Your Favorite Celebrities Who Used to be Cheerleaders

Known for her beautiful smile, Cameron Diaz was the perfect fit for the cheerleading squad at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California, which she joined her sophomore year. She proved with her pom-poms that she was talented and passionate and her initial experience dazzling the crowd at the football games was easily transferable onto the silver screen. 

Diaz’s beauty was undeniable and in 1988, at 16 years old, she made a breakthrough into the public eye as a model for Levi’s and Calvin Klein. The Charlie’s Angels star wanted to reconnect with her passion for performing and made her debut appearance in 1994 when she starred in The Mask, alongside Jim Carrey.