Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Biracial Or Multiracial
by jonesie12345 | created - 17 Jun 2021 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicActors and celebrities who are biracial or multiracial
1. Salma Hayek
Actress | Frida
Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become an actress. At age 12, she...
Father is Lebanese; mother is Mexican
2. Mia Goth
Actress | Pearl
Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth, also known by her nickname Brush Cut, was born October 25, 1993 in Southwark, London, England to a Brazilian mother and a Canadian father.
Aged 14, she was discovered at the Underage Festival in London by fashion photographer Gemma Booth, who signed her to Storm Model ...
Mother is Brazilian and Ashkenazi Jewish; father has English, Irish, Scottish, and French-Canadian ancestry
Birth name was Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth
3. Christopher Abbott
Actor | It Comes at Night
Christopher Jacob Abbott is an American actor. Abbott made his feature film debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). Abbott's other notable films include Hello I Must Be Going (2012) and The Sleepwalker (2014). In 2015, Abbott starred as the titular character in the critically acclaimed film James...
Father is West Indian from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; mother is Italian
4. F. Murray Abraham
Actor | Amadeus
Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham was born on October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in El Paso, Texas. His father, Fred Abraham, was a Syrian (Antiochian Orthodox Christian) immigrant. His mother, Josephine (Stello) Abraham, was the daughter of Italian immigrants. Born...
Father was Syrian; mother was Italian; birth name was Murray Abraham
5. Isabelle Adjani
Actress | Possession
Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène, and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently. After winning a school ...
Father was Algerian (North African); mother was German
6. Freema Agyeman
Actress | Doctor Who
Freema Agyeman is a British actress who is known for playing Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007-2010), Alesha Phillips in crime procedural drama Law & Order: UK (2009-2011), Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8 (2015-2018), and Dr. Helen Sharpe in ...
Mother is Iranian; father is African from Ghana
7. Alex Aiono
Actor | See You on Venus
Alex Aiono was born on February 16, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for See You on Venus (2023), The Lego Batman Movie (2017) and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019).
Father is half Maori and half Samoan; mother is White with English, German, Irish, and Danish ancestry
8. Adeel Akhtar
Actor | Four Lions
Adeel was born in London on 18th September 1980 to a Pakistani father and a Kenyan mother and attended Cheltenham College throughout the 1990s. His father was keen for him to become a lawyer and he obtained a law degree but was more interested in acting and studied at the Actors' Studio in New York...
Mother is African from Kenya; father is Pakistani
9. Edward Albert
Actor | Butterflies Are Free
The only son of Green Acres (1965) star Eddie Albert and Mexican actress/dancer Margo, Edward Laurence Albert managed to come out from under his father's strong shadow and make a gallant showing of his own as a gifted thespian. Born in Los Angeles on February 20, 1951, Edward's multi-cultural ...
Mother was Mexican actress Margo; father was White American actor Eddie Albert
DIED September 22, 2006, age 55, of lung cancer
10. René Angélil
Producer | Céline Dion: The Colour of My Love Concert
René Angélil was born on January 16, 1942 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Céline Dion: The Colour of My Love Concert (1993), Omertà (2012) and L'apparition (1972). He was married to Céline Dion, Anne Renée and Denyse Duquette. He died on January 14, ...
Father was Syrian; mother was Lebanese
DIED January 14, 2016, age 73, of throat cancer
11. Gabrielle Anwar
Actress | The Three Musketeers
Her father is Tariq Anwar and her mother is Shireen Anwar. Anwar attended Laleham Church of England Primary and Middle School from 1975 to 1982. Trinian's sketch in the school concert of 1982 gave an early indication of her theatrical leanings. She studied at the London drama and dance school, "...
Father is half Indian and half Ashkenazi Jewish; mother is English
12. K.J. Apa
Actor | Riverdale
K.J. Apa was born on June 17, 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an actor and producer, known for Riverdale (2017), The Hate U Give (2018) and The Last Summer (2019).
Father is Samoan; mother is a New Zealander with English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry
Birth name was Keneti James Fitzgerald Apa
13. Geoffrey Arend
Actor | (500) Days of Summer
Geoffrey Arend was born on February 28, 1978 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for 500 Days of Summer (2009), Garden State (2004) and Super Troopers (2001). He was previously married to Christina Hendricks.
