There's a stereotype that actors are stupid, since they get paid to play pretend for a living. It's not like they're performing heart surgery or designing space shuttles. Also, actors are often attractive, and we assume attractive people get everything handed to them based on their looks, not their brains.

However, some celebrities are incredibly smart. You might think that they all went to college and majored in English, Communications or Theater. But some actors were on an entirely different career path before they were on on the big screen (or small screen).

Here are 8 celebrities with surprising college majors.
1. Lisa Kudrow: Biology

You know her as Phoebe from Friends, but back in 1985, Lisa Kudrow earned a degree in Biology from Vassar College. In a radio interview, she said she pursued biology because she thought it was "going to be the answer to unlocking all the mysteries of humanity." Instead of singing Smelly Cat, she could have investigated why that cat was so smelly.

Will Ferrell has starred in a lot of sports comedies, from basketball (Semi-Pro) to figure skating (Blades of Glory) to NASCAR racing (Talledaga Nights). Maybe that's because he graduated from USC with a degree in Sports Information. And yes, that's a thing. In an interview, Will said it as "A program so difficult, so arduous, that they discontinued it eight years after I left. Those of us with sports information degrees are an elite group. We’re like the Navy SEALs of USC graduates. There are very few of us, and there was a high dropout rate."

Before she kicked ass on The Walking Dead, Danai Gurira studied social psychology. Unfortunately, she didn't walk around campus at Macalester College with a katana like Michonne. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Danai said, "I was really looking at race, population, gender and how we psychologically function in a way that affects our societal outcomes around those issues." Now she kills zombies for a living.

After starring on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cole Sprouse opted for Not-So-Suite Life Of Academia. The Riverdale actor went to New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and created his own major: Geographical Information Systems. On Live with Kelly and Ryan, he described it as "basically like virtual cartography." (Don't tell him GPS exists. He'll feel like he wasted his life.)

Eva Longoria’s qualified to be more than a Desperate Housewife. At Texas A&M University-Kingsville, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. I know, I hadn’t heard of it either. Kinesiology is the scientific study of human or non-human body movement. And just to show off, Eva got another degree in 2013, completing her master’s degree in Chicano studies. On graduation day, she tweeted, “You're never too old or too busy to continue your education!"

As the lead singer for Coldplay, Chris Martin sings in English. But in college, he got his degree in Greek and Latin. (What, did you think it was science, just because of The Scientist?) He actually met all three of his bandmates on campus at University College London. Maybe for the next Coldplay album will about Greek gods, or they'll shift genres to Latin Rn'B.

Before she stole scenes in the Pitch Perfect movies, Rebel Wilson graduated from the University of New South Wales. "A lot of people look at me and think I’m stupid," the comic actress told Seth Meyers. "But no, I graduated from a school that’s kind of like the Harvard of Australia." Would you let her aca-defend you in aca-court?

Natalie Portman went to Harvard, where she majored in Crappy Star Wars Prequels. Just kidding. Actually, she majored in Psychology.

The Black Swan actress later returned to her alma matter to give a commencement speech, where she discussed "imposter syndrome." That's when you feel like you haven't earn your accomplishments, that you're just a big fraud. Natalie says that's how she felt at Harvard, when she enrolled after starring in the Phantom Menace.  I felt like there had been some mistake," the Oscar-winner confessed. "That I wasn’t smart enough to be in this company, and that every time I opened my mouth I would have to prove that I wasn’t just a dumb actress." Now she knows she's not just smart, but a pretty dope rapper.

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Also, Adam Sandler is a astrophysicist. Okay, that's not true. But remember, there's more to some people than what meets the eye.

There's a stereotype that actors are stupid, since they get paid to play pretend for a living. It's not like they're performing heart surgery or designing space shuttles. Also, actors are often attractive, and we assume attractive people get everything handed to them based on their looks, not their brains.

However, some celebrities are incredibly smart. You might think that they all went to college and majored in English, Communications or Theater. But some actors were on an entirely different career path before they were on on the big screen (or small screen).

Here are 8 celebrities with surprising college majors.
1. Lisa Kudrow: Biology

You know her as Phoebe from Friends, but back in 1985, Lisa Kudrow earned a degree in Biology from Vassar College. In a radio interview, she said she pursued biology because she thought it was "going to be the answer to unlocking all the mysteries of humanity." Instead of singing Smelly Cat, she could have investigated why that cat was so smelly.

Will Ferrell has starred in a lot of sports comedies, from basketball (Semi-Pro) to figure skating (Blades of Glory) to NASCAR racing (Talledaga Nights). Maybe that's because he graduated from USC with a degree in Sports Information. And yes, that's a thing. In an interview, Will said it as "A program so difficult, so arduous, that they discontinued it eight years after I left. Those of us with sports information degrees are an elite group. We’re like the Navy SEALs of USC graduates. There are very few of us, and there was a high dropout rate."

Before she kicked ass on The Walking Dead, Danai Gurira studied social psychology. Unfortunately, she didn't walk around campus at Macalester College with a katana like Michonne. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Danai said, "I was really looking at race, population, gender and how we psychologically function in a way that affects our societal outcomes around those issues." Now she kills zombies for a living.

After starring on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cole Sprouse opted for Not-So-Suite Life Of Academia. The Riverdale actor went to New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and created his own major: Geographical Information Systems. On Live with Kelly and Ryan, he described it as "basically like virtual cartography." (Don't tell him GPS exists. He'll feel like he wasted his life.)

Eva Longoria’s qualified to be more than a Desperate Housewife. At Texas A&M University-Kingsville, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. I know, I hadn’t heard of it either. Kinesiology is the scientific study of human or non-human body movement. And just to show off, Eva got another degree in 2013, completing her master’s degree in Chicano studies. On graduation day, she tweeted, “You're never too old or too busy to continue your education!"

As the lead singer for Coldplay, Chris Martin sings in English. But in college, he got his degree in Greek and Latin. (What, did you think it was science, just because of The Scientist?) He actually met all three of his bandmates on campus at University College London. Maybe for the next Coldplay album will about Greek gods, or they'll shift genres to Latin Rn'B.

Before she stole scenes in the Pitch Perfect movies, Rebel Wilson graduated from the University of New South Wales. "A lot of people look at me and think I’m stupid," the comic actress told Seth Meyers. "But no, I graduated from a school that’s kind of like the Harvard of Australia." Would you let her aca-defend you in aca-court?

Natalie Portman went to Harvard, where she majored in Crappy Star Wars Prequels. Just kidding. Actually, she majored in Psychology.

The Black Swan actress later returned to her alma matter to give a commencement speech, where she discussed "imposter syndrome." That's when you feel like you haven't earn your accomplishments, that you're just a big fraud. Natalie says that's how she felt at Harvard, when she enrolled after starring in the Phantom Menace.  I felt like there had been some mistake," the Oscar-winner confessed. "That I wasn’t smart enough to be in this company, and that every time I opened my mouth I would have to prove that I wasn’t just a dumb actress." Now she knows she's not just smart, but a pretty dope rapper.

[[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A0iftflme4]

Also, Adam Sandler is a astrophysicist. Okay, that's not true. But remember, there's more to some people than what meets the eye.