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- Brad Pitt One of the simplest stage name changes for one of the most famous men on the planet: It’s difficult to think of Brad Pitt as anything other than Brad Pitt, but the Oscar-winning star of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was born William Bradley Pitt.
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Jan 13, 2020 · For these famous folks, the only name we know is the name they want us to know. But you can't run from a birth name. So here are the names these men were first called by. And why they made the...
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- Jonah Hill
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- Jude Law
- VIN Diesel
- Helen Mirren
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The Duchess of Sussex was born Rachel Meghan Markle, but dropped her first name in her professional career, though it is not known why. Strangely, it is the same name as her character in the hit TV show Suits, where Meghan plays paralegal Rachel Zane.
TheBig Little Liesactor legally changed her first name to Reese, which was her mother's maiden name. Her full name is Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon and it is thought she shortened it to add more of a ring.
It's only a small change, but the Spider-Manstar altered her name at age 16. After discovering that there was another actor with an identical name registered with the Screen Actors Guild, she changed her first name from Emily to Emma.
Carlos Irwin Estevez. This was the name given to Charlie Sheen at birth by his parents Martin Sheen (whose real name is Ramón Estévez) and artist Janet Templeton. He honored his paternal roots later in life, changing his name back to Carlos Estevez for his credit in the film Machete Kills.
The actor and director dropped his family name, Feldstein, at the beginning of his career and uses his middle name, Hill. Fans were startled at the 2018 Golden Globes when they made the connection that Hill was the brother of Booksmartactor Beanie Feldstein, who kept her family name.
Milena Markovna Kunis moved to Los Angeles from Ukraine when she was a child. The actor started shortening her name in the early stages of her acting career in America.
The British actor ditched his birth name, David, and took up the stage name Jude when he enrolled with a youth drama group in London in the 1980s. The actor admitted during a 2016 appearance on U.K. chat show The Graham Norton Showthat growing up he was once mistaken for a girl because of his name choice.
Originally Mark Sinclair, the Fast and Furiousactor changed his name at age 17 when he became a bouncer at a fashionable New York club.
Dame Helen Mirren was actually born Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov to a Russian father and an English mother. The British actor's father changed the family name to Miren in the 1950s.
The singer, actor, fashion designer and businesswoman was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty. In Arabic, her middle name refers to a scented flowering plant "sweet basil", and she still goes by Robyn with her family and close friends.
Sep 3, 2020 · This name change is actually twofold as the musician was born Steven Demetre Gergiou, the product of a Greek Cypriot father.
- Mindy Kaling. Born Vera Mindy Chokalingam, Mindy Kaling said her parents got her middle name from the TV show “Mork & Mindy.” When she rose to prominence in the American entertainment industry, she took on her middle name as her first, and shortened her last name.
- Nina Dobrev. “The Vampire Diaries” star Nina Dobrev was born in Bulgaria as Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva, but she shortened both her first and last name to become what we know her as today, which is sometimes a good move for actors with last names that might be difficult to say or spell.
- Vin Diesel. Vin Diesel sounds a lot more like an action star than Mark Sinclair. However, the “Fast and Furious” star actually changed his name back when he was a teen bouncer in New York City, years before he rose to fame in Hollywood.
- Whoopi Goldberg. Most actors would probably stray from being named after bodily functions, but Caryn Elaine Johnson (aka Whoopi Goldberg) was drawn to the idea.
Jun 29, 2024 · From drastic transformations that have no obvious connection to the birth name to slight alterations made much earlier - every changed name has its unique story. Take a look below for the origins of several actors' stage names that you may not have even realized are stage names.
May 31, 2024 · From shortened last names to childhood nicknames that stuck, celebrities like Kirk Douglas, Lily James and Diane Keaton all changed their names before stardom.
