15 Celebrities with an academic background beyond the Performing Arts

Probably most people think that when someone is famous, they don’t need to study. However, there are several celebrities who think just the opposite: for them, professional improvement is not limited to the field of performing arts. Several famous people even have a Doctorate degree, and some graduated with academic honors.

In this post, the awesome.club presents a list of celebrities who were not content to succeed only in their artistic career. Follow up!

Lisa, best remembered for her work as Phoebe Buffay on the acclaimed comedy series friendshas also participated in productions such as The Comeback and Web Therapy🇧🇷 She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where she earned a degree in Biology. In partnership with her father and other researchers, Lisa published a scientific study that deals with the relationship between left-handedness and the occurrence of cluster headaches.

Kristen won the status of a world star when playing Bella Swan in the saga Twilight, in 2008. The actress attended Arthur E. Wright High School in California, but ended up studying at home. At Cornell University, Stewart co-authored a paper on the study regarding the use of Neural Style Transfera type of algorithm of software that manipulate digital images or videos to adopt the look or visual style of another image in the context of film production.

Nolan is known for playing Luke Dunphy, the younger brother of Alex and Haley on the show. Modern Family🇧🇷 Throughout his student career, he advanced four grades. At age 13, he was ready to enter university. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, the young man claimed to have an Intelligence Quotient of 150. As if that wasn’t enough, Nolan is a member of Mensa, the oldest and largest society exclusive to the owners of the highest IQ.

Mayim Bialik is an actress, neuroscientist and writer. She played Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory, from 2010 to 2019. For this role, Mayim was recognized by TV critics as the best supporting actress in a comedy series. She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2007, she completed her Doctorate in Neuroscience.

Kutcher has starred in several successful films, such as Newlyweds, Butterfly Effect and Love game in Las Vegas. He graduated from the University of Iowa in the field of Biochemical Engineering. The actor works as a “product engineer” for computer manufacturer Lenovo Group, alongside engineering teams around the world, sharing information and participating in decision making regarding the designto the specifications, to the software and usage scenarios.

James Franco achieved international fame with the character Harry Osborn in the first feature of the trilogy Spider man🇧🇷 Since then, his participation in films took place in the most different genres. But in 2006, he decided to enter UCLA to study English Philology, later majoring in creative writing. The actor moved to New York, where he studied literature at Columbia University, and studied audiovisual production at New York University. Franco also has a Doctorate in English Philology from Yale University.

Steve Martin is still remembered for starring in the film. The pink Panther🇧🇷 After graduating from high school, he attended Santa Ana College, where he took drama and poetry classes. He then attended California State University, Long Beach, to major in Philosophy. Inspired by his academic career, Martin considered working as a teacher rather than an actor or comedian. He is another member of the Mensa organization, having written on the topic in The New Yorker.

Ken Jeong, known for playing Leslie Chow in the comedy If You Drink, Don’t Marry!, He attended high school at Walter Hines Page High School, where he was part of the gifted team, having graduated at the age of 16. He continued his studies at Duke University and received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Later, Ken completed his medical residency at the Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, while pursuing his own comedian career.

Conan O’Brien ran the program Late Night with Conan O’Brien and the most watched nighttime attraction on the American broadcaster NBC, The Tonight Show🇧🇷 Conan studied Hispanic American culture, earning a Doctorate in Art History and a Master’s degree from Yale University. He also attended the renowned Harvard University, where he graduated in American History, graduating with academic honors (magna cum laude🇧🇷

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the most famous former basketball players in the world. He was a four-time NBA champion. Shaquille attended Louisiana State University and majored in General Studies in Letters. His Doctor of Education degree was obtained from Barry University in Miami, and the former player also has a Masters in Business Education from the University of Phoenix.

Gerard Butler has starred in several celebrated films such as Imagination Island, The Unvarnished Truth and PS I Love You🇧🇷 He attended high school at St Mirin’s & St Margaret’s High School in Paisley, Scotland, where he always got good grades. With that, he managed to get into the University of Glasgow, in the law course. After graduation, he got a job in an Edinburgh office as an assistant solicitor.

Ben Stein participated in films such as The Mask’s Son, having also lent his voice to productions, including Rugrats: The Little Angels, Pinky and the Brain and Family Guy. He attended Montgomery Blair School and graduated with honors in economics from Columbia University. In addition, he was the top student in his law class at Yale. Stein has written and published about 30 books.

Kal Penn stood out by acting in productions of the suit of The Big Bang Theory and Casa, Lar, in which he gave life to physician Lawrence Kutner. His high school education was at Freehold Township High School. Afterwards, he studied Dubbing for Film and Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Karlie Kloss is one of the members of the list of the greatest American top models. She’s already gone angel of Victoria’s Secret and was chosen as the best model by the magazine People. Karlie attended high school at Webster Groves High School, continuing her studies at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Karlie has partnered with Flatiron and Code.org to create a scholarship system for young women interested in learning Computer Programming.

Jodie Foster has a film career marked by varied but always consistent work. She excelled in starring in the movie The Panic Room and also when voicing the character Maggie in the long The Simpsons: The Movie🇧🇷 Jodie graduated with magna cum laude in English Literature from Yale University. The actress speaks and masters French so well that she has acted and dubbed in several productions made in that language. She is also fluent in German, Italian and Spanish.

In your opinion, which of the above celebrities has the most interesting academic career? Do you know of other celebrities who have different professions from those linked to the artistic world? Comment!