From Classrooms to Red Carpets: Juilliard's Star-Studded Alumni Club

These stars went to the toughest performing arts school in the country.

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Anthony Mackie - The New Orleans' native used his Juilliard training for roles as diverse as a bomb specialist in The Hurt Locker and Tupac Shakur in Notorious. But the most significant thing he got from the school, Mackie claims, was his love of performing Shakespeare. "I'd like to show everyone I can do it," he told his alumni magazine.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Nicole Beharie - The 42 actress, who graduated from Juilliard in 2007 with a degree in drama, said of the notoriously rigorous school, “Those programs beat it out of you, but also something into you. They give you a sense of humor.” The actress also studied Shakespeare at Oxford before trying her hand in Hollywood.  (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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The Juilliard School in New York City may be best known for churning out piano prodigies, but it's also alma mater to some of the most talented actors, dancers and performance artists in the world. In honor of Juilliard's 2023 class, which graduates today (May 19), here are our favs who started at the prestigious institution. 

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