10. Hallie Eisenberg - Quit Acting For College Degree

10. Hallie Eisenberg - Quit Acting For College Degree

So many actors begin their careers by appearing in commercials, but hardly anyone ever gets famous from them. However, former child actor Hallie Eisenberg is still best known as 'the Pepsi girl' after starring in a series of TV advertisements for the soda brand in 1999 and 2000. Eisenberg went on to appear in a range of television and film projects, including the movie Paulie, which was probably her biggest role.

Eisenberg also appeared in the films, The Insider, Bicentennial Man, and Beautiful (alongside Minnie Driver). After a few more TV productions, she tried her hand at Broadway when she performed in Clare Boothe Luce's play, The Women. Though her brother, Jesse Eisenberg was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in film, The Social Network, she couldn't seem to get her acting career off the ground.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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