Natalie Portman - Portman studied ballet since she was 13 years old, but still found herself completely unprepared for her role as a ballerina in 'Black Swan.'
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Mila Kunis - Kunis trained four hours a day seven days a week for seven months to co-star with Portman in 'Black Swan.'
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Sarah Jessica Parker - The 'Sex and the City' star learned to dance ballet as a youngster.
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Charlize Theron - Charlize Theron attended the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. She was eventually forced to put her ballet career plans aside due to a knee injury.
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Christian Bale - Bale took ballet classes as a young child.
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Michelle Yeoh - The 'Crazy Rich Asians' (2018) actress started ballet at four, and when she was 15 she attended the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance in London.
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Diane Kruger - The actress attended the Royal Ballet School in London, also ending her dance career with a knee injury.
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Jamie Bell - Bell first started ballet when he accompanied his sister to some classes as a child. He was later chosen out of 2,000 boys to play Billy Elliot.
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Nina Dobrev - 'The Vampire Diaries' star took ballet and jazz lessons.
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Megan Mullally - The 'Will & Grace' actress started ballet when she was six years old in Oklahoma City and attended the School of American Ballet in the summers.
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Jenna Elfman - The 'Dharma & Greg' sitcom actress started ballet at age five and danced in music videos for Depeche Mode and ZZ Top.
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Kelly Bishop - The 'Gilmore Girls' actress also learned ballet as a child and trained at San Jose Ballet School.
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Sarah Hay - Before Hay was cast as the lead in the mini-series 'Flesh and Bone' in 2015, she danced with Semperoper in Dresden, Germany.
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Emily Tyra - Hay's 'Flesh and Bone' co-star Emily Tyra is also trained in ballet.
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Sasha Radetsky - The former American Ballet Theatre soloist also appeared in 'Flesh and Bone' and got his first taste of acting in 2000 in 'Center Stage.'