Hollywoodstar Jesse Eisenberg ist jetzt auch Pole

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE** Actor and director Jesse Eisenberg has been granted Polish citizenship by President Andrzej Duda, following his portrayal of PolandÂs Jewish history during World War Two in his Oscar-winning film A Real Pain. President Duda presented Eisenberg with the citizenship certificate during a ceremony at the Polish Mission to the United Nations in New York on Tuesday (04March2025). ÂI am glad that people from all over the world, from across the ocean, remember their origins  that their ancestors come from the Republic of Poland and want to be associated with our country, the President said. ÂI want to emphasise the joy not only of myself as the President of the Republic of Poland, but also of many of my compatriots, that we have a new citizen not only in Poland but also in the European Union. I congratulate you with all my heart. Eisenberg was born in Queens, New York to a Jewish family with deep ancestral ties to Poland. His maternal great-grandmother was born in Krasnystaw, while one of his paternal great-grandfathers also hailed from Poland. In 2023, he applied for Polish citizenship and became an Honorary Citizen of Krasnystaw the following year. His film A Real Pain, which he wrote, directed, and starred in, tells the story of two American cousins who travel to Poland to honour their grandmotherÂa Holocaust survivor who was based on EisenbergÂs own great aunt. The Social Network star was inspired to create A Real Pain after the death of his great aunt Doris in 2019 at the age of 106. She grew up in Poland but fled to the United States in 1938. Other members of his family who remained in Poland were killed during the Holocaust. The film earned Eisenberg an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. His co-star, Kieran Culkin, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as EisenbergÂs on-screen cousin. Speaking during the citizenship ceremony, Eisenberg reflected
    Jesse Eisenberg, links, besitzt jetzt auch die polnische Staatsangehörigkeit. © picture alliance / Cover Images / Marek Borawski / KPRP / Cover Images
    Der US-Schauspieler Jesse Eisenberg ist jetzt auch polnischer Staatsbürger. Er erhielt die Urkunde von Präsident Duda, nachdem er in seinem mit einem Oscar ausgezeichneten Film "A Real Pain" die Geschichte der jüdischen Bevölkerung während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Polen erzählt hat. Der Film handelt von zwei amerikanischen Cousins, die nach Polen reisen, um ihre Großmutter zu ehren, eine Holocaust-Überlebende. Die Filmfigur basiert auf Eisenbergs eigener Großtante. "A real pain" ist eine filmische Reise in diese Familiengeschichte. Er fühle sich emotional mit Polen und den Menschen dort verbunden, sagte Eisenberg. Deshalb habe er die Staatsbürgerschaft beantragt. Für Polen wiederum ist der Hollywoodstar eine wandelnde Imagekampagne.
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