Her parents, Judith Moore (ne Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. She has appeared in many popular TV shows, including as a voice actress in a number of animated TV series including, most famously, King of the Hill (1997) for which she won an Emmy for her role as Bobby Hill. Joseph Gordon-Levitt - actor (part Romanian-Jewish descent) [14] Oana Gregory - actress. We struggle in both Europe and America with housing loss, a lack of employment, denial of access to healthcare, and public education. And, of course, white nationalists (theyre everywhere). Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Dianna and her brother Jason were raised Jewish and she . She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. She was born on July 9, 1943 in Seville, Spain. Whedon also ignored the most obvious solution to Wanda and Pietros non-mutant backstory: Django and Marya Maximoff, their Romani parents from the comics. For all the romanticism of our supposed lifestyle, Roma mostly just want what most people want: stability. A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York-born and bred.He was born in the Bronx, to Sophie (Falkenstein) Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a doctor. Graduated from the acting program at NYU Tisch school Of The Arts. The shows creators probably saw this as a throwaway joke, but it didnt sit well with some viewers. That did not stop Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. You mean Romanian? At the time she also starred in two television series in the country, and also dabbled in music, Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress, singer, martial artist, and model. 7. how did this make it to the final release? Curtis himself admits that while he had almost no formal education, he was a student of the "school of hard knocks" and learned from a young age that the only Actor | His father had Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from Actor | Mia had a middle class upbringing and graduated from the prestigious McGill University with a Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Schwimmer was encouraged by a high school instructor to attend a summer program in acting at Northwestern University. Since making her uncredited debut as a dancer in Beatlemania (1981), Gina Gershon has established herself as a character actress and one of the leading icons of American camp. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. Her parents were both from Russian Jewish families. Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). Working across a variety of genres in film, television and music, she is one of most accomplished and versatile young talents working today.Graham was recently seen in the 70s period crime thriller "The Poison Rose" opposite Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Grey is an American actress who starred in the film Dirty Dancing (1987) opposite Patrick Swayze, a sleeper hit that would become one of the biggest films of the 1980s. She is the daughter of Penny (Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister. She served in the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in 2004. (But again, I dont steal.) Pages in category "Romani actresses" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging to The Associated Press as an "all-female project." The director is a woman, Liana Ceterchi. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team Michael Vartan came to international acclaim with his starring role as 'Agent Michael Vaughn' on the worldwide hit ABC series, "Alias," which ran for five seasons. She was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. Black attended the University of California at Los Angeles. Erin is an actor and director, known for House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The L Word (2004) and A Single Man (2009). Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999) Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, stage and film actress Sylvia Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s for playing the partner of gangsters. Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's . Meanwhile, Disney wasnt allowed to portray the Maximoffs as mutants, or as Magnetos kids. By five, she was taking tap and jazz classes with Barbara Fink and ballet classes at Detroit Dance Company. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Andrei Pungovschi for The New York Times "Ceausescu demolished all of this. His father was a well-known concert promoter who co-founded Commodore Records and his mother was a homemaker. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. Paul traveled with his family during his early years, because of his father's airline job at Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, . The following year, she appeared in another musical, Bravo Giovanni. Her father, born in Manhattan, was from a Jewish family (from Hungary and Russia), and her mother, originally from Arkansas, had English and Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher was born on September 30, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York to Sylvia Drescher, a bridal consultant & Mort Drescher, a naval systems analyst. His mother, Leah (Cohn), was a homemaker. Oh yeah, she was Romani, too. Our food is a journey paralleling our own, with my family devouring saffron-infused challah, spicy goulash rather than cholent, and ginger-blasted chai as our Jewish penicillin. She was raised in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, and is of Eastern European Jewish descent. But instead of updating Wanda and Pietro as modern Jewish/Romani superheroes (much like how Black Panthers charismatic MBaku started out as a villain named Man-Ape), Disney whitewashed them. In 1954, her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the dean of a Presbyterian college in Melbourne. