Former Child Stars Who Went to College After Getting Famous: Miranda Cosgrove, Dakota Fanning, Emma Watson and More
usmagazine.comLights, camera, education! Emma Watson, Natalie Portman and Miranda Cosgrove are among the child stars who decided to get college degrees amid their fame.Watson graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2014.
During a November 2010 interview with Marie Claire, the Harry Potter franchise star reflected on her freshman year at the Ivy League school.“Brown has a real sense of community and people are very protective of me,” she shared at the time, praising her classmates for respecting her privacy. “They really look out for me; they want me to feel like I’m part of it.
I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didn’t even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up.
That was when I knew I’d found a solid group of friends, and I felt like I belonged.”One month ahead of her May 2014 graduation from the prestigious university, the Little Women actress told Elle that she’d been warned it “wasn’t possible” to complete her degree while pursuing acting.“I kept saying, ‘I don’t care.’ This is what I want.
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