11 International Celebs Who Were Surprisingly Born In The US
Andrew Garfield is actually a California boy!
Hollywood is filled with amazing performers from all over the world. However, you may be surprised to learn that some of your international faves were actually born in the US:
Here are 11 international celebs who were actually born in the US:
1. Nicole Kidman was born to Australian parents in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Her mom and dad were in the US on student visas.
2. Saoirse Ronan was born to Irish parents in New York City.
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Her dad was working as an actor and at a bar. The family relocated to Dublin when Saoirse was three.
3. Anya Taylor-Joy was born to a Scottish and Argentinian dad and a Zambian-born English and Spanish mom in Miami, Florida.
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Her parents were vacationing in Miami when she was born. They lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until she was six then moved to London.
4. Danai Gurira was born to Zimbabwean parents in Grinnell, Iowa.
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Her parents both worked as academics. Her father was a chemistry profession, and her mother was a university librarian. They moved back to Zimbabwe when Danai was five.
5. Andrew Garfield was born to a British mother and an American father in Los Angeles.
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When Andrew was three, the family moved to Surrey, England because his mom missed her family back home.
6. Sienna Miller was born to an American dad and a British mom in New York City.
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When she was a year old, the family moved to the UK.
7. Geraldine Chaplin was born in Santa Monica, California to English actor Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill, who was born in Bermuda but has English, Irish, and American heritage.
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In 1953, amid the McCarthy era, Charlie moved the family from the US to Switzerland.
8. JJ Feild was born to a British dad and an American mom in Boulder, Colorado.
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When he was six months old, the family moved to London.
9. Bruce Lee was was born to Chinese parents in San Francisco, California.
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His parents were in San Francisco because his dad was touring with the Chinese Opera. They raised Bruce in Hong Kong until he moved to the US for college.
10. Zoë Wanamaker was born to a Canadian mother and an American father in New York City.
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Amidst the McCarthy era, the family moved to London because her dad, actor/director Sam Wanamaker, had been blacklisted in Hollywood. Zoë was 3 at the time.
11. And finally, Lucy Boynton was born to English parents in New York City.
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Her journalist parents had intended to relocate for a year but ended up staying for a decade before returning to London.
