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Celebrities Who Have Dyslexia

Laura Pérez / May 22, 2024 - 11:50 pm

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Jay Leno
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Jay Leno

American comedian and actor Jay Leno has said dyslexia helped him work hard for the things he wanted to achieve. "My mother always said to me, since I was dyslexic, ‘You’re going to have to work twice as hard as the other kids to get the same thing.’ I said, ‘OK. That seems fair.’ And I did work twice as hard to get the same thing," Leno recalled.

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Bella Thorne
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Bella Thorne

Bella Thorne portrayed a dyslexic character on Shake it Up, but it was actually something more than acting. She has struggled with dyslexia her whole life, and has said "it makes things hard for me, but not impossible. I've learned to face problems, not run away from them".

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Orlando Bloom
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Orlando Bloom

The Pirates of the Caribbean star opened up about the time he was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of seven. "I did an IQ test, they put a lot of puzzles in front of me, and I had to color things and mark charts. It was quite fun, actually, at the age of seven. I had a pretty high IQ, is what my mom ultimately told me, which was a really nice thing to know, but I struggled with reading and spelling," he explained.

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Jennifer Aniston
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Jennifer Aniston

The Friends star found out she was dyslexic while getting a prescription for glasses when she was in her 20s. Jennifer Aniston revealed she doesn't read that much because of her learning disability which "hurt her self-esteem during some of her formative years".

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Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg

Believe it or not, the Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg has dyslexia. The director opened up about it in 2017 and revealed he learned to read two years later than his classmates when he was little. He also explained he was bullied so much...

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Princess Beatrice of York
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Princess Beatrice of York

Princess Beatrice was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of seven. She received special help from the Helen Arkell Centre and allowed details of her literacy problems to be made public in order to help other people who face the same difficulties.

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Guy Ritchie
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Guy Ritchie

British filmmaker Guy Ritchie struggled with schoolwork and became a troublemaker. He attended 10 different schools and after being expelled from one of the top private ones in the United Kingdom, he decided to leave at the age of 16. What was the reason behind his disruptive behaviour? Dyslexia.

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Cher
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Cher

Singer Cher's story is similar to Guy Ritchie's. She left school at the age of 16 after giving up on trying to read. Then, at the age of 30, she found out she had dyslexia - her condition was never recognized while being a student.

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Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins

Sir Anthony Hopkins has credited dyslexia for his interest in acting. The amazing actor once revealed he was not good at school because of the learning condition. "I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. I didn’t know what I was doing there. That’s why I became an actor," he said.

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Joss Stone
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Joss Stone

The "Super Duper Love" singer Joss Stone has struggled with dyslexia since she was little. Some of her teachers thought she was "lazy" because of her dyslexia when she was younger, and she used to spend much of her school years singing at home!

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Dyslexia is more common than most people think. Some celebrity men and women suffer from the learning disorder that involves difficulties in reading, due to problems identifying how speech sounds relate to letters and words!

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