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