4. Lisa Kudrow

Remember that incredibly sweet lunatic blond from “Friends” called Phoebe? Well, in case you don’t already know, her name is Lisa Kudrow and that silly and foolish person was actually a medical researcher for almost ten years before she nailed her role in the famous sitcom.

Lisa received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Vassar College, intending to follow in her father’s footsteps and research headaches.

Kudrow worked on her father’s staff for eight years while breaking into acting, earning a research credit on his study on the comparative likelihood of left-handed individuals developing cluster headaches.

“When asked about her most celebrated role, Phoebe, I mean – Lisa said the following:

“The audition piece was the monologue that Phoebe said in the pilot episode. Everything I knew about her character came from that speech. She was basically a ditzy girl who lived in a happier reality than everybody else, because everything was so gloomy around her. That’s what I decided. And she was fearless and unapologetic. Now on Twitter or Facebook I see young girls saying, ‘I identify with Phoebe because I’m different too.’ That’s nice, to think that people who don’t feel they fit in perfectly well can relate to that character.”

Let’s admit it – we all can relate to Phoebe, one way or another.