Enterprise.Shatner was born Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H. Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. Dustin Hoffman - actor and filmmaker (part Romanian-Jewish descent) [15] Harvey Keitel - actor and producer (Romanian Jewish mother) Tristan Leabu - actor. J Jewish actresses (1 C, 29 P) K Kurdish actresses (5 P) N Native Hawaiian actresses (9 P) Nigerian actresses by ethnic or national origin (3 C, 1 P) R Romani actresses (13 P) S Serer actresses (1 P) Actresses of South American descent (2 C) 15. Actress |Black Swan Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Zach attended Columbia High Oscar-winning character actor Martin Landau was born on June 20, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. As a young girl, she studied singing, dancing as well as acting. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit Alona Tal, an Israeli-American singer and actress, was born in Herzliya, Israel. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. His parents, from the continental United States, were then serving as Children of God missionaries. She was the daughter of stage parents who groomed her and younger sister Ann for stardom at an early age.The girls did not Laura Helene Prepon was born on March 7, 1980, in Watchung, New Jersey. Eleven-year-old Romani actress, Fairuza Balk. Ana Gasteyer - actress and comedian. Her first major television series role was on the WB's Greetings from Tucson (2002). Messing was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the daughter of Jewish American parents, Sandra (ne Simons), who has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel and real estate agent, and Brian Messing, a sales executive for a jewelry manufacturer. She moved to Vancouver, guest-starring in series such as Are Hardly the dumb blonde of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Lisa was born in Encino, California on July 30, 1963. 150 names 1. But instead of updating Wanda and Pietro as modern Jewish/Romani superheroes (much like how Black Panthers charismatic MBaku started out as a villain named Man-Ape), Disney whitewashed them. Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. (But again, I dont steal.) She was previously married to Oscar Lerman and Wallace Austin. The word g*psy is loaded with so many negative stereotypes, and if I never hear another white girl call herself one again, itll be too soon. While at UCLA, he was a member of Actor | His mother is from a working-class Jewish family from Poland and Justin Bartha was born on July 21, 1978 in West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. With her father producing many popular television shows in the 1970s, Tori had an early flair for showbusiness. During her childhood, she appeared in more than 100 TV advertisements and had roles in theatre and television shows. Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999) Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, stage and film actress Sylvia Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s for playing the partner of gangsters. Maia Morgenstern, an actress and the manager of the Jewish State Theater, right, watched other actors rehearse. It cant be, because everything in the MCU is informed by the comics. "sokovian fortune teller". So when the Maximoffs arrived in Avengers: Age of Ultron, writer/director Joss Whedon reimagined them as orphans from the fictional Eastern European nation of Sokovia. Some Romani are the same. Brie grew up in Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Her one-woman show, " American stage, screen and television actress, and comedian Carol Kane (b. Carolyn Laurie Kane, June 18, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio), was born to Elaine Joy (ne Fetterman), a jazz singer and pianist, and Michael Myron Kane, an architect. 3. She has lived most of her life in New York and Los Angeles; in L.A., she attended Reseda High School and Celluloid Actor's Studio. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Her remarkable beauty and her tragic untimely death make her story the stuff of legend. Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson introduced Wanda and Pietro with awkward Russian-ish accents, which in Olsens case gradually smoothed out once she spent more time with the American Avengers. Her first role was Larry David's childhood friend in an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Sarah Elizabeth Hartman was born and raised in San Francisco, and has since been gentrified out to the edges of the Bay Area. He made his film debut in the drama Shattered Image (1998), followed by roles in What Women Want (2000) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. Laura is the youngest of five children--she has a brother named Brad and three sisters: Danielle, Jocelyn, and Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner. Amber Benson was born on January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama. Curtis himself admits that while he had almost no formal education, he was a student of the "school of hard knocks" and learned from a young age that the only Actor | She was an actress and producer, known for Death Wish 3 (1985), Touched by Love (1980) and 7th Heaven (1996). Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. Her mother was of Romani origin. At the age of 10, Chriqui appeared in a McDonald's commercial. Her last series regular role was on the CBS sitcom reboot of The Odd Couple, opposite Matthew Perry. She had already been criticized for using this word on British TV. Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a small city nested inside Columbus. Her parents both came to England around 1938. For it was fourteen years after her movie debut that Gina made movie history as the predatory bisexual who was the leading Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an office manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. But if we were converts, you would still warrant a dirty look for saying it like that. You mean Romanian? Im a Romani Jew. She served in the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in 2004. His parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (ne Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other children: Rosanna Peter Michael Falk was born on September 16, 1927, in New York City, New York. Roma people are a marginalized ethnic minority, and Disney chose to erase their presence from the MCU. