Did You Know These Stars Were On Their High School Cheer Squads?

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock is one of America's favorite sweethearts. Before Miss Congeniality, she was Miss Varsity Cheerleader at her hometown's Washington-Lee High School in Arlington Virginia. Before she graduated, she was also a member of many of the school's theater productions.

Blindsided

One of Bullock's proudest roles was as a football mom in The Blind Side. She adopts future Baltimore Ravens player Michael Oher while he is still in high school, aware that he was homeless and needed help. Her other children are a cheerleader and a youth football player. Looks like spirit runs in that family!

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The More You Know

  • Jennifer Aniston was known as the class clown in high school.
  • Before he was a star, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. He landed the role of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film. “I was quite surprised when I was offered the part,” Ford later said.
  • Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has his own motivational alarm clock app, which fans can download. It has no snooze button.
  • A far cry from her upper-class role on Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester was born in prison; her mother was serving time for smuggling drugs.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.