Celebrities with high IQs: Lady Gaga, Kesha, Shakira and more

Never pretend to be less smart than you are – some of the biggest stars in the world are certified geniuses, proving that you can be cool and nerdy at the same time. Just like the The smartest man in the world loves celebrity gossip and pop music and seeing his various passions as a sign of intelligence, some stars who could have pursued careers in science, technology or academia decided to go into music, films and television instead. Since the only thing higher than their IQs are their bank balances, we doubt they have many regrets about applying their superior brains to performance instead of science…

Lady Gaga

We all know Gaga is a creative genius, but it turns out she’s a real genius too with a widely estimated IQ of 166, making her “extraordinarily gifted”—and we don’t disagree ! In middle school, the singer even joined a prestigious summer program for “talented youth” that admitted only kids in the top 1 percent academically.

Shakira

The average person has an IQ of 100, but Shakira is not an average person: the singer confirmed in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel that her IQ of 140 meant she was invited to join Mensa, the Global Association for People with High IQs. Although the singer never went to college, she is fluent in six languages ​​and has been writing poetry since the age of four. Breasts: small and modest (to quote “whenever, wherever”). Brain: huge.

Natalie Portman

Since we already know that Portman went to Harvard, this one is perhaps less surprising: back Internal business, The Oscar-winning actress has an IQ of around 140, officially the threshold for genius. Born in Israel and once married to a Frenchman, she can speak five languages ​​(one less than Shakira though, just saying!) and has published scientific papers. This is one very impressive woman.

Mayim Biikik

She is not sheldon cooper – the Big Bang Theory character’s fictional IQ is 187 – but she’s not too far behind her on-screen partner: the actress, who has a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, was accepted by Harvard and Yale and, according Esquirehe is believed to have an IQ between 153 and 160.

Quentin Tarantino

The Legendary Director was a high school dropout but had nothing to do with his academic abilities: his IQ is listed by IMDB Like about 160. Looking back, we’re pretty glad he applied his genius streak to making amazing movies instead of working in a lab.

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Lisa Kudrow

While her most famous character, Friends‘Phoebe Buffay could be described as more spiritually astute than Booksmart, Irl Kudrow is highly intelligent: back Harper’s Bazaar She has an IQ of 154 and, after graduating from Vassar College, she had planned on a career in science before she broke into acting.

Matt Damon

Another drop – this time from Harvard! Damon’s IQ is said to be (by a number of sources including Msn) 160, putting him in the top 0.03% of the population, but decided he wanted to pursue acting over anything more traditional cerebral.

Kesha

“I was really getting off on maths,” said the singerwho has an IQ of 140 and received an SAT score of 1500. “Like, math makes me hot. I love it. It’s like solving mysteries, math problems. Sometimes when I’m drunk I’ll talk to my guitar player and be like ‘give me a maths problem’! “

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Cindy Crawford

Supermodel looks and the brain of a genius? Some people are truly genetically blessed. Crawford, with a reported IQ of 154, back Marie Clairewas his high school valedictorian and received a scholarship to study chemical engineering and mathematics at Northwestern University, before deciding to pursue modeling. Smart move: She was the highest paid model of the ’90s.

Michael Jordan

Professional athletes are not known for their brains, but much of Jordan’s success in basketball can be put down to his IQ of, according to Sports Illustrated a Esquirearound 154. People with very high IQs have a superior understanding of patterns, systems and strategies, something Jordan used to devastating effect on the court.