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Rachel Weisz
Hometown: London, England
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her father is a Hungarian-born Jew and her mother is said to be "Catholic Viennese," but some accounts describe Rachel as having prominent Jewish ancestors on her mom's side. Rachel has been outspoken about her ethnicity and some feel it has hurt her Hollywood prospects. "Hollywood's run by Jews," she told Index magazine in 2001. "I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname and I said. "Why? Jews run Hollywood." He said "Exactly." He had a theory that all the executives think acting's a job for shiksas."
Accomplishments: She won an Oscar for The Constant Gardener, and made some good coin in the Mummy blockbusters.
Regina Spektor
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Occupation: Singer
Background: Regina was born in 1980 in Moscow to Russian Jewish parents. She and her family left the country when she was nine, partly to escape discrimination.
Accomplishments: Her bouncy single "Fidelity" was suddenly everywhere in 2006. Hipster boys pack the front rows of her concerts to admire her piano playing skills and large babushkas.
Isla Fisher
Hometown: Muscat, Oman
Occupation: Actress
Background: Isla was raised by Scots in Western Australia. She converted to Judaism to marry Borat/Ali G/Bruno comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Accomplishments: In a career that stretches over a decade, Isla's best-known performance was as the sex-crazed younger sister in The Wedding Crashers who torments Vince Vaughn.
Lindsey Vuolo
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Occupation: Playboy Playmate
Background: Lindsey's mother is Jewish and her Italian-American father converted to Judaism.
Accomplishments: Lindsey has been hailed as the "first" Jewish Playboy Playmate, which is almost certainly untrue; it's more accurate to say she's the first Playmate to have put her Jewish identity on display. Her November 2001 pictorial included a photo from her Bat Mitzvah. Her open-Jewishness earned her a provocative interview with Rabbi Shumley Boteach, available at beliefnet.com.
Bahar Soomekh
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Occupation: Actress
Background: She was born into a devout Persian Jewish family in Iran and after moving to Los Angeles as a kid, she attended Sinai Akiba Academy.
Accomplishments: She's seen screen time in several major films, including Crash, Syriana, Mission: Impossible III and Saw III. Asked what professional challenges she faces, she says being typecast—as a Middle-Eastern terrorist.
Alicia Silverstone
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her British father is Jewish, and her Scottish mom converted to Conservative Judaism before they were married. She recalls, "Growing up in the suburbs of San Francisco, there was a tiny risk that I might turn out to be a `Jewish American Princess.'"
Accomplishments: Alicia started out as "the Aerosmith Girl" in videos for "Cryin'," "Amazing," and "Crazy," then went on to do Clueless and become one of the hottest babes of the '90s.
Lizzy Caplan
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Although she grew up practicing Reform Judaism, had a Bat Mitzvah, and went to Jewish summer camp, she's been quoted as saying, "I love being a Jew, but I'm not a super Jew."
Accomplishments: She's done a lot of notable work on TV and in film, including Mean Girls, Hot Tub Time Machine, and True Blood.
Joanna Angel
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Porn Star
Background: She grew up orthodox.
Accomplishments: With her Burning Angel website and films, she's become one of the heavyweights of alternative porn. The mainstream has rewarded her for her success; she's won several AVN awards and been acclaimed as a "crossover" star.
Nikki Ziering
Hometown: Norwalk, CA
Occupation: Playboy Playmate
Background: Nikki, Miss September 1997, was born with the surname Schieler but converted to Judaism when she married Ian Ziering of Beverly Hills, 90210. The two are no longer together, but Nikki says she is still Jewish.
Accomplishments: She was in Playboy as a Playmate and later on the cover for a second pictorial. She has also done The Price is Right, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, and a few movies.
Jenny Lewis
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Occupation: Singer
Background: She describes herself as "a Jewish girl from the Valley" but says that she's only been to synagogue a couple of times.
Accomplishments: As the lead singer of Rilo Kiley and now a solo artist, J-Lew was the undisputed sex symbol of the Aughts for the Pitchfork set.
Noa Tishby
Hometown: Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation: Model/Presenter/Producer
Background: Born נועה טוהר תשבי.
