The real names of foreign celebrities that you did not know about

When you are a world-famous personality who shines on TV screens and social events with enviable regularity, you can’t have a hard-to-pronounce, unsound and unremarkable name, and the stars understand this very well. Russian and foreign celebrities most often take a bright, short and sonorous pseudonym that will be easy to pronounce and remember, and rightly so, because then the chances of gaining worldwide fame increase a hundredfold. We bring to your attention a collection of foreign celebrities whose pseudonyms you did not even know.

1. Olivia Wilde = Olivia Jane Cockburn

2. Joaquin Phoenix = Joaquin Rafael Bottom

3. Portia De Rossi = Amanda Rogers

4. Julianne Moore = Julie Ann Smith

5. Demi Moore = Demetrius Guinness

6. Natalie Portman = Natalie Hershleg

7. Katy Perry = Katy Hudson

8. Vin Diesel = Mark Sinclair Vincent

9. Rihanna = Robin Rihanna Fenty

10. Elton John = Reginald Kenneth Dwight

11. Miley Cyrus = Destiny Hope Cyrus

12. Jamie Foxx = Eric Marlon Bishop

13. Carmen Electra = Tara Patrick

14. Emma Stone = Emily Jean Stone

15. Lord = Ella Marija Lani Yolich-O'Connor

16. Winona Ryder = Winona Horowitz

17. Nicki Minaj = Onika Tanya Maraj

18. Liv Tyler = Liv Rundgren

19. Meg Ryan = Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hura

20. Courtney Love = Love Michelle Harrison

21. Charlie Sheen = Carlos Irvin Estevez

22. Fergie = Stacy Ann Ferguson

23. Lady Gaga = Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta

24. Bruce Willis = Walter Willis

25. Audrey Hepburn = Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston