JOHNNY DEPP
The American actor had a difficult childhood. He lived in a hotel room for almost a year, because his family did not have the money to buy a house. They moved more than 20 times, until they finally managed to settle in a house in Miramar, Florida.
Already as a teenager, when he was 15 years old, his parents separated and Depp fell into a great depression. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a telephone pen salesman and after resigning, he worked as a mechanic.
His film career began in 1984, when he met Nicolas Cage through his wife Lori Anne Allison and she encouraged him to try his luck as an actor.
TOM CRUISE
From a low-income family and separated parents, the 56-year-old actor went to more than 15 schools and had to travel throughout the country in search of jobs that would allow him to survive. He had a Catholic upbringing. Childhood was the hardest period for him, due to the job instability of his father, whom Cruise described as “a merchant of chaos.”
MARILYN MONROE
The most beautiful diva in the world did not have an easy childhood. It was common to see her telling her stories of poverty and drama. She never met her father, as he abandoned her when he found out her mother was pregnant. At seven years old, her mother was admitted to a psychiatric hospital and she was referred to an orphanage, where she lived until she came of age.
EVA LONGORIA
The Mexican actress grew up on a ranch where she had to go hunting for her own food with her father when she was little, an issue that she remembers with great affection. She also worked as a waitress in a fast food restaurant in her teens, until in 1988 she had her first contract as a theater actress.
HALLE BERRY
Before coming to the big screen, Halle Berry had tough experiences. Her father was a violent man and her mother was a simple nurse by profession; who divorced when she was four years old. After being abandoned by the father of the family, and due to her complicated economic situation, mother and daughter were forced to sleep in beggars' shelters.
However, the actress managed to overcome adversity and in 1986 she participated in the Miss USA pageant, where she won the title. Since then she worked as a model and actress. In 2002 she became the first African-American actress to receive an Academy Award for Best Leading Actress, for her performance in Monster's Ball.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
Before becoming the Wolf of Wall Street, the 44-year-old actor was most similar to Jack Dawson, the protagonist of the blockbuster “Titanic.” His parents divorced when he was only one year old, so he grew up with his mother in several disreputable suburbs in Los Angeles, surrounded by drugs and prostitution. His situation managed to improve when he was discovered by a talent scout and began his acting career.
JESSICA ALBA
The actress was born in California, but she spent her childhood between several states, due to her parents' financial problems. Something that complicated her family's income was that Jessica was a very sickly child, which did not help the situation.
She had collapsed lungs on two occasions, pneumonia, a ruptured appendix and a tonsillar cyst. She also suffered from asthma.
At 12 years old she took her first theater class. Nine months later, she was signed by a film agent and landed her first role in 1993 in the comedy Camp Nowhere (1994).
