Birth Name: Stella Madrid Schnabel
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 28, 1983
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Belgian (mother)
Stella Schnabel is an American actress.
Stella is the daughter of clothing designer Jacqueline (Beaurang) and painter/filmmaker Julian Schnabel. Stella’s father is Jewish. Stella’s mother was born in Belgium, and is fluent in French.
Stella’s siblings are art curator Vito Schnabel and actress/director Lola Schnabel, and her half-siblings are actors Olmo Schnabel and Cy Schnabel, and Shooter Sandhed Schnabel.
Stella’s sister Lola has stated, “Milan is actually very underrated; it’s a bit like Antwerp, which is where my mother and my grandmother are from. It’s easy to work there and get things done”.
Stella’s paternal grandparents were Jacob “Jack” Schnabel and Esta/Estha/Esther Greenberg (the daughter of Julius Greenberg and Sadie). Jacob was born in Czechoslovakia. Esther was born in New York, to parents from Romania.
Sources: Stella’s paternal grandfather on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Stella’s paternal grandmother on the 1930 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Stella’s paternal grandmother – http://www.legacy.com