10 Celebrities reveal the jobs they did before they were famous

Many celebrities have had some surprising pre-fame jobs ranging from fast food workers to scooping icecream, but what did your favorite star do before making it big?

MarkMeets has rounded up their jobs from stars including Beyonce, James Franco, Meghan Markle, Dwayne Johnson and Rita Ora.

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson used to washing dishes for a living before he made it big as a pro wrestler.

Meghan Markle was just like the rest of us working as a calligrapher! The former actress worked at Paper Source in Beverly Hills before finding fame on a medicore salary.

James Franco worked at McDonald’s saying the burger outlet was there for me when no one else was.”

Megan Fox‘s first job was working at a smoothie cafe dressed up as a banana to promote the business.

Jim Carrey once worked nights as a janitor cleaning an Ontario warehouse in his native Canada for eight hours a day.

Beyonce started working early sweeping the floor at her mother’s hair salon from ages 6 to 9.

Hugh Jackman was a PE teacher at Uppingham School.

Rita Ora once worked in a shoe store. “I hated it. That just wasn’t my ambition.

Michelle Keegan worked as a check-in agent at Manchester Airport.

Helen Mirren worked as a promoter for an amusement park in Southend on Sea.

Eva Longoria once flipped burgers at the Wendy’s in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Cheryl Cole worked as a waitress

They all had to go through the struggle of finding their first job and they all had to work to become the leading lights that they are today.

Did any of these surprise you? Don’t forget to share this article with friends or family with aspirations to make it big.

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