24 Celebrities You Would Never Guess Are Actually Black

21. Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie’s biggest claim to fame may just be that she was incredibly dumb and naïve on the hit show ¬¬The Simple Life but she does have an interesting back story. She is actually the daughter of Peter Michael Escovedo and has Afro-Mexican and Latino as her heritage. Her father was a musician who played back up for Lionel Richie and the singer ended up adopting Nicole.