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Since Mila Kunis played sassy teenager Jackie Burkhart on "That '70s Show," she has become a familiar name in Hollywood. Now, she is happily married to former co-star Ashton Kutcher and a mother of two children.
The 34-year-old actress is known for her roles in comedies like "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," "Ted," and "Bad Moms." You also can catch her in the new comedy "The Spy Who Dumped Me," alongside "Saturday Night Live" star Kate McKinnon.
From the franchise she's obsessed with to the creative way she used to make money, here are several things you might not know about Kunis. Kunis left the Ukraine and came to America with her family in 1991 — and they only had $250.
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Kunis, who comes from a Jewish family, traveled to the US at 7 years old with her parents, brother, and grandparents.
In 2008, she told Ellen DeGeneres that her grandmother would accompany her to school and bring candy so Kunis could make friends with other students.
Speaking to Glamour magazine in 2016, Kunis added that her parents hustled to provide for the family, "but growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser than any other kids."
Her first acting job was in a Barbie commercial for a toy that was never released.
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"It was called a camping Barbie and I don't think that Barbie ever came out, but I did the commercial for it," Kunis explained.
She also appeared in a commercial for a glitter hair doll, and said that she loved those gigs because she got to keep the Barbies.
Contrary to popular belief, she did not learn English from watching "The Price Is Right."
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Kunis has admitted it's her fault that people believe she learned the language from a game show.
"I made a statement when I was 14 that is going to haunt me the rest of my life about how I used to watch 'The Price Is Right' when I was learning English," Kunis told Parade. "It just happened to be on TV before I went to school. It wasn't something I was consciously aware of."
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