From Hollywood hunks to chart-topping music stars – can you guess the celebrities from their high school yearbook photos?

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They might be rich, famous and some of the biggest names in Hollywood, but celebrities were also once just high school students with a dream to conquer the entertainment world.

As Gwyneth Paltrow’s yearbook snap recently hit the headlines amid reports that her teenage ‘nightmare’ was ‘obesity,’ according to a new bombshell biography, the old school photos of other big names have once again come into prominence.

Nowadays they sport megawatt smiles, polished hair and designer clothing, but back when they were teenagers, some of the world’s most famous stars owned dodgy haircuts, cheesy grins and a questionable fashion sense – and there’s photos to prove it.

Some of these stars have gone on to become huge Hollywood film stars, starring in the world’s biggest blockbusters.

While others have gone on to dominate the music industry, lighting up the charts with their distinctive voices.

Meanwhile, others have raised eyebrows and made front-page news with the goings on in their private lives.

Here, we take a look back at the humble beginnings and illustrious careers of some of showbiz’s biggest stars, but can you guess who they are?

An Academy Award winner who landed his big break in the early 90s on a medical television drama

This Academy Award winner attended Augusta High School in Kentucky and is pictured here in 1979

This 64-year-old Hollywood megastar has not only starred in some of the industry’s biggest blockbusters, but he also writes, directs and produces them.

Born on May 6, 1961 in Kentucky, this actor attended Augusta High School and has previously stated that he earned As and a B. He also played baseball and basketball.

He went on to attend Northern Kentucky University from 1979 to 1981, majoring in broadcast journalism, and very briefly attended the University of Cincinnati, but did not graduate from either.

As an actor, he rose to fame starring in the NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999 and for his work on the series, he earned various award nominations including two Primetime Emmy nods.

This handsome star has dated a slew of beauties – including Kelly Preston, Cameron Diaz and Elisabetta Canalis – and has been married to a British-Lebanese human rights lawyer since September 2014 with whom he shares seven-year-old twins.

In terms of movies, he’s racked up plenty of credits in films such as From Dusk Till Dawn, The Perfect Storm, Ocean’s Eleven, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 2005 thriller Syriana.

It’s none other than George Clooney!

The O Brother, Where Art Thou? actor has an estimated net worth of about $500 million and often spends time at his Lake Como home with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their two children, Ella and Alexander.

George Clooney is one of Hollywood’s most famous actors and also writes, directs and produces

George and his wife Amal, pictured here in September, have been married since 2014

A multi-award winning Hollywood actor with one of the strongest marriages in showbiz

Tom Hanks in his senior year photo in 1974

This other Hollywood big hitter, 69, was born in Concord, California and attended Skyline High School, in Oakland, California, where he was an active member on the track team.

He went on to study theatre at Chabot College in Hayward, California and after two years, he transferred to California State University, Sacramento.

He started his acting career in 1980 by appearing low-budget slasher film He Knows You’re Alone, and two years later he landed a role in television movie Mazes and Monsters.

The star then went on to play the part of Kip Wilson on ABC show Bosom Buddies, where he coincidentally met his future wife Rita, whom he married in 1988.

Having kicked off his film career, years later this person went on to star in some of Hollywood’s greatest movies including Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Catch Me If You Can, Castway, Saving Private Ryan and The Terminal.

You’ve guessed it, it’s Tom Hanks.

Tom has amassed a plethora of accolades throughout his illustrious career, including two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and seven Emmys.

Tom is happily married to Rita Wilson, with the pair having sons Chester, aka Chet, 34, and Truman, 29. The film star also has Colin, 47, and Elizabeth, 43, with first wife Samantha Lewes.

Tom has amassed a plethora of accolades throughout his illustrious career, including two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and seven Emmys

Tom has been happily married to Rita Wilson for 37 years, with the pair having sons Chester, aka Chet, 34, and Truman, 29.

A country music star with a very famous popstar daughter and an estimated net worth of $20 million

This handsome young man went on to be a hugely successful country singer, songwriter and actor

This hugely successful country singer, songwriter and actor has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992.

