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A strange side effect of fame? Celebrities effectively share their family with the world. While celebrity moms and dads obviously revel in their children’s milestones more than anyone else, their fans can’t help but feel a sort of parental pride, too. So, when you see celebrity kids all grown up, it’s totally understandable if it tugs on your heartstrings a little bit. Like, when did this happen? When did they become little adults? Weren’t they just toddling down a red carpet with their famous mom or dad (or mom and dad) at a movie premiere?
Some celebrity kids have made routine cameos over the years, like Reese Witherspoon’s son Deacon and daughter Ava. Others, like Elizabeth Hurley’s son Damian, have only recently begun to step back into the spotlight. Some look more and more like their celebrity parents with each passing appearance. And others seem intent on carving a path of their own, free of comparisons.
But regardless, all roads lead to this point: the one where we can’t help but marvel over just how grown-up and mature these celebrity kids are. Here are some of the tiny humans in Hollywood that have become, well, full-blown humans behind the scenes.
A version of this article was previously published in January 2020.
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Maya Hawke
Image Credit: Photo by Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images, Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix. With parents like Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, Maya Hawke has been under the spotlight since she probably could remember. Nowadays, she’s killing it in the acting world with her roles in projects like Stranger Things, Asteroid City, and Do Revenge.
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Apple Martin
Image Credit: Photo by Michel Dufour/WireImage, Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images. It’s crazy to think that little Apple Martin is now 19. It seems like yesterday when we heard about her unique name! At 18, she’s already made a name for herself in the fashion world (after making her Fashion Week debut in Jan 2023!) Along with that, she’s studying at Vanderbilt University, and is working on her modeling career.
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Natalia Bryant
Image Credit: Photo by Steve Grayson/WireImage, (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images. Natalia Bryant entered the spotlight when she was just a baby, watching her late father play basketball in Los Angeles. Now, the eldest daughter of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant is in college and making a name for herself in modeling!
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Kendall & Kylie Jenner
Image Credit: Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage) *** Local Caption , Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF23/WireImage for Vanity Fair. Audiences practically watched Kendall and Kylie Jenner grow up from preteens on Keeping Up With The Kardashians to affluent businesswomen. Today, the two ladies are building their empires, following in their older sisters’ and mom, Kris Jenner’s, footsteps.
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Maude & Iris Apatow
Image Credit: Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Photo by Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images. Maude Apatow and Iris Apatow grew up in one of the funniest households in Hollywood. Maude is the eldest daughter of filmmaker Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann. From an early age, both of them appeared in some of their mom and dad’s movies. Now, Maude making a name for herself as one of the young cast members of the HBO series Euphoria, and Iris has been acting in projects like Netflix’s show Love and their film The Bubble.
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Nico Parker
Image Credit: (Photo by: Frazer Harrison/Universal Studios/NBCU Photo Bank) (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Universal Studios/NBCUniversal via Getty Images) , Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images for The Birley Clubs. As the daughter of screenwriter Ol Parker and actress Thandiwe Newton, everyone knew Nico Parker would do great things in Hollywood. In just a few years, she’s starred in projects like Dumbo, the upcoming live-acting film How to Train Your Dragon, and played a role in the hit show, The Last of Us.
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Billie Lourd
Image Credit: Photo by Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images, Photo by: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection. Carrie Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd is also a beloved actress like her mother, and grandmother Debbie Reynolds
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Dakota Johnson
Image Credit: Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith’s daughter Dakota Johnson is a true A-lister today. The BAFTA Rising Star-nominated actress has starred in hit films like Suspiria, Fifty Shades of Grey, and The Lost Daughter.
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Lily Collins
Image Credit: Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Phil Collins’ daughter Lily Collins has truly made a name for herself in Hollywood. She is a two-time Golden Globe-nominated actress known for her roles in TV and film like Emily in Paris, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and Les Misérables, to name a few.
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Rainey & Margaret Qualley
Image Credit: Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection. Andie MacDowell and Paul Qualley’s daughters are all grown up and thriving! Rainey Qualley is an actress and singer, known by her stage name Rainsford, and Margaret Qualley is a Golden Globe-nominated actress.
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Lourdes Leon
Image Credit: Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images, Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images. Madonna’s oldest daughter Lourdes Leon, whom she shares with former partner Carlos Leon, is now 23-year-old and is following in her mother’s footsteps pursuing a career in music.
