Why are celebrities so fascinating to us? Is it envy, jealousy, or just plain interesting? When it comes to the children of the rich and famous, we assume that they're destined for the same level of success—but these famous familiar faces may surprise you with how they ended up...
Violet Affleck
Violet Affleck is the oldest child in the Affleck family. She has two siblings younger than her, Seraphina and Samuel. These kids were born in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Their parents, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, are now separated. However, the daughter appears to be on fairly good terms with both of her guardians.
Garner doesn't think they have an unusual life. "We're a lot like most families, I would imagine. Just being together during my time off and having fun," she said of the relationship with her daughters and son. "I love [our] laughter. Family is very important to me." Violet has been spotted hanging out with her father's most recent partner, Knives Out actress Ana de Armas.
Marcus Jordan
NBA legend Michael Jordan is famous for being one of the most prolific basketball players of any generation. His son was just like him and began playing the sport from a young age. Michael's son, Marcus, grew up to take after his father in more ways than one. He ended up playing college basketball for the UCF Knights.
At the time, UCF had a five-year contract with the sports brand Adidas, but Marcus Jordan insisted on wearing the brand's rival, Nike. The reason was the brand had Air Jordans, which he wanted to wear out of loyalty for his father. This led Adidas to eventually end the sponsorship. These days, Marcus runs the online shoe store "Trophy Room."
Bindi Irwin
Bindi Irwin is the only daughter of the now-deceased Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin, who currently operates the Australia Zoo. Bindi was actually named after her father's favorite female crocodile at the Australia Zoo. Bindi means "young girl" in the Nyungar language, according to the late croc-show host. He is dearly missed...
Bindi, like her famous father, has become a zoologist and television personality. She is also a noted conservationist. In July 2019, she became engaged to Chandler Powell, a professional wakeboarder from Florida, USA. The pair actually first met in 2013 at the Australia Zoo. Chandler and Bindi were quietly married in March 2020 before the pandemic.
Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson is the daughter of celebrities Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. After a brief film debut at the young age of ten, Johnson was discouraged from pursuing an acting career by her parents, hoping she would wait until she finished high school. Once Johnson completed high school, she applied to Juilliard, but she was rejected having covered a Radiohead song.
In 2015, Johnson was cast as Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey film adaptation, her first leading role. When asked about her take on gender regarding the role, Johnson said, "I completely disagree with people who think Ana's weak. I think she's actually stronger than he is. Everything she does is her choice. And if I can be an advocate for women to do what they want to do with their bodies and not be ashamed of what they want, then I'm all for that."
Chet Hanks
The son of A-lister Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson is often painted as the odd one out in his famous family. Chet has been in the spotlight for his repeated drug abuse issues that plague his livelihood. In 2015, when Hanks was going by the alias "Chet Haze" for his rap career, he took to Instagram Live to share his struggles with thousands of followers...
Chet didn't hold back on his problems. "A couple of months ago I was selling coke until I couldn't even snort it up to my nose anymore because it was so clogged," Chet told his fans. "I even smoked crack. If I can change, you can change. There is a solution." Since the birth of Chet's daughter in 2016, 29-year-old has been clean as a whistle.
Maude Apatow
Maude Apatow began acting at the age of 7—which is no surprise, considering that she's the daughter of Hollywood's favorite filmmaker, Judd Apatow, as well as actress Leslie Mann. The young girl made a name for herself playing the cute daughter of her mother's characters in films Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40, all directed by her dad.
Maude earned her place in the industry though. Soon, she snagged a spot on 2012's Forbes "30 Under 30" list for her acting work as well as her contributions to Zooey Deschanel's website Hello Giggles as an interviewer and writer. Recently, she has had roles on Euphoria as well as her father and Pete Davidson's 2020 comedy-drama The King of Staten Island, both earning her high acclaim.
Sosie Bacon
Does anyone want to try six degrees of Kevin Bacon with this kid? Sosie Bacon's first role was playing little 10-year-old Emily in Loverboy (2005), which was directed by her dad, Kevin Bacon. At first, her father and mother, Kyra Sedgwick, were determined to keep Sosie from acting. Kevin put her in Loverboy to "[get] it out of her system."
