IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Toronto/ Ontario/ Canada"

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1.		Stephen Amell Actor, Sacrifice
2.		Mia Kirshner Actress, Exotica
3.		Katheryn Winnick Actress, Love & Other Drugs As her impressively diverse list of credits attests, the beautiful Canadian-born Katheryn Winnick has always been drawn to the unconventional, showing range and depth with every role she plays. Winnick will next star as the fearless shield maiden, 'Lagertha', wife and warrior of a great Viking leader in the new eagerly-anticipated television series "Vikings"...
4.		Jeananne Goossen Actress, The Vow
5.		Will Arnett Actor, Despicable Me
6.		Christian Campbell Actor, Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Christian Campbell is a theater trained actor, producer and director. Born in Toronto, a first generation Canadian, with parents from Glasgow and Amsterdam, Christian was raised into an acting family that had him onstage and working professionally by the age of 14, with his first appearance on Degrassi High at 16...
7.		Sunny Leone Actress, Jism 2 Born in Ontario, Canada, Sunny Leone grew up in idyllic surroundings, loving the cold Canadian winters and the snow that came with them. Building snowmen and ice skating were regular activities outside the Leone household every November through March. With a love for sports, singing and dancing, young Sunny was a consummate performer...
8.		Shenae Grimes Actress, Scream 4
9.		Robbie Amell Actor, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Along with his sister, Robbie Amell started acting when he was just 6 years old. At 16, he started to land theater roles at Lawrence Park Stage in plays such as Louis and Dave, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Importance of Being Earnest. The experience brought Robbie to realize that he wanted to pursue a career in acting...
10.		Alison Pill Actress, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Alison is a Canadian born TV, film and theater actress. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, where she attended Vaughan Road Academy. She decided she wanted to be an actor when she was age 10. She was a member of the Toronto Children's Chorus and was chosen to narrate one of their performances. From there, she gained a job narrating children's audio books...
11.		Sarah Polley Actress, Dawn of the Dead Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her political activism. Blessed with an extremely expressive face that enables directors to minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a character's thoughts, Polley has become a favorite of critics for her sensitive portraits of wounded and conflicted young women in independent films...
12.		Christopher Plummer Actor, Up Until the 2009 Academy Awards were announced, it could be said about Christopher Plummer that he was the finest actor of the post-World War II period to fail to get an Academy Award. In that, he was following in the footsteps of the late great John Barrymore, whom Plummer so memorably portrayed on Broadway in a one-man show that brought him his second Tony Award...
13.		Laura Vandervoort Actress, Ted Laura Vandervoort is a Canadian actress who has become popular from her roles as Kara (Supergirl) on Smallville, Lisa on the new V series, and Sadie on Instant Star. She has a second degree black belt in karate. Besides karate, she was even more athletic growing up, taking part in football, baseball...
14.		Rick Moranis Actor, Ghostbusters
15.		Michael Wincott Actor, The Crow Over more than thirty years, Michael Wincott has gained the reputation of a respected and uncompromising actor. Born in Scarborough, Ontario, he eventually moved to New York City where he graduated from Juilliard in 1986 and began a relationship with Joseph Papp's Public Theatre beginning with his creation of the role of Kent in Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio...
16.		Tara Strong Actress, Rugrats
17.		Patrick J. Adams Actor, Extreme Movie Toronto native Patrick J. Adams has appeared in acclaimed productions on stage, film and television, and recently launched in the USA Network series Suits, in which he stars opposite Gabriel Macht. This new series from the producers of the hit Covert Affairs debuted strong in June, 2011. Patrick recently wrapped filming on the new Michael Mann/David Milch series for HBO...
18.		David Cronenberg Director, The Fly David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father was a journalist, and his mother was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early age (he wrote and published eerie short stories, thus following his father's path) and for music (playing classical guitar until he was 12)...
19.		Genelle Williams Actress, Orphan
20.		John Candy Actor, Spaceballs Candy was one of Canada's greatest, and funniest, character actors. His well-known role as the big hearted buffoon earned him classics in Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains & Automobiles. His career has handed him some dry spells, but Candy always rebounded. Born in Toronto, Ontario, in the year 1950, Candy found his passion for drama while attending a community college...
21.		Kristin Lehman Actress, The Sentinel Canadian actress Kristin Lehman, who was born in Toronto and grew up in Vancouver, has begun establishing herself in the United States after a relatively prosperous career North of the Border. Lehman played a poker sharpie called "Miami" in the American TV series "Tilt", an ESPN original set in Las Vegas' professional gambling demimonde...
22.		Lexa Doig Actress, Jason X Toronto native Alexandra Doig was born on June 8th, 1973, to Filipina mother Gloria and English-Scottish father David. Her parents held season tickets to their local theater, and Lexa was inspired to begin acting after seeing a production of "Porgy and Bess" at the age of nine. She dropped out of high school in grade 13...
23.		Aden Young Actor, Killer Elite
24.		Michael Ironside Actor, Total Recall Michael Ironside has made a strong and indelible impression with his often incredibly intense and explosive portrayals of fearsome villains throughout the years. He was born as Frederick Reginald Ironside on February 12, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ironside was a successful arm wrestler in his teenage years...
