Gimme a C! Celebrity Cheerleaders
Super Bowl XLV will see the Steelers facing off against the Packers. To get into the gridiron spirit, see which celebs led cheers before audiences cheered for them.
Megan Fox
Cheered for: Morningside Academy, Port St. Lucie,Florida
In 2009 Megan got to relive her rah-rah days when she played a boy-eating cheerleader in "Jennifer's Body," which we're guessing wasn't much of a stretch from her high school days.
Cameron Diaz
Cheered for: Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California
Could you picture Cam as anything but a perky cheerleader in high school? Check those '80s-style teased bangs on this Pollyette!
Miley Cyrus
Cheered for: Premier Athletics, Nashville, Tenn.
Miley Cyrus may not have had a normal high school experience, but at least she got to have somewhat of a normal childhood, which included seven years of shaking pom-poms.
Sandra Bullock
Cheered for: Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia
Back in Nov. 1981, Washington-Lee's rival school, Yorktown, damaged their press box. Ever the leader, Sandra took charge at the pregame pep rally.
Lindsay Lohan
Cheered for: Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick, NY
How cute does little Lindsay look in her Calhoun High School cheerleader's uniform? LiLo shook pom-poms there for the brief time that she attended the Long Island public school. But she's not the only celeb to have rooted on the Colts: Deborah Gibson's an alumna of the squad.
Eva Longoria
Cheered for: Roy Miller High School, Corpus Christi, Texas and Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas
No, that's not the Joker beneath all that white makeup; that's Eva during her days cheering on the Javelinas atTAMUK. Think she and fellow "Desperate Housewives" star/former cheerleader Teri Hatcher have herkie competitions during their free time on set?
Madonna
Cheered for: Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Does it really surprise you that Madonna (pictured center) has said that when she was a high school cheerleader, she liked to provoke her fellow students by baring her underwear and hairy armpits?
Dakota Fanning
Cheered for: Campbell Hall, Los Angeles
Dakota is quite the little daredevil. "I really love doing toe touch baskets," the cheerleader and two-time homecoming queen tells American Cheerleader magazine of her fondness for high-flying stunts.
Halle Berry
Cheered for: Heskett Junior High School and Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio
Halle still gets mortified when she thinks back on her days as a cheerleader. Why? Because she flashed her classmates! "When I was a cheerleader, I forgot to wear the little panties that matched my outfit and I had my [regular underwear] on instead," she says. "[No one] told me, and they let me do cartwheels and stuff! That was pretty embarrassing." Oops!
Paula Abdul
Cheered for:Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, Calif., and the L.A. Lakers
During her freshman year at CSU Northridge, Paula (pictured front row, center) was plucked from 700 hopefuls to join the famous Laker Girls. Three months later, she was crowned head choreographer.
Fergie
Cheered for: Glen A. Wilson High School, Hacienda Heights, Calif.
If you've seen the Black Eyed Peas in concert, you know that Fergie loves to flip around on stage. But you would've known that if you caught a Wildcats football game back in the early '90s when Stacy was a pom-pom girl.
George W. Bush
Cheered for: Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, Mass.
Who says guys can't be cheerleaders? Before he was president, W practiced his leadership skills as head of the squad at his all-male boarding school.
Alicia Silverstone
Cheered for: San Mateo High School, San Mateo, Calif.
Cher Horowitz wouldn't be caught dead at a high school sporting event, but Alicia proudly cheered on the San Mateo Bobcats until she dropped out to pursue acting fulltime.
Mandy Moore
Cheered for: Pop Warner
While she didn't continue cheering in high school, Mandy was able to use her five years of Pop Warner experience when she played Lana Thomas in 2001's "The Princess Diaries."
Jessica Simpson
Cheered for: Richardson North Junior High School, Richardson, Texas
From Tony Romo to Eric Johnson, Jessica has a pattern of falling for football players. But there's a reason: As a former cheerleader, it's her natural inclination.
Kirsten Dunst
Cheered for: Notre Dame High School, Los Angeles, Calif.
When Kirsten prepped to play Torrance Shipman in "Bring It On," she didn't have to learn much about the sport. Why? Because she cheered all through high school until she graduated in 2000, coincidentally the same year the movie came out.
Carrie Underwood
Cheered for: Checotah High School, Checotah, Oklahoma
In a part of Carrie's "All-American Girl" music video, she played a high school cheerleader, which really wasn't a stretch. The "American Idol" star lent her voice to the Checotah Wildcats when she was a student there.
Kathy Griffin
Cheered for: Oak Park High School, Oak Park, Illinois
SShocking but true! This is how Kathy (pictured center) describes her stint as a pom-pom girl: "I was a soccer cheerleader. It doesn't get nerdier than that. I was fired from the soccer cheerleading squad after one year, which I believe to this day is unprecedented. You have to understand, no one went to the soccer games. In fact, I believe part of my duties as a cheerleader was to bake brownies for the team."
Jamie Lee Curtis
Cheered for: Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, Calif.
OK, you caught us. This photo was taken on a Halloween long after JLC graduated from Beverly Hills High. Still, we're pretty amazed that she's still got pretty perfect form. Give this lady the spirit stick!
Kirk Douglas
Cheered for: Amsterdam High School, Amsterdam, New York
Did you know that cheerleading started out as an all-male activity but went coed in 1923? So it's not that strange that Spartacus himself was on a pep squad.Michael Douglas even followed in his dad's footsteps and became a male cheerleader himself.