7. Halle Berry
During high school, Halle Berry was an honor student, a cheerleader and an editor of the high school newspaper. Perhaps, the old chestnut of peaking in high school did not ring true for Berry. However, just like Brad Pitt, Berry dropped out of a broadcast journalism degree to pursue acting.
She moved to New York but struggled with money and at the age of 21, she had to live in a homeless shelter for a short period of time. Later that year though in 1989, she was cast in the television show Living Dolls. However, during filming Berry fell into a coma and was later diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Since then, she has starred in a plethora of films including, The Flintstones (1994), Die Another Day (2002) and Cloud Atlas(2012).
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