8. Nicole Kidman

Known for her amazing acting skills and a statuesque figure, Nicole Kidman is often neglected when it comes to Hollywood high school dropouts.

The Australian beauty attended North Sydney Girls’ High School (alongside with Naomi Watts) when her mother’s cancer diagnosis forced her to leave school.

One of the biggest names in the acting business got a job as a massage therapist at the age of 17, and five years later, she got her first big movie role in Emerald City.

However, unlike many of her colleagues, Kidman returned to her studies in a way, when she enrolled in the Victorian College Of The Arts and The Australian Theatre For Young people. It may not be an official high school diploma, but it beats not having any diploma.