Her father was William H. Moennig III and her mother was Mary Zahn, a Broadway dancer. Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English actress, author and entrepreneur, who achieved early fame as a child actress, and has worked extensively in film and TV throughout her career. 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. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the improvise and comedy scene. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an . Her father's family is originally from Russia, and their original surname was Agronsky, but it was changed by Ellis Island officials. Sort by: View: 150 names 1. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an Actress | Novak for Inglourious Basterds", "Amanda Peet - A Girl Who's Best When She's Baaaad! Tell us what you think about this feature. British actress Dyan Cannon: 1937- American three-time Academy Award-nominated film and television actress, editor, producer and director Mother Eddie Carmel: 1936-1972 American entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant" Joan Collins: 1933- British actress and author Father Jerry Douglas: 1932-2021 American television actress Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Gal Gadot Actress | Wonder Woman 1984 Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress, singer, martial artist, and model. He graduated from Pablo Tell Schreiber was born in Ymir, British Columbia, Canada, to Lorraine Reaveley, a Canadian psychotherapist, and Tell Schreiber, an American actor. He has a sister, Gemma Johnson, who had a small role in his movie Tom & Thomas (2002). His father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent, and his mother is Jewish. 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. Her mother, Marlne Jobert, is an actress turned children's book writer. She grew up in San Diego, California. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. Possibly most known for her role as Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), she has also starred in critically acclaimed independent films such as Smashed (2012), for which Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. The spoken language in her family is Russian, not Ukrainian.Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. She was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism). She was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. She has been married to David Rooklin since February 25, 2017. She is best known for her breakthrough role as "Rey" in the 2015 film, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). 2. Lea was Actress and screenwriter Nicole Houston Reed was born in Los Angeles, California. Williams was born and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut and is the daughter of former NBC Nightly News anchor Actress | 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. At the age of 14, she began her studies at the National Theatre School of Havana, where she graduated after 4 years. She is the daughter of Marjorie (Coll) and Michael Prepon. Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. Croatian actress/singer Uri Gavriel: 1955- Israeli actor House of Saddam, The Syrian Bride, The Dark Knight Rises, Fauda: Brian George: 1952- Canadian, British-Israeli actor Joanna Gleason: 1950- Canadian-born actress Jeff Goldblum: 1952- American Academy Award-nominated film actor Henry Goodman: 1950- British theatre actor + Jewish British actresses (1 C, 12 P) Jewish British male actors (1 C, 24 P) E Jewish English actors (2 C) When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. Brie grew up in Dianna Elise Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia to Mary and Ronald Agron and grew up in a middle-class family in Savannah before moving to Texas and, later, San Francisco, California, because her father was a general manager for Hyatt. He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. So I write a lot, and I'm Jewish and a lot of my characters are Jewish. Olivia's parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised Amanda Peet was born and raised in New York City. This is a list of notable Jewish actors. 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. Daisy was born in Westminster, London, on April 10, 1992. She was conceived in Dallas, Texas (the reason for her middle name). 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. A few titles came after Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an actress known for her versatile work in a variety of film and television projects. 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. 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. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures French actress and model Eva Galle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France. Category:Jewish British actors Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Aaron is of Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother, Lynn, and American father, Richard Garfield. A sneak peak was released on Friday of Jewish actress Marisa Abela in character as the late British songstress Amy Winehouse from an upcoming biopic Read more on algemeiner.com . 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She is of British Isles, German, Polish, and Jewish ancestry. She has a brother, Griffin. In her youth, Ross changed her. She lent voice performances to the animated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2. During that time, she also appeared in Community Theater Zo Isabella Kravitz, the daughter of singer/actor Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, was born on December 1, 1988 in Los Angeles, California. Douglas Fairbanks). Natalie Portman Actress | Black Swan Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. Her father, Walter Green, is a dentist who appeared in the 1966 film Au hasard Balthazar (1966). Examples include Rachel Weisz (who did star in the very Jewish Disobedience ), Sophie Okonedo (my queen! 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. She has two brothers. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. Off-screen, Jolie has become Actress | Dianna and her brother Jason were raised Jewish and she Actress | 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. 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. When she was ten A tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed natural blonde, Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. He has two older brothers, actors James Franco and Tom Franco. Some of these may have had some Jewish ancestry, and are ethnically considered Jewish, but did not practice Judaism. She was educated at Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, California.Emma is the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts, and the niece of Cara Jocelyn Delevingne was born in London, England, to Pandora Anne (Stevens) and Charles Hamar Delevingne, a property developer. 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. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. Answer (1 of 5): Dunno. Her parents are Leslie Cockburn (ne Leslie Corkill Redlich) and Andrew Cockburn. Her mother, Helga Bullock (ne Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, Mlanie Laurent was born in Paris, France. At the age of 16, she made her first film, Una rosa de Francia (2006), directed by Manuel Gutirrez Aragn. Natalie Portman Actress | Black Swan Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)). This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. 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Emmy's performance in the latter film gained her a Golden Globe nomination. Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Scarlett Johannson is Marvel's biggest female avenger. Lily moved with her mother to LA at the age of five, after Bryce Dallas Howard was born on March 2, 1981, in Los Angeles, California. Although born in London, Kirke was raised in New York City. 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. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. 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