Photos : These are the smartest celebrities in the entertainment industry
Emma Watson has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Brown University.
Lupita Nyong'o moved from Kenya to the US to study filmmaking at Hampshire College. She went on to complete a master's program at the Yale School of Drama where she landed her Oscar-winning role in 12 Years a Slave - just weeks before graduating!
Davis has a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University. The Academy Award-winning actress is also a Mensa member, meaning she is said to have an IQ score ‘within the upper two percent of the general population’ - according to Mensa's website.
Portman has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and has been published in two scientific journals.
Karlie Kloss taught herself how to code in 2014 when she had a few weeks off from modeling. She later decided to create Kode With Klossy, a free two-week coding boot camp for teen girls.
Meghan graduated from Northwestern with a double major in theater and international studies.
The late-night host was his high school's valedictorian. He went on to get a degree in in History & Literature from Harvard.
The Girls actress studied English and archaeology at Yale. She said she took the kind of classes that made you feel like ‘lying on the ground thinking about things’.
Crawford was valedictorian of her high school class. At first, she used her modelling money to supplement her scholarship to Northwestern University. However, she eventually ditched classes and became one of the biggest supermodels of her day.
Legend was offered scholarships to Georgetown, Morehouse College, and Harvard. He turned them down to attend the University of Pennsylvania where he got a degree in English, focusing on African-American literature.
The Modern Family star graduated from high school at 13. He reportedly has an IQ of 150 and is a Mensa member.
Kaling studied Latin at Dartmouth before changing to theatre. She earned an Eleanor Frost Playwriting Award in 1999 and has authored many books, including ‘Why Not Me?' and ‘Nothing Like I Imagined’.
It was during his studies at Harvard that Damon came up with the original idea for ‘Good Will Hunting’. He came up with the idea during a playwriting assignment and later, after dropping out, completed the project with his childhood friend Ben Affleck.
Kudrow got a biology degree from Vassar College and went to work with her father who was a world-renowned headache specialist. She helped him with a study before committing to her acting career - and landing her iconic role on Friends as Phoebe.
After the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Tatyana Ali went to Harvard. She studied African-American history and government.
Bialik was a child actor, but went on to get a bachelor's degree in neuroscience - as well as Hebrew and Jewish studies - from UCLA. She returned to acting to play the brainbox Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory but somehow also managed to finish a PhD specialising in obsessive-compulsive disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome.
Beckinsale studied French and Russian literature at Oxford University's New College. She is fluent in French, Russian, German and English.
Keys graduated at 16 from the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan with all As. She started at Columbia University but dropped out to pursue her music career.
After the massive success of The Fast and the Furious, Brewster studied English at Yale. Her grandfather, Kingman Brewster, was a former Yale president.
Longoria is now an actress, producer and businesswoman. She has a bachelor's in kinesiology from Texas A&M University and a master's in Chicano studies from California State University.
Kutcher had some scholarships lined up but he lost them when he broke into his high school as a prank. He ended up studying biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa but dropped out to pursue a career in modelling.
Banks studied communications and theater arts at the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude before earning her master's at the American Conservatory Theater.
Kesha had almost-perfect SAT scores and has described herself as a ‘studious’ child. She was going to attend Barnard College to study psychology and comparative religion, but then her producer pushed her to pursue her music career.
Foster was a child actor while attending the Lycée Français de Los Angeles. She went to Yale to study literature and then back to the world of entertainment.
Kemper studied English at both Princeton and Oxford. She was an intern for Conan O'Brien before making it big herself.
Rae graduated with a degree in African and African-American Studies from Stanford.
American actor James Woods, mostly known for his roles in Casino and most recently Oppenheimer, has got an IQ of 184. He studied political science at MIT on a scholarship before launching his acting career.
Iconic Basic Instinct actress Sharon Stone is widely known to have an IQ of 154. At only 15, she received a scholarship to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where she studied creative writing and fine arts.
The famous Mr. Bean is one smart cookie. Indeed, Rowan Atkinson has got an IQ of 178, and he has got a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Oxford!
Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May obtained an Astrophysics Ph.D from Imperial College London in 2007, after quitting his original studies in the 70s. He is also a science team collaborator at NASA!