Mother is Pakistani; father is German and English
14. Fred Armisen
Music_department | Portlandia
Fereydun Robert Armisen is an American actor, comedian, and writer. After having begun his career as a musician for groups such as Trenchmouth and the Blue Man Group, he would get his big break as a comedy actor when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975) in 2002, having remained with the...
Mother is Venezuelan; father was German and Korean
15. Kelsey Asbille
Actress | Fargo
Kelsey Asbille Chow is the oldest of three siblings, a younger brother and younger sister. At a young age she studied dance, and grew to love performing. School plays led to community theater, then she was member of the Hammond Select Ensemble, which she has performed with in Italy and other places...
Father is Chinese; mother is White with English and Chinese ancestry
Birth name was Kelsey Asbille Chow
16. Morena Baccarin
Actress | Deadpool
Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She moved to New York at the age of ten, when her father was transferred there. She ...
Father is half Italian and half Lebanese; mother is half Italian and half Brazilian
17. Samantha Barks
Actress | Les Misérables
Samantha Barks was born in Laxey, Isle of Man (British Isles) in 1990. She is a British actress best known for the role of Éponine in Les Misérables. In 2008, Samantha competed in I'd Do Anything in which she was one of the finalists in a search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy in a West End ...
Mother is biracial with English and African ancestry; father is Manx, from the Isle of Man in the British Isles
18. Darren Barnet
Actor | Anyone But You
Darren Barnet was born on April 27, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Anyone But You (2023), Love Hard (2021) and Gran Turismo (2023).
Mother is Japanese and Swedish; father has German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry
19. Baby Bash
Soundtrack | The Karate Kid
Baby Bash was born on November 15, 1975 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Karate Kid (2010), Be Cool (2005) and Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004).
Mother is Mexican; father is African-American
20. Catherine Bell
Actress | Bruce Almighty
Catherine was born in London, but she moved to California with her Iranian mother at the age of two. Her mother still acts as her personal assistant. As a girl, she acted in various TV advertisements. She went to UCLA to study biology/ pre-medicine, but she dropped out to become a model in Japan. ...
Mother is Iranian; father is Scottish
21. Troian Bellisario
Actress | Pretty Little Liars
Troian Bellisario, daughter of producers Donald P. Bellisario and Deborah Pratt, made her film debut at the age of 3 in Last Rites (1988). She made several TV and movie appearances in her teens (most of the TV appearances were in shows produced by her father) before attending the University of ...
Mother is actress and producer Deborah Pratt, who is African-American and Creole; father is screenwriter and television producer Donald Bellisario, who is Italian and Serbian
Her father is the writer and creator of the TV series' "NCIS," "Magnum P.I.," "JAG," "Quantum Leap," "Battlestar Galactica," and others
22. Paris Berelc
Actress | Do Revenge
Paris was born & raised in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Paris started in dance at the age of 4 then competed in gymnastics for 9 years. She started a modeling career when she was 9 with Ford Models Chicago then begun an acting career a few years later. Paris moved to LA at the age of 14 to ...
Mother is Filipino; father is French-Canadian, Slovenian, and German
23. Demián Bichir
Actor | The Hateful Eight
Demián Bichir Nájera was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Maricruz Nájera (María de la Cruz Najera Botello), an actress, and Alejandro Bichir (Alejandro Bichir Batres), a theatre director. His parents met in the theatre. He has two brothers who are also actors, Bruno Bichir and Odiseo Bichir. His ...
Father is Lebanese and Mexican; mother is Mexican
Birth name was Demián Bichir Nájera
24. Hailey Bieber
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Hailey Rhode Bieber (née Baldwin; born November 22, 1996) is an American model and television personality. She is the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin.
Baldwin was born in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest of the Baldwin brothers, and graphic designer Kennya ...
Mother is Brazilian with Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese ancestry; father is actor Stephen Baldwin, who has English, Irish, Scottish, French, and German ancestry
Maternal grandfather is Brazilian Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer, arranger and record producer Eumir Deodato; is married to singer Justin Bieber
25. Rowan Blanchard
Actress | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World
Rowan Blanchard is an American actress best known for her role as Riley in Girl Meets World (2014) which earned her Young Artist Award nominations. She has since had roles as Jackie Geary on the ABC Sitcom The Goldbergs (2013) and Alexandra Cavill in the TNT Series Snowpiercer (2020). Rowan's other...
