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