61 celebrities of Irish descent

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61 celebrities of Irish descent
Liam Neeson was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

  Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan
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Saoirse Ronan is an American-Irish actress.

  Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell
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The actor was born in Castleknock, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

  Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks
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The actress comes from a lineage that includes England, Ireland and Scotland.

  Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford
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The actor's ancestors are Irish, German and Russian.

  Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga
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Ruth Negga is an Irish-Ethiopian actress.

  Jamie Dornan

Jamie Dornan
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Jamie Dornan was destined for a career in film, born in Holywood, a town in Down, Ireland!

  Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox
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The former Friends star is of British, Scottish, Welsh and Irish descent.

  Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson
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Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland.

  Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde
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The actress' family is from Europe. Some of her members are Irish, with others coming from Scotland and Germany.

  Chris O'Dowd

Chris O'Dowd
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Chris O'Dowd was born in Boyle, Ireland.

  Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore
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The actress' family hails from England, Ireland and Germany.

  Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne
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Gabriel Byrne was born in Dublin, Ireland.

  Megan Fox

Megan Fox
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The actress' family is from the north of Ireland, but also from England, Germany and France.

  Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney
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Colm Meaney was born in Dublin, Ireland.

  Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff
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The singer and actress comes from a lineage that originated in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

  Daniel-Day Lewis

Daniel-Day Lewis
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Daniel-Day Lewis is British-Irish,

  Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston
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Jennifer Aniston's mother Nancy Dow is of Irish descent.

  Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea
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Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra
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The star's ancestors are Irish, German and Cherokee Nation.

  Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender
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Michael Fassbender is German-Irish.

  Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy
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The star is of Irish, German and Polish descent.

  Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall Gleeson
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Domhnall Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland.

  Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey
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The singer has Irish, African and Venezuelan ancestry.

  Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy
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Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, Ireland.

  Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock
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The star is of English, Irish, German and French descent.

  Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
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Jonathan Rhys-Meyers was born in Drimnagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

  Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts
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The Georgia native comes from an English, Scottish, Irish and even Swedish family.

  Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds
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Ciarán Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly
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The actress' ancestors come from Norway, Ireland, Poland and Russia.

  Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh
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Kenneth Branagh was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus
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The singer has English, Irish, French and German ancestry.

  Bono

Bono
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Paul David Hewson, aka Bono, was born in Dublin, Ireland.

  Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes
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The star has Quebec, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry.

  Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan
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Born in Ireland in Drogheta, he has also lived in London and Scotland.

  Emma Stone

Emma Stone
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The star is of Swedish, Scottish, Irish and English descent.

  Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt
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The actor's ancestors are from the United Kingdom, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

  Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw
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Fiona Shaw was born in Cobh, Cork County, Ireland.

  Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller
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The actor has ancestors from Poland and Ireland.

  Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl
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The actress has German and Irish heritage.

  George Clooney

George Clooney
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The actor's ancestors come from Ireland, Germany and England.

  Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan
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The American actress is of Irish, German and Italian descent.

  Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise
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The actor has ancestry from Ireland, Germany, Scotland and England.

  Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton
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The star is of Irish and English descent.

  Sean Penn

Sean Penn
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The American actor is of Irish, Italian, Lithuanian and Russian descent.

  Halle Berry

Halle Berry
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The actress' mother is from the United Kingdom, with Irish ancestry.

  Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.
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The actor hails from Scotland, Ireland, Germany and German Switzerland.

  Denise Richards

Denise Richards
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The actress is the descendant of a German, Quebecois, Irish and English family.

  Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck
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The actor has Irish, English, Swedish or French ancestry.

  Amy Adams

Amy Adams
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Actress Amy Adams' ancestors are English, Danish, Norwegian or Irish.

  Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher
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The actor's ancestors came from Ireland, Germany, and some were bohemian.

  Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens
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The actress has Irish, Spanish and Filipino heritage.

  Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg
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The actor comes from ancestors born in Sweden, Quebec, Ireland and England.

  Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway
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The actress' distant family is French, Irish, and First Nations American.

  Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell
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The comedy star comes from British, German, Irish and French ancesters.

  Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence
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The movie star is of English, German, Irish and Scottish descent.

  Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey
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The actor comes from a family born in England, Scotland, Ireland and Sweden.

  Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato
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The singer comes from a lineage that includes England, Ireland, Italy and Mexico.

  Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn
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The actor has Italian, English, Irish and German heritage.

  Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel
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The actress is of French, Swiss, English and Irish descent.

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