Is English, German, one eighth Armenian, one eighth Arab (Lebanese-Moroccan-Syrian), and one eighth Portuguese
26. Moon Bloodgood
Actress | Terminator Salvation
Moon Bloodgood was born on September 20, 1975 in Alliance, Nebraska, USA. She is an actress, known for Terminator Salvation (2009), Faster (2010) and The Sessions (2012). She was previously married to Grady Hall.
Mother is Korean; father is American with Dutch, English, Welsh, and Irish ancestry
Birth name was Korinna Moon Bloodgood; surname Bloodgood was originally the Dutch surname Bloetgoet
27. Dany Boon
Actor | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
Dany Boon was born on June 26, 1966 in Armentières, Nord, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Welcome to the Sticks (2008), Joyeux Noel (2005) and R.A.I.D. Special Unit (2016).
Father was Algerian (North African); mother is French
Birth name was Daniel Farid Hamidou
28. Michelle Branch
Soundtrack | The Hot Chick
Michelle Branch was born on July 2, 1983 in Sedona, Arizona as Michelle Jaquet DeSevren Branch. She was born 7 weeks early, weighing only 3 lbs. 11 oz. When she was 3, she recorded herself singing Beatles covers on her parents karaoke machine & sent them off to her grandmother. She took up singing ...
Mother is Indonesian; father has Irish, German, Dutch, and English ancestry
29. Benjamin Bratt
Actor | Miss Congeniality
The middle of five children, Bratt hails from a close-knit family. His mother, an indigenous Quechua Peruvian from Lima, moved to the U.S. at age 14. He grew up in San Francisco. He is known for his roles in the films Traffic (2000), Miss Congeniality (2000), and Despicable Me 2 (2013). He is ...
Father is White with German and English ancestry; mother is indigenous Peruvian (Quechua)
30. Tanner Buchanan
Actor | Cobra Kai
Tanner Buchanan is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Leo Kirkman in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor and Robby Keene in the Netflix series Cobra Kai. He is also known for his role in the Nickelodeon television series Game Shakers as Mason Kendall.
Maternal grandfather is Filipino; also has Scottish and English ancestry
31. Dean Cain
Actor | God's Not Dead
Dean Cain was born Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to actress Sharon Thomas Cain and Roger Tanaka. His mother married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain, when Dean was three. Though he grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School, his career plans favored ...
Paternal grandfather was Japanese; paternal grandmother was half-Japanese; also has English, French-Canadian, Welsh, and Irish ancestry
Birth name was Dean George Tanaka; was adopted by his stepfather, director Christopher Cain
32. Jaime Camil
Actor | Jane the Virgin
Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Award, Teen Choice Award nominee and Imagen Award winner Jaime Camil, named by 'Vanity Fair' as one of the Best New TV Characters of 2014, plays "the scene-stealing comedic bright spot," Rogelio de la Vega, the supremely vain, but totally well-meaning, famous ...
Father is Mexican and Egyptian; mother is Brazilian
Birth name was Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldanha da Gama
33. Bobby Cannavale
Actor | The Station Agent
In both career and in real life, Bobby Cannavale tends to choose the unconventional way of doing things. In the beginning, his decisions may have cost the dark, swarthily good-looking actor some acting roles and/or good-paying parts but, in the end, his strong work ethic and sense of self, despite ...
Mother is Cuban; father is Italian
34. Sofia Carson
Actress | Purple Hearts
Sofía Daccarett Char was born on April 10, 1993 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The daughter of José F. Daccarett and Colombian-American Laura Char Carson. Through her mother, Sofia is related to the Char family of Colombian politicians. She attended St. Hugh School and graduated from Carrollton School...
Mother is Colombian; father is Syrian and Lebanese
Birth name was Sofia Daccarett Char
35. Doja Cat
Actress | Doja Cat feat. SZA: Kiss Me More
Doja Cat was born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini on October 21, 1995 in Los Angeles, California to Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer, a painter & Dumisani Dlamini, an actor. She began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. Her song, So High caught the attention of Kemosabe and RCA Records ...
Mother is Ashkenazi Jewish; father is Black South African actor Dumisani Diamini
Birth name was Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini
36. Phoebe Cates
Actress | Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Phoebe Belle Cates was born on July 16, 1963 in New York City, New York, and raised there. She is the daughter of Lily and Joseph Cates, who was a Broadway producer and television pioneer. Her uncle was director/producer Gilbert Cates. Phoebe is of Russian Jewish, and one quarter Chinese, descent. ...