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.Eating in a local restaurant, Tori Spelling was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of author Candy Spelling and Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling. She is of half African-American (from her father's mother and her mother's father) and half Ashkenazi Jewish (from her father's father and her mother's Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. Romanian people actually enslaved my people for centuries, until Rroma, empowered by news of the liberation of slaves in the U.S., fought back. Jenette spent most of her childhood in Los Angeles. The saddest thing, though, is how excluded I feel in the Jewish community. Emmy's performance in the latter film gained her a Golden Globe nomination. Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. Eleven-year-old Romani actress, Fairuza Balk. Today, she continues to act, as well as do artwork and blog. The spoken language in her family is Russian, not Ukrainian.Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Lori always An extremely gifted, versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late 1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the enduring Fox series Married with Children (1987). She is the daughter of Penny (Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister. Dustin Hoffman - actor and filmmaker (part Romanian-Jewish descent) [15] Harvey Keitel - actor and producer (Romanian Jewish mother) Tristan Leabu - actor. It would seem that 2004, the year of her 18th birthday, will be remembered as pivotal for Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two very different films, The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). She served in the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in 2004.Gal made her film debut in the fourth film of the Fast and Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most successful personalities in show business. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a Lisa Bonet was born in San Francisco, California, to Arlene Joyce (Litman), a teacher, and Allen Bonet, an opera singer. J Jewish actresses (1 C, 29 P) K Kurdish actresses (5 P) N Native Hawaiian actresses (9 P) Nigerian actresses by ethnic or national origin (3 C, 1 P) R Romani actresses (13 P) S Serer actresses (1 P) Actresses of South American descent (2 C) Her first role was Larry David's childhood friend in an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Her father was of mostly English and German ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish family (from Germany, Russia, and Hungary). His Jewish family emigrated from Russia and Romania to the US. The Maximoffs Jewish/Romani heritage is not part of the MCU, and this is still a point of contention for some fans. Winona Ryder Winona Ryder's full name is Winona Laura Horowitz. Yes, Ive taken a DNA ancestry test, and no, they dont test for Romani heritage. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to Ilene (Schuman), a dealer of antiques, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Born and raised in Israel, she won the title of Miss Israel at the age of 18. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. She has lived most of her life in New York and Los Angeles; in L.A., she attended Reseda High School and Celluloid Actor's Studio. He is an actor and producer, known for National Treasure (2004), The Hangover (2009) and Gigli (2003). She began her career after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (ne Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. 150 names 1. The spoken language in her family is Russian, not Ukrainian. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. Ginnifer graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996 and Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. 1969). His parents, from the continental United States, were then serving as Children of God missionaries. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany. This casting choice was divisive in 2013, when The Atlantic highlighted the negative connotations of casting a white blonde actress as Scarlet Witch. We struggle in both Europe and America with housing loss, a lack of employment, denial of access to healthcare, and public education. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. To millions of TV viewers she became familiar as the reformed juvenile delinquent, turned undercover cop, Julie Barnes. This rewrite was rather tone-deaf, because it involved Wanda and Pietro volunteering for neo-Nazi experiments. Tell us what you think about this feature. Throughout her diverse career, Selma Blair has been one of the most versatile and exciting actresses on screen. She is someday going to finish her dual MA in Jewish studies and Arts Education; she lives with six cats, has a great mom, and a heckin cool partner. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in Learning Disabilities. Despite a less than spectacular career as an actress, singer, and playwright, she never lost confidence in herself. Her father is African-American and her mother is Actress | Jewish Besties Alana Haim and Sasha Spielberg Want to Be Your Camp Counselors, This Groundbreaking Jewish Journalist Inspired a Character on PBS Vienna Blood, Some Advice From Queer Jewish Comedian Robby Hoffman. Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to Alyson Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Emilie (Posner), a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. His early career choices involved becoming a certified public accountant, Eric Salter Balfour is an American actor and singer. Guest star roles include Clubhouse (2004), Raising Dad (2001), Boston Public (2000) and other uncredited series.She is the Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and producer. Crowned the Most Downloaded Woman on Shiri jumped in front of the lens as a youngster appearing in Norman Lear Sunday Dinner and Lawrence Kasden's I Love You To Death. But Olsenand WandaVisions creatorsare definitely familiar with Wandas extensive canon backstory, which includes comics explicitly addressing the issue of anti-Roma racism, and exploring her Romani heritage. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born Alan Arkin is an Academy Award-winning American actor who is also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer.He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. Enterprise.Shatner was born Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H. Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. Her father died in 1993, when she was 13 years old. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. He took up acting while attending City College, abandoning plans to become a rabbi or lawyer. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. Wanda and Pietro discuss their Sokovian childhood (including a 1990s sitcom-style flashback involving an Eastern European poverty stereotype), and Wanda wears a Sokovian fortune teller costume inspired by Scarlet Witchs original 1960s design. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFYd78mlfHQ. She has an older brother, Jason (b. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. So when you say someone doesnt look Romani, its like looking up and saying, that doesnt look like the sky. Tragically, we do not all look like Rita Hayworth. Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. Some have different results. Her Romanian origins come from his father's side. But her characters ambiguous ethnicity is still a stumbling block, with Olsen dropping careless slurs in interviews. As a young girl, she studied singing, dancing as well as acting. So why Jews aggressively litigate the genetic legitimacy of Romani Jews is beyond me. She grew up in Maryland, where her parents ran a dress shop. She is so effective as an actress, it is nearly impossible to recognize her from role to role. During her childhood, she appeared in more than 100 TV advertisements and had roles in theatre and television shows. They have one child. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. He graduated from Ossining High School, where he was president of his class. She voiced Dot Matrix from Mel Brooks' Spaceballs. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. He is known for voicing several characters in The Simpsons including Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Bumblebee Man, Lou and Superintendent Chalmers. My hope is that once you can understand who we are, you can start focusing on actual allyship within the Jewish community, like acknowledging that however horrific things are right now for Jews in Europe, I can assure you theyre worse for Romani. Yes, Im poor. So your family converted?. In short: People sleep around. She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships. She has a sister, Patti Hawn, and a brother, Edward, who died in infancy before her birth. Women played a significant role in performing and shaping Romanian Yiddish theater and became known internationally for their work on the Yiddish stage. She is the daughter of Anne Marie (Wallace), who worked in a bank, and Mark Phineas Mitchell, a factory worker. Her mother was from an upper-class German Jewish family, and her father was from a wealthy Massachusetts clan of English Hank Azaria is an American comedian and actor from Queens, New York. I dont steal. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Anne Marie (Wallace), who worked in a bank, and Mark Phineas Mitchell, a factory worker. Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. But if we were converts, you would still warrant a dirty look for saying it like that. She has two older brothers--Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV, who has also acted. If you think Jews have opinions, just wait till you meet a Romani one. Most of them are American Jewish actresses, whereas a couple are Israeli Jewish actresses. Gal Gadot Actress | Wonder Woman Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress, singer, martial artist, and model. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an office manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. Raised in the South Bronx and Queens, New Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette) (death: September 11, 2016) was an American actress. She was previously married to Oscar Lerman and Wallace Austin. She was given her first name in honor of singer Lillian Russell. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. In Avengers: Civil War, Wandas bedroom also includes several crucifixes, a galling detail for people who wanted the films to reference her Jewish roots. His paternal grandparents Emanuel Goldenberg arrived in the United States from Romania at age ten, and his family moved into New York's Lower East Side. She died on November 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She progressed to appearing in play readings and workshops before winning a regular role in Brookside (1982).She went on to forge an Olivia Newton-John was an English singer and actress who was born on September 26, 1948, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Belarus, Russia, and Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976 in San Francisco, California, the youngest of three children. She was Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most successful personalities in show business. Dianna and her brother Jason were raised Jewish and she One of today's leading talents across both independent and mainstream film, Logan Lerman is an immensely talented actor who takes on challenging roles and brings dynamic characters to life on screen.Logan was born in Beverly Hills, to a Jewish family. Kate Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to Beverley Sue (Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. Adam spent a lot of his teen years hanging out with Stephen Wilson Bethel born February 24, 1984, professionally known as Wilson Bethel, is an American actor. Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. (See here, or here, or here.) For decades, she delivered stellar performances in a wide variety of roles.Jill Clayburgh was born in 1944 in New York City, into a wealthy family, Zo Isabella Kravitz, the daughter of singer/actor Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, was born on December 1, 1988 in Los Angeles, California. She is the only person ever to receive all of the following: Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace, National Endowment for the Arts, and Peabody awards, Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. Elizabeth describes Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and producer. If she was new to the role, this might be explained as a lack of awareness. Performer, actress, singer and author Sandra Bernhard appeared as a series regular in season three of the immensely popular FX Television/Ryan Murphy show "POSE" reprising her role as brassy but caring Nurse Judy Kubrack, who works with H.I.V. . She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. She has a younger brother, Mathieu, and has both Sephardi Jewish (from Tunisia) and Ashkenazi Jewish (from Adam Jared Brody was born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Valerie Jill (Siefman), a graphic artist, and Mark Alan Brody, a lawyer. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Back in 1998, Avengers director Joss Whedon faced backlash for using negative Romani stereotypes in Buffy. And, of course, white nationalists (they're everywhere). He is believed to have had both Romany and Jewish ancestry, by his mother Marousia Blagovidova, whose father was a Russian Jew and her mother a Russian Gypsy. are we fucking surprised? Every holiday, no matter how small, is prepared for with a cleaning frenzy, and followed with a feast and plentiful music and dancing. She is the daughter of Marjorie (Coll) and Michael Prepon. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. Friday's debut of "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance [] Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. Sarah Elizabeth Hartman was born and raised in San Francisco, and has since been gentrified out to the edges of the Bay Area. Her father is of Polish Jewish descent and her mother is a Bulgarian Jewish immigrant. She began her career after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. At a young age she began acting in television commercials.She was cast in her first film at the age of 8 as a child at school and at the party in Liar Liar (1997). Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) The world was rumbled by discovery of a document that confirms that one of the greatest filmmakers in world cinema Charlie Chaplin was actually Roma and that he was born in a Gypsy caravan. 15 celebrities you might not know are Jewish Max Kalnitz Updated Jack Black, Harrison Ford, and Zoe Kravitz. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The X-Men franchise includes a different version of Quicksilver (Evan Peters) who is Magnetos son. She has also recently Helen Slater was born in Bethpage, New York, to Alice Joan (Citrin), a lawyer and peace activist, and Gerald Slater, a television executive. Inspired by that experience, he returned to Northwestern where he received a bachelor's degree in speech/theater. This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry. It cant be, because everything in the MCU is informed by the comics. From a young age, Isla Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. list of Famous Jewish actors and actresses And few singers, The spoken language in her family is Russian, not Ukrainian.Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. She went on to appear in ER, Six Degrees, as well as Mike Nichols' Josh Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Carol Radnor, a high school guidance counselor, and Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer. Born to theater-loving parents, she attended fine arts-oriented schools, and was the young star of the drama Kat Graham is an actress, singer, dancer and producer. She was previously married to Michael Viner. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. While at UCLA, he was a member of Actor | I have never in my life lived in a house that was owned and not rented. Since she was a child performer on numerous hit series including The Wonder Years and Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Lindsay Sloane has made a career of hilarious comedic turns. But our dancing, our music, and our desire to keep our homes obscenely clean unite us. Her television roles have included department store heiress Rachel Menken Katz on the AMC drama Mad Men, Tara Knowles on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy, and psychiatrist Wendy Rhoades on the Showtime series Billions. 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