Accomplishments: You might not have seen her, but she's a major celebrity in Israel: she hosted Israel's Got Talent (yes, every country has this show) and was named "Sexiest Woman in Israel" in 2007. More than just a bikini babe, she's also a TV producer (she brought In Treatment to Showtime) and an advocate for Israeli issues.
Sarah Silverman
Hometown: Bedford, NH
Occupation: Comedian/Actress
Background: She's Jewish in every way, except spiritually. "To me it's cultural, it comes out of my pores," she told Movieline. "I can't control it. I wasn't raised with any religion, I have no religion, but it's become such a part of me. 'Jewish comedian Sarah Silverman!' You know what I mean?"
Accomplishments: Sarah is a polarizing figure; some enjoy her willfully offensive Jewish princess shtick, while others just think she's hot.
Cindy Margolis
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Model
Background: Cindy grew up Jewish on the West Coast.
Accomplishments: In the '90s, Cindy realized this whole internet thing might be a good method for promoting herself as a pinup, and with a little chutzpah, got herself certified the Most Downloaded Woman on the Internet. Part of her appeal was being the "good Jewish girl" who didn't take her clothes off. When she turned 40, she decided it was about time, and did Playboy.
Elizabeth Berkley
Hometown: Farmington Hills, MI
Occupation: Actress
Background: Berkeley grew up in the conservative Jewish tradition; she attended synagogue and had a Bat Mitzvah in the suburbs of Detroit. Since moving to Hollywood, she continued practicing, attending various synagogues and taking lessons to become a cantor. "There's a real love I have for growing up Jewish," she told the Jewish Journal. "It doesn't ever leave me. I could be sitting next to someone and be in conversation or see that [the person] has a Jewish star on, and instantly, it's just a comfort. You can go anywhere in the world, and it's an immediate, immediate feeling of home."
Accomplishments: After years spent in the hottie-incubation project Saved By the Bell, Liz broke into grownup movies in a big way with her nudity-prone performance in Showgirls. It was a spectacular flop and almost killed her career; in years since, she has played lower-profile roles and is now, at 39, poised for a run as a leading MILF actress. At least we hope she is.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her mother, Blythe Danner, is a Pennsylvania Quaker, and her father comes from Ashkenazi Russian Jewish roots. She has said that, “I am the result of generations and generations of rabbis back in Minsk. They call it a rabbinical dynasty.”
Accomplishments: She won an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, occasionally wears terrible dresses to awards shows, and married the Coldplay guy.
Alona Tal
Hometown: Herzliya, Israel
Occupation: Model/Actress
Background: Born אלונה טל. She served in the Israeli army.
Accomplishments: She played Monk's daughter on the series finale of Monk and had runs on Veronica Mars and Supernatural, but the best is yet to come from Alona.
Amanda Peet
Hometown: New York, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her mother is Jewish, her father is a Quaker, and Amanda attended Friends Seminary, a Quaker school, in Manhattan. "I'm a Quaker Jew," she says. "A little bit Quaker, a little bit Jew."
Accomplishments: Amanda has been in a lot of movies, but she hasn't been in a lot of great movies. Syriana was an exception.
Mia Kirshner
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Occupation: Actress
Background: Mia had grandparents who were Holocaust survivors; her father was born in a displaced persons camp in 1946. He worked for the Canadian Jewish News and met Mia's mother in Israel. Mia told the New York Times, "The only books in my house when I was growing up were about the Holocaust."
Accomplishments: She was the despicable, untrustworthy lesbian Jenny Schecter on The L Word. Second act TBD.
Winona Ryder
Hometown: Olmstead County, MN
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her father was Jewish and Winona was born with the last name Horowitz. Her mother was not Jewish and is now a serious Buddhist. Her heritage led to idiotic drunken insults from Mel Gibson. At a party, "it came up that I was Jewish," Winona told GQ. "He said something about 'oven dodgers,' but I didn't get it. I'd never heard that before. It was just this weird, weird moment. No one believed me!"
Accomplishments: Winona has been acting for nearly 25 years. She's always been very nice to look at, but the triple-punch of Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, and Reality Bites made her a goddess of the '90s.
