Michael Mizanin, better known by his ring name, The Miz, has had one of the most unique rises to prominence in WWE history. Michael made his first on-TV appearance as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York in 2001. Later, Mike entered the WWE competition television show, Tough Enough, in its fourth season. The Miz finished runner up but was able to join the brand's developmental subsidiaries. Years later, The Miz was drafted into the ECW branch of the WWE in 2007. Since then, he's become one of the most dominant presences in the modern day era of the WWE.
The Miz has won a total of eight WWE Intercontinental Championships, two WWE United States Championships, all the while earning the WWE Championship belt and defending it against John Cena in Wrestlemania XXVII main event where he surprisingly ended up being the victor. Wrestling fans might not like The Miz for his antics but, he continues to win and work hard. Oh yeah, he's currently the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion alongside Shane McMahon, he's unstoppable.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.