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The Russian Roots In Hollywood

How many Hollywood actors and actresses you know of that have Russian roots? In fact, they are more than you think.

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Leonardo DiCaprio?s grandmother moved from the USSR to Germany together with her parents after the revolution. There, she got married and her daughter moved to the USA to give birth to the world famous actor.

Steven Spielberg

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Both grandfathers of Steven Spielberg are from Russia. And his sister?s husband is a distant relative of Boris Pasternak, a Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator.

Sylvester Stallone

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

It is unlikely that a shy Jewish girl Rosa Robinovich from Odessa ever thought that her great grandson would become a world famous movie actor Sylvester Stallone.

David Duchovny

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

David Duchovny?s father is a Russian Jew. His name was Amram Duckovny because he?d changed his last name to adjust it to American pronunciation. David, however, changed it back.

Nicole Scherzinger

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Nicole Scherzinger?s mother is half-Russian and half-Hawaiian.

Natalie Portman

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Natalie Portman?s parents moved to Jerusalem from Kishinev, Moldova.

Gwyneth Paltrow

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Ancestors of Gwyneth Paltrow used to live in Minsk, Belarus.

Milla Jovovich

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Milla Jovovich was born in Kiev, Ukraine. So first five years of her life she spent in the Soviet Union.

Harrison Ford

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Harrison Ford?s grandmother left Minsk in 1907. Now the actor is searching for his relatives who might live in Russia and post-Soviet republics.

Whoopi Goldberg

The Russian Roots In Hollywood

Whoopi Goldberg?s grandmother was born in Odessa, Ukraine.

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