11 Hollywood Superstars Who Began in Commercials

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Jodie Foster

She's a mom, an Academy Award-winning actress and a highly acclaimed film director, but Jodie Foster was also a totally in-demand commercial actress. Here she's proving she really can do it all, selling Crest toothpaste on a golf course. Naturally.

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Mila Kunis

New mom Mila Kunis made her mark alongside future fiancé Ashton Kutcher on "That '70s Show," but the "Jupiter Ascending" actress got her start doing commercials like this, for Telephone Tammy.

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Tina Fey

The Queen of Comedy got her start as the queen of commercials. Tina Fey may have a more refined (read: successful) look these days, but she's as witty and clever as ever in this commercial for Mutual Savings Bank.

Who knew there were so many ways to say "Hi"?

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Steve Carell

How did "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" make it big? By selling chicken, that's how. Check out Steve Carell for Brown's Chicken. He can't help but be funny even when he's talking about chicken.

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Kristen Stewart

The only thing more amazing that the young "Twilight" star getting her big break in commercials like this one for Porsche, is that the notoriously sullen actress actually smiles on camera!

And by the way, what kid wouldn't intentionally miss the bus so they could ride to school in dad's Porsche?

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Stephen Colbert

The "Colbert Report" funny man seems right at home in this commercial for Nebraska's First Tier Bank. It's safe to assume that whoever hired a then-unknown Colbert got a raise, or at least VIP seats at "The Colbert Report" taping.

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