However, Sosie definitely did not get it out of her system She caught the acting bug, unfortunately for Kevin. To her mother's dismay, Sosie briefly joined the cast of The Closer. She enrolled at Brown University and later embarked on finding a more consistent acting career, starring in roles on hits like 13 Reasons Why and Narcos: Mexico.
Simone Johnson
Simone Alexandra Johnson is the child of celebrity actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Simone is the daughter of Johnson and his ex-wife Dany Garcia. The two separated amicably a few years after their daughter was born. Johnson's little girl followed in his wrestling footsteps, becoming the youngest person in history to sign with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
At only 18, the wrestling legend's eldest daughter is on the right track to becoming the first fourth-generation WWE superstar—Simone's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all members of the company. Although Simone might feel as though she has big shoes to fill, her family publicly expressed that her wrestling journey is all her own.
Francesca Eastwood
Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher, was an innocent little girl...until one stunt put under the microscope. In 2012, Eastwood appeared on a short-lived reality television series known as Mrs. Eastwood & Company. During one of the first episodes, Eastwood and her now-ex-boyfriend Tyler Shields got into some trouble...
The duo was filmed burning a $100,000 Hermès Birkin bag during a photoshoot, just for a pretty cool picture. People were angry, to put it mildly. The duo received hate and death threats as well as other negative attention. "People spend $200,000 on an album cover, they spend millions on catering for movies, they spent money to create things—that is all I am doing with this," Shields said.
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Kravitz is the daughter of famed actress Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz. The actress has appeared in a number of blockbuster productions such as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Batman. She most recently starred on the HBO series Big Little Lies and High Fidelity. Her career grows more successful every year.
Kravitz is doing pretty well as an actress, but she's not just another pretty face. The famous kid is a model and musician as well. She has been the face of both YSL Beauté and Tiffany & Co. since 2017. She also fronts the band Lolawolf, which has opened for artists like Lily Allen and Miley Cyrus and is very well received by fans. She really is her father's daughter...
Ava Phillippe
You might want to look twice because this isn't just a throwback photo of Reese Witherspoon. Her daughter, Ava Philippe is the spitting image of the Legally Blonde actress. She may look young here, but the 20-year-old has since blossomed into a classic beauty, just like her mother!
Ava, who looks almost indistinguishable from her mom, is a student at UC Berkeley. Not only that, but she's already finished her freshman year! Reese revealed to Ellen DeGeneres that she took her daughter's departure harder than expected: "I might have gone into her empty room, laid down on her bed and cried when she went to college."
Zelda Williams
Zelda Williams is the daughter of Marsha Garces Williams and the late comedy legend Robin Williams. Zelda made her acting debut at the age of 5 and has made her way in the film industry to become an actress, director, producer, and writer. Her namesake, The Legend of Zelda series, has led her to become a big fan of video games today.
Several years after her father's passing, Zelda opened up about her feelings regarding the loss, which had been ruled a suicide. "I live my sadness every day, but I don't resent it anymore," she said. "Instead, I do it now so that the wonderful moments of joy I do find are not in order to forget, but to inhabit and enjoy for their own sake."
Georgia May Jagger
Georgia May Jagger was born in London to her famous parents, supermodel Jerry Hall and the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger. LIttle girl Jagger has three siblings from her parents and several half-siblings from their previous relationships. She took after her model mother and began her impressive modeling career in the early 2000s.
Jagger has been on the runway for a number of big-name brands like Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Balmain, and Miu Miu. Jagger is known for the iconic gap in her front teeth, which she doesn't intend to fix. "It's good for people to realize that everyone is human," she said. "I still worry I'm going to look weird as I get older. I'll be a weird old woman with scary teeth."
Alexa Rae Joel
Alexa Ray Joel is the daughter of singer Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley. Joel followed in her father's footsteps and became a singer-songwriter and pianist. She had the same passion in her heart for putting her feelings into beautiful lyrics and has since become quite an artist...
