IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Vancouver/ British Columbia/ Canada"

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1.		Noel Fisher Actor, Battle Los Angeles Originally from Vancouver, B.C. Fisher has been steadily gaining momentum as an actor since he was 14 years old. His very first role was in the TV movie The Sheldon Kennedy Story for CBC in 1999. The part landed Fisher his first Gemini nomination, [the equivalent to the U.S. Primetime Emmy Awards] which was followed with a second nomination for his work on the hit Canadian series Godiva's...
2.		Cobie Smulders Actress, The Avengers Amazingly, newcomer Cobie Smulders never gave much thought to acting. Born on April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia. As a girl, Cobie had set her sights on becoming a doctor or a marine biologist. In fact, it wasn't until high school that Cobie started to explore acting after appearing in several school productions...
3.		Ryan Reynolds Actor, Green Lantern Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, Jim, was a food wholesaler and his mother, Tammy, was a retail-store saleswoman. Between 1991-93, Ryan appeared in Fifteen, a Nickleodeon series taped in Florida with many other Canadian actors...
4.		Alexander Ludwig Actor, Lone Survivor Alexander Richard Ludwig was born in Vancouver Canada. His mother Sharlene Martin Ludwig is his manager, and his father Harald Ludwig is a businessman. He has 3 siblings; Nicholas, Natalie and Sophia, as well as a golden retriever named Waverly. Alexander is a sophomore at the University of Southern California...
5.		Seth Rogen Actor, This Is the End A talented actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen. Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Mark and Sandy Rogen. He attended Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and Point Grey Secondary School (although he dropped out of high school to move to Los Angeles) and was known for the stand-up comedy he performed at Camp Miriam...
6.		Hayden Christensen Actor, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Hayden Christensen was born on April 19, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His parents David and Alie Christensen are in the communications business "Christensen Communications". Hayden grew up in Markham, Ontario, Canada, one of four children (Kaylen, Hejsa, Tove). Although his aspirations changed and regardless of not having his father's approval...
7.		Emily Bett Rickards Actress, Unthinkable Canadian actress Emily Bett Rickards was born July 24, 1991. She attended film school after graduating high school, and also attended Alida Vocal Studio. She is known for roles such as Felicity Smoak on the CW network's Arrow, and Lauren Phillips in Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story.
8.		Joshua Jackson Actor, Cruel Intentions Joshua was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but spent the first eight years of his life in California before returning to Canada. At the age of 11, Josh decided he wanted to pursue acting. Knowing how cruel an acting career could be, his mother, a casting director, took him to his first audition in hopes of discouraging him...
9.		Carrie-Anne Moss Actress, The Matrix Carrie-Anne Moss grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia as youngest of two children. At the age of 20 she moved to Europe to pursue a career in modeling. In Spain she managed to get a regular role in the TV show Dark Justice, which was produced in Barcelona for the 1st season, and followed it to the shooting locations in Los Angeles the next year...
10.		Jean-Luc Bilodeau Actor, LOL Jean-Luc Bilodeau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the son of Raymond and Barbara Bilodeau and has a sister, Danielle, a talent agent in Vancouver, BC. Jean-Luc attended Holy Cross Regional High School in Surrey, BC. He was a dancer for 9 years before becoming an actor, but dropped out because of a busy film schedule...
11.		Avan Jogia Actor, Rags Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as 'Danny Araujo 'on the award-winning TV movie drama "A Girl like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story," directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series "Caprica," as well as becoming...
12.		Kristin Kreuk Actress, EuroTrip Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She attended and graduated from Eric Hamber High School. Although she did some stage work in school, she focused more on her studies. She described herself as shy and boring. For her first professional work, she went to an open casting audition for Edgemont...
13.		Serinda Swan Actress, TRON: Legacy Serinda always had her eye on acting. Her mother, an actress, would frequently take her on set when she was little. When she was three years old, she starred in her first motion picture, "Cousins", with Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini, when director Joel Schumacher personally chose her. Since that time...
14.		Devon Sawa Actor, Final Destination Devon Edward Sawa was born on September 7, 1978, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His love of acting began when he starred in a school play in kindergarten, and since then, he has had many roles on TV and in movies. A few years ago, he landed a part on the Canadian TV show Kerrisdale High, on which all of the characters used their real names...
