| While fame isn't and shouldn't be the only | | | | professional highlights is the movie Frida, a |
| marker for success, it is a definite | | | | critically-acclaimed biopic about the |
| indicator of it (especially in America where | | | | incredible life of Mexican painter and |
| celebrities are treated like royalty). It | | | | political activist Frida Kahlo. Hayek |
| may also be helpful to your child's | | | | co-produced the film and garnered a best |
| self-esteem to provide him or her with | | | | actress Academy Award nomination for her |
| examples of successful people with learning | | | | portrayal of the artist. |
| disabilities that he or she can readily | | | | |
| identify from the media. These notable | | | | 3. Keira Knightley |
| figures illustrate that a person can achieve | | | | |
| great things if they work hard and believe in | | | | This lovely young actress has starred in many |
| themselves: | | | | critically and commercially successful films, |
| | | | including the Pirates of the Caribbean |
| 1. Orlando Bloom | | | | series, Love Actually, and Pride & Prejudice, |
| | | | for which she scored a best actress Academy |
| This handsome 29-year-old first came into the | | | | Award nomination. Knightley was diagnosed |
| public eye with his portrayal of Legolas, the | | | | with dyslexia at the age of 6, but still |
| heroic elf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. | | | | harbored ambitions of acting in movies, like |
| Since then, he has continued to appear in one | | | | her parents. After making a deal with her |
| big budget film after another, including | | | | mother to spend her summer vacation brushing |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the | | | | up on her reading and math skills, Knightley |
| Black Pearl, Troy, and Kingdom of Heaven. | | | | was signed with an agent and promptly began |
| The meteoric success of Bloom's career is | | | | landing roles on television and in films. |
| made all the more remarkable by the fact that | | | | The rest, as they say, is history. |
| in high school, he struggled with dyslexia. | | | | |
| Encouraged by his mother to participate in | | | | 4. Vince Vaughan |
| poetry and prose recitals, he found a way to | | | | |
| turn his learning disability into a skill. | | | | The charming actor has been Hollywood's go-to |
| He is now one of the most sought after actors | | | | funny man since his film debut, Swingers. |
| of his generation. | | | | Growing up, Vaughan was placed in special |
| | | | education classes due to his dyslexia. In |
| 2. Salma Hayek | | | | order to combat the self-esteem damage |
| | | | inflicted by these poorly structured classes, |
| The gorgeous half-Mexican, half-Lebanese | | | | Vaughan developed a quick, cool sense of |
| actress overcame dyslexia and learned English | | | | humor. This brand of humor came in handy in |
| in order to become one of Hollywood's hottest | | | | later years when he began taking improv |
| stars. After launching a highly successful | | | | acting classes and has continued to serve him |
| career as a telenovela actress in her native | | | | well in his movie career, which has included |
| Mexico, Hayek made a risky move to Los | | | | such hit films as Dodgeball: A True Underdog |
| Angeles to pursue a movie career. One of her | | | | Story, Wedding Crashers, and The Break-Up. |