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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Katherine J. Igoe

32 Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Bilingual

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Some of our biggest actors have a secret (or not-so-secret) skill: they're fully conversant in another language. Some of them mastered it for a role, some of them grew up bilingual (or even trilingual), and some of them just have an "ear" for languages. Interestingly, there's often debate about the level of these celebrities' "fluency," with native speakers analyzing their proficiency and accent work in movies and interviews, but most define "fluency" as being able to conduct an interview in the language. You'll be surprised: some of these actors have fluency in five languages, and the most impressive celebrity polyglots know eight or nine.

Below, 32 celebrities who can speak (at least) another language fluently.

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