in the upcoming reboot of Stephen King's short story, Children of the Corn.Read More:THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Bring It On' 20 years laterTHEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Holes' 17 years laterTHEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Legally Blonde' 19 years laterTHEN AND NOW: The stars of 'The Cheetah Girls' 17 years later

THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Aquamarine' 14 years later

Emma Roberts played Claire, a shy teen with a fear of water.

Roberts is still a successful actress, and she has several upcoming projects in the works.

Joanna "JoJo" Levesque played Hailey, Claire's outgoing best friend.

JoJo is still working on her music career today.

Sara Paxton played the titular mermaid, Aquamarine.

Paxton continues to appear on TV and in movies.

Jake McDorman played Raymond, Aquamarine's love interest.

McDorman is still making a name for himself in the industry today.

Arielle Kebbel played Cecilia, the popular foe of the three main characters.

Kebbel continues to work on TV and in movies today.

Tammin Sursok played Marjorie, one of Cecilia's cronies.

Sursok has continued to find success on TV and in movies.

Claudia Karvan played Hailey's mother.

Karvan still acts on TV and in movies today.

Bruce Spence played Leonard, the somewhat creepy maintenance man.

Spence continues to work in big movie franchises.