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Mandy Moore

Мэнди Мур

Singer and actress — debut album So Real (1999), A Walk to Remember, Rapunzel in Tangled, Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us

🇺🇸 Fame: USA🇷🇺 Origin: Russian Empire🔗 Connection: Ancestry
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Profile #567
ProfessionActor/Singer
Russian originRussian Jewish descent claimed through her maternal grandfather (IMDb) — ancestor, generation and town undocumentedRussian Empire
ConnectionAncestryDon Moore & Stacy Moore (née Friedman)
RussianUnknown
CategoryCinema & TVTier B
Biography

Mandy Moore — actor/singer with roots in the Russian Empire

Mandy Moore. Singer and actress — debut album So Real (1999), A Walk to Remember, Rapunzel in Tangled, Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us. Russian Jewish descent through her maternal grandfather is stated only in IMDb's biography; no source names him or the Russian-born generation, or gives a town. Her mother is Stacy Moore, née Friedman; her maternal grandmother, Eileen Friedman, was a ballerina in London.

Russian Connection

Tracing the roots — Russian Jewish descent claimed through her maternal grandfather (IMDb) — ancestor, generation and town undocumented

Russian Jewish descent through her maternal grandfather is stated only in IMDb's biography; no source names him or the Russian-born generation, or gives a town. Her mother is Stacy Moore, née Friedman; her maternal grandmother, Eileen Friedman, was a ballerina in London.

Popular biographies refer to a Russian-Jewish grandfather.[web:17]

Family Tree
Subject
Mandy Moore🇺🇸 USA
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Ancestors
Don Moore
Stacy Moore (née Friedman)
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Origin
Russian Jewish descent claimed through her maternal grandfather (IMDb) — ancestor, generation and town undocumented🇷🇺 Russian Empire
Historical context
Russian Empire · c. 1721–1917
Map of the Russian Empire

Russian Jewish descent claimed through her maternal grandfather (IMDb) — ancestor, generation and town undocumented. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.

Map: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA)
Key Achievements

A career defined by ambition

01
Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us (NBC, 2016–2022): Golden Globe nomination (2017), Emmy nomination (2019)
02
A Walk to Remember (2002): MTV Movie Award for breakthrough female performance
03
Voice of Rapunzel in Tangled (2010)
04
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2019)
Russian diasporaJewish rootsRussian Empire roots
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