There are a lot of actors who are good at what they do . It is their profession, after all .
However, then are actors that are on a whole new level of good.
These are the actors that were so convincing in a foreign role, we couldn’t believe they were from the U.S.
Gillian Anderson
Where they tricked us : Sex Education
They’re actually from : Chicago
Man, that British accent was good.
For a moment, we forgot that she was the very American Special Agent Scully in The X-Files .
Elijah Wood
Where they tricked us : The Lord Of The Rings franchise
They’re actually from : Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Frodo. Frodo, the Hobbit from the very British Middle Earth, is from freaking Iowa.
Mind = blown.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Where they tricked us : Shakespeare In Love
They’re actually from : Los Angeles, California
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She’s an entrepreneur, she’s a mother, but amongst her other great feats stands one above the others: She’s got a great British accent.
Meryl Streep
Where they tricked us : The Iron Lady
They’re actually from : Summit, New Jersey
We all knew deep down that Meryl Streep wasn’t actually from Britain.
And yet, that year she played Margaret Thatcher, we thought she was the ex-Prime Minister.
Julianne Moore
Where they tricked us : A Single Man
They’re actually from : Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Julianne Moore is such a good actress that for a couple of movies, we totally forgot she wasn’t British.
Alan Tudyk
Where they tricked us : A Knight’s Tale
They’re actually from : El Paso, Texas
Alan Tudyk is a man of many voices, British apparently included. Turns out, he also isn’t Weselton.
Chadwick Boseman
Where they tricked us : Black Panther
They’re actually from : Anderson, South Carolina
Well, Chadwick, it seems you got us. For a while, we all truly believed that because of your amazing South African accent from Black Panther , you were actually from there.
We were wrong.
Shannon Elizabeth
Where they tricked us : The American Pie franchise.
They’re actually from : Houston
A nice change of pace here!
In this case, we were surprised to find out that Shannon Elizabeth, wasn’t from Slovakia.
Hailee Steinfeld
Where they tricked us : Romeo & Juliet
They’re actually from : Tarzana, California
She absolutely nailed the British accent in Romeo & Juliet . We were floored when we found out she wasn’t English.
Don Cheadle
Where they tricked us : Ocean’s 11
They’re actually from : Kansas City, Missouri
These days, we know him better as the American character War Machine (Marvel), but back in the day, he was as British as can be in Oceans 11 .
Johnny Depp
Where they tricked us : The Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise.
They’re actually from : Owensboro, Kentucky
Are we absolutely sure that Johnny Depp isn’t actually from Britain, and he’s actually just pretending to be American?
Tessa Thompson
Where they tricked us : Thor: Ragnarok
They’re actually from : Los Angeles
People who get looped into the Thor franchise kind of have to have British accents, especially if they’re from Asgard.
But darn, were we fooled!
Renée Zellweger
Where they tricked us : The Bridget Jones franchise.
They’re actually from : Katy, Texas
Not only is she from the U.S, but she’s also from the most American part of America: Texas.
How did she nail that British accent so well?
Peter Dinklage
Where they tricked us : Game Of Thrones
They’re actually from : Morristown, New Jersey
Who knew that Peter Dinklage wasn’t British? Sure, he had a career before GoT , but the only role most of us kind of remember is when he was in Elf .
