Nelly Furtado
Furtado in 2009, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Nelly Kim Furtado
Place of Birth: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: December 2, 1978
Ethnicity: Azorean Portuguese
Nelly Furtado is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her songs “I’m Like a Bird,” “Turn Off the Light,” “Powerless (Say What You Want),” “Promiscuous,” “Maneater,” “Say It Right,” and “All Good Things (Come to an End),” as well as her appearance on “Give It to Me” and collaboration on “Broken Strings.” She has released a Spanish-language album, and an album exploring her Portuguese heritage. She co-starred in the film Max Payne (2008).
Her parents are Portuguese, from Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago. She holds Portuguese citizenship. Nelly was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim.
Nelly has three children, including a daughter with her former partner Jasper Gahunia.
Nelly’s paternal grandfather was named Manuel Matos Furtado.
Nelly’s paternal grandmother was named Maria Paixão Costa.
One of Nelly’s maternal grandparents was named Virgínio Araújo Neto. Virginio was born in Ponta Garça.
Sources: Genealogy of Nelly Furtado – http://www.geni.com
Memorial page of Nelly’s paternal grandfather, Manuel Matos Furtado – http://www.findagrave.com
Memorial page of Nelly’s paternal grandmother, Maria Paixão (Costa) Furtado – http://www.findagrave.com
WTF THIS TRICK AIN’T 100% WHITE. SHE LOOKS LIKE FRIDA KAHLO WHO IS HALF MEXICAN (NOT WHITE MEXICAN, THE MESTIZO KIND).
OOPS I MEAN WAS. R.I.P FRIDA
she’s a white chick
http://wallpaperpassion.com/upload/22406/nelly-furtado-image.jpg
and she looks like Courtney Cox or Amanda Peet
She is 100% white. She is from Europe. She is Portuguese. Why the hell would she be Amerindian?
You don’t have to have paper-white to be Caucasian…gee
She looks white to me.
She is descended one hundred percent of Portuguese. Portugal is Europe and Europe has no indigenous Americans. So your opinion is ridiculous.
She doesnt look Portuguese to me, she looks a bit Middle Eastern.
Frida Kahlo was ugly, how dare you insult Nelly. I think Nelly is pretty. She looks Middle Eastern.
Frida Kahlo was ugly, I think the ugly person is you, and Nelly doesn’t look middle eastern moron
Latinos got their looks from Latins of Europe (the real and original latins). Before Spanish, Portuguese and Italian influence in Latin America all of South America looked 100% native amerindians. They did not have light skin or mediterranean features as they do now. Original peoples of south america looked completely Asiatic as the rest of native americans did. You think she looks Mexican because many Mexicans look more white than they do Amerindian.
Frida Kahlo? Bitch where? She looks nothing like her. Frida looked like an unattractive man, Nelly looks like a beautiful woman.
She looks very Jewish.
shes portuguese just like me!!!!
Portuguese are whites and Celtics read this on the Wikipedia
She looks Jewish