Cindy is considered as one of the world’s most beautiful women, and she has appeared just about everywhere that allows advertisements. Cindy was born in the small urban town of DeKalb in Illinois, back in 1966, and stayed there for twenty years. Cindy was first discovered as a teenager when a local news photographer took a picture of her while she was detasselling corn, of all things!
She soon left her country job to become a model for the summer and continued modeling for the next two summers and then decided to go to college. She earned an academic scholarship and chose to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, but eventually, she cleverly agreed that she’d make more money as a model.
Kirstie Alley - Kansas
Noted for her striking beauty, thick, chestnut-colored hair, and whiskey voice, Alley studied drama in her native Kansas, she then moved to Los Angeles and became an interior decorator. Is there a correlation between famous celebrities coming from Kansas? We're not exactly sure what it is about midwestern States, but Kirstie Allie is yet another renowned actress that comes from such an unassuming place.
After dropping out of Kansas State University after her sophomore year, she moved to Hollywood, and almost as soon as she probably surprised herself with her own success! She was consistently funny and undeniably talented, so more quickly enough, her big break came when she starred in the famous sitcom 'Cheers,' and then moved onto film, and sadly since died at the age 71, in 2022.
Kathy Griffin - Illinois
Kathy Griffin has been a comedienne for a long time, but she's come a long way since her upbringing in Oak Park, Illinois. Being raised in the Chicago area, it was from the age of five that Griffin reportedly knew she wanted to become an actress and frequently improvised elaborate stage and comedy acts for her family.
It only seems natural that the fierce Redhead comes from the windy city of Chicago. She lived there until she was 17, where Griffin attended High School, and after graduating, she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Southern California.
Jessica Alba - California
Albe was born in Pomona, California, in 1981 while her father was in the Air Force. When she was still just a baby, the family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, but nine years later, they eventually moved back to California. It was in California that she was exposed to acting and began embarking on her career as an actress.
Growing up in Mississippi and then California sure makes for an unusual upbringing. In Mississippi, she probably spent the long summer days outside, doing things like picking berries and climbing trees while in California, Jessica was exposed to a lot more opportunities than Mississippi could offer.
John Cusack - Illinois
Born in 1966 in Evanston, Illinois, to an Irish Catholic family, John Cusack spent a year at New York University before dropping out, stating that he had "too much fire in his belly." He did indeed move onto bigger and better things after making his film debut in 1983's 'Class,' and had a brief but memorable appearance as one of the nerds in 'Sixteen Candles.'
This adorable actor from Illinois became something of a lust object for girls everywhere, but what really put him on the map was his breakout role in 'The Sure Thing' and 'Say Anything.' The rest of the 1980s, he spent carving out a niche for himself as both a solid performer and the lovable protagonist.