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[Adolph Archer]

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

Leonardo DiCaprio



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.

[Adolph Archer]

Steven Spielberg



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.

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Sylvester Stallone



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.

[Adolph Archer]

David Duchovny



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.

[Adolph Archer]

Nicole Scherzinger



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

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Natalie Portman



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

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