immigrants from Belarus and Poland; grandfather's surname was "Paltrowicz" Annie Parisse (born 1975), actress; father of part Polish descent James Penzi (born 1952), playwright, screenwriter, poet; mother is Polish Kinga Philipps (born 1976), actress/producer Janelle Pierzina (born 1980), contestant on the sixth and All-Star seasons of the American version of the CBS reality show Big Brother Mary Kay Place (born 1947), actress and singer; Polish maternal great-grandmother Natalie Portman (born 1981), actress, part-Polish Jewish descent Stefanie Powers (born 1942), actress and singer; mother was of Polish descent Beata Pozniak (born 1960), Polish-born actress, film director, painter, fashion model and activist who is now based out of the United States (Babylon 5, JFK) Robert Prosky (1930–2008), TV and film actor (Hill Street Blues) Danny Pudi (born 1979), TV actor; mother is of Polish descent Maggie Q (born 1979), model and actress (Nikita, Mission: Impossible III, Die Hard 4.0); father is of Irish and Polish descent Jack Quaid (born 1992), actor; maternal grandfather of Polish ancestry John Ratzenberger (born 1947), TV actor (Cheers), mother was of Polish descent Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer, and activist for disability causes; paternal grandmother of Polish descent Scott Rogowsky (born 1984), comedian and the primary host of HQ Trivia. Eli Roth (born 1972), film director, producer, writer and actor, of Polish Jewish, Russian Jewish, and Austrian Jewish descent Ronda Rousey (born 1987), MMA fighter and actress; of part Polish descent Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor, of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent Amy Ryan (born 1969), actress, born Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski; of part Polish descent Meg Ryan (born 1961), née Hyra, actress, Polish ancestry on her father's side Thomas Sadoski (born 1976), actor; paternal grandfather is of Polish descent Jonathan Sadowski (born 1979), actor of Polish and Italian descent Pat Sajak (born 1946, née Patrick Sajdak), host of the popular and long-running television game show Wheel of Fortune Fred Savage (born 1976), actor (The Wonder Years), of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director; father was of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent Liev Schreiber (born 1967), film and stage actor, mother is of Polish Jewish descent Chloë Sevigny (born 1974), film actress and model; mother is of Polish descent Atticus Shaffer (born 1998), actor; maternal grandmother, Wanda Mary Jankowski, of Polish descent Casey Siemaszko (born 1961), film/television actor, Polish father Nina Siemaszko (born 1970), film/television actress, Polish