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Marcia Gay Harden
Actor
English, some Scottish and Irish
La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
Mary Steenburgen
Actor · Musician
English, Scottish, Welsh, distant Dutch
Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, U.S.
Mercedes Ruehl
Actor
*62.5% Irish *25% Cuban/Spanish *12.5% German
Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Meryl Streep
Actor
Father: German, including Swiss-German · Mother: English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, remote French and Swedish
Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
Mira Sorvino
Actor
Father: Italian · Mother: Welsh, German, English
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Patricia Arquette
Actor
Father: English, French-Canadian, Swiss-German, German, Scottish, Irish, Welsh · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Peggy Ashcroft
Actor
Father: English, some Irish · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
Croydon, Surrey, England, U.K.
Rachel Weisz
Actor · Model
Ashkenazi Jewish (at least three quarters), as well as Austrian-Italian
Westminster, London, England, U.K.
Renée Zellweger
Actor
Father: Swiss · Mother: Norwegian, as well as Finnish/Kven, Swedish, Tornedalian, remote Danish, German, and Scottish
Katy, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Ruth Gordon
Actor
English, small amounts of German and French, possibly 1/128th African and Welsh
Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States