Celebrities who go by different names in their private lives

See what names these celebrities use with their friends…

1. Anne Hathaway

The world knows Anne Hathaway Although she was called Anne when she was still a teenager, no one ever called her Anne in private. Instead, everyone called her Annie. Looking back, she says she'd been called that nickname her whole life, but when it came time to get her SAG card, she thought it was time to use her official name. She never expected the world to call her Anne instead of Annie.

“It seemed like the right choice, but I never thought that for the rest of my life people would call me 'Ann'. The only person who calls me 'Ann' is my mom. And the only time she calls me that is when she's really upset. Really upset. Every time I'm out in public and someone calls me by my name, I think they're going to yell at me,” she said. The Tonight Show.

2. Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen Though she is sometimes referred to by her full name when in the spotlight, most of her friends and family seem to call her Lizzy. In interviews, her co-stars often refer to her as Lizzy, and she herself has used the same nickname when speaking to publications. In fact, she told Marie Claire in 2014 that she would prefer to be called Lizzy, and in 2022 she introduced herself as Lizzy to a reporter from Harper's Bazaar.

3. Emma Stone

Emma Stone Since she started working in Hollywood, she has faced a similar problem to Anne Hathaway. She prefers to be called by her real name, Emily, but because her real name was already registered with the Screen Actors Guild, she decided to go by Emma. She says most people around her call her Emily or “M,” and she's happy that her fans call her that, too.

“I changed it to Emma because it's closer to Emily, but most people who know me well call me 'M,'” she told W magazine. “But I miss Emily. I want her back.”

4. Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle She may have had many formal titles since her marriage. Prince Harry But to her friends and family, she's just Meg: When longtime friend and makeup artist Daniel Martin showed up to the royal wedding, he asked Meg what he should call her, and she replied that she'd always be Meg.

“I asked her, 'Do I bow to you? I don't mean to disrespect you, but [you] “I was like, 'It's been Meg for almost 10 years. What's going on?' And she started laughing and said, 'I'm always Meg. Meg,'” he told People magazine.

5. Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock She has an easy-going relationship with friends and family and prefers to be called by her nickname Sandy. In an interview, she said Lost City Co-star Daniel Radcliffe The actress asked to be called Sandy on set, but he said he had a hard time getting used to her nickname.

“She also wanted you to call her 'Sandy,' which was a big mental hurdle for me, because I was like, 'But you're Sandra Bullock, I can't call you Sandy,'” he said. The Kelly Clarkson Show.

6. Allison Williams

Allison Williams She says that her family has nicknamed her “Mouse” all her life, a nickname that comes from when her parents used to read her bedtime stories about mice when she was a little girl, and eventually everyone in her family started calling her “Mouse.”

“My parents would tell me this story every night before I went to bed, and at first they would list a bunch of animal names, and the last one was a mouse,” Alison said on The Drew Barrymore Show. “As time went on, they got more and more bored with the pattern of animal names, so they just stuck with the mouse, and so it became 'A Mouse and Alison Went on a Picnic,' and then it became 'A Mouse,' and I've been 'A Mouse' ever since.”

7. Load

Most fans know Load She uses a stage name, which she chose because in her teens she didn't think her real name expressed her as a performer well enough, but as she got older she says she much prefers being called by her real name, Ella.

“I want to be called Ella. I basically chose Lorde because I wanted a name that was really strong and commanding. I never thought my real name was anything special. I always liked the idea of ​​having an alias that was just one name,” she told ABC News Radio.

8. Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris He also uses the stage name Calvin instead of his real name, Adam, and has previously said that he chose his stage name because it was “racially ambiguous,” though he has said that in his private life, none of his friends would ever call him Calvin.

“Nobody calls me Calvin,” he was once quoted as saying. “It's awful, and it's not my real name. You can call me Mr. Blobby. Early in my career, I was open to people meeting me for the first time. It was a kind of nickname…[When a girlfriend called me Calvin] I thought, 'Sorry, this is ridiculous. You're talking to my alter-ego.'”

9. Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie Margot has been called Maggot by her friends for most of her life. Fans first learned the nickname when a friend called the actress Maggot on the red carpet. Margot later explained that the nickname came from a teacher accidentally mispronouncing her name when she was a child, and it stuck.

“That was my nickname at school when I was maybe 6 or something,” she said. project“I think a substitute teacher mispronounced my name during roll call or something and called me a maggot and everyone laughed. It's the kind of thing you hope will go away by lunchtime, but that's the way it is.”

10. Siza

Siza She may be known by her stage name to her millions of fans, but her real name is Solana. But that's not what her friends call her! She says that those closest to her call her Sos. In fact, that's one of the reasons she named her album SOS.

“My friends call me 'Sos' for short. [it’s] “She's like Solana, only shorter and cuter,” SZA told Hot 97.

11. Olivia Colman

many Olivia Colman Fans may not know that she uses a stage name. She was actually given the name Sarah, but when she got into showbiz, that name was already taken by the actors' union. Instead, she chose Olivia, the name of a friend from college. She says it wasn't a big deal for her, since her family and friends had always nicknamed her Corrie.

“I was never called Sarah, I was always called by my nickname Corrie so not being called Sarah didn't seem such a terrible thing,” she told The Independent.