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in Learning Disabilities. She grew up in Maryland, where her parents ran a dress shop. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed Alona Tal, an Israeli-American singer and actress, was born in Herzliya, Israel. Katrin Cartlidge began her career as a doing backstage & front of house work at London's Royal Court Theatre, having appeared with their Young People's Theatre group. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's . Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. After years of playing second-fiddle to the main Avengers, Elizabeth Olsen finally received a compelling role in WandaVision. Her mother, Melanie Sloanis from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johanssonis a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. They have one child. I cant tell you when Romani Jews became Jews. She is a seasoned television actress, Liev (pronounced Lee-ev) Schreiber was born in San Francisco. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an Amanda Peet was born and raised in New York City. Thirteen years after her death, she was New Yorker Lena Dunham is the daughter of a painter, Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, a designer and photographer. Wandas Romani heritage remains visible through veiled references and superficial costume choices, sidestepping any hint of meaningful representation. He is also the star and creator of the web series Emmanuelle Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Moroccan Jewish immigrants, Liliane (Benisty) and Albert Chriqui. She is the daughter of Cynthia (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller. His parents are actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, and his maternal grandparents were Max M. Gilford, a president of the Hollywood Bar Association, and actress Anne Gwynne. Set for a Summer 2018 Season 5 premiere, "Girlfriends' Guide" is a Kyra Minturn Sedgwick was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City to Patricia (Rosenwald), a family and speech therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. He also acted in Godzilla, Shiri jumped in front of the lens as a youngster appearing in Norman Lear Sunday Dinner and Lawrence Kasden's I Love You To Death. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. In 2009, Dunham Erin Daniels was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Graduated from the acting program at NYU Tisch school Of The Arts. Here's a list of 10 famous actors and their links to Romania: Natalie Portman Natalie Portman, one of the most popular actresses in the world, was born in Jerusalem, Israel to an Israeli father. 15 celebrities you might not know are Jewish Max Kalnitz Updated Jack Black, Harrison Ford, and Zoe Kravitz. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. His roles on television include Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. G*psy curses still appear in modern movies, and if youve seen Borat or The Hunchback of Notre Dame, youve already seen examples of anti-Roma racism (aka antiziganism) on-screen. Zac Efron 7. To millions of TV viewers she became familiar as the reformed juvenile delinquent, turned undercover cop, Julie Barnes. He recently wrapped the film JUNCTION. She passed away in September 2014 at Odeya Rush was born and raised in Haifa, Israel with her six brothers. She began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. Especially since Elizabeth Olsen, after seven years of playing Wanda, still doesnt seem clued-in about the issue of Romani representation. Yes, Im poor. The spoken language in her family is Russian, not Ukrainian. Sidney starred alongside the. Caplan was Mia Kirshner was born in Toronto, Ontario on January 25, 1975, to Etti, a teacher, and Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist. Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Magneto is the most famous Jewish character in Marvel canon, and his wife Magda was Romani. The saddest thing, though, is how excluded I feel in the Jewish community. Our customs vary wildly, thanks to centuries in diaspora on top of another diaspora. Meanwhile, Disney wasnt allowed to portray the Maximoffs as mutants, or as Magnetos kids. Introduced as an X-Men villain in the 1960s, Scarlet Witch started out as Magnetos mutant daughter, with Quicksilver as her twin brother. She is the daughter of Anne Marie (Wallace), who worked in a bank, and Mark Phineas Mitchell, a factory worker. At a young age she began acting in television commercials.She was cast in her first film at the age of 8 as a child at school and at the party in Liar Liar (1997). 3. Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. In Avengers: Civil War, Wandas bedroom also includes several crucifixes, a galling detail for people who wanted the films to reference her Jewish roots. His early career choices involved becoming a certified public accountant, Eric Salter Balfour is an American actor and singer. 2. It frames their ethnicity as a problem to be avoided, rather than an opportunity to celebrate an under-represented group. His father was of Hungarian Jewish descent, while Jerry's maternal grandparents, Salha and Selim Hosni, were Syrian Jewish immigrants (from Aleppo). This rewrite was rather tone-deaf, because it involved Wanda and Pietro volunteering for neo-Nazi experiments. A Romani community near Kezmarok, Slovakia. She has two older siblings, Julie and Benjamin, and was raised in a Jewish household. His mother, Heather (Milgram), is a painter, and his father, Tell Schreiber (Tell Carroll Schreiber III), is a theatrical actor who had a small role in The Keeper (1976). Now, there are many excellent Romani actresses who could have been considered for the role. Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Belarus, Russia, and Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976 in San Francisco, California, the youngest of three children. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) The world was rumbled by discovery of a document that confirms that one of the greatest filmmakers in world cinema Charlie Chaplin was actually Roma and that he was born in a Gypsy caravan. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). He's a member of the music group Big Time Rush. Appearing in many shows as a child, she attended the New York Sarah Silverman was most recently the host of the two-time Emmy-nominated weekly topical series, I Love You America, which streamed on Hulu and also received a Writers Guild Awards nomination.Silverman is currently working on a musical adaptation of her 2010 memoir and New York Times Bestseller Hardly the dumb blonde of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Lisa was born in Encino, California on July 30, 1963. Her uncle was director/producer Gilbert Cates. Hi. His parents worked for the Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM and Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. By five, she was taking tap and jazz classes with Barbara Fink and ballet classes at Detroit Dance Company. His father was a well-known concert promoter who co-founded Commodore Records and his mother was a homemaker. It came as no surprise to film aficionados when, in 1999, Entertainment Weekly named Jill Clayburgh on its list of Hollywood's 25 Greatest Actresses. She was previously married to Michael Viner. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. Her family moved to . She has had roles in the Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. We struggle in both Europe and America with housing loss, a lack of employment, denial of access to healthcare, and public education. My hope is that once you can understand who we are, you can start focusing on actual allyship within the Jewish community, like acknowledging that however horrific things are right now for Jews in Europe, I can assure you theyre worse for Romani. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.Eating in a local restaurant, Tori Spelling was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of author Candy Spelling and Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling. She is the daughter of Lily and Joseph Cates, who was a Broadway producer and television pioneer. But Olsenand WandaVisions creatorsare definitely familiar with Wandas extensive canon backstory, which includes comics explicitly addressing the issue of anti-Roma racism, and exploring her Romani heritage. At the age of 3, his right eye was surgically removed due to cancer. She became a cheerleader at Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville and went on to graduate from Vanderbilt Joan Rivers is an American talk show host, comedian, writer and actress from Brooklyn, New York. An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976), Ridley Scott's The Duellists ( Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She began her career after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. Sarah Daniela was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Portuguese-born parents, Katharina Lia Azancot Korn and Moiss Carlos Bentes Ruah, a doctor. Her big break came in 2003 starring in an Israeli film. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. She lived in the US until she was five. Since making her uncredited debut as a dancer in Beatlemania (1981), Gina Gershon has established herself as a character actress and one of the leading icons of American camp. The idea is that, because were originally from Northwest India, we must have converted somewhere along the way. Header image and art by Sarah Elizabeth Hartman. That did not stop Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. With upcoming film and television roles, he continues to explore the different facets of his talent and versatility.Vartan currently Rosanna Arquette has acted extensively in film and television, and has come to be acknowledged as an actress of rare depth and scope.Arquette was born in New York City, New York. Dancer, cellist, actress -- it's not just "Virtual Reality". His mother is Jewish and his father was of Jake Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, the son of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. Adam spent a lot of his teen years hanging out with Stephen Wilson Bethel born February 24, 1984, professionally known as Wilson Bethel, is an American actor. I have heard these four things over and over again, so many times that theyve ceased to become words; now, theyre just irritation. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) The latest premiere at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz . She started her career when only eight years old as a flamenco dancer and singer. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team Michael Vartan came to international acclaim with his starring role as 'Agent Michael Vaughn' on the worldwide hit ABC series, "Alias," which ran for five seasons. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) The latest premiere at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. That did not stop Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift of very humble beginnings on August 18, 1920 (some sources list 1922) in East St. Louis, Illinois. Soledad Miranda - Andalusian Flamenco Dancer and later Horror Film Actress from Seville, mother was Gitana Nikolai Slichenko . Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Chris's ancestry is Russian Jewish (from Emmy Award-winning Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York City, the daughter of Rosellen (Greenfield), who taught at a nursery school, and Arthur Gellar, who worked in the garment industry. Posted on Feb 12, 2021Updated on Feb 19, 2021, 7:21 am CST. Im educated. Romanian people actually enslaved my people for centuries, until Rroma, empowered by news of the liberation of slaves in the U.S., fought back. list of Famous Jewish actors and actresses And few singers, Her parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (ne Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other With her expressive blue eyes, soft, Southern-tinged voice and an acting range that can carry her from hysterically funny to terrifying in seconds, Patricia Arquette is one of the most underrated and talented actresses of her generation. He is of Russian Jewish descent. When Messing was three, she moved Offbeat, unconventionally pretty, and utterly mesmerizing, Ellen Barkin was born on April 16, 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Evelyn (Rozin), a hospital administrator, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman. Gavia Baker-Whitelaw is a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. She is the daughter of Penny (Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister. Plenty of superheroes have convoluted backstories, but Pietro and Wanda Maximoff (aka Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch) are more complicated than most. