15 Celebrities Who Were Homecoming Queen or King
Homecoming is one of the biggest high school traditions, and it’s a seriously exciting one. There’s a big football game to attend in your school colors, a week of fun festivities, a dance, and the time-honored custom of crowning a Homecoming King and Queen from the senior class. Sure, it might seem kind of silly to get all worked up about winning a rhinestone tiara, but it’s just one of those *things * that really only makes sense when you’re in high school.
Though many celebrities don’t have the traditional high school experience — they were too busy getting agents and landing major roles and recording deals — some of them *did * make quite an impression on their peers, enough to earn the title of Homecoming King or Queen. Which of your favorite celebs made the court? We took a journey through their yearbooks to find out. Be prepared for some seriously retro glam!
Photo: Courtesy Photo1/16Meryl Streep
Meryl won the title of Homecoming Queen at her high school in 1967, because of course she did. She’s Meryl. Streep. A high school friend described her as “very outgoing … extremely funny.” Sounds like prime queen material to us.
Photo: Courtesy Photo2/16Heather Morris
The *Glee * star nabbed the crown in 2005 at her Arizona high school. Brittany would be so proud.
Photo: Courtesy Photo3/16Dianna Agron
Another *Glee * star to snag a crown? Quinn Fabray, AKA Dianna Agron. She landed a seat on the Homecoming court.
Photo: Courtesy Photo4/16Dakota Fanning
Dakota was her school’s queen in 2009 *and * 2010. Talk about star power. How cute does she look in her tiara and cheerleading uniform? It almost beats the Oscars!
Photo: Courtesy Photo5/16Rashida Jones
The *Parks and Recreation * actress won the Buckley School crown in 1993. We’re loving the blazer, Rashida!
Photo: Courtesy Photo6/16Paula Abdul
It makes perfect sense that the bubbly former *American Idol * judge and pop star Paula Abdul was her high school’s Homecoming Queen in 1980.
Photo: Courtesy Photo7/16Jessica Simpson
Jessica was a Homecoming Princess a few times in high school, just before she launched her singing career.
Photo: Courtesy Photo8/16Sissy Spacek
A few years later, she’d go on to suffer quite a different fate as Carrie, but the actress was received a little more warmly by her high school classmates, who made her queen of their Texas high school in 1968.
Photo: Courtesy Photo9/16Taraji P. Henson
Cookie Lyon herself was the queen of her Maryland high school in 1988, which doesn’t surprise us in the slightest. She, however, looks totally shocked to have won the crown.
Photo: Courtesy Photo10/16Tom DeLonge
The former blink-182 singer was the king of his school in 1993. Who would’ve thought?
Photo: Courtesy Photo11/16Renee Zellweger
Before she was Bridget Jones, Renee won the crown at her Texas high school back in 1987.
Photo: Courtesy Photo12/16Paul Rudd
The eternally lovable Paul Rudd was on the homecoming court as a high school senior, because everyone loves Paul Rudd. It’s science.
Photo: Courtesy Photo13/16Rosie O'Donnell
Did you know teenage Rosie was Homecoming Queen, Prom Queen, *and * class president? She was definitely primed for success.
Photo: Courtesy Photo14/16Faith Hill
The Mississippi girl and future country star was voted Homecoming Queen in 1986. Tim McGraw was *not * her date, unfortunately.
Photo: Courtesy Photo15/16Sheryl Crow
Though Sheryl Crow didn’t get crowned Homecoming Queen of her Missouri high school, she *did * land a spot on the court. She later wrote a country song called “Homecoming Queen,” which leads us to believe that she’s still a little sore about her loss even though she’s *way * successful today.
