Stars with high IQs (2024)

April 7, 2011 / 9:10 AM EDT / CBS News

Actress Jodie Foster, pictured at a special screening of the film "Red" in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2010, reportedly has an IQ of 132 (100 to 110 is the normal range). She was high school valedictorian and graduated cum laude from Yale University.

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Sharon Stone

Actress and former model Sharon Stone has a reported IQ of 154. The "Basic Instinct" star started college in her native Pennsylvania when she was just 16.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor, one-time bodybuilder and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives for a celebration of Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday on March 30, 2011. A native of Austria, he is reported to have an IQ of 132.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is seen in Cannes in 2010. The writer and director of such films as "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" dropped out of high school to pursue filmmaking in spite of having a reported IQ of 160.

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Geena Davis

Actress Geena Davis, seen at a "Women's Empowerment" conference at United Nations Headquarters, Feb. 22, 2010, has a reported IQ of 140. She is fluent in Swedish and accomplished on four musical instruments.

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Steve Martin

Actor Steve Martin, with an IQ estimated to be about 142, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter on Feb. 27, 2011, in West Hollywood, Calif. Martin majored in philosophy at Cal State.Pictures: Oscars red carpet
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Natalie Portman

Actress Natalie Portman arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 27, 2011, in Hollywood, Calif. Portman, who won a Best Actress Oscar that night, has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and pursued graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is fluent in five languages.

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Dolph Lundgren

Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren arrives at the Los Angeles premiere Of Lionsgate's "3:10 To Yuma" on Aug. 21, 2007, in Westwood, Calif. With a reported IQ of 160, Lundgren attended MIT on a Fulbright Scholarship after earning a master's in chemical engineering in Australia.

James Woods

Actor James Woods has a reported IQ of 180. His bio say he aced his SATs and got into MIT but dropped out to pursue acting. Here, in Warwick, R.I., on Nov. 9, 2009, he listens to motions in his lawsuit against Kent County Hospital, where his brother died.

Cindy Crawford

Model Cindy Crawford, photographed at a store opening on June 13, 2007, in Sydney, Australia, was a high school valedictorian and a full-scholarship chemical engineering student at Northwestern University. She left college for full-time modeling.

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Madonna

Madonna, who claims to have an IQ of 140, grew up in Bay City , Mich., and was a cheerleader at Rochester Adams High School. She studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts, and won a scholarship to study performing arts at the University of Michigan.

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Nicole Kidman

The daughter of a biochemist and a nursing instructor, Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman reportedly has an IQ of 132, even though she dropped out of school in Australia to pursue acting full time. Seen here at the Oscars on Feb. 27, 2011, Kidman worked on stage before breaking into movies at age 16.

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Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and musician Shakira is seen at the Cannes festival palace on Jan. 22, 2011. Shakira, who is fluent in four languages and has perfect pitch, is reported to have an IQ of 140. She began her musical career at age 12.

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Kate Beckinsale

Actress Kate Beckinsale is seen at The Museum of Contemporary Art's 30th anniversary gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 14, 2009. The British actrress attended Oxford University while working on her movie career. She twice won the British bookseller W.H. Smith Young Writers' competition - once for three short stories and once for three poems. Both awards came while she still was in her teens.

Elisabeth Shue

Actress Elisabeth Shue arrives for the 16th annual Environmental Media Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. She attended both Wellesley College and Harvard University, where she studied government with the intention of becoming a lawyer. She dropped out before graduating but later returned to earn her degree.

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Jayne Mansfield

The late actress Jayne Mansfield, a sex symbol of the 1960s, had a reported IQ of 149. She is seen here with her husband, former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay, at France's Orly airport in May 1964. They are the parents of actress Mariska Hargitay.

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Lisa Simpson

Her father's an idiot. Her brother's a jerk. Her sister doesn't speak and her mother's a worrywart. Lisa Simpson sometimes seems as if she's in the wrong family. She's bright, pragmatic, kind and thoughtful. And, according to cartoon's creators, she has an IQ of 159 and has been a member of Mensa Springfield since 1999.

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