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    Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg officially granted Polish citizenship at New York ceremony

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     05.03.2025, 08:37
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    "I am glad that people from around the world, from across the ocean, remember their origins and want to connect with our country," said President Duda. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
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    Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg has officially become a Polish citizen after receiving an Act of Citizenship from Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at a ceremony in New York.

    Eisenberg, best known for playing Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, has Jewish ancestors who immigrated to the United States from Poland and Ukraine.

    He said that a key moment in his journey of self-discovery and decision to become Polish was filming his Oscar-nominated film A Real Pain in Poland.

    The film, which the actor directed and starred in, follows two Jewish-American cousins who travel to Poland to explore their family’s past and the history of Polish Jews.

    The film also features Kieran Culkin, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on Sunday. Granting Eisenberg citizenship during the ceremony, President Duda said: “I am glad that people from around the world, from across the ocean, remember their origins and want to connect with our country.”

    It feels natural to reconnect


    Last year, Eisenberg announced he had applied for Polish citizenship, citing a “strong connection” to the country.

    In May 2024, he told Polish broadcaster TVN, “I feel that the history of Jews and Poles was intertwined, and I think this is misrepresented by a lot of American Jews… I would like to help repair Polish-Jewish relations.” Later, in November 2024, he told TVP World, “The way I think about it is this: my family lived in Poland for hundreds of years. They lived in New York for about 80 years. And yet our lives in New York has been a blip, and our lives in Poland have been quite a long thing, so for me, it feels very natural that I should try to connect back to where we came from.”
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