III. Read some facts about world famous people with Ukrainian roots.

1. Volodymyr Palahniuk, known professionally as Jack Palance, was an American film actor. During half a century of film and television appearances he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as the Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991. Palance’s parents were Ukrainian immigrants: his father was from Ternopil region and his mother – from Lviv region.

2. Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Sylvester Stallone’s maternal great-grandmother arrived to the United States from Odessa in 1888.

3. Dustin Hoffman (was born in a family of immigrants from Kyiv) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. Hoffman has won two Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, three BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, and an Emmy Award. Dustin Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999.

4. Steven Spielberg is a worldwide famous film director, screenwriter, film producer and video game designer. Grandfather of Steven Spielberg’s mother’s side came from Odessa, on father’s side – from a small Ukrainian village. His favourite dish is Ukrainian borsch.

5. Milla Yovovich is the Ukrainian-born actress, supermodel, fashion designer, singer and public figure, who was on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and starred in many famous movies.

6. Ukrainian-born actress and model Olha Kurylenko is known for her steamy but serious roles in several French and American films. Kurylenko is famous for the role of Bond’s girl.

7. Mila Kunis and her family moved from Ukraine to LA when she was 7. In 2010, she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for the Best Young Actor or Actress at the 67^th Venice International Film Festival for her performance as Lily in “Black Swan”. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for the same role.

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