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took Shia LaBeouf's natural talent and raw energy have secured his place as one of Hollywood's leading men.Most recently, LaBeouf starred alongside Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn in Kornel Mundruczo's Oscar nominated Pieces of a Woman. If you think Jews have opinions, just wait till you meet a Romani one. The latter became well-known due to the "Steamed Hams" scene. Meanwhile, actual Romani people barely appear in mainstream media. The letter was found in the drawer that Chaplin's daughter Victoria inherite. Since she was a child performer on numerous hit series including The Wonder Years and Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Lindsay Sloane has made a career of hilarious comedic turns. Friday's debut of "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance [] At 19 she had her breakout performance on the series Roswell, playing the leading role of Liz Parker. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. An analysis of 100 years of scientific papers, most published in the last 30 years, contained "shocking surprises." It would seem that 2004, the year of her 18th birthday, will be remembered as pivotal for Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two very different films, The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). But our dancing, our music, and our desire to keep our homes obscenely clean unite us. Pages in category "Romani actresses" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. @marvel what the hell is wrong with yall? As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.Allen Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. She is the daughter of Didi (Radford), a former flight attendant, and Monty Silverstone, a real estate investor. She was a studious girl and was She was a groovy and sexy icon of the late hippie era. Wanda and Pietros Romani heritage was canon for decades (including in their non-mutant backstory), although this depiction often had problematic undertones. Our languages, a mixed breed of the different dialects weve collected, are a kind of Tower of Babel under which we sit. Her family moved to Los Angeles soon afterwards in 1992 so she could pursue a Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, to Joanne (Brenner), who worked at a non-profit child care agency, and Charles Terry Schermerhorn, a musician and entertainment reporter. Peet's Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Blessed with sensual looks and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. She has two older brothers. Her father is of African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (from Barbados and Firebrand Roseanne Barr has long been one of America's funniest and most controversial comedians.She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Helen (Davis), a cashier and bookkeeper, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr, a salesman. !By the way I made a video with some of my favorite people here, check it out While still in her teens, she was involved in productions at the local community theatre. He began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight; after watching Ridley Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, to Joanne (Brenner), who worked at a non-profit child care agency, and Charles Terry Schermerhorn, a musician and entertainment reporter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. From a young age, Isla Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. His parents, Michael and Gloria, both from Jewish families, were born in the London area, U.K. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's . They divorced after only a few months of marriage. Jenette spent most of her childhood in Los Angeles. His father is an architect and interior designer based in San Francisco. She died on September 19, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She has portrayed in several films and shows such as Shrek 2, Look Who's Talking, The Smurfs and Iron Man 3. When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. Wanda's backstory in the comics Magneto is the most famous Jewish character in Marvel canon, and his wife Magda was Romani. Gal Gadot. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.Eating in a local restaurant, Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother, Lynn, and American father, Richard Garfield. She is the youngest of five children. Erin was previously married to Chris Uettwiller. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence (1993), she received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role Joan Collins is an English actress from Paddington, London. Ive been homeless three times. For Romani Jews, its a two-for-one special: anti-Semitism and anti-Romanyism for one low price! Simonida and Sandra Selimovi are two Serbian Romani actresses, directors and rappers, born respectively in 1979 and 1981 in Zajear, Serbia. After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Kyra Minturn Sedgwick was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City to Patricia (Rosenwald), a family and speech therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. Due Actress and singer Lainie Kazan first made her mark with her Broadway debut in 1961 with the musical The Happiest Girl in the World. Throughout her diverse career, Selma Blair has been one of the most versatile and exciting actresses on screen. At 19 she had her breakout performance on the series Roswell, playing the leading role of Liz Parker. Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. Her desire to be an actress led her to New York where she landed a role on Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. Born in Los Angeles, California, blonde bombshell Cindy Margolis is a talk show host, model and actress. When Messing was three, she moved Julianna Margulies was born on June 8, 1966 in Spring Valley (near New York City), as the youngest of three daughters of Francesca (Goldberg), a teacher and dancer in American Ballet, and Paul Margulies, an advertising writer and philosopher. She has a younger brother, Mathieu, and has both Sephardi Jewish (from Tunisia) and Ashkenazi Jewish (from Adam Jared Brody was born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Valerie Jill (Siefman), a graphic artist, and Mark Alan Brody, a lawyer. Blair's longstanding career began with her comedic roles in pop culture classics in the early 2000s. 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