Table of contents:
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Mila Kunis
- Harrison Ford
- Natalie Portman
- Michael Douglas
- Sylvester Stallone
- Winona Ryder
- Helen Mirren
Video: 8 famous Hollywood actors with ancestors from the former USSR
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
It is generally accepted that the recognized stars of Hollywood are Americans to their fingertips. However, if you carefully study their biography, it turns out that many of them have Russian roots. Whose ancestors come from Russia and the former USSR - further in the review.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio often likes to say that he has Russian roots. When in 2010 he met with President Vladimir Putin, the actor focused on the fact that his grandmother's name was Elena Stepanovna Smirnova.
Mila Kunis
Mila (real name Milena) Kunis was born in 1983 in Chernivtsi (Ukrainian SSR). When the girl was 7 years old, her parents immigrated to the United States of America. As the actress herself recalls, at first she endured enormous stress, being at school without knowing the language. Mila wrote about her childhood experiences in an essay when she entered college. Its title was: "Imagine yourself deaf and blind at age seven." Today Mila Kunis is one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood.
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford's grandmother immigrated to New York from Minsk in 1907. Once the actor turned to various public organizations to find out more about his ancestors, who settled in the territory of the former Soviet Union.
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman's maternal ancestors are from the Russian Empire. They initially emigrated to Israel and then to the United States.
Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas also has Russian roots. His famous father, a representative of the "golden age" of Hollywood, Kirk Douglas, originally bore the surname Danielovich-Demsky. But when his career took off, the actor changed his surname, which is difficult to pronounce for Americans, to a short and sonorous Douglas.
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone's great-grandmother Rosa Leibofish lived in the Russian Empire in Odessa. The actor's mother, Jacqueline, made several attempts to find their roots. Mikhail Gorbachev helped her in this.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder is the owner of a personalized star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ryder is the stage name of the actress, her real name is Winona Laura Horowitz. However, if you dig even deeper, then in fact the name of the actress should sound Tomchina. When her father's family moved to the United States, it was the migration service that mixed up the documents and wrote everyone down under the name Horowitz.
Helen Mirren
At birth, the name of the recognized actress Helen Mirren sounded like Elena Vasilievna Mironova. Her grandfather emigrated from Russia during the revolution, but even abroad he never ceased to be proud that he was Russian. Only after his death, son Vasily, adapting to new realities, changed his documents to the name of Basil Mirren, and the daughter became not Lena, but Helen.
By the way, several years ago, Helen Mirren came to Russia to find her ancestral home.
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