So you're planning to be rich and famous, but you think attending college beforehand might be a good idea just in case? Well, you're in good company. All of these pop culture mega-names hedged their bets by going to college, at least for a bit.
Natalie Portman, known to Star Wars fans as Queen Amidala, put her acting career mainly on hold while attending Harvard University. Upon enrolling at Harvard, Portman said that apart from her role in the Star Wars films, she would not accept any film roles for the duration of her education.
Denzel Washington got his start in live theater, no doubt helped a bit by his background in drama and journalism at FordhamUniversity in New York.
Ashton Kutcher may play a dimwitted high-school student in TV's That 70's Show, but the role belies Kutcher's own education as a biochemical engineering student at the University of Iowa.
Jennifer Garner, who achieved stardom with her lead role in TV's Alias, studied ballet and dabbled in chemistry at Denison University before switching her major to acting. Read Garner's thoughts on college.
Brad Pitt, super-sexy heartthrob, went to the University of Missouri at Columbia. Apparently there's even a Brushes with Brad Fan Club organized by his former classmates.
Claire Danes captured the attention of audiences and critics alike as a high-school student in the TV show My So-Called Life. She graduated to the big screen and also to college life, attending Yale University.
Mick Jagger attended Britain's famed London School of Economics. He dropped out before graduation, but many people think his schooling might have something to do with the fantastic business success of the Rolling Stones.
Lucy Liu, the hot star of the martial-arts film Kill Bill as well as the movie version of Charlie's Angels, studied Asian languages at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Jodie Foster, one of Hollywood's brainiest actors, studied at Yale and went on to win two Academy Awards.
Chuck D. got his rap group Public Enemy off the ground while he was a student at Adelphi University in Long Island, New York, where he hosted a popular rap show on the college radio station.
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