Last week, “Star Wars” actress Kelly Marie Tran wrote a piece in the New York Times about how racist comments directed at her on Instagram led her to delete her old posts and leave the platform. She ...

At the beginning of every school year, I repeat the pronunciation of my name about 100 times, correcting my colleagues and professors: “It’s Sung-hay.” (Even this is a scaffolded version of my name; ...

Below are 15 actors who Anglicized their names on the way to stardom. Each entry notes the birth name, the name they took, and verifiable context for why or how the change happened—because behind ...