Olivia Wilde. The beautiful women of Hollywood you never realized had Irish roots.Photo by: Getty Images

Here at the Irish think tank we have compiled a list of Hollywood starlets who wow audiences with their good looks, talent and Irish roots. Successful and talented, it is no surprise that many of the Hollywood starlets are proud of their links to the Emerald Isle.

1. Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde was born in New York City on March 10, 1984. Her father, the journalist Andrew Cockburn, was raised in Ireland; Olivia herself holds both Irish and American passports.  She has starred in 'House' and most recently in the smash hit 'Tron.' In 2009, Olivia was voted Maxim's 'Sexiest Woman Alive.' She also starred in the NBC drama ''The Black Donnelly's," which is about an Irish American family.

2. Lindsay Lohan

The troubled star began her career in acting at the tender age of ten. Growing up, she modeled for Calvin Klein Kids and Abercrombie Kids, as well as appearing in hundreds of television commercials. Both her parents have considerable Irish roots, which explains Lohan’s red hair and pale complexion. While her erratic personal life has overshadowed much of her career as of lately, it is undeniable the child star has demonstrated her talent in a number of her lead roles.

3.  Orla Brady

The Dublin born starlet studied at the Ecole Phillippe Gaulier in Paris during her twenties. A career in modeling career later led her to acting.  She has performed in both the Gate Theatre in Dublin and the Royal National Theatre in London. While she works on both sides of the Atlantic, much of her acting career has been focused in the UK and Ireland. She also appeared on the US drama, "Nip/Tuck."

4. Zooey Deschanel

The 30 year-old actress' career has really taken off in the last five years when she landed lead roles in films such as “500 days of Summer." The brunette is also a musician and singer-songwriter and regularly performs with her band, called "She & Him." The actress attended Crossroads (a private school in Santa Monica, California) where she befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson. Deschanel is of both  French and Irish decent.

5. Katherine Heigl

Nicknamed Katie by her two elder siblings, Katherine Heigl is most well known for her role as Dr. Isobel (Izzie) Stevens in  "Grey's Anatomy," an ABC medical drama.  Heigl has both Irish and German ancestry. A career in modeling began when she was nine years old, after her aunt sent pictures of her to a modeling agency in New York. On September 16, 2007, Heigl won an Emmy  for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzie Stevens.

6. Anne Hathaway

"The Devil Wears Prada" star was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her main ancestry roots are Irish. Her mother was an actress and inspired a young Hathaway to follow in her footsteps. She played characters in family-friendly films in her early career, but her first major role came in the television series “Get Real.” As a soprano, she performed in two concerts at Carnegie Hall as member of All- Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus. In 2002, she was named one of Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25.

7. Laura Prepon

This blond actress is most well known for her role as Donna Pinciotto in the long running Fox comedy show “That 70s Show.” Born in Watchung, New Jersey, her mother is an Irish Catholic. The youngest of five children, she started studying acting at the age of 15. She has also worked as a model in Paris and Milan.

8. Vanessa Hudgens

Claiming Irish heritage from her father’s side, the High School Musical star is most well known for her role as Gabriella Montez in the hit musical series; her talent for acting, singing and dancing landed her the role in the show. Hudgens has been home schooled since the seventh grade. She has dated her on screen partner Zac Efron since 2007, that same year she was listed on the Forbes website as one of Young Hollywood's Top Earning-Stars.

9 Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore’s Hollywood career spans over 28 years. At the age of seven, she landed her debut role in "E.T."  Last year, she was ranked number 40 in Maxim's  Hot 100. Despite never finishing high school her prolific professional career has spanned almost  three decades. Her great great grandfather hailed from Ireland.  The actress took a road trip around the Emerald Isle in 2001 and over five years later she told Parade magazine that she likes to run naked in Irish wheat fields! 

10. Heather Graham

Voted most talented by her high school's senior class, the Irish-Catholic, Wisconsin-born actress later dropped out of her acting program in UCLA  after two years. She went on to star in prominent roles in films such as "Anger Management," "Boogie Nights," and most recently "The Hangover" film series. 

