It's easy to assume that celebrities got a big part in a movie or on a TV show, and suddenly and magically, their life became wonderful. Their bank accounts grew, they had access to designer clothing and luxurious vacations, and they moved into a beautiful mansion.

In reality, some stars start off trying to make their dreams come true while they're pretty broke. In the case of Tiffany Haddish, who has taken on 121 movie roles over the past decade, she was once living in her car.

Haddish had a difficult childhood and went into foster care. The story of how she became successful is a beautiful and inspiring one, so let's take a look.

Living In Her Car

These days, Tiffany Haddish is super famous, known for her acting roles, her comedy, and her singing career.

Tiffany Haddish was living in her car and Kevin Hart was kind to her.

According to People, they were both in Comedy Playground, a sketch comedy show, and Hart saw that Haddish had a lot of things in her car. He realized that she was homeless and that she didn't have anywhere else to go. He wanted to help and he gave her $300 to put toward a room at a motel.

Haddish explained that Hart said she should date someone so she had someone to live with, and she wasn't interested in doing that. She said, “He had like this long discussion with me, you know? Basically like, ‘You’re a beautiful woman. You could stay with any man. Why don’t you just stay with a man, like?’ And I was also like, ‘I’m not sleeping with nobody for a roof over my head. I’m just not that type of person.’"

This is such a sweet story to hear, and it's even more amazing to realize that Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish starred in the movie Night School together. In April 2018, Hart shared on his Instagram account that the trailer for the film was out and that it was a very special moment.

Hart had some beautiful words about his co-star in his Instagram post: he wrote, "I reached in my pocket and gave her all the money I had which was $300 at the time. She held onto that moment... That moment gave her a bed & shower for a couple of nights...This woman never let her life situation beat her. She stayed true to her dreams."

According to Complex, Hart doesn't want Haddish to pay him back. He said, "Because then what would I have to hang over head? Absolutely nothing. I need something that I can bring up from time to time. So, no!"

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The Path To Success

According to Vogue, Haddish started performing in comedy clubs in Los Angeles when she was saying goodbye to her teenage years and throughout her 20's. She was also an airline check-in attendant and had a few other random jobs as well.

Today, Haddish has a net worth of $6 million. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Haddish experienced a difficult time in her childhood when her mom started having a tough time, becoming very mad on a regular basis. Haddish began to realize that she had a knack for comedy when she could help her mom feel better with laughter. When Haddish kept getting in trouble during her school years, a social worker said that she could go to therapy or she could go to a comedy camp. That is how Haddish learned that this could be a new life path for her.

According to Ebony.com, Haddish went into foster care at 13 years old after her mother's schizophrenia diagnosis. In her memoir The Last Black Unicorn, Haddish wrote, "My goal is to get enough money to buy a duplex. I want to put her in one of the units and hire a full-time nurse to take care of her. Then I want to get her whatever medications she needs so she can be my mama again. Honestly, that’s all I really want in life.”

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The TV series Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes? was how Haddish became well-known to the public. After some TV roles, she starred in Real Husbands of Hollywood and Celebrity Net Worth mentions that the 2017 movie Girls Trip really put Haddish on the map.

Today, Haddish's list of movie roles is definitely long and impressive. To name just a few, she starred in The Secret Life of Pets 2 in 2018 and in 2019, she was in The KitchenLike A Boss, and The Angry Birds Movie 2. She voiced one of the main characters in the Netflix series Tuca & Bertie and has also starred on the comedy series The Last O.G.

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In August 2020, Tiffany Haddish shared that she was dating Common. According to People, the actress shared on the podcast Steve-O's Wild Ride, "this is hands down the best relationship I’ve ever been in — Knock on wood!" She continued that she was experiencing so many positive things as a result. She shared, "I feel more confident in me and it’s not him that’s doing it. I’m just way happier."

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