Mother is half Chinese and half Russian; father was Ashkenazi Jewish
37. Anya Chalotra
Actress | The Witcher
Anya Chalotra is an English actress known for playing Jennifer Ashman in the British TV show Wanderlust (2018) and for her role as Yennefer of Vengerberg in the Netflix series The Witcher (2019).
Chalotra was born in a British-Indian family. Her father is of Indian descent while her mother is ...
Father is Indian; mother is English
38. Oona Chaplin
Actress | The Longest Ride
Oona Chaplin is a Spanish actress. Her mother is Geraldine Chaplin. She is also the granddaughter of English film actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. She is best known for playing Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones and Zilpha Geary ...
Father is Chilean; mother is actress Geraldine Chaplin, who has English and Irish ancestry
Is the granddaughter of iconic actor Charlie Chaplin
39. Christina Chong
Actress | Johnny English Reborn
Christina Chong is an international television and film actress who stars in the CBS series "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" as series regular 'La'an Noonien-Singh,' alongside Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn. The series expanded on the iconic franchise, with six new crew members on the USS Enterprise...
Father is Chinese; mother is English
40. Tommy Chong
Actor | Up in Smoke
Tommy Chong was born on May 24, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Up in Smoke (1978), Zootopia (2016) and Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980). He has been married to Shelby Chong since 1975. They have four children. He was previously married to Maxine Sneed.
Father was Chinese; mother was Canadian with English and Scottish ancestry
41. Louis C.K.
Writer | Louie
Louis C.K. was born on September 12, 1967 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Louie (2010), American Hustle (2013) and Horace and Pete (2016). He was previously married to Alix Bailey.
Father was Mexican and Hungarian Jewish; mother was Irish, German, and English
42. Garrett Clayton
Actor | Hairspray Live!
Garrett Clayton was born on March 19, 1991 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hairspray Live! (2016), King Cobra (2016) and Teen Beach Movie (2013). He has been married to Blake Knight since September 4, 2021.
Paternal grandmother was Lebanese; also has French-Canadian, English, and Scottish ancestry
43. Rory Cochrane
Actor | Encounter
Rory Cochrane was born in New York, however he spent his childhood years in England. He later returned to New York City and was educated at the renowned High School of The Performing Arts. Soon after graduating, he got his first substantial role as Jeff Goldblum's son in Fathers & Sons, followed by...
Mother is Indian; father is Irish
A documentary about his mother, "One Ticket Please," was released in 2017. It tells of her passion for the New York theater, and the ingenious ways she has been able to attend a live production every day for the past 25 years
44. Sebastian Coe
Actor | The Brittas Empire
Sebastian Coe is a British politician and former track and field athlete.
As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 meters gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events - ...
Paternal grandfather was Punjabi Indian; also has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry
45. Michaela Conlin
Actress | Bad Trip
Michaela Conlin is an American actress best known for her role as Angela Montenegro on the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama Bones. Conlin was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on June 9, 1978 to a Chinese mother, an accountant, and an Irish father, a contractor. She performed in her first play at ...
Mother is Chinese; father is White with Irish ancestry
46. Mark Consuelos
Actor | All My Children
Mark Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain, to an Italian mother, Camilla, and a Mexican father, Saul Consuelos. He grew up in Lebanon, Illinois and Tampa, Florida. He attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida and Notre Dame University. While living in Illinois, Mark appeared in "Hello,...
Mother is Italian; father is Mexican
47. Mace Coronel
Actor | That '90s Show
Mace Coronel began his acting career when he was just seven years old. His first roles were in indie short-films, and on these sets is where he discovered his love for acting. Mace began taking acting classes when he was 7 years old. He soon quit the classes as he felt that "acting is being", and ...
Father is Dutch Sephardi Jewish, Aruban, and Surinamese; mother is White Canadian
48. Darren Criss
Actor | Little White Lie
Darren Criss was born on February 5, 1987 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Little White Lie (2009), Glee (2009) and A Very Potter Musical (2009). He has been married to Mia Swier since February 16, 2019. They have one child.
Mother is Filipino with indigenous Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry; father is White with English, Irish, and German ancestry
49. Sebastian De Souza
Actor | The Great
Sebastian De Souza was born on April 19, 1993 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Great (2020), Normal People (2020) and Medici (2016).
