Granting of Polish citizenship to Jesse EisenbergCredit: Marek Borowski/Polish President’s Office
Tracing his history back to Poland, popular Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg was granted Polish citizenship on March 4 by President Duda during an official visit to the USA.
Star of many blockbuster movies, including playing Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network his semi-autobiographic latest film, A Real Pain in Poland saw him returning to the country of origin of his Jewish ancestors alongside Kieran Culkin, who days before won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in that film.
Eisenberg made it known that he wanted to reconnect with Poland and applied for citizenship several months ago whilst filming A Real Pain in Poland and this is possible as the USA has no regulations concerning dual citizenship.
Jesse Eisenberg granted Polish citizenship in New York ceremony
Granting Eisenberg citizenship during the ceremony held at the Polish delegation to the UN in New York President Duda said: “I am glad that people from around the world, from across the ocean, remember their origins and want to connect with our country.”
Whilst in New York as part of a five day trip to the USA, President Andrzej Duda held meetings with officials from Westinghouse/Bechtel (chosen to kick start Poland’s introduction of nuclear power generation) the UN General Assembly, and representatives of the media, concluding with Eisenberg’s citizenship ceremony.
Jesse Eisenberg granted Polish citizenship as he traces ancestors back hundreds of years
In the lead up to the granting of citizenship, Eisenberg explained his reasons and In May 2024, he told Polish broadcaster TVN, “I feel that the history of Jews and Poles was intertwined, and I think this is misrepresented by a lot of American Jews… I would like to help repair Polish-Jewish relations.”
Later, in November 2024, he told TVP World, “The way I think about it is this: my family lived in Poland for hundreds of years. They lived in New York for about 80 years. And yet our lives in New York has been a blip, and our lives in Poland have been quite a long thing, so for me, it feels very natural that I should try to connect back to where we came from.”
