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Summer Star Unrecognizable in Goth Morticia Transformation

This former child star looked very different this week when in Austin, Texas.The beauty sported a dramatic goth look with her black hair down and heavy black ey...

Summer Star Unrecognizable in Goth Morticia Transformation
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Bintano News

March 17, 2026

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This former child star looked very different this week when in Austin, .

The beauty sported a dramatic goth look with her black hair down and heavy black eyeliner on as she modeled a low-cut black lace dress with a slit up one leg.

She was at the South By Southwest Festival for her the premiere of her new movie Forbidden Fruits.

It is quite the change from her all-American clean-scrubbed look from her smash hit series The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Fans were surprised as they took to X to share, 'Hello, how did this happen? From teen to temptress overnight,' while another said, 'I did not at all recognize her.' One fan said she resembled Morticia. 

Can you guess who this young star, who is now 23-years-old, is?

This former child star looked very different this week when in Austin, Texas . The beauty sported a dramatic goth look with her black hair down and heavy black eyeliner on as she modeled a low-cut black lace dress with a slit up one leg

She was at the South By Southwest Festival for her the premiere of her new movie Forbidden Fruits. It is quite the change from her all-American clean-scrubbed look from her smash hit series The Summer I Turned Pretty

Here she is seen far right with Meredith Alloway, Lili Reinhart, Alexandra Shipp and Victoria Pedretti 


She is Lola Tung, who played the central character Isabel 'Belly' Conklin in the love triangle story The Summer I Turned Pretty.

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Her costars were Gavin Casalegno and Christopher Briney.

The series has ended after three seasons, but a movie version has been announced.

The beauty, who is of Chinese and Swedish descent, is now starring in Forbidden Fruits with  and .

The synopsis reads: 'At a mall store, Apple leads a secret witch cult with coworkers Cherry and Fig. 

'New hire Pumpkin questions their sisterhood, forcing them to confront inner darkness or meet violent ends.' 

In mid July Tung talked up The Summer I Turned Pretty while on The Tonight Show

She discussed which hunky brother her character, charmer Isabel 'Belly' Conklin, will end up with.

The men who wanted her were Jeremiah, played by Casalegno, and Conrad, played by Briney. 

'Season 2 ended with a major cliffhanger. This was a big deal. I mean, your character, Belly, chose Jeremiah over Conrad,' said before asking Tung what she thought about that ending.

She is Lola Tung, who played the central character Isabel 'Belly' Conklin in the love triangle story The Summer I Turned Pretty

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The series has ended after three seasons, but a movie version has been announced 

Images from The Summer I Turned Pretty season three with Tung and costars Gavin Casalegno and Christopher Briney

The Summer I Turned Pretty poster from 2024