15.		Jessica Lowndes Actress, Altitude Jessica Lowndes was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1988. She studied at the Pacific Academy in Surrey. Jessica is an actress and an aspiring Singer. She has written 4 known songs: "Never Lonely", "Break", "Fly Away" and "Goodbye". This last one was heard in an episode of the series Moonlight...
16.		Emmanuelle Vaugier Actress, Saw II
17.		Katharine Isabelle Actress, Ginger Snaps
18.		Erica Cerra Actress, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Erica Cerra discovered her love of acting by her 8th birthday. After appearing in numerous commercials Erica decided to take a break from acting. Returning to the business at 22, she decided to dedicate herself whole-heartedly to living as a professional actor. She...
19.		Lauren Lee Smith Actress, Trick 'r Treat
20.		Jessica Lucas Actress, Cloverfield
21.		Alexia Fast Actress, Jack Reacher Originally from Vancouver and bilingual in French, Alexia Fast first took an interest in acting at the early age of seven when she wrote, directed and starred in a short film entitled "The Red Bridge". The film premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival and the Reel to Reel Festival. Alexia continued to...
22.		Kirsten Prout Actress, Elektra Kirsten Prout was born in Vancouver, Canada. Meeting with success at an early age, she worked locally in Vancouver, guest-starring on shows such as First Wave, Stargate SG-1, Cold Squad and Stephen King's Dead Zone. Her first sizable break in film came in 2005, when she landed the part of "Abby Miller"...
23.		Drew Scott Self, The 11th Annual Leo Awards Andrew Alfred Scott, better known as Drew Scott, was born in Vancouver, Canada. Drew is the youngest of three boys. His father, Jim Scott, worked in the film industry as an actor and assistant director until the late 70s, when he decided to focus on raising his family. Drew's mother, Joanne, worked as a paralegal in downtown Vancouver...
24.		Emily Perkins Actress, Juno
25.		Dylan Bruce Actor, Unstoppable Dylan Bruce has established himself well in television. Bruce was born in Vancouver, Canada on April 21, 1980, and raised in both Vancouver and Seattle, Washington. In 2005 Bruce appeared on the mini-series 24: Conspiracy, the spin-off to the original Kiefer Sutherland series 24. The spin-off lasted for only a season...
26.		Magda Apanowicz Actress, The Butterfly Effect
27.		Gil Bellows Actor, The Shawshank Redemption
28.		Deborah Kara Unger Actress, The Game Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her feature film debut in Prisoners of the Sun, followed by roles in Christopher Crowe's Whispers in the Dark, Till There Was You, and Highlander: The Final Dimension. She acted in the award-winning television drama Bangkok Hilton with Nicole Kidman and Denholm Elliott...
29.		Chasty Ballesteros Actress, The Internship
30.		Jody Thompson Actress, 2012 Jody Thompson is most widely known for her recurring characters on The 4400, Blade: The Series, Terminal City, Flash Gordon and Cold Squad, and also for television appearances on Fringe, the Stargate franchises, Smallville and Supernatural. She has co-starred with Eric McCormack twice - once, as a 1950's housewife in Alien Trespass...
31.		Yvonne De Carlo Actress, Munster Masquerade Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of Hollywood's elite...
32.		Jason Priestley Actor, Tombstone
33.		Melanie Papalia Actress, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
34.		Jonathan Silver Scott Self, The 11th Annual Leo Awards Jonathan was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada with his identical twin brother Drew Scott, and older brother J.D. Scott. His passion for entertaining started at the young age of 7 when he began performing in small theatre productions and on weekends as an apprentice clown. His acting eventually segued from the stage to screen and his clowning evolved to performing as a magician...
35.		Brandon Jay McLaren Actor, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Canadian actor Brandon Jay McLaren was born to parents from Grenada and Trindad on July 3, 1981. Hailing from Vancouver, Brandon attended the Johnston Heights Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada where he studied Drama for five years, working with the Johnston Heights Theatre Company...
