45 Celebrities Who Speak Multiple Languages

16. Iman

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The Somali-born model and actress who’s modeled for Calvin Klein and Versace, speaks Somali, English, Arabic, Italian and French.

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17. J.K. Rowling

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The mastermind behind the mega-famous Harry Potter books, English author Joanne Kathleen Rowling speaks her native English as well as French and Portuguese. She is part-French, and lived in Portugal, where she taught English.

18. Jack Black

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The American comic actor, known for his role in School of Rock, is a self-taught linguist who, alongside his native English, speaks Spanish and French.

19. Jackie Chan

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The martial arts actor, known for his roles in the Rush Hour movies, speaks his native Cantonese, as well as Mandarin, English, and it is claimed that he can also use American Sign Language.

20. Jodie Foster

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The American Oscar-winning actress, best known for her role as Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs, speaks English and French fluently, and understands spoken German, Italian and Spanish.

21. Johnny Depp

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Known for his starring role in a host of Tim Burton movies, like Edward Scissorhands, the American actor speaks fluent English and French, the latter of which he learned because of his ex-wife and their bilingual children.

22. Kat Graham

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The Swiss-born American actress best known for her role as Bonnie in The Vampire Diaries show, speaks English, French, Spanish, Hebrew and Portuguese.

23. Leonardo DiCaprio

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The Oscar-winning Hollywood actor who’s been in the business since he was a child, speaks English, Italian, and German. His ancestry includes both German and Italian, and he would spend time in Germany during his childhood.

24. Lupita Nyong’o

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The actress known for her Oscar-winning role in 12 Years a Slave, is originally from Kenya, though grew up in Mexico, and speaks Swahili, Luo, Spanish, and English.

25. Lucy Liu

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The former Charlie’s Angels actress was born in America but speaks Mandarin, English, Italian and Spanish.

26. Michael Fassbender

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The German-Irish Hollywood actor was born in Germany and speaks fluent English, Irish, and German. He’s best known for his role in the show Band of Brothers.

27. Morgan Freeman

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This Academy Award-winning Hollywood legend, known for a number of movies, such as The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby, speaks English and French.

28. Natalie Portman

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Israeli-born Natalie has been acting since she was a kid, and racking up languages just as long! She speaks a whopping 6 languages: English, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese and Spanish.

29. Nina Dobrev

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You may know her from her role as Elena Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries series. This Bulgarian-born actress speaks Bulgarian, English, and French.

30. Penelope Cruz

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Famous for her role in Blow, among others, the Spanish actress speaks her native Spanish, plus English and Italian.

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