Paula Abdul was once a Laker Girl.

Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams worked at Hooters for two months after high school.

Affleck can be seen as Basketball Player #10 in 1992's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Ben Affleck was on the 1984 PBS series Voyage of the Mimi.

In 1990, Christina Aguilera appeared on Star Search but did not win. Her break came in 1993 when she joined Disney's variety show The New Mickey Mouse Club (along with Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake).

As a child, Christina Aguilera sang The Star-Spangled Banner at Pittsburgh sporting events including the Penguins, Steelers and Pirates.

Clay Aiken worked as a YMCA counselor in North Carolina before American Idol propelled him to pop stardom.

Jessica Alba did commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney.

Madeleine Albright (Bill Clinton's Secretary of State) worked in a department store in Denver selling bras.

In 1986, Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld) starred in an upbeat commercial for McDonald's McDLT sandwich.

In the late '70s, Tim Allen spent two years in prison for dealing cocaine before turning his life around.

Kirstie Alley was a contestant on two game shows: Match Game in 1979 and Password Plus in 1980.

Before Playboy, Tool Time, or Baywatch, Pamela Anderson was in Labatt's commercials.

Pamela Anderson's first job was as a fitness instructor in Vancouver.

Jennifer Aniston was both a telemarketer and waitress before hitting it big.

Ashanti once said in an MTV interview that before she started singing, she worked at a daycare.

Akroyd was a mail sorter for Canada's national postal service.