What the stars did before they became famous
They might be some of the biggest stars in the world, but it seems that a lot of celebrities had some very humble beginnings before hitting the big time in Hollywood.
From working as a clown, in shopfronts and in food services - to one star working a in a funeral home - let's check out what the stars did for work before becoming famous.
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Hugh Jackman
Before breaking into Hollywood and becoming one of Australia's top exports, actor Hugh Jackman worked as a clown and reportedly, a P.E. teacher.
''I am really bad at magic. I in fact used to be a clown at kid's parties,'' he once told In The News.
''I was Coco the Clown and I had no magic tricks and I remember a six-year-old standing up at a party saying 'Mummy this clown is terrible, he doesn't know any tricks' – and he was right.''
Hugh Jackman
"Damning proof I used to do clowning," he wrote on Instagram previously, confirming he used to work as an entertainer at parties.
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper once worked as a doorman in New York while studying acting, before cracking the big time.
He worked at the Morgans Hotel in New York City. He once crossed paths with Leonardo DiCaprio while working at the hotel.
Bradley Cooper
"I worked as a doorman throughout grad school. I remember taking Leonardo DiCaprio up to his room," Cooper previously explained.
"It was around the time of Titanic, and I remember this guy who looked like a kid, even though we were about the same age, he looked like a little boy. I remember thinking how I was three feet away from this guy, and we were worlds apart."
He once also said his role included keeping the candle lit in the foyer.
"There were three candles in the lobby and they said, 'Always keep them lit'," Cooper told David Letterman about the gig.
"But the door would open and they would go out so I spent most of my time trying to relight those candles."
Kris Jenner
Kris Jenner is the matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan.
The ''mumager" has a reported networth of $(US)200million, or $(AU)304million.
But before her family found fame and fortune, Jenner had more humble beginnings working in her grandmother's store as a teen.
Kris Jenner
Jenner, (née Houghton), told LA Mag: "I started working when I was 12 years old, gift-wrapping in the back of my grandmother's store. And from there I kept getting promotions — to the main floor, to the cash register… Without even realising it, I was getting the best education in the world."
She added that she also once worked at a doughnut store.
"My first job outside of my family was at the local doughnut store, where I had to scrape the glaze off the floor every morning. And I did a really great job!"
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg might be known for films including Sister Act, The Deep End of the Ocean and The Colour Purple, but before she became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, she worked as a beautician in a funeral home.
Whoopi Goldberg
"I did hair and makeup on dead people," she once said during Oprah's Masterclass.
"There was an ad in the paper! And I'm a licensed beautician as well, because I went to beauty school."
"It's a rough gig. You have to be a certain kind of person. And you have to love people in order to make them worthy of a great send-off."
Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie is one of the brightest young talents in Hollywood thanks to films including Barbie, The Wolf of Wall Street and Suicide Squad - and even has her own production company.
But Robbie, 33, was a sandwich artist at Subway before forging a successful Hollywood career.
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