Kate Hudson. Hudson is the daughter of actress Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, a 1970s television comedian

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Ted Danson. Danson graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a drama degree, but abandoned stage acting for television commercials, where he won attention as the "Aramis Man."

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Hugh Jackman. The actor got his first taste of professional acting on stage in several Melbourne musicals.

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Adam Sandler. Sandler didn't aspire to be a comedian until his brother encouraged him to perform at a Boston comedy club.

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LeAnn Rimes. The country singer began singing and dancing in local variety shows at the age of five.
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Heather Locklear. Locklear earned herself the nickname "The Queen of Mean" for her portrayal of some of the most notable television villains of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Ted Danson. Danson first achieved national recognition for his portrayal of the skirt-chasing bartender Sam "Mayday" Malone on NBC's comedy series Cheers.

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Peter O'Toole. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before joining the Bristol Old Vic, where he made his professional debut in 1955.

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Hilary Swank. Swank appeared on television in Harry and the Hendersons, Growing Pains, and Camp Wilder, before making her big screen debut in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Curtis Mayfield. At the age of seven Mayfield was already singing and began composing music and writing lyrics before he was a teenager.
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Susan Sarandon. Her role in "The Witches of Eastwick", next to big names like Cher, Jack Nickolson, and Michelle Pfeiffer, brought her into the true Hollywood playing field.

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Stockard Channing. After graduating from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she joined Boston's experimental Theater Company. Her first big break came in a starring role in a Los Angeles production of Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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Bill Cosby. Cosby's high IQ led teachers to place him in a class for gifted students, but outside interests eventually derailed his school career.
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Dick Clark. As host of American Bandstand for more than 30 years, Dick Clark introduced rock 'n' roll music via television to a whole generation of teenaged Americans while reassuring their parents that the music would not lead their children to perdition.