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The designation of white refers to actresses of European descent and covers everyone from tall, fair-haired northern European types like Elizabeth Banks, Bridget Marquardt, and Ali Larter to bronze-skinned brunettes of Mediterranean extraction like beauties Marisa Tomei and Angelina Jolie to ladies of the Jewish diaspora like Natalie Portman and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Some white women come from surprising places. The L Word star and real-life lesbian Leisha Hailey was born in Japan, and ’60s babe Julie Christie hails from India.