Jennifer Aniston, Telemarketer(01 of10)
Open Image ModalIf you hung up on a telemarketer in the early nineties, you may have ruined pre-Friends Jen's day. But don't worry, Karma's got it covered--these days you'd end up paying her for 10 minutes on the phone. (credit:Her Campus)
Madonna, Dunkin' Donuts Clerk(02 of10)
Open Image ModalMadonna is many things, but a donut virgin is not one. The icon worked at the popular donut franchise as a teenager to make extra cash. (Looks like even young Mad knew she needed dough in a material world.) (credit:Getty)
Brad Pitt, Giant Chicken(03 of10)
Open Image ModalPitt may go down as the most attractive human chicken in history. In between acting jobs, limo driving and refrigerator moving, Brad donned a giant chicken costume to lure passersby into El Pollo Loco on Sunset Boulevard. But don't feel too bad for Brad...now he's making the big bocks, I mean bucks. (credit:Getty)
Victoria Beckham, A Sperm(04 of10)
Open Image ModalYes, you read correctly. Posh Spice made her small-screen debut as a roller-skating sperm in a BBC sex-ed production called Body Matters. She's still a sex symbol, but now it's less literal... (credit:Getty)
Kanye West, Employee at the Gap(05 of10)
Open Image ModalKanye got his start like most hard-edged, gangster thug rappers...folding sweaters at The Gap? Now it's clear why he's such a trendsetter, although we still can't see his trademark glasses making it into Gap stores next to the khakis. (credit:Getty)
Julia Roberts, Ice Cream Scooper(06 of10)
Open Image ModalJulia's big-screen break as a small-town girl working at a pizza shop in the film Mystic Pizza propelled her to stardom, but long before she was serving slices on screen she was scooping ice cream behind a counter. Surrounded by ice cream all day? As far as paths to success go, not such a Rocky Road. (credit:Getty)
Rachael Mcadams, McDonalds Employee(07 of10)
Open Image ModalThe first script McAdams had to memorize went something like this: "Would you like fries with that?" But what's truly impressive is that Micky-A worked at Micky-D's for three whole summers in an effort to make bank. Eventually, Rachel graduated from the Golden Arch to the Golden Globes...not bad. (credit:Getty)
Cindy Crawford, Corn-shucker(08 of10)
Open Image ModalThe question "Is there anything Cindy Crawford can't make sexy?" is finally answered in the affirmative thanks to one of her first jobs: shucking corn at a fair in Illinois. As a college freshman, Cindy agreed to shuck corn to make some extra cash; today, (luckily) her workout videos are the corniest part of her career. (credit:Getty)
Hugh Jackman, Clown(09 of10)
Open Image ModalIt's rarely a compliment to call a celebrity a clown, but Hugh Jackman might disagree. The X-Men star made cash performing at children's birthday parties before he hit it big. We have to wonder, did he have a clown name? (If his performance in Superman Returns tells us anything, was it Floppy?) (credit:Getty)
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