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If you recognize these stars, chances are you also recognize their famous scars. Here's a look at 14 celebrities with noticeable scars and how they got them.
Tina Fey ("30 Rock," "Saturday Night Live")
Location of Scar: Left side of her face
How She Got It: When Fey was 6 years old, she was playing in the alley behind her house when a stranger approached her and violently cut her cheek. She has withheld any further details.
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Michael K. Williams ("Boardwalk Empire," "The Wire")
Location of Scar: Down his face, from forehead to cheek
How He Got It: On his 25th birthday, Williams was involved in a bar fight between his friends and another group of men. His face and neck were sliced with a razor, and nearly killed him.
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Harrison Ford ("Cowboys and Aliens," "Star Wars")
Location of Scar: Chin
How He Got It: Ford injured his chin when he was 20 years old and lost control of his car, hitting a telephone pole. In film, an explanation of the scar is given in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." In that movie, a young Indiana Jones cuts his chin while attempting to crack a whip to fight off a lion.
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Sandra Bullock ("The Blind Side," "Speed")
Location of Scar: By her left eye
How She Got It: When Bullock was a young girl, she was at a creek jumping from rock to rock. She slipped and fell, hitting her head on a rock that resulted in the scar.
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Seal (Musician)
Location of Scars: Face and scalp
How He Got Them: The singer's scars are the result of a skin condition known as discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). Seal revealed that he suffered from the condition as a teenager.
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Padma Lakshmi ("Top Chef")
Location of Scar: Right arm
How She Got It: On a Sunday afternoon in Malibu, Calif. in 1984, Padma was being driven home from a Hindu temple when she was in a serious car accident. Her injuries included a fractured right hip and a shattered upper right arm that required surgery, which left her with the seven-inch scar. She was 14 years old when the accident occurred.
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Sharon Stone ("Alpha Dog," "Basic Instinct")
Location of Scar: Left side of her neck
How She Got It: Reportedly, Stone received the scar as a child when she was riding a horse and ran into a clothesline.
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Adrian Pasdar ("The Lying Game," "Heroes")
Location of Scars: Chin and cheeks
How He Got Them: During his freshman year at the University of Florida, Pasdar was in a nasty car wreck that badly injured his legs and left him with his facial scars. It ended his football career with the Gators, but got him into acting.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Rock of Ages," "The Mask of Zorro")
Location of Scar: Lower front of neck
How She Got It: When she was a little girl, Zeta-Jones had to have a tracheotomy to alleviate breathing difficulties she was having due to an illness. This resulted in the surgical scar on her neck.
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50 Cent (Musician)
Location of Scar: Left cheek
How He Got Them: It is well known that 50 Cent survived being shot several times, and one of those shots resulted in a 9 mm bullet to the face, causing his scar.
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Kaley Cuoco ("The Big Bang Theory," "8 Simple Rules")
Location of Scar: Lower left leg
How She Got It: Cuoco is an experienced horseback rider, but recently had a freak accident that resulted in her scar. She fell off her horse and was getting back up, but the horse backed up and stepped on her leg, resulting in a nasty open compound fracture. The injury required two surgeries and for awhile there was fear that she might lose her foot. Thankfully, she did not.
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Kate Middleton ("Duchess of Cambridge")
Location of Scar: Left side of her head, under her hairline
How She Got It: It is the result of a very serious childhood operation.
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Mary J. Blige (Musician)
Location of Scar: Under left eye
How She Got It: It is rumored that she got the scar in a fight with another girl when she was a teenager, but Blige herself has never revealed the source of her scar.
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Tommy Flanagan ("Sons of Anarchy," "Gladiator")
Location of Scars: One across both cheeks
How He Got Them: Before he got into acting, Flanagan was a young DJ in Scotland. After leaving a pub one night he was mugged. The attackers slashed his face from ear to ear, leaving a wound known as a Glasgow Smile.
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