Father is Portuguese, Goa Indian, and English; mother is Irish
50. Vin Diesel
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' ...
Father was African-American; mother is White with English, German, and Scottish ancestry
Birth name was Mark Sinclair
51. Lexa Doig
Actress | Andromeda
Toronto native Alexandra Doig was born on June 8th, to Filipina mother Gloria and Irish-Scottish father David. Her parents held season tickets to their local theater, and Lexa was inspired to begin acting after seeing a production of "Porgy and Bess" at the age of nine. She dropped out of high ...
Mother is Filipino; father is White with Scottish and Irish ancestry
Birth name was Alexandra Lecciones Doig
52. Xavier Dolan
Actor | J'ai tué ma mère
Xavier Dolan was born on March 20, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Tom at the Farm (2013) and Heartbeats (2010).
Father is Egyptian and Lebanese; mother is French Canadian and Irish; birth name was Xavier Dolan-Tadros
53. Nikita Dragun
Actress | Escape the Night
Nikita Dragun is known for Escape the Night (2016), Saucy Santana Feat. Latto: Booty (2022) and Kim Petras: Malibu (At Home Edition) (2020).
Mother is Mexican; father is Vietnamese; birth name was Nicholas Nguyen
54. Eman Esfandi
Actor | King Richard
Eman Esfandi was born on September 27, 1994 in Laredo, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for King Richard (2021), 120 (2018) and The Inspection (2022).
Mother is Ecuadorian; father is Iranian
55. China Forbes
Soundtrack | The Nines
China Forbes was born on April 29, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Nines (2007), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) and The Weekend Away (2022).
Mother is African-American; father was White with Scots, French, and English ancestry; is lead singer of the group Pink Martini
Her sister, writer-director Maya Forbes, made a movie about their life, "Infinitely Polar Bear," starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana
56. Troy Gentile
Actor | Drillbit Taylor
Troy Gentile was born on October 27, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Drillbit Taylor (2008), Good Luck Chuck (2007) and The Goldbergs (2013).
Father is Iranian; mother is Italian
Birth name was Troy Francis Farshi
57. Mark Ghanimé
Actor | The Age of Adaline
Raised in Montreal, this mixed Lebanese Canadian tri-lingual actor's first foray into the world of acting was a background stint on a Juliette Lewis movie.
His desire to immerse himself in the industry grew and his ethnically ambiguous strength afforded him the ability to play a myriad of archetypes...
Father is Lebanese; mother is French-Canadian
58. Ryan Giggs
Self | UEFA Champions League
Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh football coach and former player. He was most recently the manager of the Wales national team. He is also a co-owner of Salford City. Giggs played his entire professional career for Manchester United and briefly served as the club's interim manager after the sacking...
Father is half Welsh and half African from Sierra Leone; mother is Welsh
Is one of the best footballers to ever play for the UK
59. Henry Golding
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
British-Malaysian television host, actor and model Henry Ewan Golding was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, to Margaret Likan and Clive Golding. His father is English and his mother is Malaysian. His mother is from the Iban people, an Indigenous group in Sarawak, and Henry completed the bejalai, ...
Mother is Malaysian; father is English
60. Martin Gore
Soundtrack | Aquaman
Martin Gore was born on July 23, 1961 in Basildon, Essex, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Aquaman (2018), The Fast and the Furious (2001) and Say Anything (1989). He has been married to Kerrilee Kaski since June 12, 2014. They have two children. He was previously married to ...
Father was African-American; mother is English
Is a founding member of the electro-pop group Depeche Mode
61. Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Actor | Franklin & Bash
Mark-Paul Gosselaar was born March 1, 1974 in Panorama City, California. His father, Hans Gosselaar, who is from the Netherlands, is of German and Dutch Jewish descent, and was a plant supervisor at Anheuser-Busch. His mother, Paula (van den Brink), is of Dutch-Indonesian background; she worked as ...
Mother is Indonesian; father is Dutch and German
62. Stephen Graham
Actor | This Is England
Stephen Graham was born August 3, 1973, in the small town of Kirkby, Lancashire, to a pediatric nurse mother and a social worker father. His paternal grandfather was Jamaican, and one of his grandmothers was Swedish. After years of small parts, he finally got his big break in an unexpected way, ...
Father is half Jamaican and half English; mother is English
63. Luca Guadagnino
Director | Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino was born on August 10, 1971 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and producer, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), Suspiria (2018) and Bones and All (2022).
Mother is Algerian (North African); father is Italian
64. Rebecca Hall
Actress | Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rebecca Hall was born in London, England, the daughter of Peter Hall, a stage director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Maria Ewing, an opera singer. Her father was English. Her mother, who is American, is of Dutch and African-American origin. Her parents separated when she was ...
Mother was opera singer Maria Ewing, who was African-American and White; father was White British director Peter Hall, founder of The Royal Shakespeare Company
65. Halsey
Soundtrack | If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Halsey was born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane on September 29, 1994 in Edison, New Jersey to Nicolette "Nicole" Frangipane (née Jacobs), an emergency medical technician & Christopher Michael "Chris" Frangipane, a car dealer. She is of Italian, Hungarian, and Irish descent on her mother's side and ...
Father is African-American; mother is White with Italian, Irish, and Hungarian ancestry
Birth name was Ashley Nicolette Frangipane
66. Kirk Hammett
Soundtrack | Jungle Cruise
Hammett was born in San Francisco, California on November 18, 1962, to Teofila (Oyao) and Dennis L. Hammett, a merchant seaman. He learned guitar at age 15 and joined Metallica to replace Dave Mustaine in 1982. He has won several Grammys with Metallica and participated in their class action law ...
Mother is Filipino; father was White with English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry
67. Chai Hansen
Actor | Night Sky
Thai-Australian actor Chai Hansen was born on February 8, 1989 on Koh Samui, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. Soon relocating to Australia, Chai began breaking national records for track and field at a young age, soon developing a passion for dance.
Finding his feet upon the completion of his ...
Father is Thai; mother is White Australian
Birth name was Surachai Romruen; was born in Ko Samui, an island in Thailand
68. Teri Hatcher
Actress | Tomorrow Never Dies
Teri Hatcher is an American actress, writer, presenter, and former NFL cheerleader. She is known for her television roles, portraying Lois Lane on the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997), and as Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004-2012), ...
Maternal grandfather was Syrian; also has Czech, English, and Irish ancestry
69. Jessica Henwick
Actress | The Royal Hotel
Jessica Yu Li Henwick is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Colleen Wing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making her debut in the Netflix television series Iron...
Mother is Chinese; father is White English
70. Don Ho
Soundtrack | Bubble Boy
The icon of breezy island entertainment, Don Ho became synonymous with Hawaii and all it represented...colorful leis and shirts, festive luaus, strumming ukuleles, flowing palm trees, beautiful hula dancers, and, of course, the song "Tiny Bubbles". A trip to the "Aloha State" seemed incomplete ...
Father was Chinese and Native Hawaiian; mother was Portuguese, Native Hawaiian, German, English, and Scottish
Birth name was Donald Tai Loy Ho; was born in Honolulu, Hawaii; was the father of singer Hoku
DIED April 14, 2007, age 76, of heart failure
71. Sandrine Holt
Actress | House of Cards
Sandrine Holt was born in London, England, UK. Sandrine is an actor, known for House of Cards (2013), Mr. Robot (2015) and Homeland (2011). Sandrine was previously married to Travis Huff.
Father is Chinese; mother is French
Birth name was Sandrine Vanessa Ho
72. Sunny Hostin
Actress | Girls Trip
Sunny Hostin was born on October 20, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Girls Trip (2017), Daytime Divas (2017) and The View (1997). She has been married to Emmanuel Hostin since August 8, 1998. They have two children.
Mother is Puerto Rican; father is African American
73. Enrique Iglesias
Soundtrack | Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler was born in Madrid, Spain, to Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Spanish-Filipino socialite Isabel Preysler. In 1979, his parents' marriage was annulled. He was eight years old when he moved to the U.S., and at the age of 15, secretly began writing music. He studied ...
Mother is Filipino and Spanish; father is Spanish singer Julio Iglesias
Birth name was Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
74. Raza Jaffrey
Actor | Homeland
Raza Jaffrey was born on May 28, 1975 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Homeland (2011), Code Black (2015) and The Rhythm Section (2020). He has been married to Lara Pulver since December 27, 2014. They have two children. He was previously married to Miranda Raison.
