66 Smartest Celebrities That Are Not Only Talented, But Also Intelligent

"Dolly Parton. When asked if 'dumb blonde' jokes offended her, she replied, 'No. I know I'm not dumb, I also know I'm not blonde.' Gotta love Dolly."

"Played Amy Farrah Fowler on Big Bang Theory as a neuroscientist. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience in real life."

"Lisa Kudrow. She plays a lot of dummies but has a degree in Biology from Vassar and worked as a medical researcher for a few years before getting into acting."

"Brian May from Band 'Queen'. He has a Ph.D. in astrophysics."

"Nolan Gould, the actor who played the really dumb kid on Modern Family, graduated from high school when he was 13."

"Rowan Atkinson. He has an MS in electrical engineering and was working on his Ph.D. before he decided to turn fully into entertainment. He definitely had a backup plan for if show business failed."

"Ken Jeong is a medical doctor. Can you imagine being one of his patients?"

"Tom Hiddleston graduated Cambridge with a double first in Classics."

"Sylvester Stallone has an IQ of roughly 160. He has paralysis in his face, which affects his speech, so people think he's "dumb." People who judge for such a superficial reason are criminally stupid."

"Betty White. According to interviews with her costars, she's actually very smart. Nothing at all like some of the characters she's played."

"Steve Martin is in MENSA."

"Fronted Black Flagg and his own band. Often thought of as a dumb angry guy who liked fighting. He is extremely well-read, is a prolific writer, hosts his own radio show, is a spoken word comedian, and podcaster, wrote a column for the LA Times, talented actor, and travels the world on a regular basis. He is a thoughtful speaker, polite to a fault, humble to self-deprecating levels, a spaz, and one of the biggest fanboys of rock and punk era music."

"Most people probably already know this but Ronan Farrow is a genuine wunderkind. he started Bard College at age ELEVEN after years of academic excellence, including a perfect SAT score. graduated Bard at age 15 (the youngest person to ever do so), attended Yale Law, and passed the New York State Bar. then he got a Ph.D. from Oxford and became a world-renowned journalist. he’s written multiple books and, oh yeah, is a Rhodes Scholar."

"Shakira can speak five languages fluently (Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, and Arabic) and also translates all of her music herself."

"David Duchovny. Recently read one of his novels and I was blown away. (The book is titled Truly Like lightning) Mr. Duchovny has an undergrad in English Literature from Princeton, a master's from Yale, and an unfinished doctorate."

"Natalie Portman. Harvard grad and has published in Psychology."

"Ryan Reynolds. He is well on his way to becoming a billionaire in the next decade through his business ventures."

"He is one of most talented popular musicians of the century and pretty much single-handedly created (or at least popularized to the mainstream) the entire subgenre of funny music. He graduated in 1975 and was valedictorian of his senior class. He attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where he earned a bachelor's degree in architecture."

"Salma Hayek. She is very well-spoken, very eloquent, and an amazingly smart businesswoman. Also, in an interview at Armchair Podcast with Dax Shepard, she started talking about how much she loves science, and research and started talking about String Theory."

"Conan O'Brien has an IQ of 160 putting him up there with Steven Hawking and Einstein. He also went to Harvard."