| Famous Alumni | |
- J.J. Abrams – screenwriter, director ("Lost," "Super 8")
- Cary Elwes – actor ("The Princess Bride," "Saw")
- Rahm Emanuel – former White House Chief of Staff
- Carrie Fisher – actress, writer
- Zoë Keating – avant-garde cellist, plays with Rasputina
- Tea Leoni – actress ("Deep Impact," "Spanglish")
- Julianna Margulies – actress ("ER," "The Good Wife")
- Meredith Monk – cutting-edge vocalist and musical pioneer
- Larisa Oleynik – star of the television series "The Secret World of Alex Mack"
- Yoko Ono – world-famous musician and wife of John Lennon
- Brian de Palma – director of "Carrie" and "Mission: Impossible"
- Esmeralda Santiago – award-winning author of memoir "When I Was Puerto Rican"
- Barbara Walters – journalist and host of TV's "The View"
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