“I Felt Like If I Was Cast As A Distinctly Asian Character, There’d Be Controversy Around It”: Mixed-Race Celebrities Are Talking About Their Identities
Fiyin Olowokandi
November 5, 2022
60 min read
"I think the best thing is just to grow up and know who you are. You may not understand certain things, but I'm blessed to have the parents that I had."
“I Felt Like If I Was Cast As A Distinctly Asian Character, There’d Be Controversy Around It”: Mixed-Race Celebrities Are Talking About Their Identities
Note: This post contains mention of suicide.
Oftentimes in Hollywood, celebrities are typecast or pigeonholed into certain boxes, especially based on how they look. However, there are tons of celebrities with mixed-race backgrounds who have actually talked about their identity and experiences. Here are 82 of them:
1. Anna Shay
3. Darren Barnet
4. Jordan Fisher
5. Bella Hadid
6. Keegan-Michael Key
7. KJ Apa
8. Naomi Osaka
9. Gigi Hadid
10. Keanu Reeves
11. Yara Shahidi
12. Kimora Lee Simmons
13. Daniel Henney
14. Mariah Carey
15. Zayn Malik
16. H.E.R.
17. Saweetie
18. Conrad Ricamora
19. Hannah Simone
20. Jade Thirlwall
21. Lewis Tan
22. Wentworth Miller
23. Shay Mitchell
24. Enrique Iglesias
25. Janel Parrish
26. Karrueche Tran
27. Naomi Campbell
28. Alexa Chung
29. Olivia Rodrigo
30. Hines Ward
31. Ariana Miyamoto
32. J. Cole
33. Logic
34. Hayley Kiyoko
35. Halsey
36. Danny Pudi
37. Avan Jogia
38. Henry Golding
39. Tracee Ellis Ross
40. Taika Waititi
41. Charles Melton
42. Meghan Markle
43. Barack Obama
44. Zendaya
45. Amandla Stenberg
46. Miguel
47. Darren Criss
48. Jessie Mei Li
49. Devon Aoki
50. Maya Rudolph
51. Lenny Kravitz
52. Lisa Bonet
53. Zoë Kravitz
54. Jason Momoa
55. Aubrey Plaza
56. Jessica Henwick
57. Shakira
58. Rashida Jones
59. Ross Butler
60. Olivia Munn
61. Jordan Peele
62. Naomi Scott
63. Kimiko Glenn
64. Slash
65. Mark-Paul Gosselaar
66. Halle Berry
67. Bruno Mars
68. Nicole Scherzinger
69. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
70. Chanel Iman
71. Maggie Q
72. Vanessa Hudgens
73. Tessa Thompson
74. Sir Ben Kingsley
75. Jhené Aiko
76. Natalia Bryant
77. Kamala Harris
78. Jemaine Clement
79. Michael Yo
80. Kristin Kreuk
81. Karen O
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