





10: Rashida Jones







9: Jennifer Beals

Graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English lit.



Jones is multi-talented, having taken piano lessons from the age of five. Graduated from Harvard in 1997 after studying religion and philosophy.Graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English lit.

8: Alicia Keys

Despite growing up in Hell’s Kitchen, Keys graduated from the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan at the age of sixteen as Valedictorian. She had a scholarship to Columbia University, but decided to pursue her musical career. Fairly smart decision there.



Despite growing up in Hell’s Kitchen, Keys graduated from the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan at the age of sixteen as Valedictorian. She had a scholarship to Columbia University, but decided to pursue her musical career. Fairly smart decision there.

7: Emma Thompson

Thompson graduated from Cambridge with a major in English literature. Won an academy award for screenwriting.





Thompson graduated from Cambridge with a major in English literature. Won an academy award for screenwriting.

6: Sharon Stone

Actually flunked out of high school as a rebellious teenager, but there’s a good chance that was due to boredom. Stone’s IQ has been tested at 154.



5: Kate Beckinsale

Won multiple W. H. Smith Young Writers competitions in her teens, studied foreign language and literature at Oxford.





4. Jodie Foster

Possibly the most brilliant actress alive, Foster graduated Valedictorian from a French speaking prep school in LA before heading off to Yale where she graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in literature. Is actually intelligent enough to keep her personal life out of the press.



3. Jennifer Connelly

Went to Yale and studied English, but eventually transferred to Stanford where she finished her Bachelor’s. Speaks three languages fluently (French and Italian).



2. Elizabeth Shue

Attended Wellesley College and Harvard University, but withdrew to pursue her acting career. Went back and finished fifteen years later, graduating from Harvard with a degree in government.





Graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a bachelor’s in psychology, and has pursued grad studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Speaks five languages.