America Ferrera may be called America because of her TV acting, but that’s not what people call her at home. In Woodland Hills, California they call her Georgina.

A former classmate [says], “She went by her middle name in school.” Managers made her go back to “America” for her first role, in Real Women Have Curves.

I know this probably really isn’t surprising but it’s funny how celebrities like to change their names. I even have to admit, Taylor isn’t my real name either. So why do we feel like we have to change them? Is it so we can become something or someone we’re not?

Here is a short list of celebrities that have changed their names (and don’t think my real name will be listed here!):

Anna Nicole Smith = Vickie Lynn Hogan
Barry Manilow = Barry Alan Pincus
Ben Kingsley = Krishna Banji
Carmen Electra = Tara Leigh Patrick
Christian Slater = Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins
Courtney Love = Love Michelle Harrison
Demi Moore = Demetria Gene Guynes
Elle Macpherson = Eleanor Nancy Gow
Elton John = Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Joan Rivers = Joan Alexandra Molinsky
Kirk Douglas = Issur Danielovitch Demsky
River Phoenix = River Jude Bottom

Also check out this top 20 Celebrity Real Names list I made back in June.

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