North Walians among most Googled Welsh celebs

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North Walians among most Googled Welsh celebs

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SOME familiar north Walians have been named among the world’s most Googled Welsh celebrities.

Comparison site JohnSlots compiled a list of more than 300 prominent Welsh actors, musicians, sportspeople and public figures, and analysed Google data to find the average number of searches they receive each month around the world and in the UK.

Batman star Christian Bale has been revealed as the world’s most Googled Welsh celebrity, receiving 2.1 million searches per month according to new research.

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Christian Bale tops the global rankings, with the public Googling the Pembrokeshire-born actor a staggering 2,100,000 times a month on average worldwide.

He currently lives in Los Angeles, California, but was born in Haverfordwest, where he lived with his family until he was two years old.

Bale and his family frequently moved for his father’s work, and they lived in England, Portugal and the United States, before the family settled in the coastal town of Bournemouth.

PIC by Press Association shows Christian Bale.

Bale began his Hollywood career at just 13 years old when he was cast in Steven Spielberg’s World War II drama, Empire of the Sun.

It wasn’t until the year 2000 however, when he was cast as New York serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, that he really entered the public eye.

More recently Bale has starred as supervillain Gorr in Marvel’s CGI romp, Thor: Love and Thunder, which was released in July this year.

Coming in second place is award-winning female actor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, who receives 1,225,000 searches per month on average worldwide.

The actor, who was born in Swansea, was raised in the nearby seaside village of Mumbles, located at the edge of Swansea Bay.

Denbighshire Free Press:

PIC by Press Association shows Zeta-Jones.

Zeta-Jones made her on-screen acting debut in 1990 when she starred in the French-Italian fantasy film, 1001 Nights. A later role in the British comedy-drama, The Darling Buds of May, saw Zeta-Jones secure public recognition, with the Welsh star going on to feature in an array of box office hits including, The Mask of Zorro, Chicago and Ocean’s Twelve.

In third place is Cardiff-born actor Tom Ellis, who receives 1,200,000 searches every month on average worldwide.

Ellis stars as the devilishly handsome Lucifer Morningstar in the Netflix fantasy series Lucifer, which concluded its final season in September last year. Long-time fans of the BBC One sitcom Miranda will also recognise him for his breakout role as the titular character’s love interest, Gary Preston.

In fourth and fifth positions are Cardiff-born professional footballer, Gareth Bale and acclaimed Port Talbot actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, both of whom receive 1,100,000 Google searches every month worldwide.

It is Gareth Bale however who takes the top spot as the most searched in the UK, ranking ahead of his Hollywood counterparts, with 167,000 searches every month on average.

More familiar names to us in the north will include ‘Rocketman’ star Taron Egerton (who grew up on Anglesey) and Rhys Ifans, who grew up in Ruthin, and has starred in the likes of ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, as well as being frontman for Super Furry Animals.

Denbighshire Free Press: Rhys Ifans. PICTURE: BBC Wales.

PIC by S4C shows Rhys Ifans.

A spokesperson for JohnSlots commented on the findings: “Christian Bale deservedly takes the top spot as the most searched Welsh celebrity. However, with the actor perfecting his American accent in order to secure numerous Hollywood roles, many are often surprised when they learn of his Welsh roots. His longstanding contribution to film has evidently cemented his place as a worldwide household name.

“Wales should remain proud of the eclectic mix of talent that it has cultivated over the years, with many of those born in the country going on to become global celebrities, who continue to attract interest from fans all over the world.”

Most Searched Welsh Celebrity (Worldwide)

 

Rank

Welsh Celebrity

Number of Monthly Searches (Worldwide)

1.

Christian Bale

2,100,000

2.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

1,225,000

3.

Tom Ellis

1,200,000

4.

Gareth Bale

1,100,000

5.

Anthony Hopkins

1,100,000

6.

Taron Egerton

882,000

7.

Luke Evans

852,000

8.

Michael Sheen

531,000

9.

Tom Jones

481,000

10.

Roald Dahl

415,000

11.

Rhys Ifans

401,000

12.

Bonnie Tyler

352,000

13.

Aaron Ramsey

321,000

14.

Timothy Dalton

314,000

15.

Ioan Gruffudd

286,000

16.

Richard Burton

207,000

17.

Duffy

202,000

18.

Perdita Weeks

198,000

19.

Ryan Giggs

171,000

20.

John Rhys-Davies

169,000

 

Most Searched Welsh Celebrity (UK)

 

Rank

Welsh Celebrity

Number of Monthly Searches (UK)

1.

Gareth Bale

167,000

2.

Christian Bale

151,000

3.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

122,000

4.

Aaron Ramsey

120,000

5.

Charlotte Church

106,000

6.

Luke Evans

103,000

7.

Dawn French

93,000

8.

Anthony Hopkins

90,000

9.

Tom Jones

90,000

10.

Michael Sheen

88,000

11.

Shirley Bassey

84,000

12.

Tom Ellis

79,000

13.

Joanna Page

77,000

14.

Roald Dahl

76,000

15.

Greg Davies

76,000

16.

Rhys Ifans

61,000

17.

Ryan Giggs

55,000

18.

Ioan Gruffudd

54,000

19.

Timothy Dalton

49,000

20.

Taron Egerton

48,000



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