Some celebrities have made it obvious that they speak another language. Whether it is from a thick accent or speaking in another language in films or music, we can easily tell when someone is multilingual. However, there are some stars we would have never guessed spoke in anything besides their native tongue. The biggest surprise of all is when our favorite actor or musician speaks more than two languages!

Due to their cultural heritage, some stars have picked up a second language due to where their family is from. Others have found a love for language in their travels or a genuine interest in linguistics. Whatever the reason, it is impressive when a person can dedicate themselves to adding another language to their repertoire. If you needed a reason to pick up another language, these celebrities’ success is inspiring.

Take a look below at which celebrities can speak two or more languages:

• Tom Hiddleston

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  Besides English, the 'Loki' star can speak Spanish, French and Greek. The British actor has been fascinated with language since his school days and found he was gifted with the affinity of learning languages.

• Mila Kunis

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  The Ukrainian-born actress can understand and speak Russian, as she lived there until the age of seven.

• Timothée Chalamet

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  The actor, whose name is very French, speaks fluent French. He grew up speaking both French and English since his father is from France.
• Lupita Nyong’o

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  The Mexican-born actress speaks an impressive four languages: English, Spanish, Swahili and Luo.

• Sebastian Stan

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  Though he used to speak 3 languages fluently, Stan can only understand German a little now. He is fluent in English and Romanian.

• Salma Hayek

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  The Mexican-born actress can speak both English and Spanish fluently. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her daughter's father is French, so she can speak some of both of the languages.
• Bradley Cooper

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  The actor lived in France for six months and can speak French fluently. He also can speak some Italian, as his mother taught him.

• Sandra Bullock

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  Besides English, the actress can also speak German fluently. She was raised in Nuremberg, Germany and Austria, as her mother is German and her father was in the army.

• Ben Affleck

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  The actor first learned how to speak Spanish when he made his acting debut on 'The Second Voyage of the Mimi.' The show was filmed in Mexico and that's where he picked it up.
• Michelle Yeoh

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  Born in Malaysia, the actress can speak Malay, Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin and English.

• Jackie Chan

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  The actor can speak an impressive 9 languages! English, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Japanese, Korean and American Sign Language.

• Natalie Portman

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  The actress can speak a number of languages including Hebrew, German, Japanese, Spanish and French.
• Leonardo DiCaprio

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  The actor was born in Los Angeles, but he speaks German and Italian fluently. His parents are Italian and German and he spent a lot of time in Germany growing up.

• Shakira

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  The Colombian singer can speak a whopping seven different languages. She speaks Spanish, English, French, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, and Portuguese.

• Oscar Isaac

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  The Guatemalan-born actor can speak both English and Spanish.
• Celine Dion

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  The singer is fluent in both English and French. However, she has sung in languages including Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese and Mandarin.

• Hugh Jackman

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  The Wolverine actor is fluent in French and Spanish.

• Dua Lipa

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  Dua Lipa is bilingual and speaks both English and Albanian due to her heritage.
• Bruno Mars

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  The Hawaiian-born singer can speak both English and Spanish.

• Lady Gaga

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  The musician can speak both English and French fluently. Though she knows some Italian words and phrases, she isn't fluent in the language.

• Phil Collins

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  The musician can speak four languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. He even sang and recorded the entire 'Tarzan' soundtrack in all of the aforementioned languages.
• Selena Gomez

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  The singer can speak both English and Spanish. Her Spanish was more fluent as she was growing up and some of it has faded away.

• Jodie Foster

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  The actress is fluent in English, Italian and French. She can also speak Spanish and German.

• SZA

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  The singer can speak both English and Spanish. She can understand Portuguese and Italian, a little bit of French, and some German from her mother (who is also multilingual).
• Gwyneth Paltrow

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  The actress is fluent in English and Spanish. She lived in Spain as a teenager and fell in love with the language.

• Anya Taylor-Joy

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  Though she was born in Florida, Anya's parents raised her in Argentina until she was 6 years old and speaks fluent Spanish. She learned English when they moved to London by watching 'School of Rock,' 'Harry Potter,' and 'Jumanji,'

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