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14 A-List Actors That Changed Their Names to Become Famous

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Here are 14 Hollywood actors that changed their names in order to make it in Hollywood.

Breaking into show business can be a difficult process for anyone, and surely if there’s one thing an aspiring actor should be aiming to do is to make sure that a casting director remembers their name. But, while celebrities are born with names that are easily to remember, others have to do a little tweaking in order to create the stage name that everyone remembers.

Take a look at 14 celebrities whose stage names and birth names are completely different:

1. Vin Diesel (Mark Sinclair Vincent)

Vin Diesel 2

2. Natalie Portman (Neta-Lee Hershlag)

Natalie Portman
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3. Brad Pitt (William Bradley Pitt)

Brad Pitt
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4. Nicolas Cage (Nicolas Kim Coppola)

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5. Charlie Sheen (Carlos Irwin Estevez)

Charlie Sheen

6. Miley Ray Cyrus (Destiny Hope Cyrus)

Miley Cyrus Twerking

7. Nina Dobrev (Nikonlina Konstantinova Dobreva)

Nina Dobrev
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8. Jodie Foster (Alicia Christian Foster)

Jodie Foster
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9. Helen Mirren (Ilyena Lydia Mironov)

Hellen Mirren
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10. Elizabeth Banks (Elizabeth Mitchell)

Elizabeth Banks
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11. Lea Michelle (Lea Michele Sarfati)

Lea Michele

12. Emma Stone (Emily Jean Stone)

Emma Stone
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13. Paul Wesley (Pawel Tomasz Wasilewski)

Miss Mystic Falls

14. Jennifer Aniston (Jennifer Linn Anastassakis)

Jennifer Aniston (2)

What do you think? Are you surprised? Share with us your thoughts in the comments below!

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