Sasha Grey
The American model, author, musician, actress and porn star Sasha Grey was born Marina Ann Hantzis. The buxom beauty was willing to enter the hardcore porn scene from a young age and then appeared on mainstream media to describe her experience. She won numerous awards between 2007 and 2010, including the “coveted” Performer of the Year at the 2008 AVN Awards.
Jennifer Aniston
Not only does she use Greek cuss words in public, actress Jennifer Aniston also says that her youthful appearance is due to her Greek heritage. “My dad is 100% Greek; he turned 81 and he barely has a wrinkle. And neither did my grandmother who was 95 when she died,” says Aniston.
Maria Menounos
Greek American Maria Menounos is one of the most ardent ambassadors of Greece abroad, as she often praises her homeland to foreign media. Asked by the Boston Globe about her favorite vacation spots, she said: “Greece is the most beautiful place in the world, and Greek people just want to have fun, so when you go there, you’re sucked into this vortex of fun, and it’s just an amazing, amazing time!”
Mena Suvari
Actress Mena Suvari has played in films like American Pie, American Beauty and American Reunion, and has been described as the “All American Girl”. The truth, however is, that she isn’t …ALL American, she’s just another second generation Greek.
Karina Smirnoff
Perhaps it was her Russian training from her mum’s side of the family that won her the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars in the U.S. but dancer Karina Smirnoff attributes her good looks to that drop of Greek DNA she got from her dad’s side of the family.
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain was born in a middle-class family, one of five children to a fireman stepfather and a vegan-chef mother with a food truck. One-eighth Greek from a great grandfather, she was named the Sexiest Smile by Victoria Secret’s “What is Sexy” list in 2012, the same year that she made the Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in the world.
Sofia Milos
Swiss-born Italian-Greek actress Sofia Milos is best-known for her role as Yelina Salas on CSI: Miami and her recurring appearances on The Sopranos. She has a Greek mother and even attended a Greek school so she speaks, reads and writes Greek, which comes in handy when she wants to communicate with her extended family in Kalamata, Greece.
Patricia Kara
Model, actress and TV personality Patricia Kara was born Panayiota Karamouzis. Enough said!
Daniela Amavia
Daniela Amavia was born in Athens, Greece. She is an actress and writer, known for Perfect Lover (2001), Making up! (1993) and Rockin’ Good Times (1999).
Zoe Kazan
Zoe Kazan, the granddaughter of Elia Kazan, has been influenced by his presence during her upbringing. From an early age, she acquired a passion for Greek Mythology, stating that Greek myths were her “first religion” and she remembers these tales as part of her spiritual training – something primal and innate rather than learnt. She recently climbed to notoriety when her nude photos were hacked. Not that she didn’t bare all, anyway, for the film “Revolutionary Road”.
