Celebrities of Latvian descent
by markusu101 | created - 08 May 2020 | updated - 09 May 2020 | PublicTurns out many celebrities have Latvian ancestry.
1. Leor Dimant
Soundtrack | Heat
Leor Dimant was born on December 18, 1972 in Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]. He is an actor and composer, known for Heat (1995), Gone Baby Gone (2007) and End of Days (1999).
Born in Latvia
2. Viktoria Modesta
Actress | Bionic Showgirl
Viktoria Modesta was born on February 25, 1988 in Daugavpils, Latvia, USSR. She is an actress and composer, known for Bionic Showgirl (2019), Killjoys (2015) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016).
Born in Latvia
3. Inga Drozdova
Actress | Fantomagiya. Lyubov nezemnaya
Gorgeous, buxom and voluptuous blonde knockout Inga Drozdova was born on December 14, 1975 in Latvia. The former teen beauty queen majored in finance and business law at Moscow University. In addition, Inga has worked as a model throughout Europe. Drozdova was the Playmate of the Month in the ...
Born in Latvia
4. Debi Mazar
Actress | Empire Records
Deborah Anne Mazar Corcos (born August 13, 1964) is an American actress and television personality, known for playing sharp-tongued women. She began her career with supporting roles in Goodfellas (1990), Little Man Tate (1991) and Singles (1992), followed by lead roles on the legal drama series ...
Latvian father
5. Tomas Arana
Actor | Gladiator
TOMAS ARANA
He is co-starring in the film LIMONOV, based on the Emanuele Carrere book, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, starring Ben Whishaw, to be released in 2023. Arana has multiple independent films awaiting release, including INFERNO LA DIVINA COMETA by the artist Mimmo Paladino and QUEL POSTO...
Latvian father
6. Kris Holden-Ried
Actor | Underworld: Awakening
Television and film actor. Pentathlon Champion. Father. Werewolf... Born in Scarborough, Ontario and raised in a farm town northeast of Toronto, Kris' driven spirit has garnered success in many areas of his life. Kris knew he wanted to be an actor early on, however acting wasn't a widely-supported ...
Latvian mother
7. Lance Henriksen
Actor | Aliens
An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch...
Latvian mother
8. Buddy Ebsen
Actor | The Beverly Hillbillies
Buddy Ebsen began his career as a dancer in the late 1920s in a Broadway chorus. He later formed a vaudeville act with his sister Vilma Ebsen, which also appeared on Broadway. In 1935 he and his sister went to Hollywood, where they were signed for the first of MGM's Eleanor Powell movies, Broadway ...
Latvian mother
9. Lauv
Soundtrack | To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lauv was born on August 8, 1994 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018), Promising Young Woman (2020) and To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021).
Latvian mother
10. Lolita Ritmanis
Composer | Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
Lolita Ritmanis is an Emmy® Award winning, 10 time Emmy Award nominated composer and a 2022 Grammy® Award winning music producer for "Women Warriors: The Voices of Change." In 2023 Lolita reunites with director Dzintars Dreibergs to score feature film: "Escape Net," as well as celebrates the ...
Latvian parents
11. Laila Robins
Actress | Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Laila Robins is an American stage, film and television actress. She has appeared in films including Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), An Innocent Man (1989), Live Nude Girls (1995), True Crime (1999), She's Lost Control (2014), Eye in the Sky (2015), and A Call to Spy (2019). Her television ...
Latvian parents
12. Rutanya Alda
Actress | The Deer Hunter
Rutanya Alda was born on October 13, 1942 in Riga, Latvia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), Mommie Dearest (1981) and Amityville II: The Possession (1982). She was previously married to Richard Bright.
Latvian parents
13. Ed Viesturs
Self | Vertical Limit
Ed Viesturs was born on June 22, 1959 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Vertical Limit (2000), Frontline (1983) and Messner (2002). He has been married to Paula Viesturs since 1996.
Half Latvian
14. Jack Nicholson
Actor | Chinatown
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through ...
Possibly half-Latvian. It is believed that his father was Edgar A. Kirschfeld, who was born in Latvia.
15. Larry Miller
Actor | 10 Things I Hate About You
Larry Miller was born on October 15, 1953 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Pretty Woman (1990) and A Mighty Wind (2003). He has been married to Eileen Conn since March 6, 1993. They have two children.
Latvian grandmother
16. Henry Rollins
Actor | Lost Highway
In describing Henry Rollins, the tendency is to try to squeeze as many labels as possible into a single sentence but if Henry Rollins could be reduced to a single word, that word would undoubtedly be "workaholic." When he's not traveling, Rollins prefers a to keep a relentless schedule full of work...
Latvian grandmother
17. Ben Savage
Actor | Boy Meets World
Bennett "Ben" Joseph Savage was born on September 13th, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois. Ben got his start in acting when he appeared in his first commercial at the tender age of 5. From there, his first major speaking role was in the comedy series, Dear John (1988), opposite Judd Hirsch and fellow ...
