4. Natalie Portman

Another one of the super-accomplished Hollywood movie starts on our list is the Oscar winner for Best Actress, Natalie Portman. This Israel-born American actress is a Harvard graduate with a degree in Psychology.

The 33-year-old actress also took graduate courses in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was a guest lecturer at Columbia, and speaks conversational Japanese, French, Spanish and German.

Portman described her choice to pursue higher education by saying, “I don’t care if [college] ruins my career. I’d rather be smart than a movie star.”

Natalie is a published author, activist, wife and mom currently living in Paris.