22 Incredible Actors Who Got Masters Degrees From Yale

They're pretty good.

1. Lupita Nyong'o

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Lupita attended Hampshire College before graduating from Yale in 2012.

2. Winston Duke

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Winston got his B.A. in Theatre at the University of Buffalo before getting his MFA from Yale in 2013.

3. Liev Schreiber

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Before graduating from Yale in 1992, he attended Hampshire College.

4. Kathryn Hahn

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Kathryn got her B.A. in Theater at Northwestern before getting her MFA from Yale in 2001.

5. Angela Bassett

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After getting her B.A. from Yale in African-American Studies in 1980, Angela got her MFA at the School of Drama in 1983.

6. Courtney B. Vance

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Courtney got his B.A. from Harvard and then got his MFA at Yale in 1986. P.S. He met his wife, Angela Bassett, in school!

7. Patricia Clarkson

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Before graduating from Yale in 1985, Patricia got her B.A. in acting from Fordham.

8. Sigourney Weaver

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Sigourney graduated from Stanford with a B.A. in English in 1972 and then got her MFA from Yale in 1974.

9. Paul Giamatti

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Paul got his B.A. in English at Yale before getting his MFA from the School of Drama in 1994.

10. Brian Tyree Henry

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Brian got his B.A. from Morehouse College, and then got his MFA from the School of Drama in 2007.

11. Aja Naomi King

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Before getting her MFA in 2010, Aja majored in Acting at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

12. John Turturro

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John graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz, and got his MFA at Yale in 1983.

13. Tony Shalhoub

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Tony received a B.A. in Drama at the University of South Maine before getting his MFA from Yale in 1980.

14. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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Yahya went to the University of California, Berkeley and then graduated from Yale in 2015.

15. Chris Noth

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Chris Noth attended Marlboro College and got his MFA from Yale in 1985.

16. Kate Burton

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Kate attended Brown, graduating with a Bachelor's in Russian Studies and European History in 1979. She then got her master's from Yale in 1982.

17. Sanaa Lathan

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Sanaa went to the University of California, Berkeley for her undergraduate studies, getting a Bachelor's in English. She graduated from Yale in 1995.

18. Sarah Rafferty

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Sarah attended Hamilton College, where she studied English and Theatre, and then graduated from Yale in 1996.

19. Frances McDormand

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Frances got her BA in Theater from Bethany College in 1979 before graduating from Yale in 1982.

20. Henry Winkler

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Henry attended Emerson College and graduated in 1967 before getting his MFA from Yale in 1970.

21. Jane Kaczmarek

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Before graduating from Yale in 1982, Jane went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

22. And finally: Meryl Streep

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Meryl went to Vassar, graduating in 1971, before attending Yale and graduating in 1975.