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We count down the top 10 films that made their actors household names

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Matt Damon was a Harvard student before Goodwill Hunting .

Lupita Nyong'o went from student to Academy award-winning performer, and all it took was one movie.

Dev Patel cut his teeth on the British teen drama series Skins before he booked the lead role of Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire .

The Hangover launched Zach Galifianakis into super stardom in 2009 .

Bruce Willis turned Die Hard into a pop culture phenomenon thanks to his performance as a cop in the 80s classic.

Chris Hemsworth became a superstar when he starred as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2011 .

Sandra Bullock was an unknown name in the late 80s when she starred in Speed , a vehicular thriller about a bomb on board a bus barreling its way through LA .

She followed Speed Up with leading roles in other 90s films before becoming a bona fide superstar the next decade , earning an Oscar for 2009 's The Blind Side .

Julia Roberts starred in Pretty Woman , a romantic comedy that became a cultural sensation.

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