Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 21:00     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Anonymous wrote:Not exactly a celebrity but a famous book: "Bridge to Terabithia" was written by Katherine Patterson while living in Takoma Park set in the fabulous tree canopy of that area.


She included the exact name of someone I knew and some Bethesda references in that book.

Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:55     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Benny Blanco - Reston VA. Attended Hughes Middle School and South Lakes HS.

Grant Hill (NBA) - attended South Lakes HS.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:46     Subject: Re:Celebs from DMV
Josh Charles (The Good Wife) grew up next-door to a friend where I grew up in Baltimore.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:37     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Anonymous wrote:Greg Garcia, producer of My Name is Earl, is from Arlington and went to Yorktown HS. The show is based on Pimmitt Hills before it became bougie.

My yoga teacher is the former mother-in-law of Chris Rock.


In Los Angeles, Garcia has found hometown connections in Hollywood's A-list circles. At the People's Choice Awards in January, he spotted actress Sandra Bullock, a graduate of Arlington's Washington-Lee High School, and struck up a conversation.

"All I had to say was, 'I'm from Arlington,' " he said. "There's something about hearing your hometown."

To actor Warren Beatty, another W-L alumnus, he said, " 'My mother went to junior high school with you.' . . . And [Beatty] came over and warmed right up."
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:36     Subject: Celebs from DMV
JC Chasez, Bowie
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:32     Subject: Celebs from DMV
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



JLD went to Holton in Bethesda, but she lived over the line in DC.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:27     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Michael Ealy is from Silver Spring
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:27     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Anonymous wrote:Bill Nye went to Alice Deal


So did Warren Buffet who then went on the graduate from Wilson.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:20     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Anonymous wrote:Oh! Along the tech lines, Sergey Brin went to Adelphi elementary, Eleanor Roosevelt high school and UMD.


And along Google lines... Billionaire ex-CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, was born/raised in Falls Church and Arlington, and graduated from Yorktown High School.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:18     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Can't believe no one mentioned Angela Renée White aka Blac Chyna from Anacostia
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:13     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Anonymous wrote:Can’t believe no one has named Jared Leto yet. Went to Longfellow and McLean before transferring to Flint Hill


Was just about to.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:10     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Can’t believe no one has named Jared Leto yet. Went to Longfellow and McLean before transferring to Flint Hill
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:10     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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😀


Money


Katie went to Yorktown.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 20:03     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Tariji P Henson DC
Johnny Gill DC
Dave Chappell DC
Stacey Latishaw DC
Meshell Ndegocello DC
Denyce Graves Army Brat, raised in DC
Samira Wiley DC
Jon Bernthal DC
Kenny Lattimore DC
Dave Bautista DC
Justin Theroux DC
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2024 19:55     Subject: Celebs from DMV
Anonymous wrote:Oh! Along the tech lines, Sergey Brin went to Adelphi elementary, Eleanor Roosevelt high school and UMD.


Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founder and CEO of Yelp, grew up in Arlington. He went to Taylor Elementary and he and his family were members of Donaldson Run pool. He moved to Great Falls after elementary school and he graduated from Langley High.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/01/19/yelp-ceo-jeremy-stoppelman-on-why-north-arlington-is-great/