Celebrities you didn’t know were Canadian
Mike Myers, second from left, with his “Shrek” costars Antonio Banderas, left, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy, was born in Canada May 25, 1963. Diaz, by the way, is a local girl, born in San Diego in 1972. (Francois Guillot / AFP)
Rachel McAdams (“Sherlock Holmes,” “Morning Glory,” “A Wanted Man”) was born in London, Ontario, Nov. 17, 1978. (Danny Moloshok / Invision/Associated Press)
Will Arnett (“Arrested Development,” “30 Rock,” “Despicable Me”) was born May 4, 1970, in Toronto. (Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images)
Ryan Reynolds (“Green Lantern,” “Buried,” “The Proposal”) was born Oct. 23, 1976, in Vancouver. (Carlos Alvarez / Getty Images)
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Ryan Gosling (“Drive,” “Gangster Squad”) was born in Rachel McAdams’ hometown of London, two years later: Nov. 12, 1980. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Filmmaker James Cameron (“Aliens,” “Titanic,” “Avatar”), pictured with Suzy Amis, was born Aug. 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Canada. (Marty Melville/ AFP/Getty Images)
Singer Avril Lavigne (“I’m With You,” “Complicated”) was born Sept. 27, 1984, in Belleville, Canada. (Alexander Tamargo / Getty Images)
Singer Alanis Morissette (“Jagged Little Pill,” “Ironic”) was born in Ottawa, June 1, 1974. She’s pictured in concert at England’s Manchester Apollo in 2012. (Shirlaine Forrest / WireImage)
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Ellen Page (“Juno,” “Inception”) was born Feb. 21, 1987, in Halifax, Canada. (Patrick T. Fallon / For the Los Angeles Times)
Michael J. Fox, with wife Tracy Pollan, was born June 9, 1961, in Edmonton, Canada. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP/Getty Images)
Comic film star Jim Carrey, left, with Ringo Starr at a January 2014 benefit in Los Angeles, was born Jan. 17, 1962, in Newmarket, Canada. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Pamela Anderson (“Baywatch,” “V.I.P.”), at a January 2014 benefit in L.A., was born July 1, 1967, in Ladysmith, Canada. (Valerie Macon / Getty Images)
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William Shatner was born March 22, 1931, in Cote Saint-Luc, Canada. (Michael Reynolds / EPA)