At worst, Im not a real Jew because my liturgy and cuisine doesnt align with Shlomo Carlebach and gefilte fish. Born to theater-loving parents, she attended fine arts-oriented schools, and was the young star of the drama Kat Graham is an actress, singer, dancer and producer. He's a member of the music group Big Time Rush. Her first major television series role was on the WB's Greetings from Tucson (2002). Messing was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the daughter of Jewish American parents, Sandra (ne Simons), who has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel and real estate agent, and Brian Messing, a sales executive for a jewelry manufacturer. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, 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. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) The latest premiere at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. From a young age, Isla Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Stricken with polio at 18 months of age, she recovered after receiving the Sister Kenny treatment. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. Elizabeth describes Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and producer. J Jewish actresses (1 C, 29 P) K Kurdish actresses (5 P) N Native Hawaiian actresses (9 P) Nigerian actresses by ethnic or national origin (3 C, 1 P) R Romani actresses (13 P) S Serer actresses (1 P) Actresses of South American descent (2 C) In 1988, along with Billy Crystal was born on March 14, 1948 in Manhattan, New York, and was raised on Long Island. Meanwhile, Disney wasnt allowed to portray the Maximoffs as mutants, or as Magnetos kids. Women played a significant role in performing and shaping Romanian Yiddish theater and became known internationally for their work on the Yiddish stage. Radnor attended Michael Owen Rosenbaum is an American actor and pod-caster. Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.The amiable, husky-framed actor with the William Shatner has notched up an impressive 70-plus years in front of the camera, displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. 15 celebrities you might not know are Jewish Max Kalnitz Updated Jack Black, Harrison Ford, and Zoe Kravitz. Her father was of mostly English and German ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish family (from Germany, Russia, and Hungary). In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. The actress is known for playing in several successful movies such as Beetlejuice, The Age of Innocence, Heathers. It would seem that 2004, the year of her 18th birthday, will be remembered as pivotal for Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two very different films, The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Yes, Ive taken a DNA ancestry test, and no, they dont test for Romani heritage. She is the youngest of five children. He can also be seen in the upcoming film YOU PEOPLE opposite Jonah Hill, Jerry Seinfeld was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Betty (Hesney) and Kalman Seinfeld. She has portrayed in several films and shows such as Shrek 2, Look Who's Talking, The Smurfs and Iron Man 3. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born Alan Arkin is an Academy Award-winning American actor who is also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer.He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. At the time she also starred in two television series in the country, and also dabbled in music, Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress, singer, martial artist, and model. For all the romanticism of our supposed lifestyle, Roma mostly just want what most people want: stability. Her family was Jewish, and had moved to the U.S. from Russia, Lithuania, Phoebe Belle Cates was born on July 16, 1963 in New York City, New York, and raised there. But throughout Marvel canon, the twins are generally portrayed as Romani, leading to some controversy around Marvels live-action casting choices. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging to The Associated Press as an "all-female project." The director is a woman, Liana Ceterchi. Her father died in 1993, when she was 13 years old. At the age of 10, Chriqui appeared in a McDonald's commercial. Her family moved to Toronto when she was two years old. And thats another thing: Keeping kosher got nothin on our mothers, who practice removing anything mahrime, or unclean, in the broadest sense. Peet's Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Kat was predominantly Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.Eating in a local restaurant, Tori Spelling was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of author Candy Spelling and Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling. In 2009, Dunham Erin Daniels was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Her English-born father is from a Jewish family, while her Scottish-born Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn (ne Steinhoff), a jewelry shop/dance school owner and Rut Hawn, a band musician. After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Kyra Minturn Sedgwick was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City to Patricia (Rosenwald), a family and speech therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. She began her career after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. Dianna and her brother Jason were raised Jewish and she . He is an actor and producer, known for National Treasure (2004), The Hangover (2009) and Gigli (2003). Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. Soledad Miranda - Andalusian Flamenco Dancer and later Horror Film Actress from Seville, mother was Gitana Nikolai Slichenko . Inspired by that experience, he returned to Northwestern where he received a bachelor's degree in speech/theater. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage (from Romania, Ginnifer Goodwin was born Jennifer Michelle Goodwin on May 22, 1978, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Linda (Kantor), a doctor of educational technology, and Tim Goodwin, a musician and the owner of Memphis Sound Productions recording studio. You mean Romanian? Her mother, Rose Winter, was born in Missouri, to Austrian Jewish parents, and her father, Jonas Schrift, was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. She is the daughter of Didi (Radford), a former flight attendant, and Monty Silverstone, a real estate investor. Tragic songstress Lillian Roth (nee Lillian Rutstein) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 13, 1910. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an office manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. Roma people are a marginalized ethnic minority, and Disney chose to erase their presence from the MCU. Caplan was Mia Kirshner was born in Toronto, Ontario on January 25, 1975, to Etti, a teacher, and Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist. His parents are actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, and his maternal grandparents were Max M. Gilford, a president of the Hollywood Bar Association, and actress Anne Gwynne. She lived in the US until she was five. And my family has been Jewish for as long as we can trace it so yes, we are Jews, thank you very much. Erin is an actor and director, known for House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The L Word (2004) and A Single Man (2009). Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. His Jewish family emigrated from Russia and Romania to the US. She is someday going to finish her dual MA in Jewish studies and Arts Education; she lives with six cats, has a great mom, and a heckin cool partner. Romanian people actually enslaved my people for centuries, until Rroma, empowered by news of the liberation of slaves in the U.S., fought back. Her parents are Irit, a teacher, and Michael, an engineer. Kate Hudson Actress | Almost Famous Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. Her remarkable beauty and her tragic untimely death make her story the stuff of legend. She is the daughter of Anne Marie (Wallace), who worked in a bank, and Mark Phineas Mitchell, a factory worker. Her big break came in 2003 starring in an Israeli film. She has had roles in the Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. So why Jews aggressively litigate the genetic legitimacy of Romani Jews is beyond me. Some Romani are the same. Meanwhile, actual Romani people barely appear in mainstream media. In 1954, her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the dean of a Presbyterian college in Melbourne. Her parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (ne Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other James (David) Maslow was born in New York, U.S. and raised in La Jolla, California.He graduated from CoSA in 2007 in the musical theater department.He's an American actor, singer and dancer. She was raised in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, and is of Eastern European Jewish descent. Model Esti Ginsberg voted in first place on list compiled by US magazine Complex; Mila Kunis comes 2nd, followed by Rashida Jones. For Romani Jews, it's a two-for-one special: anti-Semitism and anti-Romanyism for one low price! To millions of TV viewers she became familiar as the reformed juvenile delinquent, turned undercover cop, Julie Barnes. His father had Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from Actor | After years of playing second-fiddle to the main Avengers, Elizabeth Olsen finally received a compelling role in WandaVision. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". When Messing was three, she moved Julianna Margulies was born on June 8, 1966 in Spring Valley (near New York City), as the youngest of three daughters of Francesca (Goldberg), a teacher and dancer in American Ballet, and Paul Margulies, an advertising writer and philosopher. Ross was an actress for brief 4 years only, making an impressive film debut as the heroine "Francine" in George Romero's outstanding Dawn of Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra Forste (ne Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a journalist. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described. She went on to appear in ER, Six Degrees, as well as Mike Nichols' Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead (1988)) when she was just 12 years old. She has two older brothers. British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. Amber Benson was born on January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama. You dont look like a g*psy. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal With her expressive blue eyes, soft, Southern-tinged voice and an acting range that can carry her from hysterically funny to terrifying in seconds, Patricia Arquette is one of the most underrated and talented actresses of her generation. Blair's longstanding career began with her comedic roles in pop culture classics in the early 2000s. Jenette spent most of her childhood in Los Angeles. