These Celebrities Don't Actually Use Their Real Names

Gigi Hadid

The renowned supermodel Gigi Hadid was born Jelena Noura Hadid. Her close family called her Gigi from a young age. "My mom was called that as a kid by her mother when she was younger, but only around the house," Gigi said in a 2015 interview. "I was called that around the house when I was really young, kind of like how my mom was called it."

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The More You Know

  • Shakira was banned from her school’s choir, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat. The Hips Don’t Lie superstar sure showed them!
  • As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
  • Before he was a star, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. He landed the role of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film. “I was quite surprised when I was offered the part,” Ford later said.
  • Before Taylor Lautner was a vampire, he was a junior world karate champion for several years running.
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