PICS: Celebrity Smarties -- Ivy League Stars

Anna Paquin
Columbia
Enrolled in 2000 but left school on leave of absence

Matthew Fox
Columbia
Graduated in 1989

Wentworth Miller
Princeton
Graduated 1995

Conan O'Brien
Harvard
Graduated 1985

Meryl Streep
Yale
Graduated 1975

Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal
Columbia
Maggie graduated in 1998
Jake enrolled in 1998 but dropped out

Edward Norton
Yale
Graduated 1991

David Duchovny
Princeton, Yale
Graduated from Princeton in 1982
Graduated from Yale in 1987

John Krasinsky
Brown
Graduated in 2002

Claire Danes
Yale
Enrolled in 1998 but dropped out

Jodie Foster
Yale
Graduated in 1985

Kate Beckinsale
Oxford University
Enrolled in 1991 but dropped out

Matt Damon
Harvard
Enrolled in 1988 but dropped out

James Franco
Columbia/Yale
Graduated Columbia in 2010, currently pursuing Ph. D. at Yale

Reese Witherspoon
Stanford
Enrolled in 1995 but dropped out

Natalie Portman
Harvard
Graduated in 2003

Emma Watson
Brown
Left Brown in 2011

Ashley Judd
Harvard
Graduated in 2010

These celebs have mental abilities as well as acting chops -- all attending ivy league schools (or the British equivalent). Read on, the list might surprise you!