Hanswahini SinghWentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller is a model, actor, and screenwriter. His most famous role was in the series ‘Prison Break’ where he played the lead character of Michael Scofield. It gave him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. Miller spoke to Los Angeles Times and said, “My father is black and my mother is white… I grew up with the experience of not seeing me on either the large or small screen, not seeing anyone that I could relate to, anyone that would reflect me back to me.” His father is of English, Jamaican, American, African and German descent and mother is of Lebanese, French, Dutch, Russian, and Syrian ancestry.
Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn began her career in journalism and later moved to acting. In her acting career, she started by playing roles in series and hosted a show from 2006 to 2010 titled, ‘Attack of the Show!’ Olivia is of mixed heritage. Her mother is of Chinese ancestry and father is of Irish, English and German descent.
Daniel Sunjata
Daniel Sunjata is prominently known for appearing on the series ‘Rescue Me’. The actor performs in theatre, television, and film. He was born in Chicago and he mentioned that his biological father was black and mother was white. He is of mixed heritage and that helped him in his career. Sunjata argued, “As an ambiguously non-white actor, I’ve been able to play light-skinned African-American guys, Latinos, and I don’t think that I’ve ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color.”
Bob Marley
Late artist Bob Marley is considered as an international cultural and musical icon. Not all his fans know that the legend was biracial. His father hailed from Britain and mother is of African American descent. He lived with his mother as they were abandoned by his father. Bob said he was ashamed of his white ancestry and this is the reason Bob moved towards spiritual means of life.
Shaffer Chimere Smith
Shaffer Smith is professionally known as Ne-Yo. He has a long list of talents. Ne-Yo is a record producer, actor, dancer, singer, and songwriter. He wrote a song for singer Mario titled, ‘Let Me Love You’ which became the greatest hit of the time and it made him among the top songwriters. He is well known as an African American artist but you might be definitely unfamiliar with one interesting fact about his heritage. He mentioned in an interview that he also possess Chinese heritage from his father’s side.
Demi Lovato
Last but not the least is a phenomenal artist who is very popular for her music ‘Cool for the Summer’ and ‘Give Your Heart a Break’. She is also an outstanding actress. Her role in film ‘Camp Rock 2’ in Disney Channel swept a huge success. She is of Jewish, Portuguese, Native American and Irish descent.