One of the most popular posts here on the blog is this one right here , highlighting a handful of Formula One drivers who are multilingual. I wrote that post way back in 2014, and decided it was time to shed a little light on some multilingual famous folk who don’t drive fast cars for a living. Today it’s the turn of actors who speak foreign languages. Enjoy!

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is a bit of a machine when it comes to language learning. As well as English, she speaks conversational French, German, Spanish and Japanese, and being a native of Isreal, she speaks Hebrew too as you can see in this video.

Salma Hayek

I couldn’t find much video proof but the internet claims that Salma Hayek speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese and Arabic. Her daughter is also apparently tri-lingual!

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Cillian Murphy

As well as English, Cillian Murphy can speak French and Irish!

Audrey Hepburn

Wow! I was amazed when I found out about this one! Audrey Hepburn spoke a whopping 5 languages! This video demonstrates her talent…

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Penelope Cruz

We all know Penelope Cruz speaks Spanish and English, but did you know she also speaks French? AND Italian as you can see in this video.

Edward Norton

Edward Norton speaks French and Spanish. But that’s not all. He spent some time in his youth in Japan and speaks Japanese pretty well too!

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Sarah Chalke

The Scrubs actress went to school speaking French and then German after school as she explains in this video. Wow!

Tom Hiddleston

This guy is impressive! He speaks French fluently, Spanish, Greek, Italian, and has a go at lots of other languages in this video!

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Jodie Foster

Here is Jodie Foster speaking French. Her accent is incredible! The internet also claims that she speaks Italian, German and Spanish too.

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Is there anyone else I’ve missed off the list? Let me know in the comments!