These Celebrities Were All Cheerleaders Before Making It Big

Jenna Dewan

Jenna Dewan is known to be a dancing superstar thanks to her movie Step Up starring herself and Channing Tatum. Before she was in that franchise though, she was a cheer queen in Texas. She fell in love with the physicality of the dance parts and continued to pursue it. She eventually got her big break while dancing backup for Janet Jackson in 2001.

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  • Lady Gaga spent $50,000 to find out if a ghost named Ryan was haunting her.
  • 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.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio's mom was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when Leo first kicked. That's why he's named Leonardo.
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