Top 18 Hollywood celebrities and their famous daughters

Updated on July 22, 2022 11:01 AM by Ella Bina

Many actors follow their family lineage of getting into Hollywood, and others choose a different platform to find fame and success in it. Here are 18 actors who followed the path of their famous parents, either prosperous or more successful, a step ahead of their parents. And here are 16 parents who had given their daughter a career in Hollywood and are famous in the industry.

John Aniston

John Aniston is known for his part as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama series "Days of Our Lives," He has two daughters, Jennifer Aniston and Alex Aniston; among her daughters, Jennifer Aniston is recognizable just like her father and is best known for her soap opera in "Friends," as Rachel Green and acted in dozens of Hollywood movies.

Eric Roberts

American actor Eric Anthony Roberts's career, began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies, for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. And her daughter Emma Roberts followed her father's path and became an American actress. She appeared in numerous films, including 'Aquamarine,' 'Nancy Drew,' 'Wild Child,' 'Hotel for Dogs, 'Valentine's Day, 'It's Kind of a Funny Story,' 'The Art of Getting By' and much more.

Sting and Trudie Styler

Trudie Styler appeared in various period BBC productions. She has appeared in many British television series such as 'The Mayor Casterbridge' and 'The Scold's Bridle'; she is also known for her seven mind-body fitness DVDs. Her husband, Sting Styler Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. The couple shares their daughter Mickey Sumner who has been in movies like "Frances Ha" and "Marriage Story."

Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay Ann Crouse is an American retired Hollywood actress who made her Broadway debut in the 1972 revival of “Much Ado About Nothing”. Lindsay Crouse shares her daughter Zosia Russell Mamet with film director, essayist, and screenwriter David Mamet. Zosia Russell Mamet, an American actress and musician, appeared in television series including “Mad Men,” “United States of Tara”, and “Parenthood” and played the character Shoshanna Shapiro on the HBO original series “Girls”.

John Drew Barrymore

John Drew Barrymore keeps his family lineage going in Hollywood; after all, his dad, John Barrymore, was one of the iconic actors of his era. The eldest, John Barrymore, was born with famous siblings Lionel and Ethel. Lionel has an Oscar, and Ethel was called "The First Lady of American Theater." She has a daughter Drew Barrymore who achieved fame as a child actress in the role of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” she also went on with a string of successful films from the 1990s and 2000s; she released an autobiography, "Little Girl Lost."

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

Kevin Bacon was a prolific actor who never received an Academy Award nomination. In 2003, Kevin Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry. His wife, Kyra Sedgwick, has a ton of acting credits, but their daughter Sosie Bacon is not like her parents but still got roles in T.V. shows like "13 Reasons Why" and "Here and Now."

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith, an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian came to prominence with his low-budget comedy buddy film “Clerks,” written, directed, co-produced, directed, and acted by him. His daughter Harley Quinn Smith is also an American actress and musician and was introduced by her father, Kevin Smith, in the movie "Tusk." She is a bass player and one of the singers in the punk rock band The Tenth.

Rob Schneider

Rob Schneider is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter, also a stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series “Saturday Night Live”. His daughter Tanner Elle Schneider, known by her professional name as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television personality, and actress who is best known for her song in Ex's & Oh's

Jon Voight

Jon Voight took up a lead role in the conventional thriller "The Odessa File" with a moving portrayal of a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran in the drama "Coming Home" that earned him Golden Globe and Oscar awards for best actor. Following him comes his daughter Angelina Jolie, an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in numerous movies. After her estrangement from her father, she petitioned the court to drop Voight from her name legally.

Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell before her acting debut, she started her career as a model, and her best-known role would have to be as the love interest in "Groundhog Day." Even her daughter Sarah Margaret Qualley has moved from a model to an actress. In her youth, she was trained as a ballerina and went on to pursue a career in modeling and made her acting debut with a minor role in the 2013 drama film “Palo Alto” and gained recognition for playing a troubled teenager in the HBO drama series “The Leftovers”.

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin is a producer and actor known for his notables movies like “The Usual Suspects”, “Bio-Dome”, and “The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas”. His daughter is none other than Hailey Bieber, who married Justin Bieber. Though she is not an actor but has done a few hosting in the T.V. show "Drop the Mic."

Susan Sarandon

Susan Abigail Sarandon entered Hollywood as an actress who bagged various awards, including Oscar. Her daughter, Eva Amurri, is like her mom, who played the same character in the lousy Adam Sandler comedy "That's My Boy." Though she has retired from her acting career, her mom Susan Sarandon is still in the field, growing firm.

Chris Elliott

Chris Elliott, the comedian who starred in the American fantasy Comedy movie "Cabin Boy" and the profoundly weird T.V. show "Get a Life." He has two daughters who pursued him into showbiz. Abby Elliott was a part of "Saturday Night Live." His other daughter Bridey Elliott did some acting and directed some movies. But credits go to his father for his weird stories as "Spewey the Alien" from "Get a Life."

Ron Howard

Ron Howard has an incredible career directing movies; he is one of this generation's most popular directors and has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films. His daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard who starred in “Jurassic World Dominion”, is trying to fit in her father's shoes and the famous redheads.

Peggy Lipton

Peggy Lipton is an American actress, model, and singer who made appearances in many of the most popular television shows of the 1960s before she landed her defining role as flower child. Her daughter Rashida Leah Jones appeared as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series “Boston Public”, as Karen Filippelli in the NBC comedy series “The Office” and as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation”.

Lisa Bonet

Lilikoi Moon, known professionally as Lisa Bonet, is an American actress throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. Her daughter is Zoe Kravitz, another rising actor who went on to stare in the Hulu adaptation of the movie "High Fidelity" in the role made famous by John Cusack. In the film, John Cusack is romanced by Lisa Bonet.

Lea Thompson

Lea Thompson made a worthy role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the “Back to the Future film trilogy” and in "Howard the Duck." Her daughter, Zoey Deutch's star, is on the rise, and fans expect her to rise to stardom and become quite famous soon based on her movies in "Zombieland: Double Tap" recently or the Netflix show "The Politician."

Tippi Hedren

Tippi Hedren is an American actress, animal rights activist, and former fashion model best known for her roles in “The Bird”. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s. Her daughter Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress and film producer.