Cameron Diaz & Other Actors Who Started As Models
Sometimes is the easiest way to break into the acting business is to start off as a model. Getting started in the Hollywood industry isn’t necessarily the easiest task for every single individual. It is such a competitive industry since there are so many people out there who want to be successful as actors.
Some actors get started as musicians, others get started as reality TV stars, and others— like the ones we are about to mention— get started as models! The modeling industry can be just as cutthroat as the acting industry since a lot of modeling success comes from one’s outward appearance, youthfulness, and what they have to offer physically.
10 Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts is the niece of Julia Roberts, one of the most well-known actresses ever. It was just a matter of time until Emma Roberts is going to become an actress just like her aunt! For some reason instead of immediately getting started in the acting industry, she decided to try her hand at modeling first. Modeling obviously wasn’t the most enjoyable route for her because she ended up landing a leading role on Nickelodeon's Unfabulous at the age of 12 years old.
9 Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried is another actress who got started as a model before she entered the acting industry. Some of the accolades that she’s won over the course of her career include a handful of MTV Movie Awards. One of the biggest roles that people remember her from is her time in Mean Girls with Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan. Before she did that she actually got started as a model too!
8 Olivia Wilde
Life Itself, Cowboys & Aliens, The Change-Up, and Tron: Legacy, In Time, and Richard Jewell are some of Olivia Wilde’s best movies. Imagine she hadn’t been cast in any of those films though! That might not have been the reality had she not gotten her start as a model. She broke into the industry as a model and moved from there right into the acting world where she has been thriving. Now, she’s even started directing.
7 Katherine Heigl
As a teenager, Katherine Heigl was doing her thing as a model. She didn’t immediately get started in the Hollywood industry as an actress. As a teen, her career as a model was actually pretty successful!
She posed for several photoshoots in Seventeen Magazine in the 90s. She had a very common and relatable look that other girls could easily relate to at the time. The 90s was a weird time for fashion but Katherine Heigl was able to pull it off.
6 Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie did quite a bit of modeling before she got started as an actress. Ironically, she’s also played the role of a model in a movie! She starred in the movie Gia in 1998 which was a movie about a model who lived a short and tragic life after getting hooked on illegal substances. In real life, Angelina Jolie‘s life has been filled with a lot of success in terms of her acting career and all of the awards that she has won for her epic films over the years.
5 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Everyone knows that Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the actress who took over for Megan Fox in The Transformers movie franchise. Megan fox had an issue behind the scenes with Michael bay which caused her to get pushed out of the franchise. It also negatively impacted Megan Fox’s career in the years following.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was chosen because she is known for being a very gorgeous model. She made the shift from modeling to acting at that point in time although she still models.
4 Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz has retired from acting unfortunately but before she retired, she was one of the most well-known actresses of her day. With her blonde hair, girl-next-door persona, and gorgeous smile, she made every single movie so much more enjoyable to watch! What some of her fans might not be aware of is the fact that she was actually a model before she was an actress. She started modeling at the age of 16 because she wanted to escape life in Long Beach, California.
3 Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne is an incredible model who has walked in Victoria’s Secret runway shows before! She is known for getting started as a model and then breaking into the Hollywood industry as an actress. Some of her biggest movie roles include Suicide Squad, Paper Towns, and Her Smell. Her Smell is actually the movie site where she met and fell in love with her ex-girlfriend Ashley Benson.
2 Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron is one of the most dynamic and incredible actresses ever. She is able to take on such versatile roles and completely abandon who she is as an individual to take on the character persona that she is embodying. Before her days as an actress, she pursued a career in modeling. When she was only 16 years old, she moved to Milan and tried her hand at breaking into the modeling industry. At the age of 18, she moved to New York City where she continued modeling! She didn’t make it as an actress until she moved to Hollywood.
1 Mila Kunis
When Mila Kunis was still pretty young, she did some modeling for brands like Lisa Frank. Lisa Frank is a brand that is known for its bright and vivid color schemes and patterns-- perfect for young girls. Mila Kunis starred in commercials for the brand and also posed with various products like teddy bears and backpacks! Mila Kunis obviously grew up to be an amazing actress and even starred in That '70s Show alongside her current husband Ashton Kutcher.
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