Celebrities Who Have Dual Citizenship
The Canadian-born comedian and actor Jim Carrey exclaimed Alrighty then! to U.S. citizenship in October 2004. He retained his Canadian citizenship, becoming a naturalized American dual citizen.
South African-born Elon Musk holds citizenship in both South Africa and the United States. Musk naturalized in the U.S. in 2002, during his PayPal era. South Africa allows dual citizenship with prior application.
Tom Hanks, born a U.S. citizen, naturalized in Greece in 2020. Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos signed an honorary naturalization order for Hanks and his family for their "exceptional services to Greece."
NBA star Joel Embiid added U.S. citizenship to his French and Cameroonian citizenships in September 2022. Embiid can now live and work indefinitely in Cameroon, the U.S., and the EU due to his French citizenship.
Born in the U.S., Olivia Wilde is also an Irish citizen. Ireland s unique position in both the EU and Common Travel Area allows Wilde to live and work anywhere in the EU and the UK.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Austrian Oak, was born in Thal, Austria in 1947. He achieved his American dream by naturalizing in the U.S. in 1983 while retaining his Austrian citizenship.
Salma Hayek, born in Veracruz, Mexico, is a Mexican citizen by birth and a U.S. citizen by naturalization. She joins millions of dual Mexican-American citizens living in the U.S.
Billionaire Peter Thiel, born a German citizen in 1967, naturalized in the U.S. and then in New Zealand in 2011. Thiel values maximum freedom of movement and may also have applied for Maltese citizenship.