Father is Indian; mother is English
Birth name was Syed Ali Raza Jaffrey
75. Steve Jobs
Producer | Toy Story
Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California, to students Abdul Fattah Jandali and Joanne Carole Schieble who were unmarried at the time and gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by a working class couple, Paul and Clara Jobs, and grew up with them in Mountain View...
Father was Syrian; mother had Swiss and German ancestry
Birth name was purportedly Abdul Lateef Jandali; was adopted as an infant
DIED October 5, 2011, age 56, of pancreatic cancer
76. Norah Jones
Soundtrack | Ted
Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is a daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones. She is Anoushka Shankar's half-sister.
In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the ...
Father is musician Ravi Shankar, who is Bengali Indian; mother is White with English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry
Birth name was Geethali Norah Jones Shankar
77. Rashida Jones
Actress | Parks and Recreation
Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships. Her father is African-American and her mother is ...
Father is legendary African-American music producer Quincy Jones; mother was actress Peggy Lipton, who was White with Russian Jewish ancestry
78. Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon was born on July 6, 1907 in Mexico City, Mexico. She was the seventh daughter of Guillermo Kahlo (born Carl Wilhelm Kahlo), a successful German photographer who emigrated to Mexico from Pforzheim, and of a mestiza mother, Matilde Calderón y González. Her ...
Father was Hungarian; mother was Mexican with Spanish and Native American ancestry
Birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón
DIED July 13, 1954, age 47, of a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in one of her lungs)
79. Kaylee Kaneshiro
Actress | Legacies
Kaylee Marie Kaneshiro (formerly known by her stage name 'Kaylee Bryant') was born on November 1, 1997 in Florida, USA. Kaylee is an Actor who starred as the titular character in the 2014 indie thriller film Mary Loss of Soul (2014). They began acting at the age of 8. She had previously been ...
Paternal grandfather is Japanese; is also German, Irish, English, and Danish
Birth name was Kaylee Kaneshiro
80. Boris Karloff
Actor | Bride of Frankenstein
Along with fellow actors Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price, Boris Karloff is recognized as one of the true icons of horror cinema, and the actor most closely identified with the general public's perception of the "monster" from the classic Mary Shelley book, "Frankenstein". William Henry ...
Paternal grandmother was Indian
Birth name was William Henry Pratt
DIED February 2, 1969, age 81, of pneumonia
81. Chris Kattan
Actor | A Night at the Roxbury
Christopher Lee Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to model Hajni Joslyn and actor Kip King. Chris moved to Mt. Baldy when he turned five, and resided there until the age of fifteen, when he moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington for high school.
After he graduated from high school, Chris ...
Father was Iraqi and Polish; mother was Hungarian
82. Kelis
Soundtrack | xXx
Kelis was born on August 21, 1979 in Harlem, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for xXx (2002), Ocean's Eight (2018) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). She was previously married to Mike Mora and Nas.
Mother is Puerto Rican and Chinese; father was African-American
Birth name was Kelis Rogers
83. Tori Kelly
Soundtrack | Sing
Tori Kelly was born on December 14, 1992 in Wildomar, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Sing (2016), Sing 2 (2021) and Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022). She has been married to André Murillo since May 19, 2018.
Father is Puerto Rican and Jamaican; mother is German and Irish
84. Keegan-Michael Key
Actor | Keanu
Keegan-Michael Key was born in Southfield, Michigan and raised in Detroit. He was adopted as a child by a black father and a white mother. In 1989, he graduated from Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. Key attended the University of Detroit Mercy as an undergraduate and earned his ...
Mother is White with Polish and Belgian ancestry; father is African-American
85. Skandar Keynes
Actor | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English actor best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in the 2005 film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He returned in the role of Edmund in the film's sequels The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince ...
Mother is Lebanese, Iranian, and Turkish; father is English
86. Alicia Keys
Soundtrack | The Secret Life of Bees
Alicia Keys was born in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, to Terria Joseph (née Teresa M. Augello), a paralegal who was also an occasional actress, and Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Her father is African-American and her mother, who is Caucasian, is of Italian and English/Irish/Scottish ancestry. Alicia...
Mother is Italian with English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry; father is African-American
Birth name was Alicia Augello Cook
87. Anthony Keyvan
Actor | XO, Kitty
Currently starring in Hulu's "Love, Victor" Anthony Keyvan is a veteran actor that has been portraying various roles in both film and television since a young age of 5 years old. In "Love, Victor", Anthony plays Rahim, an unrestrained and funny LGBTQ+ student, following the events of the successful...
