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
the americans jealous like always…
mila kunieva!
If she grow up in Russia it doesnt make her russian¡¡ its the same as if she was born in hungary for example that doesnt make herr hungarian if she is of jewish ethnicity¡¡¡¡ Lols
That’s like a Nazi saying a person can’t be a real German if they aren’t of pure “German blood”, even if their family has been living there for several hundred years. This is not tribal times where people identified as Huns and Visigoths.
I think she (?) wanted to say that there’s an ethnic Jewish identity besides the nationalty of a person, and that’s exactly the way all Jews I know (except those in Israel) think. The concept of a one-dimensional identity doesn’t match reality.
In social sciences they distinguish between ethnicity and nationalty. A German (or French) Jew can be a Jew and at the same time a German (or French). And he or she is “real” in both aspects. One doesn’t necessarily contradict the other (except, of course, when the indigenous Germans or French don’t treat them like one of them, like they did too often).
Is that not the foundation of the USA? People come together from all parts of the world and be Americans – without losing their special identity? Or is all evened out?
Obviously I’m not American …
Correction!
She’s half russian as she stated on twitter she grew up
In russia! Get the facts right…
Mila Kunis doesn’t have a (real) twitter account.
follers is correct. Mila even stated that she will never create a social media account due to privacy concerns. She was born in the Ukraine, and grew up there until she was approximately (can’t remember exact age) 7 or 8.
She’s a very pretty actress