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Cazzie David
Image Credit: (Photo by Michael Kovac/WireImage, by Robin L Marshall/WireImage. Cazzie David has made quite a name for herself already! So much so that new fans are shocked to find out her papa is none other than Larry David. Not only has she released a memoir entitled No One Asked for This, but she’s been snagging prominent TV roles in shows like The Umbrella Academy, Life & Beth, and is now doing more movie work.
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Carys Zeta & Dylan Michael Douglas
Image Credit: (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic, (Photo by Bonnie Biess/Getty Images. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ children Dylan Michael Douglas and Carys Zeta Douglas have truly grown up before our eyes. We remember them as little tots accompanying their parents to major events, and now, they’ve blossomed! Dylan is a Brown University graduate, and Carys is currently in college and working on her modeling career.
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Lily-Rose Depp
Image Credit: (Photo by Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images, (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/WireImage. With parents like Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, it’s no wonder Lily-Rose Depp wanted to be a star. Not only is she a showstopping model, but she’s been making a name for herself in the acting world by working on projects like Tusk, The King, and her upcoming series The Idol.
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Meadow Walker
Image Credit: (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images, (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards. Paul Walker’s daughter Meadow Walker has grown up to become a force to be reckoned with. For those who don’t know, back in 2017, Meadow followed her passion for modeling, signing with DNA Models, and has worked with brands like Proenza Schouler, Givenchy, Tiffany & Co, Stella McCartney, and Jean Paul Gaultier Couture, to name a few. Along with that, she runs The Paul Walker Foundation (which helps offer scholarships to aspiring marine biologists) and works with Soma Sara on the movement committed to exposing rape culture called Everyone’s Invited.
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Sadie & Sunny Sandler
Image Credit: AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images, Photo by Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic. As the daughters of Adam Sandler, sister duo Sadie and Sunny Sandler were ready to step into the acting world as soon as they could. Since 2022, they’ve appeared in quite a few projects already, and seen to be taking on even more
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Rainey & Margaret Qualley
Image Credit: Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage, (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for National Women's History Museum. We remember seeing Andie MacDowell’s lookalike daughters Rainey and Margaret Qualley, and truly being astonished at the similarities. However, along with their looks: they all share a love for the spotlight. Rainey focuses more on her modeling and music (where she releases moody songs under the name Rainsford), and Margaret is all about acting (and even acting alongside her mama in the mini-series Maid!)
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Sailor Brinkley-Cook
Image Credit: (Photo by ADRIEL REBOH/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, (Photo by MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images. As soon as we saw Christie Brinkley’s daughter Sailor Brinkley-Cook as a kid, we knew she’d do something amazing (and we were right!) As of 2023, she’s following in her mom’s modeling footsteps but is also the founder of a lucrative brand called Sacred + Divine Candles.
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Miley & Noah Cyrus
Image Credit: Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage, (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. Ah, we all remember seeing Billy Ray Cyrus’ youngest daughters Miley and Noah Cyrus on Hannah Montana, and thinking how adorable they looked. Now, they’ve grown into such powerful, beautiful women who are absolute superstars in the music world!
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Scarlet, Sophia, & Sistine Stallone
Image Credit: Photo by E. Charbonneau/WireImage for MGM, Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic. Sylvester Stallone recently celebrated over 20 years of marriage with his wife Jennifer Flavin and daughters Sophie, born 1996, Sistine, born 1998, and Scarlet Rose, born 2002, are all grown up — and were named Miss Golden Globe in 2017, a tradition started in 1963 of celebrity daughters (now both sons and daughters) of assisting the presenters and escorting winners off the stage.
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Rumer, Scout, & Tallulah Willis
Image Credit: Photo by Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images, Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Christian Louboutin. It’s impossible to avoid the spotlight when your parents are two of Hollywood’s most recognizable names. Just ask Demi Moore and Bruce Willis’ daughters Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah. The world watched as the girls appeared with their parents — and, during their mom’s other big Hollywood marriage, alongside Ashton Kutcher — at red-carpet events. Now, they’re doing more of their own red-carpet walking. Rumer is a well-known actress and singer (she combined both for Fox’s Empire), and she’s expecting her first child. Scout has an impressive singing career, and Tallulah is an actor and visual artist.
