Birth name: Chelsea Vanessa Peretti
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States
Date of birth: February 20, 1978
Ethnicity:
*Italian, English (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Chelsea Peretti is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She is known for portraying Gina Linetti on the Fox comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Chelsea was born and raised in Oakland, California. Her brother, Jonah Peretti, is an internet entrepreneur, who founded Buzzfeed and co-founded The Huffington Post.
Chelsea’s father is of Italian and English descent. Chelsea’s mother is Jewish (of Russian Jewish descent).
Chelsea has said:
Our mother’s Jewish and our dad is Italian, so I think from the start, we had sort of a upbringing where we celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas. This duality was constantly present.
Chelsea’s paternal grandparents were Gino/Gene Joseph Peretti and Barbara Claire King (the daughter of Russell King and Claire Dodge).
Chelsea’s maternal grandparents were Arthur Cherkin (the son of Carl Cherkin and Frances Kanter) and Adina Mantchik (the daughter of Herz Mantchik and Gena Kooriansky). Arthur was born in Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish parents.
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