10 Celebrities You Never Knew Were Black
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Published
01/09/2014
Bet you didn't know this.
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Adriana Lima - You're probably seen Adriana prancing around in her skimpies for Victoria's Secret. She has Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, French, and Caribbean heritage. -
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Jennifer Beals - You want to watch Flashdance right now, don't you? No famous parents here, but Jennifer's father is African American and her mother was Irish. -
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Rashida Jones - She's currently on Parks and Rec, but has been on The Office and in movies like The Social Network and I Love You, Man. Her dad is music mogul Quincy Jones. Her mother is actress Peggy Lipton. -
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Gabrielle Reece - She was a world-class volleyball player. Now she's a model. Her father was Trinidadian. He was killed in a plane crash when Gabrielle was five. -
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Soledad OBrien - She's an anchor and correspondent for CNN, HBO's Real Sports and Al Jazeera America's America Tonight. Her mother is Cuban and her father is Australian. -
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Slash - Saul Hudson, AKA Slash of Guns N Roses fame, is one of the best guitarists ever. His mother was African-American and his father is English. -
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Maya Rudolph - You know her from Saturday Night Live and movies like Bridesmaids. Maya is the daughter of singer Minnie Riperton and music composer Richard Rudolph. -
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Wentworth Miller - Miller is probably best known for the show Prison Break. His father is African-American. His mother has Dutch, French, Swedish, LebaneseSyrian, Austrian, and Polish ancestry. -
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Pete Wentz - He's the bassist for rockers Fall Out Boy. He was born Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III and his mother is Jamaican. -
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Mariah Carey - Mariah's father was of African American and Venezuelan descent. Her mother is of Irish descent.
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