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Oscars 2024: Acting nominees represent hometowns across the country
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MARK RUFFALO
Mark Ruffalo, nominated for best actor in a supporting role, got his start in a 1989 commercial for Clearasil -- long before he was a four-time Oscar nominee.
EMMA STONE
Ruffalo's "Poor Things" co-star Emma Stone made her screen debut as a teenage contestant on the VH1 competition series, "In Search of the Partridge Family."
Stone won the part of Laurie Partridge in a Partridge Family reboot that lasted just one episode.
PAUL GIAMATTI
Paul Giamatti has credited the Howard Stern movie, "Private Parts" with making him a star.
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Another memorable early role for Giamatti was the villain in "Big Fat Liar" - where he was dyed blue by Frankie Munoz and Amanda Bynes.
AMERICA FERRERA
Before "Barbie" or "Ugly Betty," America Ferrera was a Disney Channel star growing up.
She played Yolanda in the 2002 movie "Gotta Kick it Up!"
RYAN GOSLING
Ryan Gosling was also a Disney Channel star.
Gosling co-starred with Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears in "The All New Mickey Mouse Club!"
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BRADLEY COOPER
Bradley Cooper's screen debut came in "Sex and the City."
He shared a passionate makeout scene with Sarah Jessica Parker after meeting her character, Carrie in a bar.
Cooper also starred in the ABC TV show "Alias" with Jennifer Gardner in the early 2000s.
JEFFREY WRIGHT
Jeffrey Wright's first starring role was playing artistJean-Michel Basquiat in the 1996 bio-pic, "Basquiat."
Nearly 30 years later, he's a first time Oscar nominee.