Latvian grandmother
18. Fred Savage
Actor | The Wonder Years
Fred Savage was born July 9, 1976. He began acting at age 9 in a production produced by Lorimar called Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986). He was found by Roger Damon Price to play the role of Alan Bishop. During production Fred auditioned for The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) which launched Jay Underwood's...
Latvian grandmother
19. Corey Fogelmanis
Actor | Ma
Corey Fogelmanis is known for his role as 'Farkle' on Disney's Girl Meets World. Born and raised in California, he is greatly immersed in the world of theatre, television, and photography. Starting his stage career at age six, Corey has performed in eight productions around the country, including ...
Latvian grandfather
20. Bob Saget
Actor | Full House
Bob Saget was an American actor, stand-up comedian, and television host from Philadelphia. His best known role was playing pater familias Danny Tanner on the hit sitcom "Full House" (1987-1995). He played the character again in the sequel series "Fuller House" (2016-2020). Saget served as the ...
Latvian grandfather
21. Ali Fedotowsky
Actress | Blue Jasmine
Ali Fedotowsky was born on September 16, 1984 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Blue Jasmine (2013), The Bachelor (2002) and The Bachelorette (2003). She has been married to Kevin Manno since March 3, 2017. They have two children.
Latvian grandfather
22. Halston Sage
Actress | Paper Towns
Named to Variety's Top 10 Stars to Watch, Halston Sage continues to gain fame, working alongside notable actors and filmmakers. In addition to her acting credits, Sage rode horses for eight years and is an award-winning equestrian.
In 2013, the actress joined Adam Sandler and an all-star cast in the...
Latvian grandparents
23. Alison Brie
Actress | GLOW
Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, to Joanne (Brenner), who worked at a non-profit child care agency, and Charles Terry Schermerhorn, a musician and entertainment reporter. Her mother is Jewish and her father has Scottish, Dutch, English, German, and Norwegian ancestry. Brie grew up in ...
Latvian great-grandparents
24. Olly Murs
Soundtrack | Love, Rosie
Olly Murs was born on May 14, 1984 in Witham, Essex, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for Love, Rosie (2014), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) and The X Factor UK (2004). He has been married to Amelia Tank since July 15, 2023.
Latvian great-grandparents
25. John Stamos
Actor | Full House
John Phillip Stamos was born in Cypress, California, to Loretta (Phillips), a model, and William Stamos, a restaurateur. His father was of Greek descent, with the family surname originally being "Stamotopoulos". John has two younger sisters, Janeen and Alaina, both school teachers. His first ...
Latvian great-grandfather
26. Greg Pritikin
Writer | Movie 43
Greg Pritikin is known for Movie 43 (2013), Dummy (2002) and Totally Confused (1998).
Great grandmother was Latvian
27. Ben Platt
Actor | Pitch Perfect
Benjamin Schiff Platt is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012-2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in Broadway coming-of-age ...
Great grandfather was Latvian
28. J.J. Abrams
Producer | Lost
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....
Great grandfather was Latvian
29. Neil Gaiman
Writer | Good Omens
Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. He is best known for the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.
As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. ...
Latvian great grandfather
30. Dianna Agron
Actress | The Family
Dianna Elise Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia to Mary and Ronald Agron and grew up in a middle-class family in Savannah before moving to Texas and, later, San Francisco, California, because her father was a general manager for Hyatt. Dianna and her brother Jason were raised Jewish and she ...
Latvian great grandfather
31. Ben Harper
Soundtrack | The Fighter
Ben Harper was born on October 28, 1969 in Claremont, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Fighter (2010), State of Play (2009) and The Longest Ride (2015). He has been married to Jaclyn Matfus since January 1, 2015. They have one child. He was previously married to Laura ...
Latvian great grandmother
32. Seth Green
Actor | Robot Chicken
Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke...
Great grandfather was Latvian
33. Lizzy Caplan
Actress | Hot Tub Time Machine
Actress Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California, to Barbara (Bragman), a political aide, and Richard Caplan, a lawyer. She has two older siblings, Julie and Benjamin, and was raised in a Jewish household. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. Caplan was ...
Great grandfather was Latvian
34. Rashida Jones
Actress | Parks and Recreation
Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships. Her father is African-American and her mother is ...
Latvian great great grandparents
35. Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor | Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, the son of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and ...
Mother is of Jewish Latvian descent
36. Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actress | Secretary
Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and ...
Mother is of Jewish Latvian descent
37. Drake
Actor | Degrassi: The Next Generation
Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Dennis Graham, an African-American musician born in Memphis, Tennessee, and Sandi (Sher) Graham, a Canadian Jewish educator. As a young man, Drake appeared in several commercials, for such retailers as Sears and GMC. In 2001, Drake rose ...
Mother is of Latvian descent
38. Behati Prinsloo
Actress | Hawaii Five-0
Behati Prinsloo was born on May 16, 1988 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. She was discovered at 16 by modeling agency head, Sarah Doukas while on holiday in Cape Town. She's best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret lingerie model. She appeared in nine Victoria's Secret fashion shows from 2007...
Distant Latvian ancestry
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