Julia Roberts!

Despite early sadness - her parents divorced when she was four and her father, who she was very close to, died of cancer five years later - Roberts enjoyed a largely happy childhood.

She attended Griffin Middle School and then Campbell High School in her home town and played clarinet in the band.

At age 17, she caught the acting bug and travelled to New York with her sister Lisa to study the artform. But while she registered for several classes, she didn't finish any of them.

Performing would have to wait a few years...