I didn’t know I needed to see a red-headed Zooey Deschanel in a ’90s pop punk music video until today.
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You probably know Taye Diggs from Rent, or Private Practice, or All American.
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But his first role? He played a poker player in 2Pac’s “Temptations” music video wayyy back in 1995.
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Rosario Dawson had already starred in Kids (her first role), but it was wayyy before all her iconic roles when she starred in her first music video.
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The year was 1999, and the music video was “Out of Control” by The Chemical Brothers.
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Matt LeBlanc’s fame skyrocketed when he began starring in Friends…but that wasn’t his first role.
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He was in a few different music videos in the ’90s, but I think my favorite one has got to be starring in Alanis Morissette’s 1991 music video for her hit “Walk Away.”
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Friends costar Courteney Cox famously appeared in a major ’80s music video.
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This was, of course, Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” 1984 music video.
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Zooey Deschanel became an indie darling in 500 Days of Summer, but is perhaps best-known for starring in the sitcom New Girl.
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