Did Any 2007 Best Actor Nominees Attend College?
Many actors grow up on stage – spending their childhoods in a spotlight of some sort – why would they stop their careers to go to university? Very few actors actually attend college and if they do, a high percentage drop out. Famous college dropouts include: Jake Gyllenhaal – Columbia University, Woody Allen – New York University, Tom Hanks – Sacramento State University.
This year, Ivy League educated Meryl Streep is once again on the illustrious Academy Award short list. We were curious to know how many of the leading role actors made it to college and if so, where did they go?
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker — USC and UC Berkeley
Leonardo DiCaprio – No college
Ryan Gosling – No college
Peter O’Toole – Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Will Smith – Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, turned down a scholarship for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Penelope Cruz – No college
Judi Dench – Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama
Helen Mirren – No college
Meryl Streep — Vassar College and Yale School of Drama
Kate Winslet – No college
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“Attending” college and “graduating” from college can be two different things, and usually are. When someone graduates from college, they say so. “Attending college” can consist of one class or one term. How many actors actually graduated from college?