Tonys Encyclopedia: All the 2022 Tony-Nominated Performers’ Hometowns

Hometown pride is important, no matter if you’re a Tony nominee, an Olympic gold medalist, or a local hero, people in communities around the world love to celebrate the successful natives who can lay claim to their city or town.

To celebrate the 45 performers who earned a 2022 Tony nomination for their performances this season, we dug deep into the archives to find out where these Broadway stars came from. Among the highlights:

‍Most Popular State: New York with 6 nominees‍

Most International Transfers: England with 5 nominees

Farthest from Radio City: Hugh Jackman, Australia

‍Fun facts #1: Mary-Louise Parker and Gabby Beans, both nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, consider themselves Army Brats (meaning they spent most of their childhoods traveling around the world from base-to-base.)

Fun Fact #2: It’s no surprise that Ruben Santiago-Hudson is from Lackawanna—but did you know A.J. Shively is from Dublin? Well, Dublin, Ohio, that is. 

So, without further ado, here are the hometown of the 2022 Tony-nominated performers. (*All data comes from IBDB; when the information was not available on their personal page, we reached out to show press reps or personal agents.)

Leading Actress in a Musical 

London, England: Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change

Denver, Colorado: Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset

Statesboro, Georgia: Sutton Foster, The Music Man

Atlanta, Georgia: Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square

Phoenix, Arizona: Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country

Leading Actor in a Musical 

The Bronx, New York City: Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night

Washington, D.C.: Myles Frost, MJ

Sydney, Australia: Hugh Jackman, The Music Man

New Milford, New Jersey: Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire

Raleigh, North Carolina: Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

Leading Actress in a Play

Americus, Georgia: Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth ("The question of what my hometown is is a fraught one. Some insist that your hometown is the town you were born in, but for me that place is Americus, Georgia; a town few have heard of and that I myself spent exactly 0 years living in post-birth... I think the safest answer to this question is that my hometown is wherever my immediate family happens to be living, which, at the moment, is Springfield, Virginia.")

St. Augustine, Florida: LaChanze, Trouble in Mind

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ruth Negga, Macbeth

Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.

Fort Jackson, South Carolina: Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive‍

Leading Actor in a Play

Penang, Malaysia: Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy

Amersham, England: Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy

Birmingham, England: Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy

Hamilton, Massachusetts: David Morse, How I Learned to Drive

Daly City, California: Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo

Lackawanna, New York: Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues

Burnage, England: David Threlfall, Hangmen

Featured Actress in a Musical 

The Bronx, New York City: Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From the North Country

Olympia, Washington: Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night

Topeka, Kansas: Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man

Maryland: L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop

Northport, New York: Patti LuPone, Company

Litchfield, New Hampshire: Jennifer Simard, Company

Featured Actor in a Musical 

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts: Matt Doyle, Company

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square

High Point, North Carolina: Jared Grimes, Funny Girl

Kingston, Jamaica: John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop

Dublin, Ohio: A.J. Shively, Paradise Square

Featured Actress in a Play

Boston, Massachusetts: Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s 

Lexington, Massachusetts: Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Penfield, New York: Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Houston, Texas: Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew

San Diego, California: Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Harlem, New York City: Kara Young, Clyde's

Featured Actor in a Play

London, England: Alfie Allen, Hangmen

Cleveland, Ohio: Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind

Missoula, Montana: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out

Paterson, New Jersey: Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s

Fort Wayne, Indiana: Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out

Chicago, Illinois: Jesse Williams, Take Me Out