Whether in the family business or small restaurants, even celebrities had day jobs.

Today, they have legions of fans, star&nbsp;in major Hollywood productions, and perform in the largest arenas around the world, but before they were famous, your favorite celebrities like <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/beyonce-rare-interview-family-social-isolation" target="_blank">Beyonc&eacute;</a>, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/margot-robbie-chanel-campaign" target="_blank">Margot Robbie</a>, and more had normal jobs.&nbsp;Before reaching fame, these <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/2021-golden-globe-award-nominees-film-tv-shows-netflix" target="_blank">award</a>-winning stars worked office jobs and fast-food gigs just like the rest of us. Peek these stars&#39; their pre-fame life with these eight&nbsp;stories about their&nbsp;first jobs.

Madonna

Today, she&#39;s&nbsp;the queen of pop, but is hasn&#39;t always been that way. In an interview with Howard Stern, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/madonna-donatella-versace-tribute" target="_blank">Madonna</a>&nbsp;revealed that before she made it in music, she worked at a&nbsp;Dunkin&#39; Donuts. Unfortunately, she was fired after&nbsp;about a week because&nbsp;her employers thought she wasn&#39;t taking the job&nbsp;for real. &quot;I was playing with the gelatin injection machine.&quot;

Beyonc&eacute;

Since she was a little Beyonc&eacute;, she had a voice but, unlike the stage, her spectators were the clients of her mother&#39;s salon. However, her first payment came through tips that she earned sweeping the floor. In an interview with&nbsp;Essence, the singer revealed, &quot;from six to nine years old, I sang and played small shows alone for women who wanted a hot curl press and a good conversation.&nbsp;She continued,&nbsp;&quot;I helped sweep hair off the floor in search of tips to pay for my Six Flags season pass&quot;.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Today, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/gwyneth-paltrow-vagina-candle-fire" target="_blank">Gwyneth Paltrow</a> is a big Hollywood star but, before she got there, the actress and businesswoman worked at a local shop. &quot;My parents always gave me a job,&quot; said&nbsp;Paltrow to Goop Magazine. &quot;I&#39;m not sure how cool that was, but I worked after school at Penny Whistle Toys on Madison Avenue when I was twelve.&quot;

Margot Robbie

Like Paltrow, Margot Robbie started working at a very young age. In an interview with <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/ellen-page-hillsong-2019" target="_blank">Chris Pratt</a> during Jimmy Kimmel Live!,&nbsp;the actress explained&nbsp;that she worked in a restaurant when she was just 10 years old. &ldquo;I started at the back of the kitchen, polishing silverware. Then I moved on to peeling potatoes, then I started washing dishes,&nbsp;and then I was a waitress.&quot; Robbie also revealed&nbsp;that at 14, she already worked behind the bar.

Nicole Kidman

<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/the-undoing-hbo-nicole-kidman-fashion-coats" target="_blank">Nicole Kidman</a>&#39;s first job was as a gatekeeper at the Capitol Theater in Sydney. &quot;I was only 14, but I was paid an adult salary,&quot; revealed the actress to Marie Claire.

Gal Gadot

Before becoming a world-famous actress, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-cleopatra-patty-jenkins-elizabeth-taylor" target="_blank">Gal Gadot</a> received many offers to work as a model, but they did not appeal to her. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she revealed, &ldquo;I was like, &#39;Posing for money? It&#39;s not for me.&#39;&quot; Instead, Gadot chose to work at a Burger King.

Oprah Winfrey

People&#39;s first jobs do not always lead to good memories. For <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/oprah-winfrey-viral-moments-gif-meme" target="_blank">Oprah Winfrey</a>,&nbsp;working in her local grocery store&nbsp;was complicated because she wasn&#39;t allowed to speak to customers. &ldquo;Can you imagine what it was like for me? That was very, very, very difficult,&quot; the talk show host said.

Lady Gaga

Before taking over the stage, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/lady-gaga-wears-giant-dove-for-peace-while-singing-inauguration-s-national-anthem" target="_blank">Lady Gaga</a> worked as a waitress in Manhattan. &ldquo;I was really good at that. I&nbsp;always got big tips. I always used to work in heels,&rdquo; revealed&nbsp;the singer in an interview for Elle. &quot;I told everyone stories.&quot;

8 Celebrities Who Started Out with Normal First Jobs

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