Born on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky, he started singing at the age of four, but attended Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship before changing to music.

He dropped out of Georgetown during his junior year after realizing that he wanted to become a musician when attending a Neil Diamond concert, and set a 10-month goal to start a career.

In the 1980s, he played in a band called Sly Dog, before signing a record contract with Mercury Nashville Records. Sly Dog was named after a one-eyed dog that this musician owned.

A multi-platinum selling artist, this singer has scored a total of eight top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

It is none other than Achy Breaky Heart hitmaker Billy Ray Cyrus, the father-of-six who is dad to Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus.

He’s been married a total of three times, with his most recent union to Australian singer Firerose lasting less than a year, with their divorce having been finalized in August of this year.

He has recently embarked on a new relationship with actress and model Elizabeth Hurley, 60, with the couple having debuted their romance on Instagram in April after having met on the set of 2022’s Christmas in Paradise.

Billy Ray Cyrus, pictured here in March 2020, has an estimated net worth of $20 million

Billy Ray and his famous daughter, Miley, starred in the hit Disney TV series Hannah Montana together

A screen siren with an equally famous husband and daughter

Goldie Hawn poses for her senior year photo in 1963

This screen siren was born in Washington D.C and attended high school in Silver Spring, Maryland.

She rose to fame through her appearance on NBC sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In between 1968–1970, while she made her screen debut in 1968 in a small role the western comedy The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band.

Just a year later, she landed both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress gong for her comedic role in Cactus Flower.

This blonde bombshell went on to become one of the biggest female comedy stars in Hollywood, fames for roles in comedies including Private Benjamin, Overboard, Bird On A Wire, Death Becomes Her and The First Wives Club.

In addition to her acting career, she has one of the strongest partnerships in Hollywood, having been in a relationship with a fellow film star since 1983 but the pair have famously never married.

They initially crossed paths on the set of the 1968 film The One And Only, Genuine, Original Family Band when she was 21 and he was just 16.

Meanwhile, her daughter, whom she shares with ex-husband Bill Hudson, has followed in her actress footsteps and has carved out a successful film career of her own.

Yes, it’s none other than Goldie Hawn!

The popular actress has been happily in a relationship with Escape From New York Star Kurt Russell for 42 years.

While she’s mother to actress Kate Hudson, famed for her roles in Almost Famous, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Bride Wars and The Skeleton Key.

Goldie is also mother to Oliver Hudson, whom she shares with ex Bill, while she and Kurt share actor and former ice hockey player son Wyatt Hawn Russell.

Yes, it’s none other than Goldie Hawn, who went on to become one of the biggest female comedy stars in Hollywood

The popular actress has been happily in a relationship with Escape From New York Star Kurt Russell [L] for 42 years, while daughter Kate Hudson [R] followed in her actress footsteps

An action movie star known for two hugely popular franchises and has just been nominated for his first Emmy

Harrison Ford in his senior year photo in 1960

The beloved A-lister, 83, was born in Chicago and was an active member of the Maine Township High School’s social science club in Illinois.

His voice was the first student voice broadcast on his high school’s new radio station.

He grew up to make screen debut in 1966 before landing supporting roles in films such as 1973’s American Graffiti and The Conversation in 1974.

However, he then achieved global success as he starred as Hans Solo in the hugely popular science fantasy franchise Star Wars, a role he played across five of the films.

This wasn’t his only iconic role as just a few years later, he starred as adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones, playing the part in five movies beginning with 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark.

While his film career has spanned 70 years, he continues to shine, having just landed his first-ever Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Dr. Paul Rhoades in the second season of Apple TV+ series Shrinking – just two days after celebrating his 83rd birthday.

The Chicago-born grandfather-of-three made history as the second oldest nominee in that category after The Kominsky Method actor Alan Arkin scored a nod at age 86 in 2020.

Meanwhile, in his private life, he’s married to an actress, 60, best known for playing the titular character in Fox series Ally McBeal.

