Dirty Dancing Star Jennifer Grey Gets Candid About Her Plastic Surgery Transformation

Jennifer Grey had rhinoplasty to finetune her nose, but a second procedure was needed, which left her nose "truncated" and "dwarfed" — and the actress almost unrecognizable, per Vanity Fair. 

In fact, when she went up to friend Michael Douglas at a movie premiere, he had no idea it was Grey speaking to him, per People. "That was the first time I had gone out in public," she siad. "And it became the thing, the idea of being completely invisible, from one day to the next. In the world's eyes, I was no longer me."

Although she did manage to find work, Grey's career never reached the heights expected, based on her early potential. She now refers to her decision as "schnozzageddon," explaining in her memoir, "Out of the Corner," that "overnight I [lost] my identity and my career," per the Daily Mail.

Now, Grey, who divorced actor Clark Gregg in 2020 after 19 years of marriage, is telling her side of the story. She's also working on a sequel to "Dirty Dancing." She admits, however, that creating the same magic of the original film will be tough. 

"It was lightning in a bottle, it's like this thing happened, and it's so beautiful, and I can't explain it. No one can explain it," Grey told People. Still, she "would love to give fans or a young, new audience an experience that would never replicate that, but has the same kind of underpinnings."