Theo Marchetti 
Tom Cruise rose to fame with “Risky Business” and “Top Gun,” earned three Oscar nominations, performs his own stunts in the “Mission: Impossible” series and helped save theaters with “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Jake Gyllenhaal broke out in “October Sky” and “Donnie Darko,” earned an Oscar nomination for “Brokeback Mountain,” transformed for “Nightcrawler” and has become a Broadway star.
Jessica Chastain broke out in 2011 with “The Help” and “The Tree of Life,” starred in “Zero Dark Thirty,” won an Oscar for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and runs the production company Freckle Films.
Christian Bale debuted in Spielberg’s “Empire of the Sun,” played Batman in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy, won an Oscar for “The Fighter” and is famous for dramatic physical transformations.
Oklahoma native Blake Shelton has scored more than two dozen No. 1 country hits, won a record nine seasons as a coach on “The Voice,” and opened the Ole Red venues with Ryman Hospitality.
Adam Levine co-founded Maroon 5, sang hits from “This Love” to “Moves Like Jagger” and “Girls Like You,” and spent 16 seasons as a coach on NBC’s “The Voice.”
Kate Winslet starred in “Titanic,” won an Oscar for “The Reader,” collected Emmys for “Mildred Pierce” and “Mare of Easttown,” and is known for honest, unvarnished performances.
Boston-area native Chris Evans played the Human Torch, became Captain America across a decade of Marvel films, then turned to Broadway, “Knives Out” and a civic engagement platform.
Vancouver-born Ryan Reynolds went from sitcoms to Hollywood stardom, turned “Deadpool” into a record-setting franchise, and built businesses from Aviation Gin to Mint Mobile and Wrexham AFC.
Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood won “American Idol” in 2005 and became one of the best-selling country artists of all time, with hits like “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” “Before He Cheats” and “Cowboy Casanova.”
Classically trained pianist Alicia Keys broke through with “Fallin'” in 2001 and became one of the most decorated R&B artists of her generation, with hits like “No One” and “Empire State of Mind” and a Broadway musical, “Hell’s Kitchen.”
English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran went from busking and small gigs to stadium tours, with hits including “The A Team,” “Thinking Out Loud,” “Shape of You” and “Perfect.”