1. Kid Cudi
• A lot of people
don't know that the
"Day and Night"
rapper (born Scott
Ramon Seguro
Mescudi) is Mexican
on his father's side.
2. Uma Thurman
• The "Kill Bill" star's
mother, Nena von
Schlebrügge, was
born in Mexico City
in 1941.
3. Michael Trevino
He may not play a Latino on
"The Vampire Diaries," but
Michael Trevino is a proud
Mexican-American! "I'm a
full-blooded Mexican,"
Michael says. "My mother
was born in Zacatecas,
Mexico, and my father--the
son of Mexican immigrants-
-was born near Fresno,
California."
4. Stacy Dash
The half-Mexican "Clueless" star
believes it's important to be
proud of your Latin roots. "It's
who you are," she says. "We
need diversity. The most
important thing for me, in
Hollywood, [is that] at this point
it should not be about a certain
race or color, it's about your
ability and what you do. We have
a really huge platform to do that
and it's important that we do it
with integrity." Amen
5. Sara Paxton
• Paxton is Scottish and Irish on her
father's side, but her mother Lucia
was born In Monterrey, Mexico
and raised in Ciudad Acuña. The
"Last House On The Left," star says
people don't believe she's
Mexican. "They don't believe me
at all," she has said. "I think its
because they have this stereotype
of what a Hispanic girl is supposed
to look like, and I don't fit that
typical look."
6. Rebecca Black
• When the "Friday' singer
recently traveled to
Morelos, Mexico to
endorse Mexican
presidential candidate,
Enrique Peña Nieto, a lot
of people were confused.
But it turns out Rebecca's
mom is originally from
Mexico.
7. Taboo
• You know him as Taboo
from The Black Eyed
Peas, but the talented
rapper's real name is
Jaime Luis Gómez. His
dad is from Morelia
(Mexico) and his mom is
of Shoshone Indian
descent.
8. Lynda Carter
• Lynda Carter, the woman
who first portrayed
Wonder Woman on the
1970 TV series "The New
Adventures of Wonder
Woman," is of Irish
American descent on her
father's side, but her
mother Juana Cordova is
of Mexican descent
9. Shar Jackson
You know all about her
baby-mama drama with
Britney's ex Kevin
Federline, but did you
know that Shar--who
played Brandi's best
friend on the UPN show
"Moesha"--is Puerto
Rican and Mexican on
her father's side?
10. Chris Weitz
Did you know that the director of
"Twilight" is Mexican?! Chris Weitz,
who directed "Twilight: New
Moon" (as well as the film "A
Better Life"), is the grandson of
iconic Mexican actress, Lupita
Tovar, who starred in "Santa,"
Mexico's first talkie in 1932!