Actresses with Backgrounds in Dance (UPDATED)

6.5  

Campbell studied at the National Ballet School of Canada from age 9 to 15, at which time she began her acting career in theater.

8  

Theron studied at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, but had to cut her dancing career short due to a knee injury at the age of 19.

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8.1  

Portman started dance lessons at the age of four. No doubt, those years of lessons paid off... case in point, Black Swan.

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7  

While living in the Dominican Republic, Saldana trained at the prestigious ECOS Espacio de Danza Dance Academy, where she learned ballet as well as other dance forms. At age 17, Saldana and her family moved back to the United States where her love for dance followed and an interest in theater performance became stronger. She began performing with the Faces theater troupe, which put on plays geared to provide positive messages for teens with themes dealing with issues such as substance abuse and sex. While performing with the Faces troupe and also the New York Youth Theater, Zoe was recruited by a talent agency and her dance training years, coupled with her acting experience, greatly helped her land her first big screen role as Eva, the talented and headstrong ballet dancer in the film Center Stage.

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6.2  

Miko grew up in Warsaw, Poland, where she studied to be a ballerina. She was invited to New York by an American choreographer and landed her first film role in Coyote Ugly.

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7.2  

Wasikowska trained to be a ballerina, at one stage training 35 hours per week on top of her academic studies.

7.3  

Glau trained as a ballet dancer, as well as, other forms of dance, before sustaining a career ending injury.

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4.8  

Parker attended the School of American Ballet as a child and still dances today.

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6.8  

Prior to starring in film, she was a dancer, working for various famous performers such as Clinton Troupe, 'N Sync, Sean Combs, Toni Braxton, Celine Dion, Pink, Missy Elliott, Ricky Martin, Billy Crawford, and tour with Janet Jackson on her All for You Tour and appeared in music videos accompanying the album All For You. Jenna also featured in Christina Aguilera's music video for the single "Not Myself Tonight".

6.2  

Schull attended Punahou School and trained at Hawaii State Ballet under the instruction of John Landovsky. As shown in her biographies, she attributes her training to Ballet Hawaii as well. After years of training she was offered a full scholarship to Indiana University for ballet. During Schull's sophomore year at Indiana University (as a ballet and journalism major) she attended the San Francisco Ballet School Summer Intensive. SFBS subsequently offered Schull a scholarship to continue her studies for an additional year.

When Schull's year-long scholarship ended in 1999, San Francisco Ballet's artistic director offered her an apprenticeship which she accepted. Schull was cast in the starring role of Jody Sawyer in the 2000 movie Center Stage while still an apprentice with SFB. She subsequently joined SFB as a full-time member of its corps de ballet.

7.6  

Lyndsy is an accomplished dancer, with an emphasis on tap.

6.6  

Although Keri is best known for her acting, she studied at Starstruck dance studio in a suburb of Denver. She earned a spot on the Mickey Mouse Club show as a result of her dancing talent.

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