Marg Helgenberger has come a long way from her humble beginnings in North Bend, Nebraska, to becoming the rich TV star she is today. Helgenberger dished to AARP, "My first job was in the soybean fields. I was 11." From there, she spent summers earning money at a meatpacking plant, recalling to The Hollywood Reporter, "I handled beef carcasses on an assembly line in a cooler," adding, "My worst day on 'CSI' was vastly superior to my best day at the packinghouse."
Helgenberger made it clear that she was "not afraid of hard work" and that when it came to what she'd do for her career, she just assumed she'd "go into nursing" like her mother. However, once in college, Helgenberger caught the acting bug while doing theater, which made her realize her calling. She recalled to The Daily Northwestern, "I played Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,'" adding, "Just playing that role ... it made me realize that I perhaps could actually do this for a living." However, it was her role in "The Taming of the Shrew" that led to her big break. She explained, "I was seen by a casting agent, which eventually led to a screen test and a job on a soap opera called 'Ryan's Hope.'"
It's perhaps because of her inspiring come-up that Helgenberger now has a street in Nebraska named after her. She gushed, "It really is pretty special. When I went back for the unveiling of it ... I was very touched by it."
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