Hollywood is like a Miss America pageant: people flock from every state to get a piece of the action. As it turns out, not all stars were born and raised in LA; Jennifer Lawrence, George Clooney, and Billy Ray Cyrus are all from Kentucky, while Emma Stone calls Arizona home. Pennsylvania has bred quite a few leading men, and Louisiana raised both a romantic-comedy sweetheart and one of TV's most bloodthirsty vampires. Read through to find out who is from where!
Many of Hollywood's brightest stars are from California, including Leonardo DiCaprio, who was born in LA.
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is from Louisville, KY. Other notable Kentucky-bred actors include George Clooney and Lawrence's former Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson. That's one lucky state.
Southern belle Reese Witherspoon hails from New Orleans, LA. Ian Somerhalder and Jared Leto are also from the state.
Outer Banks actress Madison Bailey is actually a North Carolina native on and offscreen! She's from Kernersville, to be precise.
Like Lucy Hale and Megan Fox, Justin Timberlake is from Tennessee. He hails from the music town of Memphis.
Beyoncé is from Houston, TX. Also from Texas? Ethan Hawke and Amber Heard, who both hail from Austin.