25.		Rachel Blanchard Actress, Snakes on a Plane Rachel attended Havergal college, an all girls school in Toronto. After high school she went on to attend Queens university in Kingston, Ontario Canada. To prepare for her role as Cher in the Clueless TV series, Rachel actually did go to some high schools in L.A. where she was surprised to find out that the scene was somewhat like the movie portrayed...
26.		Erik Knudsen Actor, Saw II Knudsen has appeared in several movies and guest appearances, mostly in Canada. In 2003, he started playing the lead role, "Donovan MacKay", in the children's comedy series, Mental Block. He also starred in Saw II as Daniel Matthews. His most recent role is Dale Turner in Jericho, which premiered in September of 2006. He is sometimes credited as Eric Knudsen.
27.		Lisa Jakub Actress, Independence Day
28.		Corey Haim Actor, The Lost Boys Canadian-born Haim broke into the Film industry in 1984 as a young child caught up in a family war in the hit movie Firstborn. The following year he starred in the TV movie A Time to Live, for which he received an award, and Silver Bullet. Lucas, in which he starred alongside Charlie Sheen showed his ability, but was not a big hit...
29.		Sarah Carter Actress, Final Destination 2 Fresh out of Canada, Sarah Carter's career in Hollywood took off quickly, landing a string of series regular roles from 'Evie', Charlie Hunnam's love interest, in Seth Rogan and Judd Apatow's original comedy for DreamWorks, Undeclared,to 'Madeleine Poe', opposite James Woods on CBS' Shark, and 'Maggie', on TNT's Steven Spielberg produced Falling Skies...
30.		Catherine O'Hara Actress, The Nightmare Before Christmas
31.		Sarah Gadon Actress, A Dangerous Method Sarah spent much of her adolescence training as a performer as a Junior Associate at the National Ballet School of Canada and as a student at the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts. Currently, she divides her time between film sets and academics as a Cinema Studies student at the prestigious University of Toronto.
32.		Enrico Colantoni Actor, Galaxy Quest
33.		Gregory Smith Actor, The Patriot Canadian born Gregory Smith has starred in 25 feature films, including The Patriot, opposite Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger; Closing the Ring, directed by Richard Attenborough which premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival; Small Soldiers, opposite Kirsten Dunst and produced by 'Steven Spielberg'; Nearing Grace...
34.		Christopher Doohan Actor, Star Trek Into Darkness
35.		Dave Foley Actor, A Bug's Life Dave Foley dropped out of an alternative high school to do stand-up comedy. He met Kevin McDonald at an improv class and, while employed as movie ushers, they began working as a comedy team. In 1984 they merged with another team to form "The Kids in the Hall". Foley made his film debut at 22 as the lead in the Canadian film High Stakes.
36.		Brooke D'Orsay Actress, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
37.		Eric McCormack Actor, Free Enterprise Eric was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute (the same school Mike Meyers attended) and also attended Sir John A. MacDonald Collegiate, named after Canada's first Prime Minister. With the support of his parents (his father was also an aspiring actor)...
38.		Tamara Taylor Actress, Serenity Tamara Taylor's career took off when she landed a series regular role on Fox's Party of Five. Since then she has appeared in Steven Bochco's City of Angels, Hidden Hills, Lost, Numb3rs, CSI: Miami, NCIS, and Fox's hit Bones. She also had a role in Serenity...
39.		Aubrey Graham Actor, Ice Age: Continental Drift Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Dennis Graham, an African-American musician born in Memphis, Tennessee, and Sandi Graham, a Jewish-Canadian educator. As a young man, Drake appeared in several commercials for such retailers as Sears and GMC. In 2001, Drake rose to fame playing the role of Jimmy Brooks...
40.		Henry Czerny Actor, Mission: Impossible
41.		Rachel Skarsten Actress, The Vow Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten was born April 23, 1985 to Mary Aileen Self Skarsten and Dr. Stan Skarsten. She has a younger brother Jonathan Skarsten, six years her junior whom she regards as her best friend. At the age of nine, her father died suddenly of pancreatic cancer. Rachel danced for the Royal Academy of Dance for 12 years...
42.		Brooke Nevin Actress, Infestation
43.		Christina Cox Actress, The Chronicles of Riddick The youngest of three girls, Christina was born just outside Toronto. She carried a double major of theater and dance at the prestigious Arts York at Unionville High School. She went on to further her training at the Ryerson Theatre School of Toronto, among such alumni as Eric McCormack and David James Elliott...
44.		Charlotte Sullivan Actress, Defendor
45.		Brittany Allen Actress, The Rocker
46.		Jennifer Spence Actress, The Core
47.		Robin Dunne Actor, Cruel Intentions 2
48.		Chris Diamantopoulos Actor, The Three Stooges Chris grew up splitting his time between Greece and Canada. At age 9, he started doing TV commercials and professional theater. He left home at 18 to perform in a series of US national tours after which, he landed on Broadway. Chris now splits his time between New York and Los Angeles acting in TV and Film...
49.		Megan Follows Actress, Anne of Green Gables Megan (pronounced Mee-gan) has two children, a boy and a girl. Megan comes from a showbiz family: father Ted Follows, mother Dawn Greenhalgh, and sister Samantha Follows are all actors; her other sister, Edwina Follows, is a producer and writer; and her brother Laurence Follows is a producer. Has done many commercials...
50.		David James Elliott Actor, The Stranger I Married

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