Alexa Ray Joel's middle name isn't just cool, it's actually a homage. It is an ode to her father's deceased friend Ray Charles, with whom he recorded "Baby Grand." Billy Joel wrote the 1993 song "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" for his daughter and claims that it is his favorite song that he's ever written. Apparently, Piano Man has nothing on his girl!
Frances Bean Cobain
Frances Bean Cobain is the daughter of controversial Hole frontwoman Courtney Love and the late frontman of super grunge group Nirvana, Kurt Cobain. Her unique name is an homage to Frances McKee, the guitarist for the band The Vaselines. After the death of her father, little Cobain was raised solely by Love, as well as some aunts and Kurt's mother.
These days, Cobain has become a successful visual artist and cover girl, appearing in high-profile magazines like Elle and Harper's Bazaar. She even debuted a collection of her own artwork under the pseudonym "Fiddle Tim." Cobain acted as the executive producer of her HBO movie about her late father's life, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck.
John Lowe
John Lowe is an exact duplicate of his famed father, Rob Lowe. Lowe, now 25, previously struggled with addiction. He celebrated two years sober this year, offering this hopeful message on Instagram: "Making the decision to change your life is difficult at any age, but as a young person I hope that I can be a small example that it is possible and that things really do get SO MUCH BETTER."
Alexandra Hoffman
Alexandra "Ali" Hoffman is the daughter of actor Dustin Hoffman but she tends to keep her image out of the limelight. She had previously dated Jonah Hill, but their relationship wasn't meant to be. The duo is forever memorialized in James Franco's film, Why Him? Franco revealed that Hill and Hoffman's romance was the inspiration for the flick...
Ava Sambora
Ava Sambora is the daughter of actress Heather Locklear and legendary Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. She recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Ava's mother recently celebrated one year of sobriety and cited her beloved only daughter as a pillar of support for her. You go girls!
Lily Sastry
Lily Sastry, formerly known as Lily Atkinson, is the daughter of famous comedian Rowan Atkinson (yes, he's Mr. Bean) and Sunetra Sastry. Sastry has made a name for herself as a burlesque performer. You probably won't catch her in the tabloids anytime soon, as she tends to stay away from the limelight.
Liv Freundlich
Liv Freundlich is the daughter of actress Julianne Moore. She graduated from high school recently, and her mother is very proud. Julianne and her husband, Bart Freundlich, parent both Liv and their 22-year-old son Caleb. While Liv tends to stay away from the public eye, she has appeared in a few flicks such as The Rebound and Trust the Man.
Joseph Baena
Joseph Baena is the son of former California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger and his ex-housekeeper, Mildred Baena. Scandalously in 2011, the news broke that the actor had a secret affair which resulted in a son, permanently ending his marriage to Maria Shriver after more than 2 decades years. After the birth, Schwartzenegger did his best to stay close to his son.
Taylor Cranston
Taylor Dearden Cranston, professionally known as Taylor Dearden, is the daughter of Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston and his wife, Robin Gale Dearden. Taylor is best known for both her role as Ophelia in the MTV series Sweet/Vicious and as Chloe Lyman in the second season of the Netflix mockumentary series American Vandal, which received great reviews.
Rafferty Law
Rafferty Law is quite the stud, and he likely got his good looks from his famous father, Jude Law. The 23-year-old son and model was recently highlighted on the cover of Wonderland Magazine. Alongside Michael Caine, Lena Headey, and Rita Ora, he will be starring as the titular Oliver Twist in Twist, the latest Charles Dickinson adaptation.
Lucy DeVito
Lucy Chet DeVito is not just an accomplished actress in her own right...she's also the daughter of world-renowned actors Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito. Lucy is also a producer, known for her work on shows like Deadbeat, Leaves of Grass, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She shares her parents' shorter size, standing at only 4'11".
