18 Celebs You Didn't Know Are Black

     <i></i>   <i></i>   <i></i> 0<p><img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/c-users-ubaid-iqbal-downloads-5-12-3200-jpg.jpeg"/></p> <p>Whoa yes! You read that right! Hold it tight. The following list is going to amaze you. Many Hollywood actors and actresses are mixed race or black. Some like to disclose it while other keep it a secret with the fear of this having an impact on their careers.</p> <p>Since tabloids and media has an increased access to the life of celebrities and does not care about the nature of the news without making it public so the stars are now more open about their ethnicities like never before. Many of my readers would be aware about most of the actor’s ethnicity but some might still surprise you.</p> <h2>18. Wentworth Miller</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-184.jpeg"/>wikimedia <p>This candidate very much deserves to be on this list because after playing the role of the black man who is misunderstood for being white. The name of the movie was “The Human Satin”. He also played the love interest of Mariah Carey for her music video called “we belong together”. His father is black while his mum is white.</p> <h2>17. Meghan Markle</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-185.jpeg"/>Wikipedia <p>Now engaged in to the Royal family the star, model and actress is often mistaken to be white. The former star of Suits was born to the African American mother while her father is Dutch and Irish.</p> <h2>16. Rashida Jones</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-186.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>She is the daughter of a very famous music mogul Quincy Jones and cannot hide that Peggy Lipton is her mother.</p> <h2>15. Melissa Gorga</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-187.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>The member of the crew Real Housewives of New Jersey does not accept that she is a black. Italian American mother of three children the star does not publically accept the fact. But this rare photo of hers says a lot otherwise.</p> <h2>14. Maya Rudolph</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-188.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>Her parents are Minnie Riperton and song writer Richard Rudolph. Her mother is a black and her father is Ashkanzi Jew.</p> <h2>13. Cash Warren</h2>      <p> Vampires. Or something like that. Either way, we were into it 🎃 💪🏽👊🏽👍🏽</p> <p>A post shared by Cash Warren (@cash_warren) on Oct 31, 2017 at 11:02pm PDT</p>   <p></p> <p>Cash Warren is often considered Causcasian and Latino but he is black. His father is the famous actor in Hill Street Blues Michael Warren which makes Cash half black. His wife is Jessica Alba the star in The Fantastic Four.</p> <h2>12. Jennifer Beals</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-189.jpeg"/>wikimedia <p>Having an Irish mother and African- American father Beals is actually a black. But she was lucky enough to play the role in which bleck is mistaken for white in the 1195 film Devil in a blue dress.</p> <h2>11. Troian Pratt-Bellisario</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-190.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>The actor is well-known for her character in the American drama series Pretty Little Liars. Being the daughter of an actress, novelist and an award winning television producer Bellisario’s mother is an African American. Her pale complexion is a huge blessing for her and camouflages her being black pretty well. So yea keep guessing!</p>     <h2>10. Soledad O’Brien</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-191.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>The American broad cast journalist and the anchor of Matter of fact with Soledad O’Brien the lady is said to have black ancestry. This is due to having an Australian father and Cuban mother.</p> <h2>9. Carol Channing</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-192.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>The legendary performer put her fans in to a deep shock when she revealed in her autobiography back in 2002 that her father was a biracial black man. She herself got to know this when she ended up in college and her mother broke the news to her. That is the reason she never made this public with the fear of this harming her career. Smart move by Channing!</p> <h2>8. Dawyne “The Rock” Johnson</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-193.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>Many people believe that the star is “ethnically ambiguous”. Although many people suspect that Dawyne is of Samoan descent and this isn’t wrong either! His mother is actually Samoan and his father being an African Canadian. The father was also a pro at wrestling thus it is widely believed that Dawyne got the trait of being huge through his father! Talk about genes yea.</p> <h2>7. Pete Wentz</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-194.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>No one is able to guess the fact that the guy is mixed race. The Fall out Boy rocker has never made any public appearance without the straight hair. This has further led to anyone never ever doubting the guy. After the band actually disbanded he started wearing his curly natural hair. It was then revealed that his mother’s side of the family originates from Jamaica.</p> <p>The baby pictures of the star makes it easier for us to recognize the fact! They say babies never lie. It turned out actually true in Wentz case isn’t it.</p> <h2>6. Mariah Carey</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-195.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>Although the star has been very public about her struggles of being a mixed race while she was growing up it is never easy to categorize her as biracial through her looks. Her parents faced a lot of criticism for being a mixed race couple so much that they both felt that divorce is a better option. She is always accompanied by her white mother but not many people know about her father being an African Venezuelan.</p> <h2>5. Jessica Szohr</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-196.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>The famous star of Gossip girls is also considered ethnically ambiguous Jessica Szohr. The star’s skin and curly hair adds to her beauty. But the actress’s father is African-American while her mother is a Hungaraian.</p> <h2>4. Derek Jeter</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-197.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>The professional baseball has been vocal about the fact that he is black since many people found it out. The father being African American and the ancestors being African American Minister in Alabama proves that Jeter is 60% European and 40% African also confirmed by a DNA test.</p> <h2>3. Nicole Richie</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-198.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>The star was adopted when she was two years old. Her biological parents is from Spanish and Creole background. He adoptive parents were African American.</p> <h2>2. Vin Diesel</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-199.jpeg"/>wikipedia <p>Vin’s step father is African American and his mother is white. Vin has never made his real father’s identity public. But he accepts that his father might be African American.</p> <h2>1. Zayn Malik</h2> <img src="https://cdnone.netlify.com/db/2017/12/word-image-200.jpeg"/>wikipedia     <p>The star’s parents are of English and Pakistani descent. His mother is Tricia Brannan Malik is English and partly Irish while his father is British Pakistani.</p>   <i></i>

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