World-famous Hollywood actresses with Hungarian ancestors! – PHOTOS

Ema Horvath

The beautiful Hollywood actress is starring in Lord Of The Rings TV series. The ‘th’ ending of Ema’s surname can be considered as a giveaway, revealing that she has Hungarian blood running through her veins.

Mariska Hargitay

The world-famous Hollywood actress – starring in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – is among the highest-paid actresses. Few may know that Mariska Hargitay is half of the Hungarian origin – her father, Miklós Hargitay was born in Budapest. Later on, he emigrated to the USA to build his career as a bodybuilder. In 1955, he won the Mr Universe title.

Elsa Pataky

Her father was Spanish. Her mother was Romanian; however, the actress took her name in honour of her Hungarian grandmother.

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz, the world-famous Hollywood actress, is semi-Hungarian: her father György Weisz was a Hungarian engineer and inventor. In 1938, the family emigrated and later settled down in Great Britain where Rachel was born in 1970.

Drew Barrymore

Few may know that one of Charlie’s Angels also has a Hungarian ancestor – Drew Berrymore’s mother, Ildikó Makó is Hungarian.

Goldie Hawn & Kate Hudson

Both mother and daughter have Hungarian blood running through their veins – Hawn’s mother, Laura Steinhoff was born in Hungary and emigrated to the USA before the Second World War. Goldie Hawn was born in Washington in 1945.