IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "San Diego/ California/ USA"

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1.		Cameron Diaz Actress, There's Something About Mary Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego, California, to Billie Joann (Early), an import-export agent, and Emilio Diaz, who worked for an oil company. Her mother has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry, and her father was from a Cuban family (of Spanish origin). Self-described as "adventurous...
2.		Bridget Regan Actress, John Wick
3.		Mayim Bialik Actress, Beaches Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead) when she was just 12 years old. A number of TV roles followed until in 1990 she was cast in Blossom, the role which made her famous. By 1993, while Blossom was still airing, she had already won a deferred place at Harvard and was also accepted by Yale but chose in the end to attend UCLA...
4.		Adam Driver Actor, Inside Llewyn Davis Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas. His stepfather is a Baptist minister. His ancestry includes English...
5.		Jolene Blalock Actress, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Jolene Blalock was born and raised in San Diego, California. At age 16, she left home to pursue a modeling career in Europe and Asia. It was on a 1998 trip back to the United States that Blalock was compelled to flex her untested acting skills, and after a few commercial appearances and some skill-sharpening at Stella Adler Academy and Toronto's Second City Improv and Second City Los Angeles...
6.		Robert Duvall Actor, The Godfather: Part II Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a two-year hitch in the army after graduating in 1953...
7.		Caity Lotz Actress, The Pact Lotz started her career as a dancer, touring with Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga, starring in music videos, including Lady Gaga's. In 2005, Lotz joined the girl group, "Soccx". In 2006, the group released their debut single, "From Dusk Till Dawn (Get The Party Started)", which was followed up, in 2007...
8.		Camren Bicondova Actress, Pilot
9.		Lili Simmons Actress, Geek Charming
10.		Holly Marie Combs Actress, Dr. Giggles Holly moved to New York at the tender age of 7. Already her stunning looks had turned heads, resulting in jobs in print ads and commercials. Soon these experiences lead to a desire to act, a dream shared by Holly's mother, who herself was only 24. After a few bit parts, Holly landed a leading role as Kimberly in TV drama Picket Fences...
11.		Sarah Roemer Actress, Disturbia American actress and model Sarah Roemer starred as the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character in the thriller Disturbia. She was born in San Diego, California, and began modeling at the age of 15 after she was discovered buying coffee at a local 7-Eleven while attending Horizon Jr/Sr High School. At the age of 17 she moved away from her family to New York...
12.		Adam Brody Actor, Mr. & Mrs. Smith Adam Jared Brody was born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Valerie (Siefman), a graphic artist, and Mark Brody, a lawyer. His parents, both originally from Michigan, are both from Jewish families (from Russia and Poland). Adam spent a lot of his teen years hanging out with his friends...
13.		Margo Harshman Actress, Keith Margo was born in San Diego, California, and lived in La Costa, California, until she was 12, where she attended La Costa Heights Elementary School. She currently lives in Orange County, California, and resides with her parents and three older siblings. She began acting at the age of two and since then has been in many theatrical productions and TV commercials...
14.		Kathy Najimy Actress, WALL·E Kathy Najimy was born and raised in San Diego, California. She is the daughter of Samia (Massery) and Fred Najimy, a postal worker, both of Lebanese ancestry. Kathy attended Crawford High School, and began her film career in the early 1990s, with several minor roles. Kathy got her breakthrough screen role as "Sister Mary Patrick" in Sister Act...
15.		Gregory Peck Actor, To Kill a Mockingbird Eldred Gregory Peck was born in La Jolla, California, to Bernice Mary (Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and druggist in San Diego. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child, he was sent to live with his grandmother...
16.		Ted Danson Actor, Saving Private Ryan Ted Danson is well known for his role as Sam Malone in the television series Cheers. During the show's 11-year run, he was nominated nine times for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and won twice, in 1990 and 1993. The role also earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 1989 and 1990...
