These stars are so successful today, you’d be forgiven for forgetting they started out on reality TV!
Click through to see who made our list, from Emma Stone to Jennifer Hudson.
Before she starred in critically acclaimed movies like Birdman, Emma Stone was battling it out on VH1’s In Search of the New Partridge Family, a reality show that set out to cast the actors for a remake of the popular sitcom.
Once Upon a Time‘s Jamie Chung got her start in MTV’s The Real World, a show that followed a different cast of housemates each season.
After being booted off in a shock early exit from American Idol, Jennifer Hudson went on to launch her own career and win an Oscar for her starring role in Dreamgirls.
Another star who got her big break on Idol, Katharine McPhee placed second in her season but went on to star in the TV series Smash and movies such as The House Bunny.
Julianne Hough gained fame as a pro dancer on the US Dancing With the Stars, and went on to star in the Footloose remake and the Nicholas Sparks-penned Safe Haven.
Kim Kardashian and her family shot to fame as the world followed every detail of their lives on their long-running reality series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Crazy, Stupid, Love and Warm Bodies star Analeigh Tipton got her start as one of the contestants on America’s Next Top Model.
After starring in her family’s reality show The Osbournes, Kelly Osbourne dabbled in music and acting before settling into a presenting gig with E!’s Fashion Police.
Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger became a part of the girl band Eden’s Crush after making it to the final stage of the reality competition Popstars.
Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale was one of five winners on the singing competition American Juniors. The multi-talented star released her first album last year.
