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Birth Name:
Winona Laura Horowitz
Birth Place:
Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA
Ethnicity:
Jewish-Russian/Romanian and Anglo American
The Golden Globe winning actress starred in movies such as Beetlejuice and Reality Bites. Her real name is Winona Laura Horowitz and she was named after a city near her hometown of Minnesota.
She was born to an Anglo Buddhist Mother, Cynthia Palmer and an Atheist Father, Michael Horowitz. Her paternal Grandparents were Jews from Russia and Romania.　Her father’s original last name was Tomchin. She stated this in an interview.
Source:
- http://www.generationj.com/issues/dec_07/culture_rt3.html
- http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/angelic/164/articles/magazine/18.html
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Winona looks like the typical Romanian. Dark hair, dark eyes, exotic features.
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Naturally her hair is suppose to be blonde, she dyed it black for her role in ‘Lucas’ and was told to keep it that way. : )
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