17.		Jared Gilmore Actor, The Back-up Plan
18.		Betsy Russell Actress, Saw IV Betsy Russell is the first in her family to become famous as an actress but she hales from a family of famous intellects. Her father is the iconic economist Richard Russell who has written a news letter about the stock market for almost 60 years called Dow Theory Letters and her grandfather Max Lerner was an author and syndicated columnist...
19.		Erik von Detten Actor, Toy Story Possessing leading man good looks and undeniable charm, Erik von Detten has proven himself to be an actor of unquestionable talent. Having amassed an impressive resume of feature film and television credits running the gamut from comedy to drama, the young actor's career is certainly a notable one. Erik was born in San Diego...
20.		Dana Ashbrook Actor, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Growing up in San Diego, becoming an actor came naturally to Dana Ashbrook. His father is the director of the Palomar College Department of Performing Arts, and his mother is a teacher who performs in local theater. His sisters, Daphne Ashbrook and Taylor Ashbrook, are also working actresses. His own career started while still in his teens...
21.		Jason London Actor, Dazed and Confused Jason London and his twin brother, Jeremy London, were born in San Diego, California, and were raised in Oklahoma and DeSoto, Texas. Jeremy was the first of the two to start auditioning, but it was Jason who nabbed the first role, in the movie The Man in the Moon. Jason also got a role in the dramatic series...
22.		Nick Cannon Self, F#Ck Nick Cannon
23.		Susanna Thompson Actress, Dragonfly
24.		Ryan Hansen Actor, Friday the 13th Ryan Hansen is an American actor. He was born in Fountain Valley, California, and raised in El Cajon, California, but has since moved with his wife, Amy Hansen, to Los Angeles. His wife is a former roommate of Kristen Bell (star of Veronica Mars). Hansen is involved in the campaign, "Invisible Children"...
25.		Heather O'Rourke Actress, Poltergeist Heather Michele O'Rourke was born on December 27, 1975 in Santee, San Diego, California, to Kathleen, a seamstress, and Michael O'Rourke, a construction worker. She had German, Danish, English, and Irish ancestry. Heather entered American cinematic pop-culture before first grade. She was sitting alone in the MGM Commissary waiting for her mother when a stranger approached her asking her name...
26.		Emma Caulfield Actress, Darkness Falls Born and raised in San Diego, Emma Caulfield began studying drama in at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre where she won the distinguished honor of "Excellence in Theatre Arts." She picked up her drama studies once again at The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) in London, all before finishing high school...
27.		Jason Earles Actor, National Treasure
28.		RuPaul Self, The Eyes of Tammy Faye Born Rupaul Andre Charles on November 17 1960, he grew up in San Diego, learning fashion tips from his mother and three sisters. After some time living in Atlanta doing odd jobs such as a used-car salesman, RuPaul moved to New York by the early '90s. He had begun performing in local Manhattan clubs and became a popular attraction through his various flamboyant acts on stage...
29.		Fred Ward Actor, Tremors A marvelous character actor with intense eyes, a sly grin and somewhat grizzled appearance, Fred Ward has nearly 70 appearances under his belt in many tremendous films. He first became interested in acting after serving three years in the US Air Force and studied at New York's Herbert Berghof Studio...
30.		Jeremy London Actor, Mallrats Jeremy London and his twin brother Jason London were born in San Diego, California, but were raised in small towns in both Texas and Oklahoma. Jeremy began acting on stage at the age of seventeen, where he impressively portrayed the leading role in The Music Man and fell in love with performing....
31.		Mario Lopez Actor, Get Him to the Greek Born in San Diego, California, on October 10th, 1973, to Mario Sr. and Elvira, Mario Lopez's first professional role was on the series, a.k.a. Pablo. Mario is probably best known to youngsters, however, as A.C. Slater from NBC's popular 1980s teen comedy series Saved by the Bell. Among Mario's other credits are several other popular television series...
