After years of grinding as a stand-up comedian and comedic actress, Tiffany Haddish is finally becoming a household name thanks to films like "Girls Trip."

But before making it big, Tiffany Haddish was sleeping in her car outside of expensive houses in Beverly Hills. Kevin Hart gave her $300 to get a motel

room, and the next day she got a call with an offer for a cheap, roach-infested apartment and she took it.

Idris Elba is known for playing many compelling roles, including Stringer Bell in "The Wire," Nelson Mandela in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," and DCI John Luther in the BBC

series "Luther," but it hasn't always been magazine covers and awards stages.

In a 2013 interview with Playboy, Elba revealed that he lived in a van for months when he couldn't find acting jobs, and that he tried every drug

in the book.

DJ Khaled is a record producer, label executive, social media icon, and motivational speaker who seems to have an endless catalog of hits with everyone who is anyone in the

rap and pop music worlds.

But before the immense success, Khaled was sleeping in his car, getting evicted from apartments after a month, and doing what he could to get $25/night hotel rooms.

Academy Award winning actress and everyone's lifelong crush, Halle Berry has become a legend in the industry over the past 30 years.

Shortly after moving to NYC as a young model and aspiring actress, Berry was broke and her mother refused to bail her out, so she was forced to sleep in

a homeless shelter until she could find work as a waitress.

As a leader of the ASAP Mob, Rocky has been making waves and setting trends in music and fashion since around 2011.

Rocky's dad was a drug dealer. When he was caught and incarcerated, young Rocky and his mother were forced to live in a homeless shelter for 2 years.

Dr. Phil has made a career out of helping people and families in need, and part of why he is so good at it is because he has personal experience

with hardship.

When he was 15, Phil McGraw and his father split from the rest of his family and lived in a car and the local YMCA because they couldn't afford

to all live together.

After a long and successful career as a comedian, it seems like Steve Harvey is on a mission to host every television show there is to host.

But the host and motivational speaker has come a long way. In the late 1980s, Harvey lived in a 1976 Ford Tempo for three years while trying to land

comedy gigs and sending money to his ex-wife for their two children.

Over the past few years, Chris Pratt has transformed from comedic television actor to full-blown action star, but if you turn back time a little you'll find some not so

great days.

After high school, Pratt lived in a Scooby Doo van on the beach in Hawaii and worked at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. The photo shows him holding the script for

the movie ("Cursed Part 3") that was his ticket to Hollywood.

James Cameron's impressive resume includes super successful films like "Titanic" and "Avatar," and the internet estimates his net worth at over $1 billion.

After making "Piranha II: The Spawning," Cameron returned to the United States with very little money. While couch surfing and living in his car, Cameron wrote "The Terminator" and

href="http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/little-known-sci-fi-fact-homeless-james-cameron-sold-terminator-script-1" target="_blank">sold the rights for $1 in exchange for the opportunity to direct it himself.

Most people know Carmen Electra from her days on "Baywatch" and as a Playboy model, but she also had a career as a singer, dancer, actress, and television personality.

After touring with Prince, Carmen Electra was ripped off by a boyfriend and found herself homeless on a park bench in Hollywood with Versace heels, a pocketknife, a

pager, and some change in her pocket.

For a generation of movie goers, Jim Carrey's face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of all-time great comedic actors. He absolutely owned the 1990s.

As a pre-teen in Canada, Jim, his three siblings, and their father became homeless and had to live in a van after his dad lost his job. The

family had to get jobs as janitors and security guards.

Speaking of pop culture Mount Rushmores — Stallone is hands down one of the greatest action movie stars in the history of movies, but Rocky took a few hits in

his day.

Before "Rocky," Stallone was so broke that he had to sell his dog for $50 outside of a liquor store. With $100 in the bank, he still passed on

initial six-figure offers on the script because the buyers didn't want to let him play the titular character.

Filmmaker Tyler Perry has written and directed dozens of stage plays and films over the past 20 years, building a loyal fanbase and banking hundreds of millions of dollars.

For around six years in the 1990s, Perry weaved in and out of homelessness. It wasn’t until 1998 that one of his plays became a hit.

Brothers Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd made it big in hip hop in 2013 when they signed their first record deal and dropped their debut album, "SremmLife." Since

then the duo has dropped platinum singles and taken home numerous awards.

The brothers started skipping school to focus on music and their mother kicked them out. While squatting in an abandoned house, they would throw parties as a way

to promote the tunes they were working on.

Professional basketball player Jimmy Butler was drafted in the first round of the 2011 NBA draft, making him an instant celebrity and a millionaire.

Butler was thrown out of his mother's house when he was 13. He stayed with various friends over the years until his senior year when a friend's mother took

him in.

Morgan Freeman is such an iconic actor that you only need to hear two seconds of his voice to know it's him. With dozens of nominations and awards over the

past five decades, Freeman is a certified A-lister.

"At one point, I was very broke living on the streets, eating stale donuts," Freeman once said during an interview on Oprah's "Master Class." "When you are put

out of someplace and you’re on the street, how you gonna pay the rent? I didn’t get any work so I thought I had better start thinking of better ways

to make a living."

Author, philanthropist, and life coach Tony Robbins is worth half a billion dollars, but he was not born with nine figures to his name.

Tony Robbins used to sleep in his car, which he parked at a Denny's because it was open 24 hours. He also used to have his mail delivered

to a 7-Eleven, and spent his days reading and learning at the library.

Now the host of "The Price Is Right," actor and comedian Drew Carey has been a big deal since he had a sitcom named after him, and since his days

as the host of improv show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

When he was 18, Carey attempted suicide and ended up heading west to be with his brother in California. He stopped in Las Vegas on the way, where he was

homeless and selling his plasma to afford boxes of macaroni and cheese to eat.

Jenny has come a long way from the block. She has sold 75 million plus records, won over 100 awards, and has been in dozens of films and television shows

in her career so far.

But when this "Fly Girl" was 18, she was homeless and had to sleep in the dance studio at night. Within a year, her hard work paid off

and she landed a job on "In Living Color."

The world fell in love with Kelly Clarkson as a contestant and winner of the first season of "American Idol."

Before the days of Idol, Clarkson was a struggling musician who was turned down by every label for her soulful voice. There was a fire in her LA

apartment complex the day she moved in. It left her homeless and forced her to move back to Texas, where a friend told her about a new talent competition.

Hilary Swank is a great actress with nearly 30 years under her belt and two Best Actress Academy Award wins to her name, so things have gone pretty well for

her.

While pursuing a career in acting as a teenager, Swank and her mother slept in a car while saving money for a place. They also stayed in a friend's empty

house while it was up for sale.

Daniel Craig has had quiet a few acting roles over the years, but most people know him as one of the latest actors to portray the iconic role of James

Bond.

In the early days before his big break, Daniel Craig reportedly worked as a waiter in London and slept on a park bench. 

The poster child for all things Miami, Pitbull's career has exploded over the past decade.

Pitbull's mother found out that he was hanging with a bad crowd and doing drugs as a teenager, so she kicked him out. She eventually welcomed him back,

but not until he was able to clean up his act.

"Avatar" is one of the highest grossing films of all time, and it is responsble for introducing the world to Australian actor Sam Worthington.

Before landing the "Avatar" gig, Worthington was an established actor in Australia but he still chose to sell his stuff, buy a car, and live in it. Even after

his success he preferred the nomadic life.

Tupac Shakur may have died super young, but he left his mark on the world while he was alive. To this day, he is still mentioned in debates about who

was the best rapper of all time.

Before the fame and the millions of fans, young Tupac and his family moved around a lot and were in and out of homeless shelters.