You don’t have to look very far to find six degrees of separation in Hollywood. In fact, there are plenty of examples of celebrities who were friends long before fame and fortune came knocking at their door.
For some, they came to know one another due to their respective upbringing and for others — it was just dumb luck. See what I mean and have a look at these 19 celebrities who met each other at school .
Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson were close friends in high school.
Liv and Kate both attended Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in the early ’90s. They ran in similar circles, largely due to the fact that their famous parents also happen to be friends.
Lenny Kravitz and Nic Cage were in the same high school production of “Oklahoma”.
Nic and Lenny both attended Beverly Hills High School together. Nic had a starring role in the production of “Oklahoma”, while Lenny was down in the pit playing the drums .
Ed Helms and Brian Baumgartner performed in several school plays before reuniting on ‘The Office’.
During a Reddit AMA , Ed revealed “We were in a couple of plays together. He is actually NOTHING like Kevin and is a smart, hilarious, down-to-earth fella. And a freakishly good golfer.”
Adam Levine and Jonah Hill rode in the same car pool together.
Jonah told Howard Stern that his and Adam’s father first met in the principal’s office at their elementary school. They became best friends and remain incredibly close even to this day.
Zach Braff and the legendary Lauryn Hill went to the same New Jersey high school.
Although Zach and Lauryn weren’t exactly besties, they still were friendly enough to one another when they’d cross paths in the halls. Zach also revealed back in 2018 that Lauryn attended his Bar Mitzvah!
Andy Samberg and Chelsea Peretti went to the same elementary school.
Chelsea told Conan O’Brien “We went to elementary school. I had a huge crush on Andy and he, for some reason, will never acknowledge this, when I bring it up, he just dead-eyes me .”
Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac Shakur were as close as could be back in high school.
Jada first met the legendary hip-hip mogul at the Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland. She described him as having a magnetic personality , capable of drawing anyone and everyone to him.
Eddie Redmayne used to play Rugby with Prince William.
Eddie said that Prince William used to have a rough go in school — mainly because everyone would try their best to tackle him on the field. Talk about a humble brag!
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie attended the same private school before starring in ‘The Simple Life’.
Back then, the girls had a knack for getting into trouble. So much so that their parents tried their best to separate the two of them and prevent their friendship from blossoming.
BJ Novak and John Krasinski were classmates before becoming castmates on ‘The Office’.
The pair even played Little League Baseball together when they were just kids. According to John, BJ was considered to be the King of Little League back in those days.
Jemima Kirke and Lena Dunham began their friendship in high school.
The two young women attended Saint Ann’s High School in Brooklyn with one another. Their friendship hit a rough patch during Season 2 of Girls , causing Jemima to nearly quit the show.
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Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke bonded over shared experiences at Yale.
“She and I became really close because we shared that immigrant experience,” Winston told Pop Sugar . “We shared the idea of having really big dreams knowing that we’d left our own country.”
Kirsten Dunst and Rami Malek both attended Notre Dame high school in Sherman Oaks, CA.
During an interview with E! News , Rami admitted that back in the day — he used to have a serious crush on Kirsten. They never dated but remain close friends.
By now, pretty much everyone has heard the stories about Matt Damon and Benn Affleck growing up together.
Ben and Matt were actually introduced to each other by their moms, back before they started high school. They became inseparable and would eventually go on to win an Oscar for their first original screenplay — Good Will Hunting .
Both Jessie J and Adele were students at the BRIT School in London, UK.
According to an interview that Jessie gave to the Australian radio show “Fitzy and Wippa”, she and Adele were not only friends — they also used to sing together during their lunch period.
