Did you know that Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, Hugh Jackman, etc are Australian?

Question

Nicole Kidman, Russel Crowe, Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman, Melissa George, Rachael Griffith Their names sound American. I never knew they were Australian! I thought Australian names were something like Kangaridoo Dingobait or Crikey Dingeridoo....something related to animals. damn...why do they have...

Answer 1

american names?

you should realize that america isnt a race, or a language.

DUDE, learn about the real world.

Answer 2

I LOVED IT!!! The best movie I have seen in years. It's epic, the visuals are unbelievable. It was well worth the movie ticket and the 2 1/2 hours. FANTASTIC! I loved the little boy and can't wait for the DVD

Answer 3

Nicole Kidman is Australian.
Mel Gibson is American raised in Australia......

Cate Blanchette Australian.

Rachael Griffith Australian
Hugh Jackman Australian
Melissa George Australian


They don't have American Names... then have ENGLISH names....Where do you think Australians came from?

Answer 4

... Go home and pick up a history book, and study a bit about Australian History, the relationship between America, UK and Australia, and stop all these ignorant racism.

Answer 5

yeah...

Answer 6

These are the actresses/actors real names except for Mel Gibson.

His real name is Columcille Gerard Gibson....Read this article, it is saying he was not techincally born in Australia!

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/mel_gibson_biog.html

Answer 7

Did you watch that movie called AUSTRALIA starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman...

Who would have thought they were actually Australian as well....

The mind boggles!

Answer 8

mel gibson is actually american. he was born in peekskill, ny but moved to austrailia when he was very young.

Answer 9

No, they have white people names. White people immigrated to both America and Australia from Europe. That's why the have similar names.

Aboriginals would have Australian names.

Answer 10

I knew Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson were Australian.

I never knew about Russell Crowe or Cate Blanchett.

And I've never heard of Hugh Jackman, Melissa George and Rachael Griffith