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When you're a bilingual celebrity, the opportunities to practice your second language are endless. Press conferences, interviews, and award show appearances abound, and before we know it, Bradley Cooper is wooing us in French and Mila Kunis is telling off a reporter in Russian. Even though we don't always know what they're saying, there's something about listening to celebrities using another language that forces us to see them in a whole new light. Keep reading to watch celebrities bust out their linguistic skills, and then get to know the stars even more with their most surprising name changes and real ages.

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Paul Wesley: Polish
Mila Kunis: Russian
Emma Watson: French
Zoe Saldana: Spanish
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: French
Charlize Theron: Afrikaans
Jodie Foster: French and Italian
Gwyneth Paltrow: Spanish and French
Johnny Depp: French
Emma Thompson: French
Diane Kruger: German
Colin Firth: Italian
Shakira: Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Italian
Evangeline Lilly: French
Sandra Bullock: German
Natalie Portman: Hebrew, French, Japanese, German, and Spanish
Bradley Cooper: French
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