32.		Jerry Trainor Actor, Donnie Darko Jerry Trainor was born on January 21, 1977, and is an American television and movie actor. Jerry graduated from the University of San Diego High School, which is now known as Cathedral Catholic High School, and Jerry's mother teaches both pre-calculus and calculus there. It has been said that Jerry used to be Drake Bell's assistant...
33.		Theresa Russell Actress, Spider-Man 3 Theresa Russell, named one of the "100 sexiest stars in film history" (Empire Magazine), was born in San Diego, California. She was discovered by a photographer at the age of 12, and made her film debut in Elia Kazan's The Last Tycoon, opposite Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Robert Mitchum...
34.		Ysa Penarejo Actress, Episode #1.1 Ysa Penarejo has been acting since the age of 11 and is known for American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars (2012), Ritchie Rich (2015), has been in a number of pilots as a series regular, and is a lead in the upcoming summer movies Gibby (2015) and Project MC2 (2015). When she's not in front of the camera, she enjoys performing all styles of dance including jazz, lyrical, ballet and hip-hop.
35.		Kendra Wilkinson Self, The House Bunny
36.		Sterling Beaumon Actor, Astro Boy Sterling Beaumon is best known for his starring role as 'Young Ben' on ABC's hit series LOST. Since then the accomplished actor has shown his diverse acting skills seamlessly segueing into characters you'd never expect the sweet, well-mannered young actor portray - teenage serial killers on two of primetime's most popular dramas, Law & Order: SVU (NBC) and Criminal Minds (CBS)...
37.		Alana Stewart Self, Farrah's Story
38.		Cliff Robertson Actor, Spider-Man A serious and talented actor, at his best playing somewhat troubled characters, Cliff Robertson has been a fairly successful leading man through most of his career without ever becoming a major star. Following strong stage and television experience, he made an interesting film debut in a supporting role in Picnic...
39.		Nicole Garcia Actress, Confessions of a Womanizer
40.		Kris Jenner Self, Delivering Baby Mason
41.		Tawny Kitaen Actress, Bachelor Party
42.		Gabriel Iglesias Self, Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy Born in Chula Vista, California, Gabriel Iglesias is the youngest of six children, raised by a single mother. Growing up, the family lived in Section 8 housing in Long Beach, CA. It was during his childhood that he developed a strong sense of humor to deal with the obstacles he faced. In 1997, he set out to hone his comedic skills...
43.		Riley Steele Actress, Piranha 3D A California native, Riley Steele started out working at Starbucks and at a golf course snack bar. As fate would have it, she found her big break in the form of meeting porn star Jesse Jane at a signing for the sex parody Pirates. Jesse advised her to enter the business, and shortly afterward Riley got a card from her...
44.		Julie White Actress, Transformers
45.		Larry Wilcox Actor, CHiPs '99 70s and early 80s TV star Larry Wilcox was born on August 8, 1947 in San Diego California, the product of a broken home. His father, a bartender left the house when Larry was but an infant and died soon after divorcing Larry's mother. His mother, a secretary, found the going rough trying to feed four children and moved the family to Wyoming to live with relatives...
46.		Charlene Tilton Actress, #1 Cheerleader Camp
47.		Don McManus Actor, The Shawshank Redemption
48.		Kelly Ward Miscellaneous Crew, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 Kelly is the son of Don and Bonnie Ward, who have been active in theatre in San Diego for decades. Along with his brother Kirby Ward (For the Boys) and sister, Kelly appeared in numerous theatre productions in and around San Diego while growing up. They were often either directed or choreographed by his parents...
49.		Raquel Pomplun Actress, The Gambler Raquel Pomplun is a model, dancer, actress and host based out of Los Angeles, CA. She was born in San Diego, CA, grew up in Tijuana, B.C., Mexico and came back to San Diego at the age of thirteen. She attended Southwestern College where she was majoring in Biochemistry. While seeking funding for her academia...
50.		Kristen Dalton Actress, The Departed