The couple met at the 59th Golden Globes in 2002 – but it wasn’t exactly love at first sight when Harrison sidled up to her table.

Speaking to The Times last April, the actress admitted she was initially underwhelmed when Harrison endeavored to introduce himself ‘because I had never seen Star Wars, which I know sounds really crazy.’

Yes, it’s Harrison Ford, who has been married to Calista Flockhart for 15 years.

The Hollywood stars wed in 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one year after Harrison proposed.

Yes, it’s Harrison Ford, who has been married to Calista Flockhart for 15 years.

Harrison has just landed his first-ever Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Dr. Paul Rhoades in the second season of Apple TV+ series Shrinking [pictured]

An actress and talk show host known for her turbulent marriage to her Hollywood star husband

Jada Pinkett Smith in her sophomore year in 1987

The actress was born in Baltimore and famously went to Baltimore School for the Arts with the late rapper Tupac Shakur, where the pair were inseparable.

She started off her acting career in 1990 with an appearance in an episode of True colours, going on to appear in TV shows Doogie Howser, M.D and 21 Jump Street before getting her big break in 1991 on the sitcom A Different World.

Her career then saw her star in films such as Menace II Society, The Nutty Professor, Set It Off, Scream 2 and The Matrix Reloaded.

In recent years, she’s also had success as a talk show host thanks to her Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk, for which she bagged a Daytime Emmy Award.

Notably, she’s married to another Hollywood star, with her Oscar-winning spouse starting out as a rapper before landing a famous sitcom role that then kicked off his huge acting career.

The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 and share two children together, Willow, 24, and Jaden, 27.

In recent years, the pair have been plagued with marital troubles.

In 2020, the actress confessed to the world that she’d been unfaithful to her husband with singer August Alsina in 2016 in an on-air interview that left her spouse ‘humiliated’.

While during an appearance on the Today Show in October 2023, she told Hoda Kotb that they made the decision to separate seven years earlier, after feeling ‘exhausted with trying’ to work on their marriage.

‘I think we were both still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,’ she explained of what caused them to drift apart.

In her memoir book, Worthy, she described the separation as a ‘divorce,’ but clarified they never filed any paperwork.

That’s right, it’s Jada Pinkett Smith, married to Men In Black and Independence Day star Will Smith.

That’s right, it’s Jada Pinkett Smith, married to Men In Black and Independence Day star Will Smith (pictured at the Oscars in 2022)

Jada’s career has seen her star in films such as Menace II Society, The Nutty Professor, Set It Off, Scream 2 and The Matrix Reloaded

Reality star and businesswoman worth over $1billion with an Instagram following of a whopping 356 million

The reality star and business woman, 44, was born in Los Angeles and attended Roman Catholic all-girls Marymount High School.

Her younger years already saw her having a brush with fame, with her late Armenian lawyer father famously representing O.J Simpson in his murder trial, while her step-father was an Olympian.

While she became known for her friendship and job as a stylist for socialite Paris Hilton, it was her 2003 sex tape (released in 2007) with then-boyfriend Ray J that catapulted her to fame.

Instead of shying away from the spotlight, she capitalised on her popularity, with her and her family going on to star in their eponymous reality show that thrust them all into the limelight.

With the help of her ‘momager’ mother, she and her siblings went on to carve out a successful reality TV career with various spin-offs, while they also launched their business empire with various enterprises in fashion and beauty.

Emerging as the breakout star of the famous family, this media personality also became known for her high-profile relationships and marriages, with one union to a basketball player lasting just 72 days.

While her marriage to a controversial rapper, with whom she shares four children, is still making headlines three years after their divorce.

Of course, it’s the one and only Kim Kardashian.

Almost 20 years after first soaring to fame, Kim continues to be one of the most famous names on the planet, with a net worth of over $1 billion dollars and millions of social media followers.

And she’s not done with expanding her career yet, having recently graduated law school while she’s beginning to build an impressive acting portfolio with roles in projects such as CSI: NY, American Horror Story,Paw Patrol: The Movie and All’s Fair.