Brooke Burke
Hometown: Hartford, CT
Occupation: Hostess/Model
Background: Her mother was Jewish and she was raised in the Jewish faith. "We keep Shabbat, we celebrate all the high holidays, my girls went to a Jewish school for all their early education. We're not religious, but we do keep all the traditions."
Accomplishments: Brooke rose to fame in the late '90s as the host of a quirky show called Wild On!, which required her to travel the world wearing a bikini. Turns out she was really good at that. She was also really good at wearing nothing, which she did for two Playboy cover features. These days she's one of the hosts of Dancing With the Stars.
Dianna Agron
Hometown: Savannah, GA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her dad is Jewish and her mom converted; Dianna went to Hebrew school and had a bat mitzvah.
Accomplishments: She plays a cheerleader on Glee, though the best thing she's done for those of us who aren't Gleeks was the infamous photo shoot with Lea Michele for GQ. Yeah, that one.
Amanda Bynes
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her mother is Jewish and her father is Catholic. She says she was raised Jewish, but the website jewornotjew.com quotes her as saying, "I haven't decided yet" on whether to go Jewish or Catholic.
Accomplishments: Amanda Bynes, who did lots of good-girl stuff on Nickelodeon and seemed poised to make that typical jump to sex symbol status, but then in 2010 she announced on Twitter that she was retiring from acting. She supposedly recanted, but we haven't seen her on-screen in over a year.
Donna Feldman
Hometown: Calabasas, CA
Occupation: Model/Actress
Background: Both of her parents were born in Israel, and Donna says that her first language was Hebrew.
Accomplishments: Donna has been a super hot magazine and fitness model for many years; her biggest moments on screen have been as a Deal or No Deal babe and in Don't Mess with the Zohan. On playing an Israeli in the film, she said: "Most people do not know where I'm from with my exotic features so I get cast as different ethnicities but never as an Israeli. Let alone Jewish!"
Yael Bar Zohar
Hometown: Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation: Actress/Model/TV Presenter
Background: Born יעל בר זוהר.
Accomplishments: Unless you live in Israel, you haven't seen her. There's not a ton of information out there, but we like this detail: After starting a career as a lingerie model, "Some Israeli artists wrote songs glorifying her large breasts, that became her trademark at the time."
Phoebe Cates
Hometown: New York, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Three-fourths of her grandparents, including the all-important maternal grandmother, were Jewish. The remaining quarter of her ethnic puzzle is Chinese/Filipino.
Accomplishments: The image of Phoebe removing her bikini top in Fast Times at Ridgemont High remains the '80s iconic moment of film nudity. Phoebe, who is now 48, hasn't acted in a film since 2001.
Kate Hudson
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Goldie Hawn's mother, Kate's grandmother, was a Jew of Hungarian descent, and raised Goldie Jewish; Goldie did the same with Kate.
Accomplishments: Her breakthrough was starring as groupie Penny Lane in Almost Famous. That same year, life imitated art to some extent when she married Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes. They're no longer together, but Kate isn't one for civilian life, she went on to date Alex Rodriguez and her current guy (and baby-daddy) is Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy.
Emmy Rossum
Hometown: New York, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her mother is Jewish, but Emmy describes her father, whom she barely knew growing up, as "a WASP."
Accomplishments: Prancing around in her underwear and tight wife-beater t-shirts on Shameless. Season two starts January 8.
Lea Michele
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Mommy's a Roman Catholic and daddy's a Sephardic Jew.
Accomplishments: We don't necessarily "get" Glee, but when Lea Michele lets loose we get a feeling of gleefulness.
Jennifer Connelly
Hometown: Round Top, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her mother was a Polish/Russian Jew and father was Catholic. She says she grew up with a "double dose" of guilt.
Accomplishments: The 1991 film Career Opportunities wasn't the stuff of greatness, but young Jennifer was. Over the years she has blessed us with tasteful toplessness and daring roles.
Kat Dennings
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Says she's "a billion part Jewish" and "I don't think I have any relatives who aren't Jewish."