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奧利維亞·維爾德。好萊塢的美女，你從來沒有意識到過的愛爾蘭根。 攝影：蓋蒂圖片社
在此間舉行的愛爾蘭智庫我們編譯的好萊塢小明星的名單誰哇觀眾用自己的美貌，才華和愛爾蘭根。成功和才華，這是毫不奇怪，許多好萊塢的小明星是他們的鏈接到翡翠島感到自豪。

1，奧利維亞·王爾德

奧利維亞·王爾德出生在紐約市3月10日，1984年她的父親，記者安德魯·科伯恩，在愛爾蘭被提出; 奧利維亞自己擁有兩個愛爾蘭和美國護照。她曾在紅極一時出演“家”和最近的“特隆”。2009年，奧利維亞被評為Maxim的“最性感的女人還活著。” 她還主演了NBC的電視劇“”黑唐納利的“，這是關於一個愛爾蘭裔的美國家庭。

2，林賽·羅韓

陷入困境的明星開始了她的演藝事業十招標年齡。長大後，她塑造了Calvin Klein的孩子和阿伯克龍比童裝，以及出現在數百個電視廣告。無論是她的父母有相當的愛爾蘭根，這也解釋了羅漢的紅頭髮和蒼白的膚色。雖然她反复無常的個人生活已大大蓋過了她的職業生涯，作為近來，不可否認的童星已經證明了她的才華在眾多她的帶動作用。

3奧爾拉·布雷迪

都柏林出生的小明星就讀於巴黎高等菲利普Gaulier在巴黎期間，她二十多歲。職業生涯中的模特生涯後來導致她演戲。她在這兩個門劇院在都柏林和倫敦皇家國家劇院演出。雖然她的作品在大西洋兩岸，很多她的演藝生涯一直集中在英國和愛爾蘭。她還出現在美劇“整容/塔克。”

4，佐伊Deschanel

這位30歲的女演員的職業生涯已經真正實現了起飛，在過去的五年裡，她在電影，如落在主角“莎莫的500天”的黑髮，也是一位音樂家和歌手，詞曲作者，並定期執行與她的樂隊，所謂的“她和他。”的女主角參加了十字路口，她結識了未來聯合主演傑克·吉倫哈爾和凱特·哈德森（在聖莫尼卡，加利福尼亞州一所民辦學校）。Deschanel是法國和愛爾蘭體面的。

5，凱瑟琳·海格爾

綽號凱蒂被她的兩個哥哥的兄弟姐妹，凱瑟琳·海格爾是最有名的，她的博士伊莎貝爾（在Izzie）史蒂文斯在“實習醫生格蕾”，一個ABC醫療劇的角色。海格爾既有愛爾蘭和德國血統。職業生涯中的建模開始的時候，她九歲那年，在她的阿姨送她的照片在紐約一間模特兒公司。2007年9月16日，海格爾獲得了艾美獎的最佳女配角在戲曲系列為她在Izzie史蒂文斯的作用。

6，安妮·海瑟薇

“穿普拉達的女魔頭”明星誕生於紐約布魯克林。她的主要祖先的根是愛爾蘭人。她的母親是一名演員，啟發了年輕的海瑟薇在她的後塵。她在家庭友好的電影在她早期的職業生涯出場人物，但她的第一個主要角色排在了電視連續劇“獲取真實。”作為一個女高音，她在兩場音樂會表現在卡內基音樂廳的全部-美國東部高中榮譽會員合唱團。2002年，她被任命為青少年人物周刊的25最炙手可熱的明星25歲以下的。7。勞拉Prepon

這個金發碧眼的女演員是最有名的為她唐娜Pinciotto在長期運行的福克斯喜劇秀“70年代秀”。出生於色淀，新澤西角色，她的母親是一個愛爾蘭天主教徒。五個孩子中的老三，她開始學習表演，在15歲時，她還曾在巴黎和米蘭的典範。8。凡妮莎·哈金斯

自稱從她父親的身邊愛爾蘭遺產，高中音樂明星是最有名的為她加布里埃拉蒙特茲熱播音樂系列中的角色; 她天賦的演技，唱歌，跳舞登陸了她在表演方面的作用。·哈金斯一直以來，七年級一直在家接受教育。她約會她的銀幕搭檔扎克·埃夫隆自2007年以來，在同一年，她被列為福布斯網站上，年輕的好萊塢頂級勞動報酬明星，一個9德魯·巴里摩爾德魯·巴里摩爾的好萊塢生涯長達28年。在七歲的時候，她降落在“ET外星人”去年她的登場角色，她是排名40的美心熱100雖然從來沒有高中畢業她多產的職業生涯已經跨越了將近三十年。來自愛爾蘭她的高祖父歡呼。 的女演員了各地的翡翠島客場之旅於2001年，五年後，她告訴Parade雜誌說，她喜歡在愛爾蘭的麥田裸跑！

10，海瑟·格拉漢姆

投票最有才華的她高中的高年級，愛爾蘭天主教，威斯康星州出生的女演員後來放棄了在加州大學洛杉磯分校她的演藝計劃兩年後。她繼續在電影中突出的角色，如“憤怒管理”，“不羈夜”，以及最近的“宿醉”系列電影的明星。