By Lia Papaioannou

Many dream of a life a la Hollywood, with limousines, personal assistants and a fridge full of caviar, strawberries and champagne. Few, however, make it and enjoy it. Fewer still stars they manage to have the money and the fame but continue to live a down-to-earth life by saving money wherever they can. Or almost grounded anyway.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Yeah, I know, you didn't expect to see her on this list. She's always on your mind. Carrie, the girl who was in the Sex and the City, writing one article a week, living in an apartment of about $700 a month, buying endless designer shoes and going out for cocktails with her girlfriends every night. Yet the list entitled «famous housekeepers» couldn't help but start with her.

Although in real life she could buy her Manolo Blahniks every week, Sarah Jessica Parker knows what it means to save money. After all, she herself had a very poor start in life. As her son James Wilkie stated in an interview in 2008, when he was a child he dressed exclusively in second-hand clothes from his older cousins. In addition, her mother had saved all of her brother Sarah Jessica Parker's clothes which were transferred directly to James Wilkie's wardrobe.

Mark Zuckerberg

We are talking about one of the richest people in the world, but he claims that he is not interested in material goods. Ο Mark Zuckerberg, he was content for example to marry his sweetheart, Priscilla Chan in the backyard of their house. He declares himself unaffected by the trappings of wealth.

Zuckerberg has stated how he wants to donate 99% of his shares during his lifetime Facebook, and once traded a $30,000 car for a small non-automatic car.

Zooey Deschanel

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We don't know if anything has changed in her life lately, but at least until 2012 the Zooey Deschanel he knew what a measured life was all about. Then during her divorce from the frontman of Death Cab For Cutie, Ben Gibbard, a court document had come into the hands of the tabloid.

According to this, although at that time the actress earned about 95 thousand dollars a month, she spent only 22.5 thousand dollars. That is, less than a third of her income. 800 of it went to bills, while another 1500 she gave to charity. She also owed absolutely nothing on her three credit cards.

Tyra Banks

It's hard to imagine the Tyra Banks to live a life of something less than grandeur, but she has described herself as a «housekeeper». The truth is that she is a graduate of the business administration department of Harvard, so he knows a lot about economics. As for how to make it practical in her life, she learned that from her mother. The latter traveled with her and helped her in her early years as a model.

Since childhood, Tyra learned the value of saving and to this day she wants her feet to reach as far as the quilt. She had admitted while speaking to Forbes, that often when she wants to make an (important, I imagine) purchase, she calls her accountant to find out if she can afford it.

Leonardo DiCaprio

In the case of this particular actor you can see exactly why I put the almost in my title. Yes, Leonardo has a private island, boat and all. But he has stated that money only helps him to better choose the projects he wants to work on. Not in acquiring ultra-luxury items.

The kind of economy that the Leonardo Di Caprio is very much linked to the its commitment to the environment. His three cars are either fully electric or hybrid. In addition, he is one of the largest philanthropists of Hollywood. So he saves his money to spend it later on good causes.

Lady Gaga

No one will ever be able to forget the legendary Tweet of Lady Gaga for the coupons. Yes, Lady Gaga hunts for deals, she uses coupons to buy products in supermarkets and of course she is not shy to bargain in any store. And she has said so publicly, without being ashamed of it.

Jennifer Lawrence

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The Oscar-winning actress could easily have been drawn into luxury shopping and a life of extravagant spending. But no, as she said in an earlier interview: «I've been raised to value money. I've learned that I have to respect it, even when I have a lot of it.».

Η Jennifer Lawrence reportedly has no personal assistant, shops alone and is always looking for deals. Of course, she also has a house that is impressive to say the least, but that's the subject of another article.

Mick Jagger

One of the greatest rock stars of all time, the Mick Jagger is not open-handed. We're not saying that, his ex-wife has said it. Jerry Hall when they were breaking up. According to what was reported in court documents, Mick Jagger probably had crabs in his pockets when it came to the day-to-day running of his family. The characterization of crabs was supported by another former partner of his, the Marianne Faithfull in her autobiography.

Mick never denied it either, of course. He himself had told Guardian how he was a housekeeper and justified it by his generation's upbringing. «We didn't grow up like Puff Diddy, ...to take with us 30 jabbering friends to travel to the south of France. Nor should we waste hundreds of thousands of pounds on champagne.».