Thursday, January 12, 2012

Celebrities Speaking French

If your students don't see any point in learning French, maybe Jodie Foster and Johnny Depp can help: we've compiled a list of famous non-native French speakers around the world - if your students know how many cool people speak French, they might realize how cool French really is!

Note that this is a list of people from non-French-speaking countries/areas only. Céline Dion, for example, is not on this list because she is French-Canadian.

Alex Trebek (Canadian; gameshow host)

Ally Sheedy (American actress)

Andie MacDowell (American actress)

Angelina Jolie (American actress)

Anggun (Indonesian singer)

Angie Everhart (American model)

Anthony Bourdain (American chef)

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Austrian actor, governor of California)

Ashley Judd (American actress)


Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egyptian; former UN Secretary General)

Bradley Cooper (American actor)

Brendan Fraser (American actor)

Brooke Shields (American actress)

Bryan Adams (Canadian singer)


Candice Bergen (American actress)

Carol Fredericks (American singer)

Charlotte Rampling (British actress)

Chloë Sevigny (American actress)

Chris de Burgh (British musician)

Candice Bergen (American actress)

Claudia Christian (American actress)

Claudia Schiffer (German model)

Costa-Gavras (Greek filmmaker)

Cristiane Amanpour (British reporter)


Danica McKellar (American actress)

Dannii Minogue (Australian singer, actress)

Danny Roberts (American actor)

David Sedaris (American essayist, radio personality)

Demis Roussos (Greek-Egyptian singer)

Diane Kruger (German actress and model)


Eddie Izzard (British comedian)

Elle MacPherson (Australian model)

Ellen McArthur (British; World Champion in Offshore Racing)

Elizabeth Montgomery (American actress)

Elton John (British musician)

Emma Thompson (British actress)

Evangeline Lilly (Canadian actress)

Ewan McGregor (Scottish actor)


Farah Pahlavi (Iranian empress)


Gene Kelly (American dancer, singer, actor)

Gwyneth Paltrow (American actress)


Halle Berry (American actress)

Helena Bonham Carter (British actress)

Holly Robinson Peete (American actress)


Ian Thorpe (Australian athlete)


Jackie Kennedy Onassis (former American First Lady, editor)

Jacqueline Bisset (British actress)

James Lipton (American actor)

Jane Birkin (British actress)

Jane Fonda (American actress)

Jarvis Cocker (British singer)

Jean Seberg (American actress)

Jeremy Irons (British actor)

Jerry Hall (American actress)

Jim Courier (American tennis player)

Jodie Foster (American actress)

John Howe (Canadian illustrator)

John Hume (Irish; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)

John Hurt (British actor)

John Kerry (American senator)

John Malkovich (American actor)

John McLaughlin (British musician)

John Travolta (American actor)

Johnny Depp (American actor)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (American actor)

Julia Child (American chef)

Julie Christie (British actress)

Julio Iglesias (Spanish singer)


Kevin Kline (American actor)

Kim Raver (American actress)

Kirk Douglas (American actor)

Kofi Anan (Ghanaian; former Secretary-General of the United Nations)

Kristin Scott-Thomas (British actress)

Kylie Minogue (Australian singer)


Lance Armstrong (American cyclist)

Lauren Bacall (American actress)

Leelee Sobieski (American actress)

Leslie Nielsen (Canadian actor)

Linda Evangelista (Canadia model)

Lisa Kudrow (American actress)

Liza Minelli (American actress, singer)

Lorraine Bracco (American actress)

Louis de Bernières (British author)


Madeleine Albright (Czech; former US Secretary of State)

Madeleine Peyroux (American singer)

Madonna (American singer, actress)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (American actress)

Marlon Brando (American actor)

Matt Leblanc (American actor)

Matthew Perry (American actor)

Melanie Blatt (British singer)

Melody Gardot (American singer)

Meryl Streep (American actress)

Michael York (British actor)

Michelle Obama (American First Lady)

Mick Jagger (British musician)

Mira Sorvino (American actress)

Molly Ringwald (American actress)

Morgan Freeman (American actor)

Murray Head (British actor and singer)


Nana Mouskouri (Greek singer, actress)

Nastassja Kinski (German actress)

Natalie Portman (Israeli actress)

Norman Spinrad (American writer)


Oliver Stone (American filmmaker)

Omar Shariff (Egyptian actor)

Orlando Bloom (British actor)


Perez de Cuellar (Peruvian; former UN Secretary General)

Peter Ustinov (British actor)

Petula Clark (British actress, singer)

Phil Collins (British singer)

Pope John-Paul II

Prunella Scales (British actress)


Queen Elizabeth II


Richard Jordan (American actor)

Robert De Niro (American actor)

Robert Stack (American actor)

Robin Williams (American actor)

Roscoe Lee Browne (American actor)

Rudolf Miele (German; Chairman of Miele)

Rupert Everett (British actor)


Sam Waterston (American actor)

Sarah Chalke (Canadian actress)

Shania Twain (Canadian singer)

Shannen Doherty (American actress)

Sharon Stone (American actress)

Shawn Ashmore (Canadian actor)

Sigourney Weaver (American actress)

Stephen Breyer (American Supreme Court Justice)

Sting (British musician)


Theo Agelopoulos (Greek filmmaker)

Tina Arena (Australian singer)

Tina Turner (American singer)

Tommy Lee Jones (American actor)

Tony Blair (British Prime Minister)

Tonya Kinzinger (American actress)


Uma Thurman (American actress)

Vanessa Redgrave (British actress)

Vicky Leandros (Greek singer)


Wendy Matthews (Canadian-Australian singer)

William Hurt (American actor)

William Shatner (Canadian actor)

Woody Allen (American actor)


Yasmine Bleeth (American actress)

Angelina Jolie Belajar Bahasa Prancis Demi Anak

Angelina Jolie Belajar Bahasa Prancis Demi Anak

Los Angeles - Semua anak Angelina Jolie bisa berbahasa Prancis. Alhasil, AJolie getol belajar bahasa Prancis agar tak memalukan saat berbicara dengan anak-anaknya.

Mengutip, Selasa (20/12), aktris peraih Oscar ini ingin semua anaknya, Steve (10) Pax (8), Zahara (6), Shiloh (5) dan anak kembar tiga tahun Knox dan Vivienne dapat berbicara Prancis dengan fasih. Ia pun lantas kursus bahasa Prancis.

"Saya telah menulis dan tinggal dengan anak-anak. Saya pikir saya harus belajar bahasa Perancis dan menjadi ibu yang pintar masak. Hal hidup dasar yang benar-benar baik. Saya selalu melakukan sesuatu. Saya tidak pernah menutup otakku," ujarnya, yang memiliki ibu berdarah Prancis-Kanada.

"Saya telah mempelajari bahasa Prancis. Saya pikir, anak-anak saya dapat berbicara, dan itu memalukan jika saya gagap prancis. Jadi saya harus belajar," imbuhnya.