Cassidy Gifford
Cassidy Gifford is the beautiful daughter of the beloved television personality Kathie Lee Gifford and former football player Frank Gifford. She was first noticed by the industry back in 2005 when she appeared on That's So Raven. She has continued her acting career since. Gifford recently married Ben Wierda, her best friend since the age of 11.
Connor Cruise
When Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were married, things were pretty rough between the two of them. However, they wanted to create a family and thus adopted two children together: Isabella Jane and Connor Antony. Connor, now grown, tends to stay behind the scenes, but he did make an acting debut in both Seven Pounds and Red Dawn.
Dominik Cristina García-Lorido
Dominik García-Lorido is the oldest child of Andy García. She first started on the silver screen back in 2005, appearing alongside her famous father in the film The Lost City, which her father also directed. García-Lorido continued to pursue a career in acting and was included in several episodes of TV's Mr. Robot, receiving widespread acclaim for her work.
Dylan Penn
Dylan Frances Penn is the daughter of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright. Penn is very talented and drop-dead gorgeous, so it makes sense that she has gone on to pursue a successful acting and modeling career. For the most part, Penn stays out of the public eye, leading a fun and carefree celebrity life alongside her closest friends and family.
Earvin "EJ" Johnson III
Earvin "EJ" Johnson III was born to Magic Johnson in 1992. The young star has made quite a name for himself. Johnson was raised in the Pentecostal Christian faith, but he came out as gay at the age of 17. Upon this reveal, he left the church and started living authentically. EJ has made a name for himself as an influencer, socialite, and TV personality.
Gia Mantegna
Gia Mantegna is the daughter of Arlene Vrhel and actor Joe Mantegna. Mantegna took her many gifts to the industry of film television, where she portrayed a variety of roles, such as Gina in 13 Going On 30 and Devin Levin on The Middle. She also had a recurring role on the program Criminal Minds over several seasons.
Hayley Hasselhoff
Hayley Hasselhoff is the daughter of actor/former governor David Hasselhoff and Pamela Beach. She is an actress and plus-sized model. She starred as Amber on the ABC Family series Huge. She attempted to compete in The X Factor: Celebrity in October of 2019, but she was sadly voted off at only the audition stage.
Lily Mo Sheen
Lily Mo Sheen is the only daughter of actors Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen. Beckinsale and Sheen split at the beginning of 2003 and have divided their daughter between households ever since. Lily Mo Sheen has acted in three movies—Everybody's Fine, Click, and Underworld: Evolution—all of which also feature her mother.
Ireland Baldwin
Alec Baldwin's daughter is now officially taller than him, adding possible tension to their strained relationship. The model, music DJ, and influential activist Ireland Baldwin stands at 6'2". Baldwin is an advocate for animal rights and posed for PETA exactly 24 years after her own mother did the same. She and her father have had a publicly difficult relationship...
Brooklyn Beckham
Brooklyn Beckham is one of the model sons of celebrity power couple David and Victoria Beckham. He recently became engaged to Nicola Peltz, an actress from America. Brooklyn briefly studied photography in college and began modeling shortly after in 2014. In 2018, he lost much of his fanbase due to an onslaught of discriminatory posts on Instagram.
Sistine Stallone
Sistine Stallone is the daughter of the Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone. She has only starred in one film thus far, 2019's 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. To be fair, she's totally switched career paths. Stallone signed over to IMG models back in the year 2016 and made the cover of Elle Russia in November 2017. She's been thriving ever since...
Hailie Jade Scott Mathers
If you listened to rap music in the 2000s, you know that Eminem had a daughter he loved dearly. HIs child, Hailie, watched her father and mother go through hard times. After a long on-again, off-again relationship with Hailie's mother, Kim, the parents settled on joint custody of Hailie. Hailie is very close to her dad, who often says she is his "proudest achievement."
Lorraine Nicholson
Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard have a daughter together named Lorraine. Lorraine took on a handful of small acting roles as a young girl, and eventually landed a role as the BFF of protagonist Bethany Hamilton in the film Soul Surfer. She graduated from Ivy college Brown University with a degree in Literary Arts, hoping to earn a career in screenwriting.
