Hayley's accent
She does do a convincing American accent.
shareShe's American.
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She's British (born in London, as the biography says). :-) However, her father is American, and so she grew up in both the US and Britain, spending summers visiting her father in America.
Even so, the accent is flawless.
Her father is American, so she's American. It's called dual citizenship.
Having an American father does not make you "American" lol
Her mother is British so she's Algo-American.
Good Lord, having one American parent does not BLOT OUT your other parent for God sakes.
Having an American father does not make you "American" lol
Legally it does. Doesn't matter if she was born in the UK.
If her father's an American citizen and met the residency requirement, she's an American.
Good Lord, having one American parent does not BLOT OUT your other parent for God sakes.
That's why it's called DUAL citizenship.
Good Lord, why do people with poor reading comprehension skills keep replying to my posts for God sakes? share
Uh, no, if she has DUAL citizen ship then she's Anglo American.
In what damn world does DUAL citizenship mean "American?" lol
Calling someone with citizenship in both Britain AND USA an "American" is just plain stupid.
What do you call someone who has just American citizenship? A peasant? lol
Talk about reading comprehension. lol
Anglo American does not designate dual citizenship, just like African American, Chinese American, Japanese American etc does not. In fact, the only citizen designation Anglo American makes is that the person is an American citizen but has a genetic makeup that traces back to the British Isles. I am Anglo American (among other genetics), but I do not have British citizenship as it was my 8x great grandparents who were British.
Even ignoring the fact that the US does not acknowledge dual citizenship, it is perfectly correct to say she is American. Jsut as it is perfectly correct to say she is British. Both are correct, just as saying she is British and American.
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I actually joined IMDB to respond to this.
A) The US does recognise dual citizenship, or at least does not require one to relinquish US citizenship to gain another or require dual citizens by birth (as this actress appears to be) to choose one or the other.
B) Accents are not genetic, nor are they purely a product of a parent's accent. My husband's accent from the north England town he was raised in does not match his parents', from the town further south they grew up in. My children have both US and UK citizenship with a parent from each country, but their accent is primarily the local southern England accent where we live. In fact, my son does a terrible American accent.
Having American citizenship and having one American parent will not automatically lead to a good American accent if one was not raised in the US.
Welcome to IMDB.
A). Just because the USA does not force a natural born American to relenquish citizenship in another country does not mean it accepts dual citizenship. That is a fallacy of thinking.
B). I made absolutely no comment one way or the other about accents. There are people who can hear something and mimic it, and there are others who hear it their whole lives and cannot.
Thank you.
A) The US does accept dual citizenship. It does not promote it but as long as individuals are allowed to hold multiple citizenships including US citizenship they are accepting it. This is a change in policy over the last few decades. As an American living abroad, this is a pretty important point to me. Additionally, as this actress would have dual citizenship from birth and such children are no longer required to choose at 18 (as was once the American policy), she likely retains dual citizenship as my own children do and will after turning 18.
B) You are correct that you did not make the claim about the accent, but it was late at night and I did not want to post twice. Native accents are, in general, confined to the location in which one is raised without serious work by those around the child. Given that and the fact she grew up predominantly in the U.K., her American accent is quite good.
An absence of active enforcement does not change policy/law. I will say that often a lack of enforcement is a precursor to policy/law change but until the policy/law are actually changed, the policy/law remains.
The USA does not recognize dual citizenship. Americans who happen to have citizenship in another country need to claim being an American in the USA or face some problems. My sister's in laws are dealing with such lack of respect for USA citizenship laws and they're from Canada. Canada accepts dual citizenship while the USA does not.
I cannot say what the problem is that your sister's in laws are facing, but the US does recognise though not encourage dual citizenship. The State Department has specific information on that on their website.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality/dual-nationality.html
Denying US citizenship or entering the US on a non-American passport are clear issues with dual citizenship. My children travel to the US regularly, entering the US on their US passports and travelling back to the UK on their British passports.
I have actually specifically asked about the issue of obtaining UK citizenship at the US Embassy in London as well. As long as I do not intend to renounce my US citizenship and continue to enter the US on a US passport, I can have both American and British citizenship.
It is possible you are correct while both the US Embassy in London and the US State Department are wrong, but more likely that you are not.