The real celebrity birth names you don't expect.
In the entertainment world, you know, there is a lot of creativity and imagination. There are also many stage names, which singers, actors, models and celebrities of all kinds have chosen to replace their birth name. How come? Sometimes this is done to use a more "marketable" name, which sounds better. Other times you do not want to give resonance to the surname that you wear for various reasons.
From Marylin Monroe to Olivia Wilde, from Katy Perry to Gigi Hadid: these are the stars whose birth names are not what you thought they were.
Katy Perry, is the pseudonym of Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, real name of the American singer-songwriter and actress.
Marilyn Monroe, whose real name is Norma Jeane Mortenson Baker, is among the most famous women in the history of cinema.
Olivia Jane Cockburn is the real name of the American actress, director and film producer.
Woody Allen, pseudonym of Heywood Allen, born Allan Stewart Königsberg is one of the main and most famous protagonists of contemporary cinema.
Peter Gene Hernandez is the real name of the American singer-songwriter and producer.
The American actress took off the first two original names of Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon.
Lorde is the pseudonym of the New Zealand singer-songwriter with Croatian citizenship Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O' Connor.
The American supermodel has shortened her original name Jelena Noura Hadid.
The talented actress has Israeli origins and originally her name is Natalie Hershlag.