Father is Iranian; mother is Filipino
88. Ben Kingsley
Actor | Sexy Beast
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ...
Father was Gujarati Indian; mother was English
Birth name was Krishna Banji
89. Hayley Kiyoko
Actress | Insidious: Chapter 3
Hayley first appeared in national commercials for GM, On Star, K-Mart, and Slim Jim, and became the TV spokesperson for Cinnamon Toast Crunch. In addition, she had a couple of guest star roles on Nickelodeon's Unfabulous (2004). As a dancer, she studied with Scotty Nyugen. She is a prolific ...
Mother is Japanese; father is White with English and Scottish ancestry
90. Pom Klementieff
Actress | Avengers: Infinity War
Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the ...
Mother is Korean; father is Russian and French
91. Shannon Kook
Actor | The Conjuring
Shannon Kook was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. His mother is natively South African, and his father is from the Mauritian Islands. He is a classically trained actor from the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada, accepting only 12 acting students a year. Shannon also ...
Mother is Coloured (multi-racial South African); father is Chinese
Birth name was Shannon Xiao Lóng Kook-Chun
92. Liza Koshy
Actress | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Liza Koshy is a multi-faceted talent - actor, producer, entertainer - who has trailblazed a path from digital creator to one of the Hollywood's brightest young stars. Koshy will next be seen in Susanna Fogel's upcoming psychological thriller, Cat Person, in which she appears alongside Nicholas ...
Father is Indian; mother is White with German ancestry
93. Kristin Kreuk
Actress | EuroTrip
Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Deanna Che, who is of Chinese ancestry, and Peter Kreuk, who is of Dutch descent. Her parents are landscape architects. She attended and graduated from Eric Hamber Secondary School. Although she did some stage work in school, she ...
Mother is Chinese, Indonesian, and Jamaican; father is Canadian with Dutch ancestry
94. Dichen Lachman
Actress | Jurassic World Dominion
Dichen Lachman was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, to a Tibetan mother and Australian father. Until the age of seven, she lived in Kathmandu with her parents and extended family. Following that, she moved to Adelaide, Australia, with her parents. After dropping out of university, Dichen took up acting ...
Mother is Tibetan; father is Australian
95. Samuel Larsen
Actor | Glee
Samuel Larsen was born on August 28, 1991 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Glee (2009), Shoulder Dance (2023) and After (2019).
Mother is Mexican; father is Danish
96. Gigi Lazzarato
Producer | This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Gigi Gorgeous is a YouTube star, transgender activist, author, television personality, actress, model and LGBTQ icon. She has nearly 8 million followers across her social platforms and almost half a billion views on her popular YouTube channel. Born Gregory Lazzarato and raised outside Toronto, ...
Has Italian, Lebanese, English, and French ancestry
Is a transgender woman professionally known as Gigi Gorgeous
97. Vanessa Lengies
Actress | Stick It
Vanessa Brittany Lengies, born July 21, 1985, Canadian actress, dancer and singer. She is best known for her role on American Dreams and as Sugar Motta on Glee. Lengies was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a German father and an Egyptian mother. She speaks French, English and some Arabic. ...
Mother is Egyptian; father is German
98. Adriana Lima
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Adriana Lima is a Brazilian supermodel, actress and businesswoman. From the young age of fifteen, Adriana's portfolio quickly skyrocketed making her one of the most successful models of all time. A global fashion icon, best known as a Victoria's Secret from 1999 to 2018, the longest-running model ...
Is Brazilian with African, West Indian, native Brazilian, Swiss, and Japanese ancestry; she identifies as Afro-Brazilian
99. Havana Rose Liu
Actress | Bottoms
Havana Rose Liu was born and brought up in Brooklyn, New York. She went to Saint Ann's School and New York University. She has appeared on the Vogue magazine cover and she has worked with IMG Models as a professional Model. She identifies herself as a multimedia artist and can sing, dance, act, ...
Father is Chinese; mother is White
100. Logic
Soundtrack | Suicide Squad
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, aka Logic, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter based out of Los Angeles, California. He was born in Gaithersburg, Maryland and spent most of his life there before moving to Los Angeles in 2013. Hall had a very tough childhood, in which both of his parents ...
Father is African-American; mother is White
Birth name was Sir Robert Bryson Hall II
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