In this list of celebrities, we would talk about how talented they were in the industry. We would not be a surprise that they could do any kind of role. However, these well-known people started cheerleading in their previous days. Some of them were cheer captains, and others were only shouting at the bleachers. These famous individuals lead the audience to cheer their team.
Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz studied in the Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Before she became a famous actress, Cameron was a cheerleader in her teenage years. The actress wore her school color during the performance. Her uniform was green and yellow, and everything Cameron learned in being a cheerleader had helped her become a successful actress.
Cameron Diaz
Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer was a cheerleader in Seneca High School. During her teenage years, the actress was living in Louisville, Kentucky. After Diane had gathered enough experience in the World’s Fair that promoted the Coca-Cola Pavilion, the jolly blonde actress had tried her chance to become a TV personality and journalist.
Diane Sawyer
Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn resided in Japan when her father was enlisted in the Air Force. However, the actress and her mother went to Oklahoma after the separation of her parents. It was the start where Olivia became a cheerleader. The famous actress was a cheerleader in the North High School team in Putnam City. After she graduated, Olivia had decided to learn journalism in her college years. However, Olivia Munn became successful in being an actress.
Olivia Munn
Ciara
Ciara Princess was a cheerleader in Riverdale High School. The actress was the captain in their cheerleading squad. Ciara was a fan of sports, but Ciara shared that, “Unfortunately, I couldn’t be as involved as I wanted to be because it was the year when my music started to become even more important to me.” It was the reason why the actress quit sports and concentrated on her music career.
Ciara
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst was a pom-roll in Laurel High School and Notre Dame High School before becoming a star. If we could watch Bring It On, she played as a cheerleader named Torrance Shipman in the movie. Before the film was released, she was still in her high school squad.
Kirsten Dunst
George W. Bush
George W. Bush was a basketball player and a jolly captain at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. We knew George W. Bush as a political figure, yet he was shouting with a megaphone to make the audience excited in his high school days. After graduating from high school, George went to Harvard Business School and Yale University. It all happened before he became the President of the United States.
George W. Bush
Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria was a cheerleader in the Roy Miller High School in Corpus Christi, TX, and Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Mexican American Actress loved leading the crowd. After being watched by many people, a LA agent had visited her. At that time, the agent discovered that Eva was a talented woman. It was what happened before Eva became an actress.
Eva Longoria
Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee loved being a cheerleader when she was fourteen. Not only Kathie was a cheerleader, but she also participated in pageants. In the year 1970, Kathie was the victor of Maryland’s Junior Miss Pageant. After she graduated in her high school days, Kathie decided to study drama and music in the University of Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Kathie Lee Gifford
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep was a well-known actress in Hollywood. The actress was known for her adorable attitude and skillful performances. However, in her teenage years, the renowned actress was a cheerleader at New Jersey’s Bernard’s High School. The celebrity was also a varsity player during her senior years. We knew that she was proud of what she had achieved during those days.
Meryl Streep
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock was a cheerleader in Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia. Before the actress played a role in Miss Congeniality, Sandra took part in sports and various school’s theater productions. After she graduated in high school last 1982, Sandra went to East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Sandra Bullock
Steve Martin
Steve Martin was a part of the squad called The Garden Grove team in California. The team was spirited, amusing, and got the best cheer we could hear. Most of the cheers were written by the comedian. In his teenage years, the comedian had a head of brown lock and cheerleader uniform in his closet.
Steve Martin
Denise Richards
Denise Richards was known as a sporty tomboy when she was a teenager. At that time, Denise resided in Illinois, but after she went to Oceanside, California, the actress became a part of El Camino High School’s cheering team. We could watch her in shows like Saved By The Bell and Married with Children. Her ex-husband was Charlie Sheen.
Denise Richards
Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa was a performer in southern New Jersey. The opera star had joined the cheerleading squad in Eastern Regional High School. Not only was she a cheerleader, but also went to drama classes in their school. Kelly was advised by her teacher named Jim Beckley, to pursue an acting career. The actress might be glad that she followed her teacher’s proposal.
Kelly Ripa
Halle Berry
Halle Berry studied in Bedford High School in Cleveland. The actress was the first African American who earned the Academy Awards for Best Actress because of her outstanding performance. However, during her teenage years, Halle participated in cheerleading, honors classes, and the school newspaper. The award-winning actress also won the prom queen, and she was even a student role model.
Halle Berry
Jenna Dewan
Jenna Dewan was a cheer queen at Texas before she played a role in the movie Step Up. In that movie, Jenna was paired with Channing Tatum, and they were known as a dancing superstar. The part that the actress loved in cheerleading was the dancing. It was the reason why she pursued dancing as an occupation. Jenna was also a backup dancer for Janet Jackson in 2001.
Jenna Dewan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan studied in an average high school in Long Island, NY. After Lindsay became a celebrity, the actress studied at Cold Spring Harbor High School and Sanford H. Calhoun High School. After that, Lindsay started studying at her home while being a part of both schools’ squad.
