12 Famous Celebrities Who Started Their Performing Careers as Cheerleaders

5Cameron Diaz

Born into a Cuban family, Cameron Diaz first entered the limelight as a cheerleader at Long Beach Poly High School. She started modeling for Calvin Klein when she was 16 and soon made it big modeling for a number of brands till she debuted alongside Jim Carrey in “the Mask”. Since then Diaz has a number of films to her credit wherein 2013, the Hollywood reporter declared her the highest paid actress over 40. 

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6Kirsten Dunst 2/267

Among celebrities who started as cheerleaders, Kirsten Dunst became a Ford model at the age of 3 and appeared in more than a 100 TV commercials. When she was 10 she appeared alongside Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire going on to act in movies like Jumanji and also ER where she was taught driving by George Clooney. During her child career, she was also a cheerleader for Laurel Hall School and Notre Dame High School. 

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7Fergie

Fergie was a straight A student and a Spelling Bee champion. She was a cheerleader at Glen .A. Wilson High School and studied dance after leaving. Her early showbiz days saw her doing voiceovers and acting stints for various cartoon and TV shows. Although her first band Wild Orchid started in 1990 fizzled out, Fergie hit it big with the Black Eyed Peas in 2003 when Will.I.Am invited her to try for a song “Shut Up”. She soon became the groups lead singer finding success with the group and also on solo gigs. 

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8Megan Fox

Megan Fox received a strict family upbringing and was a member of the cheerleading squad at Morningside Academy in Port St Lucie. In 2004 she starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen but got a major break when she was chosen for Transformers in 2007. Since then she has done a number of roles like Jennifer’s body and teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

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