Miles Robbins
Miles Robbins is the son of actors Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. He once played the teenage son of Dana Scully and Fox Mulder on the famous crime program The X-Files. Robbins has stated that he is a strong supporter of psychedelic drugs and tends to style himself in eclectic and off-beat fashion opting to keep his hair very long.
Maya Hawke
Recognize this face? Actress Maya Hawke is actually the daughter of celebrities Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, but she's very successful in her own right. The young starlet has paved her way in the industry as a model, actress, and musician. Her beloved breakout role was performing as Steve's coworker Robin Buckley in the third season of Stranger Things.
Brielle Biermann
Brielle Biermann is the daughter of Kim Zolciak-Biermann, a singer and television personality on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Brielle is currently 23 years old. She also has over one million Instagram followers, cementing her status as a socialite influencer among Hollywood's young elites.
Isabella and Olivia Giannulli
Lori Loughlin, also known as Aunt Becky on Full House, got into some hot water after buying her two daughters' way into the prestigious school, USC. Loughlin was indicted for paying $500,000 for Olivia and Isabella's admission into the school. Olivia's father, Mossimo, was also charged. Ultimately, the kids were banned from returning.
Rumer Willis
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore have a daughter named Rumer Willis, she is their eldest kid. Willis has followed in her famous parents' footsteps with a successful career in the acting world. She has appeared in a variety of movies and television programs, as well as occasionally on Broadway. Most recently, Willis acted as Lion on The Masked Singer.
Eva Amurri
Director Franco Amurri and actress Susan Sarandon had a daughter named Eva Amurri. Like many other celeb kids, she graduated from a prestigious school, Brown University. Amurri took after her movie parents, first entering the industry in 2002 and pursuing an acting career. She is now married to a former MLS player, Kyle Martino; the pair have two children together.
Damian Charles Hurley
Damian Charles Hurley has both of his parent's good looks, and now he's using them! He is the son of Elizabeth Hurley and Steve Bing. Born in 2002, Hurly is a working British actor and fashion model. The 18-year-old's godparents include an extensive list of A-listers—Hugh Grant, David Beckham, Elton John, and Denis Leary. He must have quite the birthday party guest list!
Kate Hudson
It may come as a surprise to those who are not aware, but actress Kate Hudson is actually the daughter of another celeb pairing, Bill Hudson and Goldie Hawn. Hudson rose to prominence through her iconic roles in flicks like Almost Famous and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. She now works as the co-founder of the brand Fabletics, a fitness clothing line.
Chance King
Chance King, the son of comedy legend and talk show host Larry King, has stayed out of the spotlight for the most part. He briefly hosted a show called Kid Pitch in 2010. The show was about children's baseball which involved interviews with famous ballplayers. Now 20, King is in the midst of dealing with the divorce of his parents, Larry and Shawn Southwick King.
Annie Starke
Actress Glenn Close has a daughter named Annie Starke. Starke is well educated, having studied art history in college. She later went on to appear in both film and Broadway productions. Her godfather is the infamous Robert F. Kennedy Junior. As of March 2018, Starke adopted a labrador named Big and otherwise stays out of the limelight.
Sophie Von Haselberg
Frederica Alohilani von Haselberg, otherwise known as Sophie von Haselberg, is best remembered onscreen for her role in Woody Allen's flick Irrational Man. She is the daughter of performers Bette Middler and Martin von Haselberg. Sophie is also a member of the Haselberg German noble family and married into the aristocratic Guinness family.
Rainey Qualley
Rainey Quallley is one of two daughters of actress and model Andie MacDowell and rancher Paul Qualley. Rainey is not an actor, known in that industry only for briefly appearing on the hit show Mad Men back in 2015. She is most well-known for writing and singing music under the name Rainsford, which has given her much success...
Jack Ramsay
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and Tana Ramsay, a schoolteacher, have five kids. Jack Ramsey. their 20-year-old appeared on his family's cooking show Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch back in 2015. He has made a few cameos on other chef programs, including his father's show MasterChef. The young man has also been part of a number of theater productions.