Emmanuelle Chriqui
Chriqui in 2011, Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui
Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Date of Birth: December 10, 1975
Ethnicity: Moroccan Jewish
Emmanuelle Chriqui is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her roles in the films Snow Day, Wrong Turn, In the Mix, and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, and on the shows Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Entourage, The Mentalist, and Superman & Lois.
Emmanuelle was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada, the daughter of Jewish emigrants from Morocco. Her mother was born in Casablanca and her father in Rabat, and Emmanuelle has relatives in Israel. Her family practiced Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardi tradition. Her mother was an aesthetician. Emmanuelle’s family moved to Toronto, Ontario, when she was a small child, settling in Markham. She became a U.S. citizen in 2017.
Her ancestors also include Italian Jews, Spanish Jews, and Portuguese Jews.
Emmanuelle’s maternal grandfather was named Jacob Benisty. Jacob was born in Ben Ahmed, Settat.
Emmanuelle’s maternal grandmother was Esther Elkaim (the daughter of Aaron Elkaim and Hnina Ruimy). Esther was born in Casablanca. Aaron was the son of Mimoun Elkaim and Estreilla Ruimy. Hnina was the daughter of Abrahm Ruimy and Aicha.
Sources: https://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com
Genealogy of Emmanuelle Chriqui (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
most of the middle easte is north African and western Asian.
so both Morocco and North African is part of middle eastern. or eastern Mediterranean.
having said that
Moroccom dont considered African American in USA. because
African American only refers to black. people.
she isn’t black.
Hispanic don’t have certain look.I guess.
so she can be Hispanic. since. morocco and spin shear border and cultural with each others.
get a map
you people are stupid. you are getting confused between
race ethnicity.
nationality and religion.
She is not arab, she is hebraic/israelite. And her nationality is canadian, not moroccan.
North African Jews are not arab. We are descended from israelites and cluster with ashkenazi jews genetically. Much closer to ashkenazi jews than to arabs.
One could argue her ethnic background is moroccan, but certainly not arab. Morocco is a berber country. Sefaradi jews came to Morocco from europe (spain). Sefarad is hebrew for spain.
She looks Hispanic.
Jews often can pass for spanish people (hispanic) if thats what you mean. Sefaradim are from europe, we are not native to north africa. Originally we came from israel to spain.
she looks hispanic to you because morocco was first taken over by spain
Looks Levantine (Lebanese, Syrian, etc) could pass in Southern Italy/Greece though as as darker Italian/Greek.
you are extremely stupid, this woman doesn’t look Spanish or Greek at all