Accomplishments: This curvy starlet can be seen in this year's Thor and hit TV show 2 Broke Girls.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Hometown: New York, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Grew up with two Jewish parents in New York, but she told Howard Stern in 1999 that she doesn't believe in organized religion, saying that her family had a Christmas tree in the house at holiday-time—not for any religious reason, but because they wanted a pretty tree.
Accomplishments: For Joss Whedon fans, she'll always be Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a role she owned for six years. Her new series, Ringer, has been picked up for a full 22-episode season.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Hometown: Jericho, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her father is a Sephardic Jew, and her Cuban-born mother converted to Judaism.
Accomplishments: Jamie-Lynn was Meadow Soprano; Meadow Soprano was Jamie-Lynn. She may never live that role down, but she may not want to.
Gina Gershon
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Gina was born to Jewish parents.
Accomplishments: She appeared alongside Elizabeth Berkeley in Showgirls, but her best role was as a lesbian seductress in Bound. She continues to act, most recently on How To Make It In America, and has taken up a side gig as a musician, appearing on recordings by Scissor Sisters and Paul Simon playing—we did not make this up—the strange, buzzy instrument known as a Jew's harp.
Elizabeth Banks
Hometown: Pittsfield, MA
Occupation: Actress
Background: She converted to Judaism in 2003 when she married sportswriter/film producer Max Handelman.
Accomplishments: This lovely shiksa is a gifted comedic actress who's not afraid to play it for laughs like a guy--not many babes would have barfed while driving drunk as she did in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Ashley Tisdale
Hometown: Deal, NJ
Occupation: Singer/Actress
Background: Her mom Lisa Morris Tisdale told American Jewish Life, "She's not totally Jewish. She's half. My husband's not, so she was raised a little bit of both."
Accomplishments: Ashley is 26, but has yet to really break through as a sex symbol. She remains best known for The Suite Life of Zac & Cody and High School Musical. Cheerleading series Hellcats was a promising idea, but it was canceled after just one season.
Sharon Ganish
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Model
Background: Sharon was born to Jewish parents in L.A. but grew up in Israel, where she launched her modeling career.
Accomplishments: Her list of credits as a runway model is extensive, but to the masses she's best known as a central figure in print advertisements for Versace.
Alison Brie
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Born Alison Brie Schermerhorn, she began her acting career at a Jewish Community Center in Southern California.
Accomplishments: She's been on two great shows: Mad Men and Community.
Zoe Kravitz
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress/Singer
Background: The daughter of rocker Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. Lenny's dad Sy Kravitz and Lisa's mom Arlene Litman were Jewish; Lisa's dad Allen Boney and Lenny's mom Roxie Roker were black.
Accomplishments: She's been in numerous movies, most recently X-Men Origins, had a six-episode run on Californication, and was in will.i.am's "We Are the Ones" video. Here's something interesting on the horizon: A starring role in Fury Road, a sequel of sorts to the Mad Max trilogy.
Moran Atias
Hometown: Haifa, Israel
Occupation: Model/Actress
Background: Born מורן אטיאס, she would have served in the Israeli army but was diagnosed with meningitis. She went on to a consolation career as a model, then moved into TV and film acting.
Accomplishments: Few Americans have caught so much as a glimpse of this absolutely smoking babe. She was on the Starz series Crash—like we said, few Americans have seen her.
Michelle Trachtenberg
Hometown: New York, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her mother is a Russian Jewish immigrant to the United States and her Russian maternal grandparents now live in Israel. Her father is German and would appear to be Christian, as Michelle says that her family celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.
Accomplishments: Seems like Michelle has been with us forever. She was in '90s staple Buffy the Vampire Slayer before her role on Gossip Girl, and yet, she's just 26.
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Occupation: Actress
Background: Born to Moroccan Jewish parents, she grew up practicing Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition.
Accomplishments: Talk about a tough job—playing the one steady girlfriend on the carousel of babes known as Entourage. Yet Emmanuelle held her own.
Lauren London
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Born to a Jewish father and an African-American mother, Lauren grew up with a foot in each culture. She speaks of being considered "not black enough" by members of her mother's side of the family, and being "that black girl" at Jewish summer camp. She told Complex, "I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself."
