Birth Name: Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston
Place of Birth: Epsom, United Kingdom
Date of Birth: March 11, 1963
Ethnicity:
*English (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (paternal great-great-grandmother)
*German (mother)
Alex Kingston is an English actress. She was married to English actor Ralph Fiennes. She is the daughter of Anthony Kingston, an English butcher, and Margaretha Renneisen, who is of German origin.
Alex’s paternal grandmother was Helen Keevil (the daughter of William Keevil, a soldier, and Helen Fleming.)
On an episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, Alex traced her ancestry back to a family with the last name ‘Braham’, derived from the last name ‘Abraham’. One of Alex’s ancestors was Elizabeth Braham, a brothel keeper, who was of Jewish heritage.
Sources: Episode of Alex’s appearance on The BBC One Show, ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ – https://www.youtube.com
An article about Alex’s Jewish background – http://www.thejc.com
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