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Anna Deavere Smith
Actor
African-American [including Igbo Nigerian, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, and Senegal], English
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Arnold Vosloo
Actor
Afrikaner – including Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish, as well as distant or remote Danish, Norwegian, Indian [Malayali, some Bengali], Indonesian [Javanese, Makassarese], Timorese, Malagasy, Angolan, Scottish, Chinese, Swedish, Guinean, Ethiopian, and Austrian
Pretoria, South Africa
Carolyn Murphy
Actor · Model
English, along with Scottish, one eighth Italian, Irish, smaller amounts of German and Swiss-German, distant Dutch, French, Angolan, and Belgian
Panama City, Florida, U.S.
Dave Matthews
Actor · Musician
Irish, English, Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German], at least 1/64th African, including remote Angolan
Johannesburg, South Africa
Isaiah Washington
Actor · TV Personality
African-American, Creole [including Angolan, Sierra Leonean]
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Khandi Alexander
Actor
African-American [including Nigerian], some English and Scottish
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Morgan Freeman
Actor
African-American, as well as more distant English
Memphis, Tennessee or Mississippi, U.S.
Ricky Fataar
Actor · Musician
Cape Malay/Cape Coloured [Malagasy, Xhosa, Mauritian, Malaysian, Indian, Indonesian, Zulu, English, Khoisan, Tswana, San, Chinese, Guinean, Angolan, Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Khoikhoi]
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Shawnee Smith
Actor · Musician
English, German, Swiss-German, Northern Irish/Scots-Irish
Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Tasha de Vasconcelos
Actor · Model
Father: Portuguese-Angolan · Mother: English, Scottish, possibly other
Beira, Porgtuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique)