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The IQ Elites: 15 Hollywood Stars Who Can Easily Outsmart Harvard Graduates
The Bright Side ^ | 09/03/2020

Posted on 09/03/2020 8:31:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Shakira wrote her first poem when she was 4 years old, however, Einstein did not learn to speak until he was 4.Even if an IQ test above 130 does not reveal how successful a person will be, this is the case just for only 2.5% of the population. Among them, some are renowned artists who have not succeeded academically, but who’ve totally won on the stage or the catwalk.

Here at Bright Side, we love smart people who share their wit with the world, so we want to show you this VIP group of brilliant celebrities, regardless of whether they’ve been to Harvard or not.

1. Shakira

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She wrote her first poem when she was 4 years old, and she recorded her first album when she was 13 years old. With a 140 IQ, instead of going to college, Shakira learned from life on tour after tour around the world. And this was not in vain, the singer knows how to speak 5 languages.

2. Cindy Crawford

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She was always an A student, and she even graduated from high school as the valedictorian.

She liked science, so she received a scholarship to study chemical engineering. But one fine day a camera caught sight of her, and the world lost a great engineer, but won a supermodel.

3. Matt Damon



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According to reports, Matt Damon’s IQ is as high as 160. He started to write the Good Will Hunting script while attending Harvard University. Even if he never graduated, he would later win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his bro soulmate Ben Affleck.

4. Natalie Portman


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She holds a Psychology degree from Harvard University, where she contributed to a paper entitled Frontal Lobe Activation During Object Permanence. She can speak 5 languages and her IQ is estimated to be 140.

5. Chris Martin


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He studied at University College London, where he majored in Ancient World Studies and graduated with first-class honors in Greek and Latin. It was at college where Martin met his future Coldplay bandmates, so we can very well say that intelligence and study skills are what have allowed us to listen to their songs today.

6. Quentin Tarantino



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At 14 years old, he wrote one of his earliest works, and he was already thinking about his next screenplay. He never went to college, but he didn’t need it. His 160 IQ score probably helped him to win 2 Oscars.

7. Jodie Foster

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She started to appear on television when she was 3 years old and she was only 12 when she got a role in Taxi Driver. At 18, she decided to take a break from her stellar acting career and become a full-time student at Yale, where she graduated magna cum laude. Hollywood was waiting for her regardless.

8. Eva Longoria


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She wanted to earn her own money from a very young age, because her greatest wish was to help care for her sister with special needs. During high school, she studied hard while she worked at Wendy’s restaurant, and after her university studies, Master degree included, she worked hard as a headhunter, until it was her talent that was hunted.

9. David Duchovny



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He had an impeccable academic career and after finishing his Master’s degree in English literature at Yale, he embarked on a PhD. By then, acting (and The X-Files) had crossed his path and he left everything to follow his passion.

10. Geena Davis



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The Academy-Award winning actress graduated from Boston University, knows how to play the piano and flute, and is fluent in Swedish. She has a 140 IQ score and is a public member of the Mensa Organization, a VIP club to which only 2% of the population can belong — only those who have an IQ that is greater than 135.

11. Sharon Stone


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Her intelligence did not go unnoticed by her teachers, so she entered the second grade when she was only 5 years old. Even more, she was only 15 years old when she was accepted, with a scholarship, to college. Her IQ is 154, which places her in the top 0.1% of the population in the world.

12. Steve Martin



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This is a case in which it is also understood that college is not always a good place for geniuses. He began to study philosophy, but the life of a teacher did not seem like it was for him. However, the fact that he did not finish his studies, did not prevent him from joining the Mensa Organization, a club for smart people that have an above-average IQ.

13. Rashida Jones



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She has said that she grew up a “straight-up nerd” and “had a computer with floppy disks and a dial-up modem before it was cool.” Jones displayed a musical ability from an early age and can play classical piano. She was voted “Most Likely To Succeed” by her classmates at school. She studied religion and philosophy at Harvard University and graduated when she was 21 years old.

14. Rowan Atkinson



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His IQ is reported to be 178. Quite the opposite of the character who made him famous, the giddy Mr. Bean, he was a brilliant student who received top-notch grades at school. Before changing his career to acting, he studied engineering at Newcastle University, went on to Oxford University to do a Master of Science, and even embarked on a PhD.

