Before They Were Stars
From Rich To Richer: Stars Who Grew Up Wealthy
Everyone loves a "rags to riches" story - especially in Hollywood and all its stories of a talented, young kid plucked from an underprivileged life and thrown into super stardom. But what about the "rich to richer" celebrities? Not every A-List actor or Billboard pop star waited tables to scrape by until they got their big break. Some of them had more than a little help from their well-connected family or a top-notch theater programs at elite (and expensive) colleges. Click through this gallery to find out who had it a tad easier breaking into the fame game over other stars who struggled to find fame. By Aaron Rasmussen
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Angelina Jolie—Now
NOW: Angelina has propelled her career and fortunes forward through a series of interesting films choices. She delivered a breakout performance as a troubled model in the 1998 film Gia and followed it up by earning a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award the next year for Girl, Interrupted. Since then she’s played everyone from adventurer Lara Croft to Mariane Peark, the wife of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl. Her bank account certainly wasn’t hurt when she infamously landed Brad Pitt, one of the hottest and wealthiest actors in Hollywood.
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