Jeffrey Wright! Such a great actor.

Athletes: gymnast Dominique Dawes was born in DC and still lives in MD. And "QuadGod" Ilya Malinin is from VA.

Actresses: Samira Wiley is from DC and Lisa Ann Walter is from Silver Spring.

Anonymous wrote:Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. – Samuel L. Jackson
DuPont Circle – Ina Garten

Virginia
Arlington – Sandra Bullock
Annandale – Mark Hamill
Centreville – Ludacris
Fairfax – Jason Sudeikis
Fairfax Station – Alex Riley
Falls Church – Tom Shadyac
Fort Belvoir – Christopher Evan Welch
Springfield – Dave Grohl
Stafford – Erin Cahill
Warrenton – Walter Chrysler
Woodbridge – David Robinson

Maryland
Baltimore – Tupac Shakur
Bethesda – Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Bowie – Kathie Lee Gifford
Gaithersburg – Logic
Hyattsville – Jim Henson
La Plata – Benji Madden
Landover – Martin Lawrence
Largo – Wale
Oxon Hill – Taraji P. Henson
Rockville – Kevin Durant
Severn – Toni Braxton
Silver Spring – Sylvester Stallone
Towson – Michael Phelps
Waldorf – Christina Millian

Googled, he went there for one year then moved to Atlanta. Was more surprised to find out that he was really raised in Atlanta.

Katie Ledecky
Guilana Rancic (fake celeb I know)

Shaboozey and Tommy Richman are both from Woodbridge, Kali Uchis is from Alexandria, Benny Blanco is from Reston, Goldlink is from DC/MD but graduated from Hayfield in Alexandria.

They aren’t from here but two Kpop singers lived here for awhile - Park Yoochun formerly of JYJ and an actor (he got in some legal trouble so has been inactive) lived in Chantilly and Kim Jiwon (Bobby) from Ikon lived in Fairfax.

Anonymous wrote:Katie Couric out of W-L as well!

Brittany O’Grady (White Lotus) is my neighbor and used to babysit my kids! She’s the sweetest!

I forgot about Katie! What’s in the water at W—L😀

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Young Sheldon was a student at my kid’s elementary school. Great kid!!

Yes. Arlington again

W-L too

Brittany Ann O'Grady (born June 2, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her leading roles in the Fox series Star (2016–2019), and the Apple TV+ series Little Voice (2020), as well as her role in the first season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021),and a lead role in the Amazon Prime series The Consultant (2023). She has also acted in the film Black Christmas (2019).

Katie Couric out of W-L as well!

Brittany O’Grady (White Lotus) is my neighbor and used to babysit my kids! She’s the sweetest!

Anonymous wrote:Young Sheldon was a student at my kid’s elementary school. Great kid!!

Yes. Arlington again

Anonymous wrote:White Lotus actress was a W-L Arlington HS student.

Arlington has a lot of actors/actresses.

Shirley MacLaine, Warren Beatty and Sandra Bullock all came out of Washington-Lee HS in Arlington (now Washington-Liberty). Pretty amazing.

Anonymous wrote:White Lotus actress was a W-L Arlington HS student.

Arlington has a lot of actors/actresses.

https://www.arlnow.com/2021/10/04/arlington-native-brittany-ogrady-talks-about-her-role-in-hbos-the-white-lotus/

White Lotus actress was a W-L Arlington HS student.

Arlington has a lot of actors/actresses.

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. – Samuel L. Jackson
DuPont Circle – Ina Garten

Virginia
Arlington – Sandra Bullock
Annandale – Mark Hamill
Centreville – Ludacris
Fairfax – Jason Sudeikis
Fairfax Station – Alex Riley
Falls Church – Tom Shadyac
Fort Belvoir – Christopher Evan Welch
Springfield – Dave Grohl
Stafford – Erin Cahill
Warrenton – Walter Chrysler
Woodbridge – David Robinson

Maryland
Baltimore – Tupac Shakur
Bethesda – Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Bowie – Kathie Lee Gifford
Gaithersburg – Logic
Hyattsville – Jim Henson
La Plata – Benji Madden
Landover – Martin Lawrence
Largo – Wale
Oxon Hill – Taraji P. Henson
Rockville – Kevin Durant
Severn – Toni Braxton
Silver Spring – Sylvester Stallone
Towson – Michael Phelps
Waldorf – Christina Millian

Young Sheldon was a student at my kid’s elementary school. Great kid!!

Didn’t see a thread on this…

Post a celeb from the area and/or any experiences you might have had with them. A lot of people from the DMV go on to be successful. If it was in the DMV that’s even better.