Lindsay Lohan
Sally Field
Sally Field was known as the actress who played a part in the Forest Gump and Mrs Doubtfire. However, in her teenage years, Sally was a part of a cheering squad at Birmingham High School in van Nuys, California. After that, the star had played a role in a movie like The Flying Nun and Gidget.
Sally Field
Fergie
Stacie Ann Ferguson or was known as Fergie participated in her high school cheering squad. Her beautiful face and her unique attitude. Despite that Fergie was an intelligent student who always got the highest points in her test at Glen A. Wilson High School, the star showed the people that cheerleader was not dumb. Later, Fergie became a member of the Black-Eyed Peas.
Fergie
Cynthia Bailey
Cynthia Bailey had experienced performing on a football field in her teenage years. The TV star was a cheerleader for their team at Deshler High School. At the age of 18, Cynthia left the town and decided to pursue a career in NYC. It was the start of her successful life as an Actress.
Cynthia Bailey
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union acted in the film Bring It On. The actress captured the hearts of the viewers when she played as a cheerleader. The star had experienced cheerleading when she was in her teenage years. Gabrielle had joined the squad in Pleasanton, California. Her family was also active in sports. She said, “In my family, if you couldn’t talk Cornhusker football, then you don’t get to have an opinion.”
Gabrielle Union
Renee Zellweger
Stacy Kiebler was known as a wrestler in the WWE. However, Stacy did not only loved wrestling but also dancing. In her teenage years, the wrestler was a member of Baltimore Ravens’ professional cheerleader. In 1999 to 2001, she worked in the WCW, and after that, Stacy became a professional wrestler in the WWE.
Renee Zellweger
Stacy Keibler
Jesse James Decker was known for her beautiful voice, but not everybody knew that she was also a talented cheerleader. At the age of fifteen, Jesse wrote some hits songs and was interviewed by Nashville labels. The country singer-songwriter was also cheering her home team during weekends. Currently, Jesse had multiple hit songs and also worked in the fashion industry.
Stacy Keibler
Jesse James Decker
Jesse James Decker was known for her beautiful voice, but not everybody knew that she was also a talented cheerleader. At the age of fifteen, Jesse wrote some hits songs and was interviewed by Nashville labels. The country singer-songwriter was also cheering her home team during weekends. Currently, Jesse had multiple hit songs and also worked in the fashion industry.
Jesse James Decker
Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore had own cheerleading experience before she played Lana Thomas’ role at Princess Diaries in 2001. Mandy also wore her cheering uniform and cheered for the Pop Warner Football Team before playing at A Walk to Remember. The next film that she acted in was This Is Us.
Mandy Moore
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus was the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus, and it was in her gene the talent for performing. Miley was only seven years old, but she was a part of the cheerleading squad in Tennessee Premiere soccer team. The actress was cheering the team in her hometown. After that, Miley starred in Hannah Montana.
Miley Cyrus
Blake Lively
Blake Lively was known by the viewers when she acted in her first movie Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. However, The actress entered the acting career when she thought her parents were better at performing and right. At her younger years, Blake studied at Burbank High School, where she planned time for her friends, homework, and cheering while recording her first movie.
Blake Lively
Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler was known as the funniest comedian we could ever watch. However, during her younger days, Amy had experienced being at the top of the cheer pyramid. The comedian cheered for Massachusetts Burlington High School. After she graduated, The top-tier comedian studied at Boston College. Amy also went to Chicago, where she had learned how to make people laugh and practiced her cheering.
Amy Poehler
Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooks was known for her performance in Orange Is the New Black. The actress was a cheering squad member but left the team because of being uneasy with her short skirts. Danielle shared in her blog, “Never quit anything again because you’re scared of what others might think of you – unless you become an exotic dancer, the only exception. But even then, only quit because you want to.”
Danielle Brooks
Megan Fox
Megan Fox studied in Morningside Academy in Port St. Lucie, Florida, before she became a star in the transformed. During her school days, Megan was bullied by other people. The actress tried sports because she thought it would change her life. We could see her play as a cheerleader in the movies called Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
Megan Fox
Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd was a “yell leader” at Overland Park High School in Kansas. Paul knew how to make the crowd lively. Aside from being a yell leader, the heartthrob was also the President of the Student Body. During his high school, Paul had practiced cartwheel, flip, tumble, and lift a stunt. However, the actor did not use these skills in his acting.
Paul Rudd
Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon was the person who was at the top of the pyramid during the performance. During her teenage years, Reese was also a part of the cheerleading team. It happened before the actress became famous and successful in her career. Reese shared a photo where she cheered for the Generals.
Reese Witherspoon
Ann Margret
Ann Margret was a successful singer, spry dancer, and cheerleader at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. The singer was born in 1941 in Sweden. Before Ann became a celebrity, the actress was glad about performing in front of the camera and the audience. We could see her in the movies like Bye Bye Birdie, Carnal knowledge, Grumpy Old Men, and The Cheap Detective.
Ann Margret
Sela Ward
Sela Ward was known for her outstanding performance as an actress. However, Sela was a well-known alumnus in a cheering squad at the University of Alabama. Before the actress hit the big screen, Sela was cheering for the Crimson Tide football team. The star had finished her study in fine art and advertising and graduated in the year 1977.
