US actor Jesse Eisenberg gets Polish citizenship

Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship after 'A Real Pain,' set in Poland, wins Oscar

Eisenberg, who directed and starred in the Oscar-winning film about Jewish heritage and the Holocaust, said filming in Poland deepened his connection to his family's past and inspired him to seek citizenship

Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship after ‘A Real Pain,’ set in Poland, wins Oscar

(JTA) — An Oscar for “A Real Pain” wasn’t Jesse Eisenberg’s only win this week — he also received citizenship in Poland, where he filmed the movie about reckoning with one’s family’s Holocaust history. Polish president Andrzej Duda handed citizenship to Eisenberg at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday. “I am pleased that people from around the world remember their origins, that their ancestors came from Poland, and want to connect with our country…

Actor Jesse Eisenberg Now a Citizen of Poland

Jesse Eisenberg has received what he calls "an honor of a lifetime:" Polish citizenship. The American actor, writer, and director—a great-nephew of a woman who fled Poland for the US amid Nazi rule—received the honor from Polish President Andrzej Duda at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday,...

Jesse Eisenberg granted Polish citizenship for work on his film

"Something so obvious occurred to me, which is that my family had lived in this place for far longer than we lived in New York,” Eisenberg said.

US actor Jesse Eisenberg granted Polish citizenship after directing A Real Pain - The Jewish Chronicle

The A Real Pain star hopes to ‘create better relationships between Jews and Polish people’

Jesse Eisenberg ‘honoured’ after being granted Polish citizenship

Jesse Eisenberg has officially become a citizen of Poland after his film set in the country, A Real Pain, won an Oscar on Sunday.