The celebrities have everything. They are rich, beautiful and have millions upon their lives. In addition, they have a luxurious lifestyle, live in beautiful houses and have an enviable collection of cars. Also they get equal nice individuals to date. And on top of that, they do what they love and get eyewash fees for it. In short, they have everything and their life is perfect.

But, to keep the envy and jealousy in check, we often believe that they are not smart enough. They’re just a bunch of stupid people who are fortunately good at something. However, as we all know, life is not fair. And some of the celebrities are way smarter than we like to think. In fact, some of them have high IQs that rival some scholars. While some of them have educational degrees that would put the most educated of us to shame. Also, some of them are as gifted as a decent linguist and can speak multiple languages. So folks, here are some celebrities who are as perfect as their publicists love to make them out to be.

• Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is arguably one of the best actresses of her generation. And there was always a reasonable gravity around every character she played. She always starred in films like “The Professional” and “Beautiful Girls” in the role of precocious children who are wise beyond their years. She also played the role of the genius physicist Thor in Marvel’s film series. And then who can forget her brilliant performance in the psychological thriller “Black Swan”, for which she earned her first place prize? Academy Award for Best Actress , her second Golden Globe Award , the SAG Award and the BAFTA Award. She also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, which she earned from none other than Harvard University. She has also attended graduate courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and speaks half a dozen languages.

In March 2006, she was a visiting professor at a Columbia University course on terrorism and counterterrorism. While a student at Harvard, she wrote a letter to the Harvard Crimson in response to an essay criticizing Israeli actions toward Palestinians. As a student, she co-authored two research papers that were published in academic journals.

• Dolph Lundgren

Kids these days will recognize Lundgren as the fugitive member of Sylvester Stallone’s team in The Expendables. Those who have seen Lundgren become one of the best action heroes will know that he will always be remembered as Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV” – a jack of all trades in his life and excellent in many areas. Besides being a handsome and cool action hero, he holds 3rd Dan in Kyokushin Karate and was European Champion in 1980 and 1981. And he’s pretty smart too. The Swedish star has a whopping IQ of around 160, although modest he often denies it. His educational qualifications are also impressive. He holds a chemistry degree from Washington State University, a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and a Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. He also received a Fulbright scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After two weeks, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pursue acting.

• Shakira

Aside from being one of the sexiest women in the world, Shakira is also an accomplished artist. She has sold more than 70 million albums and 125 million singles worldwide. This makes her the third best Latin artist of all time, right behind the legendary Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan. She has also received numerous awards, including five MTV Video Music Awards, two Grammy Awards and eight Latin Grammy Awards. And who can forget their phenomenal fan base? In 2014, she became the first person to reach 100 million followers on Facebook. And if you only care about looks, you can’t get a fan like that. And Shakira has shown in the past that she’s a lot more than just pretty. The Colombian singer is fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese and has mastered Italian, French, Catalan and Arabic. She has a keen interest in world history and loves studying the history and languages ​​of the countries she visits. She is also rumored to have an IQ of around 140.

• Cindy Crawford

As the usual stereotypes go, the models aren’t meant to be smart. The traditional and widely held view is that supermodels are notoriously short on everything about beauty and intellect. But Cindy Crawford, one of America’s best-known models, certainly proves that stereotypes are as true as any politician’s promise. She was a valedictorian in her high school and has an overall GPA of 4.0. She’d also received an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended for only a quarter. She eventually decided to drop out of college to pursue her modeling career. In 1986, she signed with the Elite New York modeling agency. Over the next decade, she cemented her reputation as one of the most beautiful women in the world with appearances on the covers of several prestigious magazines, including her two appearances for Playboys. She was ranked number 5 on Playboy’s list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century.

