50 Stars From 50 States
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!
Alabama
Laverne Cox hails from Mobile, AL.
Alaska
Riverdale's Charles Melton was born in Juneau, AK.
Arizona
America's sweetheart, Emma Stone, grew up in Scottsdale, AZ.
Arkansas
Ne-Yo hails from Camden, AR.
California
Many of Hollywood's brightest stars are from California, including Leonardo DiCaprio, who was born in LA.
Colorado
Supergirl's Melissa Benoist was born in Littleton, CO.
Connecticut
Evan Ross is from Greenwich, CT.
Delaware
Aubrey Plaza is from Wilmington, DE.
Florida
Ariana Grande hails from Boca Raton, FL.
Georgia
Raven-Symoné was born in Atlanta, GA.
Hawaii
Our beloved Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, HI.
Idaho
Aaron Paul is from Emmett, ID.
Illinois
Chance the Rapper hails from Chicago, IL.
Indiana
Trevor Jackson is from Indianapolis, IN.
Iowa
Julia Michaels was born in Davenport, IA.
Kansas
Janelle Monáe was born in Kansas City, KS.
Kentucky
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.
Louisiana
Southern belle Reese Witherspoon hails from New Orleans, LA. Ian Somerhalder and Jared Leto are also from the state.
Maine
Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, ME.
Maryland
Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley was born in Baltimore, MD.
Massachusetts
Joe Keery is from Newburyport, MA.
Michigan
Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, MI.
Minnesota
Yara Shahidi hails from Minneapolis, MN.
Mississippi
The Flash actress Candice Patton was born in Jackson, MS.
Missouri
Sterling K. Brown comes from St. Louis, MO.
Montana
Michelle Williams was born in Kalispell, MT.
Nebraska
Gabrielle Union grew up in Omaha, NE.
Nevada
Matthew Gray Gubler hails from Las Vegas, NV.
New Hampshire
Mandy Moore is from Nashua, NH.
New Jersey
Halsey is from Edison, NJ.
New Mexico
Demi Lovato hails from Albuquerque, NM.
New York
Jennifer Lopez is a native New Yorker.
North Carolina
Outer Banks actress Madison Bailey is actually a North Carolina native on and offscreen! She's from Kernersville, to be precise.
North Dakota
Rapper Wiz Khalifa hails from Minot, ND.
Ohio
John Legend was raised in Springfield, OH.
Oklahoma
Brad Pitt was born in Shawnee, OK.
Oregon
Modern Family's Ty Burrell is from Grants Pass, OR.
Pennsylvania
Taylor Swift hails from Reading, PA.
Rhode Island
Model Olivia Culpo is from Cranston, RI.
South Carolina
Chadwick Boseman is from Anderson, SC.
South Dakota
January Jones was born in Sioux Falls, SD.
Tennessee
Like Lucy Hale and Megan Fox, Justin Timberlake is from Tennessee. He hails from the music town of Memphis.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé is from Houston, TX. Also from Texas? Ethan Hawke and Amber Heard, who both hail from Austin.
Utah
Chrissy Teigen is from Delta, UT.
Vermont
Girls actress Zosia Mamet was born in Randolph, VT.
Virginia
Camila Mendes was born in Charlottesville, VA.
Washington
Chris Pratt was born in Minnesota, but raised in Lake Stevens, WA.
West Virginia
Steve Harvey hails from Welch, WV.
Wisconsin
Mark Ruffalo is from Kenosha, WI.
Wyoming
Lost actor Matthew Fox was raised in Crowheart, WY.