James Woods, IQ purported to be 184, enrolled at UCLA, earned a full scholarship from MIT and John Hopkins University but pursued an acting career instead
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Dolph Lundgren, IQ purported at 160, earned scholarship to MIT, received a master's degree in chemical engineering from University of Sydney and is an accomplished musician
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Conan O'Brien, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard
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Jodie Foster, attended the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, a French-language prep school, valedictorian, enrolled Yale University after becoming an actress and majoring in literature, earning a BA in
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BA in 1984 and awarded honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 1997.
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Hedy Lamarr, co-inventing a secret communications system against the Nazis with George Anthiel called “frequency hopping”, leading to a patent on a torpedo design and a precursor to modern cellula
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modern cellular and wi-fi technology
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Mayim Bialik, is a neuroscientist, obtaining PhD from UCLA in 2007 (also accepted at both Yale and Harvard), plays multiple musical instruments
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She plays a fictional character based on her actual ability.
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Natalie Portman, graduated high school with 4.0 GPA and attended Harvard University where she received a bachelor's degree in psychology, also fluent in several languages
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Kate Beckingsale, IQ purported as 152 and studied French and Russian literature at Oxford University
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danica mckellar a m.i.t. grad
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The Wonder Years was a great show
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Kris Kristofferson, joined the army and attained rank of captain while simultaneously graduating summa cum laude from Pomona College with a BA in Literature, then attained Rhodes scholarship to Oxford