36.		Teryl Rothery Actress, Dragon Ball Z A Vancouver, British Columbia, native, Teryl Rothery always knew she wanted to be an entertainer. She began her career as a dancer at age thirteen when she performed in her first musical, "Bye Bye Birdie". Her role in "Annie Get Your Gun" earned her a Most Outstanding Performer award with her theater company...
37.		Torrance Coombs Actor, The Familiar
38.		Crystal Lowe Actress, Insomnia Crystal Lowe was born on 20th January 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At a young age, Crystal and her family moved to Hong Kong where she grew up a few years of her life and is now fluent in Cantonese. Because of her natural beauty, Crystal then entered such modeling competitions including "Miss Teen Oriental." She has also been a sunshine calendar girl...
39.		Alaina Huffman Actress, As Time Goes By
40.		Michael Shanks Actor, Elysium
41.		Laura Harris Actress, The Faculty Born to public school teachers in Pacific Northwest Canada, Laura Harris began acting professionally in CBC radio dramas at an early age. With a taste for quirky, character driven material, Harris is known for playing 1930's starlet "Daisy Adair" in Showtime's cult hit Dead Like Me with Mandy Patinkin and Callum Blue...
42.		Carly Pope Actress, Elysium Carly graduated from high school in Vancouver in 1998. She made her American screen debut in I've Been Waiting for You. Her most noticeable roles to date are "Molly White" in Trapped in a Purple Haze, and "Sam McPherson" in TV's Popular. She auditioned for roles on Roswell before she landed the role of "Sam McPherson".
43.		Antonio Cupo Actor, American Mary Antonio Cupo was born in Vancouver, Canada, on 10 January 1978. His father, Manlio, comes from a small town in Italy named Palomonte and his mother, Lucia, was born in Barletta. The Cupo family emigrated to Canada in 1968. Antonio is the youngest of three children. He has an older brother, Sabato, and an older sister...
44.		Chelan Simmons Actress, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Chelan Simmons was born in Vancouver, Canada. One of three children (one older brother and an older sister), she has been a natural performer since the age of 2. Her first movie role was as the title creature's first victim, Laurie Ann Winterbarger, in Stephen King's It. Her most recognizable roles are in Final Destination 3 as Ashley Freund...
45.		Chief Dan George Actor, The Outlaw Josey Wales Chief Dan George was born with the names Geswanouth Slahoot (which was anglicized as Dan Slaholt) to a tribal chief on Burrard Indian Reserve No. 3 in North Vancouver. His last name was changed to George when he entered a mission boarding school at the age of 5, where the use of his native language was discouraged, if not forbidden...
46.		Rachel Roberts Actress, The Host Rachel Roberts began her career at age sixteen in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The stunning model-turned-actress did layouts for Elle UK and Canada magazine, and was on the cover of the July 10, 2000 Elle France magazine; Glamour (US) for the February 2002 issue (Love Is In The Hair...
47.		Julia Benson Actress, Right to Die Canadian actress Julia Benson (born in 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia) finished her theatrical studies in 2001 before starting her professional acting career in 2003 around the age of twenty-four. Julia's screen credits include an impressive range of film shorts, feature-length films and recurring and episodic television roles...
48.		Michael Ontkean Actor, The Descendants Michael Ontkean, the Cando-American actor best known for playing the minor league hockey player Ned Braden in the cult classic Slap Shot, was born on January 24, 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His parents Leonard and Muriel (née Cooper) Ontkean were actors. Michael appeared on the Canadian TV series Hudson's Bay...
49.		Jed Rees Actor, Galaxy Quest After several years of training in New York, Jed began his acting career on various film and television productions shooting in his hometown of Vancouver. Some of which included, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, and the movie, Fear, starring Mark Walberg and Reese Witherspoon. Jed returned to New York for the theatrical production of...
50.		Chelsea Hobbs Actress, Snow Queen Chelsea Hobbs was born in Vancouver, Canada and has been singing, dancing and acting almost as soon as she could walk, performing for anyone who would grant her audience. Chelsea's formal training began at the age of 3, when she started dancing 5 hours a day, 6 days a week. Her parents, after divorcing when Chelsea was only 7...