These Celebrities Don't Actually Use Their Real Names

Portia de Rossi

Former model and actress Portia de Rossi was born Amanda Lee Rogers. She credits completely changing her name to the fact that she was uncomfortable with her identity for so long. Portia comes from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice."

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The More You Know

  • Jonah Hill had to go to the hospital for bronchitis while filming Wolf of Wall Street. For seven months, he was snorting vitamin D (almost) daily, pretending it was cocaine.
  • In 1978, Tim Allen was arrested for possession of 1.4 pounds of cocaine and was sentenced to three to seven years in jail. He was let out on parole after two years and four months.
  • Jennifer Lawrence has an "H2O" tattoo to remind her to drink more water.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio's mom was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when Leo first kicked. That's why he's named Leonardo.
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