• Nicole Kidman

Usually you will not call someone who has dropped out of school. But I think you’re just as smart as anyone else if you’re questioning it for a career you love that ends up achieving tremendous success in your field. If the education does not contribute to your career, then what good is it? Nicole Kidman, who incidentally is one of the most elegant actresses in the world, would have felt the same when she dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue an acting career. And what a career she had. She is one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood and has starred in some of the most exciting films over the years. During her highly successful career, she won the Oscar for Best Actress, BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Golden Globe for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She will soon be starring in the Australian-Irish drama thriller Strangerland, for which Kidman’s performance at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival received a rave response from audiences.

• Mira Sorvino

Mandarin is arguably one of the hardest languages ​​to choose from. So, to learn and become fluent in such a difficult language in just a year is a testament to the fact that the beautiful Mira Sorvino is incredibly smart. Of course, I knew that some of you will not be convinced of your intellect based on mastery of a language. Here’s a fact that further shows how intelligent Sorvino is. She went to Harvard and even had the opportunity to spend a year in Beijing as an exchange student. In 1989 she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a degree in East Asian Studies. Also the kind of demanding roles she has played in her career requires a sharp mind. In particular, her role in Woody Allen’s “Mighty Aphrodite” was an acting masterpiece. She won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film. She has also received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in Norma Jean & Marilyn.

• Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr, the Austrian and American film actress, was arguably the first actress to simulate a female orgasm on screen. After a brief and eventful film career in Germany, she fled her arms dealer husband and secretly moved to Paris. There she met MGM boss Louis B. Mayer. Mayer offered her a seven-year, three-thousand-dollar contract. She became a successful Hollywood actress, often playing the role of a sensual seductress with exotic roots. However, the acting challenges did not excite her and she turned to invention to ease her boredom. During her first marriage she had developed a keen interest in applied science. Her earliest inventions include an improved traffic light and a tablet that dissolves in water to create a fizzy drink. However, the drink was terrible.

When World War II began, she wanted to help the Allies for Germany. She was initially told that she could better support the war effort by using her celebrity status to sell war bonds. To her credit, she did it with great success. Then she found that Axis interference with Allied radio communications was a particular problem. Along with composer George Antheil, she invented spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology that would undo that. Although the technology was not used for the war effort, the principles of her work have now been incorporated into modern Wi-Fi, CDMA, and Bluetooth technology, earning her induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.

• Lisa Kudrow

Long before she became a part of the celebrityTV sitcom “Friends,” she wanted to be a doctor like her father. And she definitely had sense for it. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Vassar College. With intentions of following in her father’s footsteps, she joined his staff and stayed with him for eight years before beginning her comedic career as a member of The Groundlings . She even received a research credit for studying the comparative likelihood of left-handed people developing cluster headaches. A few years later, she landed a role that would become synonymous with her. She has received many awards for portraying Phoebe Buffay on the NBC sitcom, including an Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

• Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale made her film debut in Much AdoAbout Nothing (1993) while still a student at Oxford University. That should tell you something about Kate’s intelligence. Long before she became a sex symbol by killing werewolves and vampires in skintight PVC, she was a regular British girl who happened to be a good academic. She has twice won the prestigious WH Smith Young Writers Award for fiction and poetry. This prestigious literary award has been won by many great writers including Philip Roth, Donna Tartt, VS Naipaul and Patrick White. At New CollegeAt Oxford she read French and Russian literature. She was also actively involved with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. It was directed by fellow student Tom Hooper in a production of “A View from the Bridge” at the Oxford Playhouse. She spent her third year in Paris as part of her compulsory year abroad as a modern languages ​​student. After that, she decided to drop out of university as it was becoming exhausting to balance her studies and her acting career at the same time.

• Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster is known for portraying a talented FBI intern Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. She received her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress at age 14 for the role of a child prostitute in Taxi Driver. Just like her acting career, Foster showed early in real life that she was a gifted child. At the age of three she learned to read. Although she is a movie star, she did not want to give up her studies. In 1980 she graduated from a French-language preparatory school, the Lycée Français de Los Angeles. In 1984 she studied literature and graduated from Yale University with a BA. In 1997 she received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the university.