EthniCelebs

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Actor profiles

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Adepero Oduye

Actor · Musician

Yoruba Nigerian

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

AJ McLean

Actor · Musician · Model

Puerto Rican (maternal grandfather), German, Scottish, one sixteenth Ashkenazi Jewish, as well as Irish, English, and French, possibly other

West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

Amber Rose

Actor · Musician · Model

Italian (37.5%), one quarter Cape Verdean [African, Portuguese], Irish, as well as Scottish, Cornish, and English

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

America Ferrera

Actor

Honduran [Spanish, as well as Indigenous, some African], small amount of Ashkenazi/Sephardi Jewish

Los Angeles, California, United States

Anna Deavere Smith

Actor

African-American [including Igbo Nigerian, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, and Senegal], English

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Annie Ilonzeh

Actor

Father: Igbo Nigerian · Mother: Polish, English

Grapevine, Dallas, Texas, U.S.

Anthony Alabi

Actor · Athlete

Father: Nigerian · Mother: Puerto Rican

San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States

Archie Madekwe

Actor

Igbo Nigerian (one quarter), Swiss-German, English, possibly Scottish

Lambeth, London, England, U.K.

Arséma Thomas

Actor

Father: Yoruba Nigerian · Mother: Amhara Ethiopian

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Ashley Madekwe

Actor

Father: Igbo Nigerian, Swiss-German · Mother: English

Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London, England, U.K.

Ayo Edebiri

Actor · TV Personality

Father: Nigerian · Mother: Barbadian

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Ayọ

Actor · Musician

Father: Yoruba Nigerian · Mother: Romani

Frechen, Germany

Azealia Banks

Actor · Musician

African-American, some Barbadian

Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

Beyoncé

Actor · Musician

Father: African-American · Mother: Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon, remote Penobscot First Nations

Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.

Blue Ivy Carter

Actor · Musician · Socialite

*75% African-American *25% Louisiana Creole [African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon]

New York City, New York, U.S.

Carmen Ejogo

Actor · Musician

Father: Igbo Nigerian · Mother: Scottish

Kensington, London, England, U.K.

Chris Rock

Actor · TV Personality

African-American

Andrews, South Carolina, U.S.