While some celebrities nowadays are simply born into stardom - living off their parents' achievements and family names - there are a number of famous faces who worked incredibly hard to achieve their levels of stardom today.
And while it may feel like you'd never see the likes of George Clooney or Brad Pitt working a boring and mundane office job, pulling pints behind a bar, or stacking shelves at your local Tesco, the reality is that some of the biggest shining stars once had a steady day job.
Here at Chronicle Live, we've decided to run through an abundance of the North East-born celebrities, looking at their occupations prior to superstardom...and some of them will no doubt surprise you as much as they did us.
