These Celebrities Were All Cheerleaders Before Making It Big

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep is one of Hollywood's favorites actresses. She's known for her prowess on the screen as well as lovely attitude, the latter of which she learned through cheering at Bernards High School in New Jersey.  She was a varsity member during her senior year, pictured here very proud of her accomplishment. 

Sandra Bullock

Before she was the cool spy in Miss Congeniality, the actress was actually a cheerleader at Washington-Lee High School in her hometown of Arlington, Virginia. Before graduating in 1982, she participated in the sport as well as many of the school's theater productions. She had her eye on the prize!

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  • Jennifer Aniston was known as the class clown in high school.
  • In 1978, Tim Allen was arrested for possession of 1.4 pounds of cocaine and was sentenced to three to seven years in jail. He was let out on parole after two years and four months.
  • Growing up, Katy Perry wasn't allowed to eat Lucky Charms cereal because luck was "linked to the devil." Her family also called deviled eggs "angeled eggs."
  • Cameron Diaz broke her nose in a surfing accident in Hawaii on her birthday in 2003.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.