Accomplishments: She started as a video vixen, then moved into acting with parts on Everybody Hates Chris and Entourage. Her recent film work includes ATL, I Love You Beth Cooper, and Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family. She's also known for being the mother of Lil' Wayne's son.
Caprice Bourret
Hometown: Whittier, CA
Occupation: Model
Background: Her Dad was a French Canadian (explains the last name) and her mom was Jewish. She told the Jewish Telegraph, "I would like to have children and to bring them up as Jewish," though she hasn't made it happen yet.
Accomplishments: Caprice (no surname required) was a London-based supermodel in the late '90s, known for wearing revealing outfits, appearing on TV, and dating celebrities like Dennis Quaid and Rod Stewart.
Natalie Portman
Hometown: Jerusalem, Israel
Occupation: Actress
Background: Born נטלי הרשלג (Natalie Herschlag), she attended Jewish elementary school and, after graduating from Harvard, studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Accomplishments: Oscar-winning performance in Black Swan. She was also in V For Vendetta, Garden State, and the Star Wars prequels.
Evan Rachel Wood
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Occupation: Actress
Background: She was born to a Christian father and a mother who had converted to Judaism.
Accomplishments: She was in The Wrestler and played a vampire queen in True Blood—edgy stuff for sure, but nothing compared to her personal life. She's bisexual and was engaged to Marilyn Manson.
Bar Refaeli
Hometown: Hod HaSharon, Israel
Occupation: Model
Background: Born בר רפאלי, she avoided normally-mandatory service in the Israeli Army and has fought a reputation as a draft-dodger because of it. Her acts of immodesty have caused the occasional minor scandal in Israel. While dating Leonardo DiCaprio, she caught flak from a nationalist organization that asked her not to marry a non-Jew for the sake of "future generations of Jews."
Accomplishments: Equally famous for being in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Leonardo DiCaprio's arm candy for five-ish years.
Scarlett Johansson
Hometown: New York, NY
Occupation: Actress
Background: Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family and she has identified herself as Jewish, but says she celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.
Accomplishments: It's Scarlett Freakin' Johansson. You're familiar with her work.
Rashida Jones
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress
Background: Rashida was born to legendary soul producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, who is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. She grew up going to Hebrew school, but left at 10 years old and didn't have a Bat Mitzvah. She's gone back and forth with her identities, sometimes gravitating toward her father's heritage and sometimes her mother's. "I feel pretty strongly about my connection, definitely through the Jewish traditions and the things that I learned dating the guy that I dated. My boyfriends tend to be Jewish and also be practicing. I don't see it as a necessity, but there's something about it that I connect with for whatever reason."
Accomplishments: Rashida has emerged as a TV star in recent years with recurring roles on The Office and Parks and Recreation, and since I Love You, Man and My Idiot Brother, is killing it in movies, too.
Mila Kunis
Hometown: Chernivtsi, Ukraine SSR
Occupation: Actress
Background: She was born in Ukraine SSR to Jewish parents, but religion was discouraged under Communism. "I'm pretty Jewish I gotta say," she told Jvibe.com. "I was never raised Jewish but all my friends are and I have the quirks of a Jewish person. I go 'oy' and people are like, 'Oh you're very Jewish.' And when I'm in New York, I become super-Jew. All of a sudden I talk like a Jew from Long Island out of nowhere. Once I'm in New York, I'm super Jewish."
Accomplishments: She landed the role of Jackie Burkhart on That 70s Show in 1998, and after, assorted displays of hotness include Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Friends WIth Benefits, but she gave her greatest performance in a ballet battle royale with fellow hot Jew Natalie Portman in Black Swan.
Esti Ginzburg
Hometown: Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation: Model
Background: Not only did she serve in Israeli army, but she criticized Bar Refaeli for skipping out. "In order to contribute and help, in order to be part of the State, enlisting is a duty, not a choice. There are a million of things I don't feel like doing, but I do them because I have to. Military service is part of the things I believe in, the values I was raised on."
Accomplishments: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, three years running.
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