Bonus: Albert Einstein



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Success doesn’t come suddenly, not even for geniuses like Einstein with an estimated 160 IQ. When he graduated, he spent 2 difficult years looking for work as a teacher. Physics weren’t the most important thing in his life, and his great passion was music. Playing the piano and the violin helped him to think, and for him a life without playing music was inconceivable.

How do you think intelligence has helped these people to shine in their careers? Did some of their achievements surprise you? Who is the smartest person in the world to you? We’d love to hear your views in the comments.



TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; intelligence; iq
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1 posted on 09/03/2020 8:31:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Eva Longoria ? She’s a total efftard and loon.


2 posted on 09/03/2020 8:33:21 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Want Stalinazism More ? PLUGS-WHORE 2020 !)
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To: SeekAndFind

No mention of James Woods?

Of course.

IQ in the 180 range (!!!).


3 posted on 09/03/2020 8:34:04 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Riiiiight. Of course, claiming a bunch of entertainment industry nitwits (all of them D, what a weird coincidence) are smarter than Harvard grads is A) unsubstantiated BS and B) not as great a claim as it perhaps once was.

Partisan Media Shills update.


4 posted on 09/03/2020 8:35:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SeekAndFind

No mention of Dolph Lundgren..........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Lundgren#:~:text=listen))%2C%20is%20a%20Swedish,them%20in%20the%20action%20genre.


5 posted on 09/03/2020 8:36:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a good thing Peggy Lipton’s daughter is on the list, otherwise the whole thing would be racist.


6 posted on 09/03/2020 8:37:21 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: SeekAndFind

They’re libs. That makes them dumbasses in my book.


7 posted on 09/03/2020 8:39:15 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: SeekAndFind
A story about smart Hollywood stars with no mention of Mr. Peabody? I find that puzzling.


8 posted on 09/03/2020 8:41:03 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It does not matter how high their IQ’s are. They are Severely emotionally damaged, personality disordered people.That is why they can act, they do not have a stable personality core. That is also why they are nuts and so gullible.


9 posted on 09/03/2020 8:43:25 AM PDT by cyberstoic (I)
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To: FreedomPoster

Skunk Baxter (Doobie Bros)?
Brain May (Queen)?


10 posted on 09/03/2020 8:44:48 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel ( Scatology is serendipitous.)
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To: SeekAndFind

RACIST!!!! Nearly all of white European stock!.


11 posted on 09/03/2020 8:45:29 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’d like to see why they included Langoria.


12 posted on 09/03/2020 8:45:48 AM PDT by dangus (```)
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To: SeekAndFind

Interesting. Thank you.


13 posted on 09/03/2020 8:45:52 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Red Badger
No mention of Brian May, lead guitarist for Queen.

Not only has a PhD in astrophysics, he literally looks like Isaac Newton.

14 posted on 09/03/2020 8:47:19 AM PDT by PallMal
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To: FreedomPoster

If James Woods is missing the article is null and void,


15 posted on 09/03/2020 8:47:55 AM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; FreedomPoster

RE: Brain May (Queen)?

That’s Dr. BRIAN MAY for us. He has a doctorate in astrophysics from Imperial College, London. He was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013. May was a “science team collaborator” with NASA’s New Horizons Pluto mission.He is also a co-founder of the awareness campaign Asteroid Day. Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named after him.


16 posted on 09/03/2020 8:48:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: dangus

It;s kinda funny when you compare to others...

190 IQ... Chemical engineering... worked at Wendy’s during high school.


17 posted on 09/03/2020 8:49:03 AM PDT by dangus (```)
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To: PallMal

Yes, forgot about him!.........


18 posted on 09/03/2020 8:49:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rowan Atkinson is the best on the list.

If I need a pick-me-up, I’ll watch any episode of his Blackadder Series. The ones with George IV and WWI were by far the best. He and Hugh Laurie are just fantastic together.


19 posted on 09/03/2020 8:50:00 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind
White privilege.😀
20 posted on 09/03/2020 8:50:24 AM PDT by Mears
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