Rita Ora
Ora in 2014, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Rita Sahatçiu
Place of Birth: Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)
Date of Birth: 26 November, 1990
Ethnicity: Albanian
Rita Ora is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her songs “R.I.P.,” “How We Do (Party),” “Your Song,” “Anywhere,” “Let You Love Me,” and, in a featured role, “Hot Right Now.”
She was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, to a Kosovan Albanian family. She is the daughter of Vera (Bajraktari), a psychiatrist, and Besnik Sahatçiu, a pub owner. Her father is a Muslim and her mother is Catholic. Her family moved to the U.K in 1991, because of the persecution of Albanians in Kosovo, and she was raised in Notting Hill, London. Her surname, Sahatçiu, is derived from the Turkish word saatçi, which means “watchmaker.” Her family later added “Ora” to her full name; the word means “time” in Albanian. In 2015, she was named Honorary Ambassador of Kosovo.
When asked about her ethnicity in an interview, Rita stated that she is “100% from Kosovo,” here. A picture of Rita’s father can be seen here. A picture of Rita’s mother can be seen here. Rita is married to New Zealand actor and filmmaker Taika Waititi.
Rita’s paternal grandfather was Besim Sahatçiu, a film and theatre director (the son of Adem Sahatçiu and Besa). Besim was born in Pejë, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Kosovo.
Rita’s maternal grandfather was named Osman Bajraktari. Osman was the Albanian consul to Russia, then part of the USSR.
Ora in 2012, image via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
What makes her look part black is her nose. It’s narrow at the bridge but it’s wide at the edges, flat and has almost no prominent point. Given pictures of her parents, cousin and siblings she should have a more prominent nose tbh.
Also she has a wide mouth. Other then that I only she “white” or european features.
Looks like someone who has African ancestry.
Albanians look like Kim Kardashian not half black or mulatto. Rita must have distant Romani (Gypsy) and African ancestry in her. Gypsies are from India and I see some Indian in her.
The word “gypsy” is an ethnic slur.
Albanians look like Kim Kardashian not mulatto or half black. She must have distant Romani (Gypsy) and African in her.
Real Albanians don’t look like Kim Kardashian nor Rita Ora. The ones that do look like that are of Turkish or other middle eastern ancestry and most likely from muslim families – like Rita and Bebe Rexha, there are a lot of non-white looking people all throughout the Balkans- they’re all chauvinists though that don’t know their true origins, they all think they’re fully European by blood. The real Albanians are the white ones, they look like typical Europeans, some look even Northern European. Albania is mixed though, as is every other country in the balkans (balkan people refuse to recognize how racially mixed they are). Europe is mixed and is constantly getting more and more mixed due to African and Middle Eastern migration.
Totally agree Drea K, there has always been migration into Europe from Africa and the Middle East which has meant there are darker skinned, different looking people, especially in the South. But now it is happening en masse to the point where cities like London and Paris are barely going to have any ethnically white people in them in the near future.
Drea K, “Turkish” DNA is mainly Greek. The real “Turks” had Central Asian features and looked like the Chinese.
Way too many Turkish people have European look. Rita Ora doesn’t even look Middle Eastern let alone Turkish (Anatolian) one.
don’t be dumb, the vast majority of Turkish don’t look like Greece at all, they have high amount of turkic Oghuz genetic variations
I don’t believe this girl is fully Albanian in terms of her heritage. She looks like she’s 25-30% black.