Leelee Sobieski
Sobieski in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 10, 1983
Ethnicity:
*father – French, along with Polish and Swiss
*mother – three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish, one quarter Dutch/Frisian
Leelee Sobieski is an American actress.
She is the daughter of Elizabeth Sobieski (née Salomon), a film producer and screenwriter, and Jean Sobieski, a painter and actor. Her father is a French immigrant, with largely French roots, and also has Polish and Swiss ancestry. Her mother is American. Leelee’s maternal grandfather was from a Russian Jewish family, while Leelee’s maternal grandmother was of Belarusian Jewish/Lithuanian Jewish descent, on her own father’s side, and of Dutch/Frisian descent, on her own mother’s side.
Her middle name Elsveta is Polish for Elisabeth.
Leelee is married to fashion designer Adam Kimmel, with whom she has two children. Adam is the son of real estate developer and philanthropist Martin Kimmel, and is Jewish. Leelee has also been known as Leelee Kimmel.
Leelee’s paternal grandfather was Marcel Léon André Sobieski (the son of Edmond Baptistin Sobieski and Jeanne Vial). Marcel was born in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France. Edmond was the son of Louis “André” Sobieski and Louise Denise Blanche. Jeanne was the daughter of Joseph Vial and Marie Immaculée Joséphine Léonie Élisabeth Eusébie Roux.
Leelee’s paternal grandmother was named Liliane Mathilde Dénéréas (the daughter of Henri Dénéréas, of a woman surnamed de Cocatrix).
Leelee’s maternal grandfather was Robert Jesse/Jess Salomon (the son of Gilbert Harold Salomon and Hilda Dorothy Siederman). Robert was born in New York, and was a U.S. Navy captain. His parents were of Russian Jewish descent. Gilbert was born in New York, the son of Morris Salomon and Belle/Bella, or of Reuben Soloman/Salomon and Mary Lapides. Hilda was born in Connecticut, the daughter of Elias Siederman and Ray.
Leelee’s maternal grandmother was Gloria Doris Green (the daughter of Samuel Green and Alice DeYoung). Gloria was born in New Jersey. Samuel was the son of Joseph Green and Sarah Rosenstein, who were Jewish emigrants, Joseph from Grodna, Belarus and Sarah from Vilnius, Lithuania. Alice was the daughter of Dutch emigrants, Alexander/Sander Willems DeJong/De Jong/DeYoung, from Nijehaske, Skarsterlân, and Grietje/Gertrude Klazes Wiersma.
Sources: Genealogy of Leelee Sobieski – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Leelee Sobieski (focusing on her father’s side) – https://gw.geneanet.org
Leelee’s maternal grandfather, Robert Jesse Salomon, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Leelee’s maternal great-grandmother, Hilda Dorothy Siederman, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
I remember she was an up & coming young actress in the early 2000’s, then she just disappeared. What’s she up to now? Beautiful girl
Maybe:
37.5% Ashkenazi Jewish
25% Polish
25% Swiss
12.5% Dutch
I’m unsure of her father’s full ancestry.
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Holy friggin moly! Leelee is hot. She is actually half smokin’ and half rockin body. I will marry her and treat her like a princess. Message me Leelee.
Oh, and don’t forget to see her in “Eyes Wide Shut” 1999 when she was 15, and also in “The Glass House” 2001, and “Uprising” 2001 when she was 17. She has been in some really bad movies, but her body and sweet little Leelee face make it all-right. We love you Leelee.
She is not white because she is part Jewish.
Judaism is religion, not a race