Shelley Stevens and Avner Hershlag
Actress Natalie Portman’s father, Avner Hershlag was a fertility doctor from Israel. While her mother, Shelley Stevens, was an artist who later became her daughter’s agent. Her parents moved from Jerusalem, Israel, when Portman was just a child. Once she became a Hollywood star, she used her paternal grandmother’s maiden name of Portman as her last name.
Fausto Aguilera and Shelly Fidler
Musician Christina Aguilera is the daughter of Fausto Aguilera, a former army sergeant who was so hot-tempered that her mother, Shelly Fidler took Aguilera and her sister and left. But the music star can thank her mother’s musical talent for inspiring her. Fidler was an experienced pianist and violinist.
