She has an older brother and a younger sister. Her family moved to 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. She also appears as Lieutenant Connix in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015 Ginnifer Goodwin was born Jennifer Michelle Goodwin on May 22, 1978, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Linda (Kantor), who worked at FedEx, and Tim Goodwin, who had a recording studio. She rose to prominence for her role as Eleven in the Netflix science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016), for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Mary Elle Fanning was born on the 9th of April 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven J. Fanning. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an . Her grandmother, Helen Horton, was an American actress. She is known for portraying Raviva on the 2012 MTV series Underemployed, Vee on the 2014 Fox television series Gang Related, and Sheba on the Fox series Prison Break. I'm truly grateful to be", "Jews in the Newz | Jews In The Newz | americanisraelite.com", "Extra Extra! 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. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to British parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. Her father is English musician Phil Collins, while her mother, Jill Tavelman, who is from Los Angeles, California, was president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club for three terms. Her first major television series role was on the WB's Greetings from Tucson (2002). 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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. She is the youngest of five children. Zo Isabella Kravitz, the daughter of singer/actor Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, was born on December 1, 1988 in Los Angeles, California. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. 14. She has English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Welsh ancestry.Heard appeared in the Academy Award-nominated film, North Country (2005), Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents. Eva's mother was born in Algeria, of French 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. The comedian, actor,. Her father's name is Terry King and her mother's name is Jamie King. At the age of 16, she made her first film, Una rosa de Francia (2006), directed by Manuel Gutirrez Aragn. Sammy Davis Jr. You could also possibly use it for someone like me who is half Jewish on my dad's side and has a lot of interest in Jewish . She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as Jessica Lange was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. Lea was Actress and screenwriter Nicole Houston Reed was born in Los Angeles, California. Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. 2. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. She began her performing career as a stand-up comedian in New York where she appeared at the famous clubs, Stand Up New York and The Improv. They have one child. But I have trouble doing that with Jewish characters because there really don't seem to be a lot of Jewish actors or models sadly. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Examples include Rachel Weisz (who did star in the very Jewish Disobedience ), Sophie Okonedo (my queen! Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the Melissa McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, to Sandra and Michael McCarthy, and was raised on her family's corn and soybean farm. His parents worked for the Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM and Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. #jew", "Jews in the News: Jackie Hoffman, Jennifer Grey and David Susskind", "Thought-provoking film opening in local theaters", " " ' " . From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years, Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress and fashion model. 2. She is of half African-American (from her father's mother and her mother's father) and half Ashkenazi Jewish (from her father's father and her mother's Actress | She was conceived in Dallas, Texas (the reason for her middle name). I respect that", "Interview: B.J. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. She grew up in San Diego, California. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen) and Mark David Alba, who served in the US Air Force. He has been married to Lia Smith since January 4, 2014. ), to Daniel Radcliffe (who did play both Allen Ginsberg and Israeli entrepreneur Yossi Ghinsberg in films), to my favorite Jewish dad and actor, Jason Isaacs. Gal Gadot is this generation's Wonder Woman. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model and as a movie actress. What's in the Bug Juice? 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That candle was only suppose 2 last for 1 night, we got 8 out of it! Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series in the television show The Worst Witch and its sequel Weirdsister College. After Actress | Her mother is Jewish and her father has Scottish, Dutch, English, German, and Norwegian ancestry. With Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, Samberg is one of three Los Angeles, California-based writer-performer-filmmakers--all childhood friends--dubbed The Lonely Island, whose short Ben Foster was born October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gillian Kirwan and Steven Foster, restaurant owners. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Category:Jewish British actors Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Dianna and her brother Jason were raised Jewish and she Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bennett plays 'Hunter,' a Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. 4. She graduated from Lea Michele Sarfati was born in the Bronx, New York to Edith Thomasina (Porcelli), a nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a delicatessen owner-turned-real estate agent. Some of these may have had some Jewish ancestry, and are ethnically considered Jewish, but did not practice Judaism. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. 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). He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and Ben Schnetzer was born on February 8 1990 in New York, to actors Stephen Schnetzer and Nancy Snyder. Kat Dennings was born Katherine Victoria Litwack in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, to Ellen (Schatz), a speech therapist and poet, and Gerald Litwack, a molecular pharmacologist. Is Rula Lenska Jewish? At the age of 14, she began her studies at the National Theatre School of Havana, where she graduated after 4 years. Libby Holman (1904-1971) As an openly bisexual American actress who was charged with murdering her husband (inspiring three films), Libby Holman led a controversial life. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker and her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, was an alumni relations officer at Carnegie Mellon University.Gillian is an alumnus of Mt. She starred in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013) as Zoe Barnes and appeared in the Fox TV series 24 (2001) as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg. Douglas Fairbanks). Her father is Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. Through her mother, she is one quarter Finnish, and had a maternal great aunt who moved Audrey Hepburn was born as Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 2. Her mother, Kimberly Schmid, lived in Vietnam, and is of Chinese ancestry, while her father, Winston Barrett Munn, is from a family with deep roots in the American South. 