Date of Birth: October 12, 2002
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Irish (three eighths), one quarter Scottish, one quarter Finnish, one eighth German
Iris Apatow is an American actress. Her roles include the films Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40, Sausage Party, The Bubble (2022), and Young Werther, the shows Love, Unstable, and Tell Me Lies, and the music video for “Bad Idea Right?”
She is the daughter of actress and comedian Leslie Mann and director, writer, producer, and comedian Judd Apatow. Her sister is actress and filmmaker Maude Apatow.
Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish. Her mother is of three eighths Irish, one eighth German, one quarter Scottish, and one quarter Finnish, descent.
Iris’s paternal grandfather is Maury Apatow (the son of Leo Apatow and Belle Spivak). Maury was a real estate developer. Leo was born in New York, the son of Morris Apatow and Mary, who were from Kiev, Ukraine. Belle was born in Russia, the daughter of Jacob Spivak and Sadie Reichman.
Iris’s paternal grandmother is named Tamara Shad (the daughter of Robert Abraham/Aba “Bob” Shad and Molly). Robert was a record producer and label owner, who founded Time Records, Brent Records, and Mainstream Records. He was born Abraham Shadrinsky in New York, the son of Jewish emigrants from Vitebsk Province, Belarus, Russian Empire, Charles Shadrinsky and Tillie Monisoff/Monosow. Iris’s great-grandmother Molly appeared in her father’s film This Is 40 (2012), playing the grandmother of Paul Rudd’s character.
Iris’s maternal grandfather was Richard Hand (the son of Thomas Edward Hand and Kathryn Jane Schneider). Mann is the surname of Maude’s mother’s stepfather. Thomas was the son of Irish parents, John Hand, who was from Caven; and Lillian, who was from Limerick. Iris’s great-grandmother Kathryn was born in New York, the daughter of Laurence/Lawrence R. Schneider, who was of German descent; and of May/Mae Ellen Gilmartin, who was of Irish ancestry.
Iris’s maternal grandmother was Janet Hamilton (the daughter of Thomas Hamilton and Sadie Heljä/Hilya Viola Räsänen). Thomas was born in Scotland, the son of John Hamilton and Jeanette Prichard. Sadie was born in Michigan, to Finnish parents, John Peter Räsänen and Anna Marie Matilda Jokela.
Source: Genealogy of Iris Apatow – https://www.geni.com
Iris’s maternal great-grandmother, Kathryn Jane Schneider, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Iris’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Laurence/Lawrence R. Schneider, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Iris’s maternal great-great-grandmother, May/Mae Ellen Gilmartin, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Iris’s maternal great-grandmother, Sadie Heljä/Hilya Viola Räsänen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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