Mila Kunis
Kunis in 2012, photo by PR Photos
Birth Name: Milena Markovna Kunis
Place of Birth: Chernov’tsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Date of Birth: August 14, 1983
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Mila Kunis is an American actress. She is known for her roles on That ’70s Show, and in the movies Piranha (1995), Santa with Muscles, Gia, Krippendorf’s Tribe, Get Over It, American Psycho 2, After Sex, Moving McAllister, Boot Camp, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Max Payne, Extract, The Book of Eli, Date Night, Black Swan, Friends with Benefits, Ted, The Color of Time, Oz the Great and Powerful, Blood Ties, Third Person, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, Jupiter Ascending, Bad Moms, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Wonder Park, Four Good Days, Breaking News in Yuba County, and Luckiest Girl Alive.
She was born in Chernov’tsi, the daughter of Elvira, a physics teacher who ran a pharmacy, and Mark Kunis, a mechanical engineer and cab driver. Her parents are both Jewish. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was seven years old, in 1991, settling in Los Angeles, California. She spoke Russian growing up.
Mila is married to actor Ashton Kutcher, with whom she has two children.
Three of Mila’s grandparents are named Boris, Roza/Rosa, and Yitzhak.
A 23andMe DNA test taken by Mila stated that her genetic ancestry is:
*96%-98% Ashkenazi Jewish
Mila has also said:
The amount of guilt that I’ve perfected the use of – already on my 3-year-old – is magical… I took a 23 and Me test, where you find out… what’s your DNA… and I’m thinking “I’m going to be exotic… there’s going to be something wonderful about me.” No, ya’ll, I am 96% Ashkenazi Jew. You know what that means? I’m inbred. I am really Jewish, you guys. There is nothing about me that’s exotic. I am a Jew. You know what that means? Guilt.
Sources: Interview with Mila Kunis in JVibe Magazine – http://archive.is
Genealogy of Mila Kunis – https://www.geni.com
Kunis in 2011
What do you mean?
@ marc 2
thank you very much for replying.
I’m not sure why my comment got two thumbs-down, but whatever.
Russian Empire was anti-Semitic state with official anti-Semitic policy. Jews lived in ghettos and were persecuted periodically and there was a constant violation of their rights,. Even senior state official persons and head of Holy Governing Synod advocated getting rid of Jews.
in the Eastern European context it’s not hard to do
Enough to have at least one not straight ancestor and some money :)
@What does this have to do with Mila Kunis?@
i don’t know :)
Marc is even more ignorant as Christian.
“convert to judaism”, “forget passports”???
I know people,who are grown-up in USSR, it was not some Columbia, it was a dictatur and the greatest burocracy in the world. It was very difficult to liev thecountry and BTW religion was vorbiddern
Marc and all others: please, forget Kunis, there are
enough gentile actresses, more beautiful and slim,
as her. Or just accept, that she is Jewish.
I myself still like Paltrow, and don’t tell, that he
father (who has 9 generation of Rabbis) is “russian”
Or Seagal’s father is “mongol”
Don’t try to lie to youselves
I never forget her
What
she looks like persian girl or arabic!!
she looks like Aishwaryia Rai
*Aishwaria Rai looks like Mila Kunis,a bit
Mila looks Mediterranean
Could somebody please explain to me what it means to be ethnically Jewish? I mean, the term “Sephardic Jew” refers to Jewish people in SPain, but does that mean that these people have no Spanish ancestry whatsoever and are just people who left the Middle East and ended up in Spain?
Forgive my ignorance, but I grew up hearing the term “Jewish” in the religious context, just like “Muslim” and “Christian”.
I’m of Russian descent, and my parents ahve let me know since birth that we are of Slavic descent (the Slavic ethnic group being the dominant one in RUssia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc).
Is Mila Kunis Slavic,too?
I’m just confused and have for years sought some clarification.
If someone could explain this to me, I would honestly appreciate it/
She can’t have Soviet Passport. In USSR people get passport at the age of 16 years. Mila was just 7 years old when she moved to USA.
it means
“bubble”?
what does it mean? i don’t understand
Marc is especially creative.
I just said
But it’s not a subject here.
Oh, 11 persons are angry
Or only one person, who visits this page every
30 minutes and clickes “dislikes”?
It seems,
in USSR
This article seems fairly balanced about the topic.
Genetic anthropology isn’t exact.
the idea that all Jews have a genetic link to Abraham is central to their history
Mila is a Russian Jew, if that answer your question.