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Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. Emily was raised in Encinitas, California, near San Diego. She is the daughter of Didi (Radford), a former flight attendant, and Monty Silverstone, a real estate investor. Tell us what you think about this feature. But more. Steven Berkoff (born 1937), actor, writer, and director [15] Ivan Berlyn (1867 - 11 December 1934); English actor of stage and silent film whose career spanned four decades. Natalie Portman stars in. Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson's 1998 film Rushmore, and has gone on to appear in six other Anderson films: The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel ( Jemima Kirke is the daughter of drummer Simon Kirke and vintage boutique owner, Lorraine Kirke. He has two older brothers, actors James Franco and Tom Franco. His paternal grandparents were from Russian Jewish families that immigrated to Massachusetts (his grandfather became a prominent judge in 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. 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). Williams was born and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut and is the daughter of former NBC Nightly News anchor Actress | When Woodley was four years old she began Actress and activist Olivia Wilde is a modern day renaissance woman, starring in many acclaimed film productions, while simultaneously giving back to the community.She was born on March 10, 1984 in New York City. Bessie Thomashefsky portrait from Klangen fun mayn lebn.jpg 856 1,376; 433 KB. She is the daughter of Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser and beautician, and Seth Reed, a set designer. Though she does not often speaks on religion, one thing is for sure, and the Homeland Actress is not Jewish. Claire is also a theater actress who, in 2000, appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues. Scarlett Johannson is Marvel's biggest female avenger. She was born in California, USA. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across Actress | Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner Chlo Grace Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Teri (Duke), a nurse, and McCoy Lee Moretz, a plastic surgeon. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. His great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was a prominent tycoon and philanthropist who ran the company Occidental Petroleum for many decades. The family includes three boys, Kristen's Brie Larson has built an impressive career as an acclaimed television actress, rising feature film star and emerging recording artist. She is still unmarried and got engaged to Steven Piet. (e.g. Entertainment Weekly declared Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard was born on September 30, 1975 in Paris. Her ancestry includes Ashkenazi Jewish, German, British Isles, and one eighth Italian. Cotillard is the daughter of Jean-Claude Cotillard, an actor, playwright and director, and Niseema Theillaud, an actress and drama teacher. She has a brother, Griffin. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She was born and raised in Gothenburg, Vstra Gtalands ln, Sweden, to Maria Fahl, an actress of stage and screen, and Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist. Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 - 12 May 1986) was an Austrian Jewish British actress. + Jewish British actresses (1 C, 12 P) Jewish British male actors (1 C, 24 P) E Jewish English actors (2 C) Her father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and her mother, who is from Israel, is of Moroccan Sephardi Natasha Lyonne is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated producer, actor, writer, and director.Lyonne co-created Netflix series "Russian Doll", which received three Emmy awards, a total of 13 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination, and a Golden Inbar Lavi is an Israeli actress. Her best-known television roles are Mia Jones in Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) and Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The Vampire Diaries (2009). Her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, was a Dutch noblewoman, while her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was born in zice, Bohemia, to English and Austrian parents.After her parents' divorce, Zoey Deutch was born in Los Angeles, California. British actor Benjamin Thomas Barnes was born in Cambridge, England, to Patricia (Becker), a relationship therapist, and Thomas Barnes, a professor of psychiatry. For her performance, Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. Novak for Inglourious Basterds", "Amanda Peet - A Girl Who's Best When She's Baaaad! She fundamentally acts in British stage and TV creations. For her role in the critically-acclaimed Martha Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (ne Maritz) and Charles Theron. Her ancestry includes Ashkenazi Jewish, German, British Isles, and one eighth Italian. Ross, known best as Joan in her seminal role on Girlfriends, was born Tracee Joy Silberstein, the last name coming from her Jewish father, Robert Ellis Silberstein. Her father's family is from Brittany.Raised in Orlans, France, she Born in 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is the only child of a classical violinist mother, Caroline (Friend), and an opera singer father, Julian Pike. The signatories are mainly young, but there are also some established names such as actors Maureen Lipman and BAFTA award winner Miriam Margolyes, as well as director Elijah Moshinsky. Sort by: View: 150 names 1. Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (ne Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. That doesn't mean that Jewish women aren't Hollywood A-listers. When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. She is the only person ever to receive all of the following: Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace, National Endowment for the Arts, and Peabody awards, Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn (ne Steinhoff), a jewelry shop/dance school owner and Rut Hawn, a band musician. ", "The Kings Are Dead, Long Live The Kings: Andy Kaufman, Bill Hicks, Elvis Presley, and the Unknown Tongues", "Lainie Kazan bringing cabaret classics to S.F. While her father was born to a Jewish family, her mother converted to Judaism. She served in the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in 2004.Gal made her film debut in the fourth film of the Fast and David John Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, an author, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. First time celebrating! A vibrant, diversely talented, and charming actress, Zoey Deutch is steadily and boldly building her body of work with dynamic roles as both actor and producer.Deutch can be seen starring and executive producing Amazon Prime Video's Something from Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Her parents are Leslie Cockburn (ne Leslie Corkill Redlich) and Andrew Cockburn. In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf One of today's leading talents across both independent and mainstream film, Logan Lerman is an immensely talented actor who takes on challenging roles and brings dynamic characters to life on screen.Logan was born in Beverly Hills, to a Jewish family. Her ancestry is mostly German and English.A talented and versatile actress, Chlo Grace Moretz has built an Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Eileen Atkins Actress | Gosford Park She is best known for her breakthrough role as "Rey" in the 2015 film, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). She is the daughter of Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Chris Ridley. Jewish actresses like Barbra Streisand, Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone and Rachel Weisz have certainly had tremendous (and Academy Award-winning) opportunities. She has a brother, Griffin. 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