Sela Ward
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone was known to the viewers as Cher Horowitz in the movie, Clueless. However, her classmate during high school recognized her as the base stunt of their cheering squad. The actress was cheering for San Mateo High School during her younger years. Alicia was cheering for their team named Bearcats.
Alicia Silverstone
Jayma Mays
Jayma Mays was a cheerleader when she was in her teenage years. People knew the actress as Emma Pillsbury, the high school guidance counselor in Glee. The color of her cheerleading uniform was blue and yellow with their mascots the Wolves. Her smile was enough to make the crowd lively.
Jayma Mays
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shield was known as the gorgeous woman in the world. If we watched her at Blue Lagoon playing Emmeline in the year 1980, Her smile would make any man fall for her. The star was also a part of a cheerleading team in a private school in New Jersey. Brooke had learned that kind of smile during her cheering.
Brooke Shields
Nene Leakes
Nene Leakes had a long and successful career in the industry. However, the actress was also cheering for the home team with her pom-poms. Nene had a cheerleading uniform that was colored red and gold. Her lively attitude on or outside the field made her a successful actress in the world of entertainment.
Nene Leakes
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence was a model and actress. Jennifer tried everything she could to be successful in the industry. However, at her high school days, The actress participated in the softball games, basketball, field hockey, and many more, but most of all the actress was a member of a cheering squad. We could tell that Jennifer was a talented individual.
Jennifer Lawrence
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas had studied in the Amsterdam High School in Amsterdam, New York during her younger years. The actor had cheered his team to win in the competition. In his long career, Kirk was able to play for more than 100 movies. The talented actor had played various genres like dramas, western of the old school, and war films.
Kirk Douglas
Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul did an incredible job as a cheerleader. The talented dancer had cheered for Los Angeles’ Van Nuys High School while being an honor student. After graduation, Paula focused on her passion for dancing and became a Laker Girl. After that, Paula had become a head choreographer who supported NBA stars like Jamaal Wilkes, Kareen Abdul-Jabbar, and Magic Johnson.
Paula Abdul
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson had a lively attitude. In her younger years, Jessica had studied in the Richardson North High School in Texas. It was the time Jessica had participated in cheerleading. However, at the age of 15, she had given up studying and concentrated on singing. Not long after, Jessica became a cheerleader for the team Dallas Cowboys.
Jessica Simpson
Snooki
Snooki was an admired member of the television series called Jersey Shore and was also part of a cheerleading squad during her teens. Snooki shared, “Cheerleading was my life in high school, but it wasn’t always easy for me. I started to be anorexic. There were freshmen, who were seventy pounds, and I was, like, my spot as a flier will get taken away. So, I ended up starving myself.”
Snooki
Phaedra Parks
Phaedra Parks attended Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia during her younger years. Phaedra was a lawyer, and people knew her who played in the Real Housewives. The actress wore a red, white, and gold uniform when she cheered her team. After graduating from high school, Phaedra entered a law school. What she had learned in cheerleading had helped her become successful.
Phaedra Parks
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde was a part of the minor cheering team in The Andover, Massachusetts’ Phillips Academy. This academy did not have a cheerleading squad, but the group where Olivia had participated still cheered for the team, but it had less acrobatic moves and a different name. According to Olivia, “It is just another form of cheering.”
Olivia Wilde
Kirstie Alley
Kirstie Alley was a cheerleader in Wichita Southeast High School in Kansas. During her high school life, her hair was short, which was not typical for a cheerleader. However, her experience during her cheerleading aided her to become an outstanding performer. After high school, Kirstie acted amazingly in the movie Cheers.
Kirstie Alley
Kendall Jenner
Kendall Jenner was a celebrity in this era. However, Kendall was uncomfortable in her life these past several years. Kendall was a part of a cheerleading squad during high school. It became her comfort in her days at school. She had worn a blue and white uniform while performing in front of the audience.
Kendall Jenner
Kathy Griffin
The people knew Kathy Griffin as the comedian. However, at the age of seventeen, Kathy was an amusing cheerleader at River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois. The comedian had experienced being in front of a large audience during her younger years. A few years after, Kathy became a successful comedian.
Kathy Griffin
Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning was not the same as the other celebrities in this list. Dakota was an actress before she tried cheerleading. We could see her in shows like ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, Spin City, Ally McBeal, and many more. We could see her cheering the Vikings in Campbell Hall School.
Dakota Fanning
Calista Flockhart
Calista Flockhart was an outstanding actress in Ally McBeal. However, in her high school days, the star had studied in Shawnee High School in New Jersey where she would always perform. After she graduated, Calista went to Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts to start her career.
Calista Flockhart
Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas participated in cheerleading in the year 1950. It was the main sport for the male. In Choate Preparatory School was where he joined the team. Michael had practiced and learned to cheer, chant, tumble, and stunt. When he acted as the scientist named Hank Pym in Marvel movies, a former cheerleader (Paul Rudd) also performed in the film.
Michael Douglas