Olivia Wilde made a bold move by skipping college to focus entirely on acting. Raised in a family of journalists, she even adopted her stage name as a tribute to Oscar Wilde before gaining fame as Dr. Thirteen on the show House.
Most people know Nick Cannon for hosting big shows, but his boldest move was returning to school while famous. Raised by his father in San Diego, he balanced a massive Hollywood career to graduate from Howard University in 2020 with a criminology degree.
Alexa Chung faced a major choice when she was accepted into King’s College London to study English. Instead of heading to class, she chose to start a modeling career after being scouted at sixteen. That bold move launched her path in fashion.
At fourteen, Jennifer Lawrence made a bold move, convincing her parents to let her leave school early to pursue acting in New York. That choice launched a career that took her from a tomboy in Kentucky to an Oscar-winning global star.
Sharon Osbourne turned the music world upside down when she took over managing her husband Ozzy’s solo career. Born in London to a tough music promoter, she skipped college to learn the business firsthand, eventually becoming a powerhouse in music and television.
Gerard Butler once walked the halls of the University of Glasgow as a promising law student. He even became president of the law society, but he eventually traded his legal career for the screen, eventually finding global fame as King Leonidas.