Someone on SNL went to Langley HS, I think she was on SNL in the early 2000s. I don't remember when she attended Langley, I think sometime in the 90s. Anyone know who this is? She's not Lauren Graham.

Anonymous wrote:Lauren Graham went to Langley High school

https://www.saxonscope.com/uncategorized/2016/11/16/celebrity-alumni-announced-as-class-of-2017-keynote-graduation-speaker/

Surprised no one mentioned this until so late in the thread!

Her autobiography is hilarious on audiobook btw. Especially the part about intentionally buying loose jeans in HS and stapling them to be tighter!

Anonymous wrote:Jim Acosta is from
Annandale.

He was our hs president senior year. Was a tool at AHS and is still a tool on CNN

Local news anchor Jummy Olabanji went to Westfield HS. She was a cheerleader.

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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.

Wow, blast from the past. I remember reading that book in...later elementary school? (I grew up in NoVa)

The book was based on the real-life tragic story of her son's best friend who was struck and killed by lightning in Bethany Beach, DE.
And in the book, the main female character in the story (who passes away), is from Arlington, VA.

I love that others on this thread know this and are bringing up Katherine Paterson as a celeb from the DMV. As someone who grew up in western Loudoun, we learned that her experiences teaching at Lovettsville ES also shaped what she wrote in that book and its rural setting:

"On the way to becoming a missionary, I spent a year teaching in a rural school in northern Virginia, where almost all my children were like Jesse Aarons. I’ll never forget that wonderful class. A teacher I once met at a meeting in Virginia told me that when she read Bridge to Terabithia to her class, one of the girls told her that her mother had been in that Lovettsville sixth grade. I am very happy that those children, now grown up with children of their own, know about the book. I hope they can tell by reading it how much they meant to me."

Has Maury Povich been mentioned?

I went to Whitman in the 90s and Ms. Povich, his cousin (?), was one of our regular substitute teachers. Everyone thought that was kind of cool.

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Anonymous wrote:Edward Morton grew up in Columbia, MD.

Norton

Not only that, but his grandfather was an urban planner that conceptualized and founded the planned community of Columbia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rouse

Anonymous wrote:Ben Feldman - Superstore, Mad Men

Kelen Coleman - the Newsroom, The Office

Both went to Churchill in Potomac.

You must be from my era. Don’t forget Taylor Momsen (the Grinch) and Freddy Adu (soccer player).

Danny McBride is from Spotsylvania.

Jim Acosta is from
Annandale.

He was our hs president senior year. Was a tool at AHS and is still a tool on CNN

Shirley Temple and Linda Carter

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Anonymous wrote:Goldie Hawn went to Blair HS in Silver Spring.

As did Connie Chung, Nora Roberts, Ben Stein, Carl Bernstein, and Lisa Ann Walter.

I thought it was nice that Lisa Ann Walter visited the students at Blair when she was in town (caught her stand up show at the Bethesda Theater).

Anonymous wrote:Lauren Graham went to Langley High school

https://www.saxonscope.com/uncategorized/2016/11/16/celebrity-alumni-announced-as-class-of-2017-keynote-graduation-speaker/

This was her house. Her family sold it in 2018.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/335-Club-View-Dr-22066/home/9086964

Lauren Graham went to Langley High school

https://www.saxonscope.com/uncategorized/2016/11/16/celebrity-alumni-announced-as-class-of-2017-keynote-graduation-speaker/