1. Famous Americans come from Ukraine

2. Mila Kunis, actress
Mila was born in a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, which in 1991 moved to the United States. Her mother, who in Chernivtsi worked as a physics teacher, now manages the pharmacy, and my dad, a mechanical engineer at the plant Legmash, until recently, worked in Los Angeles as a taxi driver. Mila has gained global popularity, played a secondary but significant role in the Darren Aronofsky Thriller Black Swan alongside Natalie Portman.

3. Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter and film Director Steven Spielberg knows where on the world map is the Ukraine, particularly Odessa. Both father Stephen was originally from Ukraine, on the maternal line – from Odessa, father is from a small village near Kamianets-Podilskyi. The Director repeatedly in the interviews said that his family in childhood was often heard Russian speech, and his grandmother was humming a little lullaby Russian Spielberg. The roots of the famous Hollywood Director acknowledges and says that for many years his favorite dish is Ukrainian borsch. In 59 years Spielberg first visited Ukraine, however, until the edges of the Odessa native was not reached, but barely getting off the plane, declared: "I'm Finally on home soil!" Then the Director representatives of the Odessa city hall received an honorary award "For merits before the city".

4. Milla Jovovich, actress
actress Milla Jovovich also knows where Ukraine is. She was born in Kiev, in kindergarten went to Dnepropetrovsk, and at the age of five her family moved first to London and then to the USA. Mila's nationality is American, but at heart considers himself a Ukrainian American. By the way, during the Euromaidan protests in Kiev, the actress is actively supporting the Ukrainians and even collected money to help the victims.

5. Winona Ryder
Lives in Hollywood, many famous people from Ukraine. For example, Winona Ryder, whose roots in Kharkov, wants to make a film about the Second world war and the lives of their relatives from Ukraine. Olga Kurylenko regularly visits his native Odessa, where still lives her mom. And Dustin Hoffman is leading your family tree, among his relatives there are even Cossacks.

6. David Duchovny
53-year-old American actor David Duchovny recently learned that he has a direct relation to Ukraine. On the pages of your Twitter, the actor said that all his life he thought that his ancestors came from Russia. And only after Ukraine with Euromaidan has become famous all over the world, and the Ukrainians finally ceased to be confused with the Russian, Duchovny said that now realized that he became a Ukrainian

7. Lenny Kravitz, singer
Grandfather father's side was originally from ordinary Ukrainian Jewish family who moved to new York. Great-grandfather lenny was a native of Kiev. Externally, lenny Kravitz, of course, a little similar to Ukrainian – blame the genetics of the mother, a dark-skinned actress Roxie ROKER from the Bahamas. Kravitz remembers his roots – at least, remembered during his last visit to Kiev, when, during the speech said "it's Nice to return home."

8. Kirk Douglas
Father of all known Michael Douglas, was born in Odessa. Before kirk was in the United States, his name was issur Danilovich Demsky. During his career he has played in more than 90 films, and was awarded an honorary Oscar for his contribution to cinema.

9. Sylvester Stallone
A humble Jewish girl from Odessa with a colorful name Rosa Rabinovich, probably wouldn't have believed that her grandson will be famous all over the world. Stallone is probably the only actors with Ukrainian blood, which managed to earn some money on their origins, starring in the advertising of vodka with the slogan "each of us has a bit of the Russian!".

10. Leonardo Dicaprio
Leo's grandmother was a real lady. In 1917 after the revolution she went to Germany and got married there. And then again gathered and went to the USA where she had an affair with the Italian, who soon left her and disappeared. However, she was already pregnant mother of Leonardo, Elena. So, if not one of the lot of the inhabitant of Odessa, we could not see on the screens beloved Leo. Among his recent films burlesque and bright "the Great Gatsby" and the upcoming "the Wolf of wall Street".