World-famous celebrities fluent in English as their second language

Jackie Chan - Before gaining fame in the United States, Jackie Chan was already an actor in China. He couldn't speak a word of English when he arrived in California more than thirty years ago, and watched US movies and TV series and imitated the pronunciation to improve his English. He is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.

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Enrique Iglesias - The singer was born in Madrid, Spain, and moved to Miami when he was nine years old. His first language is Spanish.

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Marion Cotillard -

The actress was born in France and is fluent in both French and English.

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Charlize Theron - Born in South Africa, Theron's first language is Afrikaans.

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Antonio Banderas - The Spanish actor was born in the city of Málaga and grew up speaking Spanish.

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Milla Jovovich - The former model was born in Ukraine, but spent her early childhood in Moscow, Russia. She moved to London at age five.

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Javier Bardem - The Spanish actor says he learned English primarily by listening to AC/DC.

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Claudia Schiffer - The German-born supermodel speaks German and English.

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Mila Kunis -

The actress was born in Ukraine and moved to the United States in 1991. Russian is actually her first language.

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Andy Garcia - Andy Garcia's native language is Spanish. He was born in Havana, Cuba, and learned English through his mother, who was an English teacher.

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Kat Von D - The tattoo artist was born in Montemorelos, Mexico to Argentinian parents and moved to Los Angeles at age four. Her first language is Spanish.

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Diane Kruger - Diane Kruger is originally from Germany, and was sent to London on an exchange program when she was a teen. At age fifteen she moved to Paris to pursue her modeling career. She is fluent in German, English, and French.

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Benicio Del Toro - The Academy Award-winning actor grew up speaking Spanish, and learned to speak English at age twelve.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger - Arnold Schwarzenegger barely spoke English when he arrived in the United States in 1968 at age 21. His first language is German.

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Ricky Martin - The Puerto Rican singer grew up speaking Spanish and later learned English.

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Sandra Bullock - The actress was born in Virginia, but grew up in Germany. She is fluent in both German and English.

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Daddy Yankee - Daddy Yankee, born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez in San Juan, Puerto Rico, speaks fluent Spanish and English.

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Salma Hayek - Salma Hayek was born in Mexico. The actress was still struggling with dyslexia when she just arrived in Los Angeles at age 25, and had a hard time learning English.

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Christoph Waltz - The 'Django Unchained' actor Christoph Waltz was born in Vienna, Austria, and speaks fluent German, English, and French.

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Penélope Cruz -

Penélope Cruz spoke very little English when she signed her first movie contract in the United States. The actress grew up speaking Spanish.

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Heidi Klum - The model was born and raised in Germany, and is fluent in both German and English.

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Sofía Vergara - The actress was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and learned English in a private bilingual school.

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Jean-Claude Van Damme - Van Damme, also nicknamed 'The Muscles from Brussels' was born in Brussels, Belgium. His mother tongue is French.

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Isabella Rossellini - The Italian actress was born in Rome. She fluently speaks Italian and has learned Swedish and English from her mother.

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Jean Reno - French actor Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez, better known as Jean Reno, was born in Morocco to Spanish parents. He is fluent in French and Spanish, and learned English later in life.

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Demián Bichir - 'The Nun' actor Demián Bichir was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1963. His first language is Spanish, and he learned English at an early age.

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Matthias Schoenaerts -

The Belgian actor speaks fluent Dutch, French, and English.

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Natalie Portman - Portman was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and speaks five languages. Her first language is Hebrew.

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Shakira - The Colombian singer speaks fluent English, Italian, and Portuguese (in addition to Spanish of course).

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