10 Celebrities Whose Background Is an Unbelievable Cocktail of Different Nations

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With vivid and complex faces, the world of show business is plentiful. But not only due to their amazing dresses and hairstyles, these people are vivid, but they can also boast of their beauty that is naturally unique. And many of these celebrities, given both their ancestry and where they were born or grew up, come from surprisingly complex, global roots.

1. Charlize Theron

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She was born to a family of Afrikaners in South Africa. German is her mother’s ancestry, while her father is of French and Dutch descent. The French ancestors of the actress were early Huguenot settlers in South Africa, by the way.

2. Leonardo DiCaprio

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Father DiCaprio is of Italian and German descent. His mother was born to a family of immigrants from Germany and Russia. DiCaprio said in one of his interviews that he thinks of himself as half Russian.

3. Nicole Kidman

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The actress was born in Hawaii, and was given the name “Hōkūlani” in Hawaii, meaning “heavenly star.” Kidman is a decent Irish and Scottish actress.

4. Jessica Alba

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Jessica’s mother is of Danish, Welsh, German, English, and French descent, while both of her paternal grandparents were Mexican immigrant children.

5. Timothée Chalamet

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The mother of the actor is of Jewish descent, and her father is a Frenchman whose grandmother was originally of British descent from Canada.

6. Milla Jovovich

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Jovovich was born into the family of a Russian actress and a Serbian doctor in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her maternal ancestors were from the city of Tula in Russia.

7. Shakira

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Though her mother is of Spanish and Italian origin, Shakira’s father has Arab and Lebanese ancestry.

8. Zendaya

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Zendaya’s father, with roots in Arkansas, is African-American, while her mother is of German and Scottish descent.

9. Chris Hemsworth

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The actor was born in Australia. His maternal grandfather is an immigrant from the Netherlands and his maternal grandma is of Irish origin. He is of English, Scottish, and German descent from his paternal line.

10. Scarlett Johansson

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Scarlett’s dad is a native of Copenhagen, Denmark. She had a Swedish paternal grandfather. Scarlett’s mother is from a Jewish Ashkenazi family in Poland and Russia.