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. With upcoming film and television roles, he continues to explore the different facets of his talent and versatility.Vartan currently Rosanna Arquette has acted extensively in film and television, and has come to be acknowledged as an actress of rare depth and scope.Arquette was born in New York City, New York. In Avengers: Civil War, Wandas bedroom also includes several crucifixes, a galling detail for people who wanted the films to reference her Jewish roots. Lisa Ferraday - actress. Maia Morgenstern, an actress and the manager of the Jewish State Theater, right, watched other actors rehearse. His paternal grandparents Emanuel Goldenberg arrived in the United States from Romania at age ten, and his family moved into New York's Lower East Side. She had previously appeared with Patrick Swayze in John Milius's cold war drama Red Dawn (1984) as 'Toni', one of the ' Fanny Brice was a popular and influential American comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress, who made many stage, radio and film appearances but is best remembered as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show. Kate Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to Beverley Sue (Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. His parents, both originally from Michigan, are both from Jewish families (from Russia and Poland). She was previously married to Michael Viner. Sarah Elizabeth Hartman was born and raised in San Francisco, and has since been gentrified out to the edges of the Bay Area. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. She was managing editor of the poetry journal, "Antaeus" and Ecco Press from 1975 to 1977. Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. For it was fourteen years after her movie debut that Gina made movie history as the predatory bisexual who was the leading Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an office manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. That did not stop Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift of very humble beginnings on August 18, 1920 (some sources list 1922) in East St. Louis, Illinois. He moved with his family, including sister Carolyn, to Offbeat, unconventionally pretty, and utterly mesmerizing, Ellen Barkin was born on April 16, 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Evelyn (Rozin), a hospital administrator, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. Israeli model Esti Ginzburg tops the list of " 50 hottest . Barbara Hershey was born Barbara Lynn Herzstein in Hollywood, California, to Melrose (Moore) and Arnold Nathan Herzstein, a horse racing columnist. It would seem that 2004, the year of her 18th birthday, will be remembered as pivotal for Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two very different films, The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson introduced Wanda and Pietro with awkward Russian-ish accents, which in Olsens case gradually smoothed out once she spent more time with the American Avengers. (See here, or here, or here.) His family is Jewish (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). Just as other Jews range from delicate, wispy blonde hair to thick 3C curls, Roma are not one singular look or genetic pattern. But our dancing, our music, and our desire to keep our homes obscenely clean unite us. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, . Romania was a wellspring of the Yiddish theater, as there were Jewish theater troupes in the major Romanian cities and acting troupes traveled throughout the country performing dramas, comedies, musicals, and operettas. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she spent her childhood in Washington, D.C., and New Pamela Adlon comes from an acting family and began her career in television in 1983. His early career choices involved becoming a certified public accountant, Eric Salter Balfour is an American actor and singer. Despite a less than spectacular career as an actress, singer, and playwright, she never lost confidence in herself. Described as TV's Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. Likely because we are a diasporic people. Simonida and Sandra Selimovi are two Serbian Romani actresses, directors and rappers, born respectively in 1979 and 1981 in Zajear, Serbia. He is of Russian Jewish descent. His father was a well-known concert promoter who co-founded Commodore Records and his mother was a homemaker. Shortly after that, she starred in "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," then went on to do "The Giver" alongside Jeff Bridges and Meryl Gaylen Ross was born as Gail Rosenblum in Indianapolis, Indiana. Even typically somber holidays are experienced with song and dance and bright-colored clothes. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's . He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. His mother is from a working-class Jewish family from Poland and Justin Bartha was born on July 21, 1978 in West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA. Gal Gadot Actress | Wonder Woman Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress, singer, martial artist, and model. And, of course, white nationalists (theyre everywhere). Romani people experience widespread and life-threatening racismparticularly in Europeand face toxic stereotyping in pop culture. At 19 she had her breakout performance on the series Roswell, playing the leading role of Liz Parker. I have heard these four things over and over again, so many times that theyve ceased to become words; now, theyre just irritation. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed Alona Tal, an Israeli-American singer and actress, was born in Herzliya, Israel. Thats how we end up with Elizabeth Olsen describing her Age of Ultron costume as kind of this g*psy, vagabond feelterms that usually wouldnt come to mind for a simple black minidress and maroon jacket. Lori always An extremely gifted, versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late 1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the enduring Fox series Married with Children (1987). Katrin Cartlidge began her career as a doing backstage & front of house work at London's Royal Court Theatre, having appeared with their Young People's Theatre group. Im not so sure, because its not like India is that far from Israel certainly closer than Germany. Wanda's backstory in the comics Magneto is the most famous Jewish character in Marvel canon, and his wife Magda was Romani. Her mother was from an upper-class German Jewish family, and her father was from a wealthy Massachusetts clan of English Hank Azaria is an American comedian and actor from Queens, New York. Her family is Jewish (from Russia, Poland, and Austria). Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a Lisa Bonet was born in San Francisco, California, to Arlene Joyce (Litman), a teacher, and Allen Bonet, an opera singer. Marilyn Monroe Actress | Some Like It Hot Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. She has a younger brother, Mathieu, and has both Sephardi Jewish (from Tunisia) and Ashkenazi Jewish (from Adam Jared Brody was born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Valerie Jill (Siefman), a graphic artist, and Mark Alan Brody, a lawyer. Erin was previously married to Chris Uettwiller. She was a studious girl and was She was a groovy and sexy icon of the late hippie era. Pages in category "Romani actresses" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. But if we were converts, you would still warrant a dirty look for saying it like that. She has a sister, Patti Hawn, and a brother, Edward, who died in infancy before her birth. Plenty of superheroes have convoluted backstories, but Pietro and Wanda Maximoff (aka Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch) are more complicated than most. . Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. If she was new to the role, this might be explained as a lack of awareness. Today, she continues to act, as well as do artwork and blog. Her father is of Polish Jewish descent and her mother is a Bulgarian Jewish immigrant. Yes, Im poor. 1969). Her family moved to Los Angeles soon afterwards in 1992 so she could pursue a Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, to Joanne (Brenner), who worked at a non-profit child care agency, and Charles Terry Schermerhorn, a musician and entertainment reporter. Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. For Romani Jews, its a two-for-one special: anti-Semitism and anti-Romanyism for one low price! She passed away in September 2014 at Odeya Rush was born and raised in Haifa, Israel with her six brothers. His father is from Russia and Austria, while Zach's mother, who is from a family with deep roots in New England. Her Romanian origins come from his father's side. Her parents, Judith Moore (ne Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. This casting choice was divisive in 2013, when The Atlantic highlighted the negative connotations of casting a white blonde actress as Scarlet Witch. She was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. She was the daughter of stage parents who groomed her and younger sister Ann for stardom at an early age.The girls did not Laura Helene Prepon was born on March 7, 1980, in Watchung, New Jersey. At the age of 3, his right eye was surgically removed due to cancer. She was Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most successful personalities in show business. I see a lot of ignorance in the world about who Roma are, and in America, its common: Were an invisible minority here, for the most part, which is something we cherish after centuries of horrifying treatment in Europe and the Middle East. In 1986, Simonida and Sandra's family moved to Vienna and soon, both sisters began a career there as stage and television actresses. He also acted in Godzilla, Shiri jumped in front of the lens as a youngster appearing in Norman Lear Sunday Dinner and Lawrence Kasden's I Love You To Death. Dustin Hoffman - actor and filmmaker (part Romanian-Jewish descent) [15] Harvey Keitel - actor and producer (Romanian Jewish mother) Tristan Leabu - actor. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.Eating in a local restaurant, Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother, Lynn, and American father, Richard Garfield. Brie grew up in Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Sarah Daniela was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Portuguese-born parents, Katharina Lia Azancot Korn and Moiss Carlos Bentes Ruah, a doctor. Back in 1998, Avengers director Joss Whedon faced backlash for using negative Romani stereotypes in Buffy. She has an older brother, Jason (b. Mia had a middle class upbringing and graduated from the prestigious McGill University with a Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Schwimmer was encouraged by a high school instructor to attend a summer program in acting at Northwestern University. With her expressive brown eyes and trademark long blonde hair, sylphlike Peggy Lipton was one third of a streetwise urban Actress-comedienne Bea Arthur was born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1922 in New York City to a Jewish family. Dancer, cellist, actress -- it's not just "Virtual Reality". Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry. Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke Sara Paxton was born in Woodland Hills, California. Tell us what you think about this feature. Her parents were both from Russian Jewish families. She died on November 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. 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