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Jaden & Willow Smith
Image Credit: Photo by ANDREAS BRANCH/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images. Like Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa’s kids, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s children Jaden and Willow have never been too far from the limelight. So, it’s been heartwarming to see them transition into their own fully realized people. Jaden is a musician, sometimes actor and generous philanthropist. Willow appears alongside her famous mom as a co-host of the popular Facebook series Red Table Talk, and is an impressive punk-rock singer.
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Ella Bleu Travolta
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, by MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images. The daughter of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Ella Bleu has largely always been known as the sweet girl tagging along with her parents. Not anymore, though! She’s still sweet, but she’s no longer tagging along — she’s stepping into the entertainment field on her own. Although she’d enjoyed a bit role in Old Dogs with her dad in 2009, the actress officially kicked off her career in 2019 with the feature film The Poison Rose.
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Dylan & Paris Brosnan
Image Credit: Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images, Robin L Marshall/WireImage. Once upon a time, Pierce Brosnan and his wife Keeley Shaye Brosnan would bring their two precious little boys along to red-carpet events. Back in 2020, Dylan and Paris were chosen as this year’s Golden Globe Ambassadors. Dylan is a sought-after model in addition to being a rock singer, actor, and cinematographer. Paris is also a model as well as a filmmaker.
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Zelda Williams
Image Credit: Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images. The daughter of the late, great comedian-slash-actor Robin Williams, Zelda Williams will forever be for fans the little girl entirely adored by her dad. And while she still pays tribute to Robin routinely, Zelda is carving out a career for herself as an actress, director, producer and writer. Still, it truly delighted the internet recently when she did the viral “Which Disney character are you?” filter on Instagram — and was matched with Aladdin’s Genie, one of her dad’s most beloved roles.
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Brooklyn Beckham
Image Credit: Photo by Steve Mitchell/EMPICS via Getty Images, Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for Miu Miu. Over the years, it’s become the norm to gush over British sweethearts Victoria and David Beckham’s four kids: Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper. But in recent years, we’ve particularly enjoyed watching the couple’s oldest son, Brooklyn, grow into a confident young man. He models, he’s a photographer and, our favorite development, he often twins it with his footballer dad and wife Nicola Peltz.
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Corrine Foxx
Image Credit: Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images, Photo by Aurora Rose/Variety via Getty Images. Jamie Foxx’s daughter Corrine Foxx stole fans’ hearts when she began walking red carpets as a little girl with her dad. And she officially melted those hearts in 2019 when, switching things up, she brought Foxx as her plus-one to the premiere of her movie 47 Meters Down: Uncaged.
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Damian Hurley
Image Credit: Photo by PA Images via Getty Images, Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images. In 2002, Elizabeth Hurley gave birth to a child, a cherubic-faced son named Damian Charles, whom she was often photographed carrying around in her arms. Since we so clearly remember that cute baby, it’s hard to believe that Damian is now an adult. And the young model looks just like Elizabeth!
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Julian Stern
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic via Getty Images, Steve Granitz/WireImage via Getty Images. Lisa Kudrow and husband Michael Stern share son Julian Stern, who was born in 1992. Now in his 20s, Julian has started getting more familiar with his moms work, particularly her role as Phoebe on Friends. “He called me up and said, ‘So I just watched the first two episodes…it’s really good, Mom,’” Kudrow shared in a July 2022 interview.
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Maddox & Zahara Jolie-Pitt
Image Credit: AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP via Getty Images, (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images for Disney. Yes, it goes without saying that all of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s six children have grown up a lot over the last few years. But it’s her two oldest that stand out the most to us, perhaps because we so vividly remember Jolie and ex-husband Pitt toting the cute tots around. Now, those babies are no more. Maddox recently moved to South Korea to study biochemistry in college. And Zahara is now enrolled at Spelman College.
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Ireland Baldwin
Image Credit: Photo by Jemal Countess/WireImage, (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/FilmMagic. Unfortunately, most people only remember Ireland Baldwin’s early years through the lens of her dad’s infamous voicemail message to her during his split from Ireland’s mom, Kim Basinger. However, Ireland is now a model and actress in her own right… and she routinely insists she and dad Alec are closer than ever. She even light-heartedly roasted him during a Spike TV special in 2017. And she’s expecting her first child!
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Hayley Hasselhoff
Image Credit: AFP PHOTO/ Mike NELSON (Photo by MIKE NELSON / AFP) (Photo by MIKE NELSON/AFP via Getty Images, (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images. The daughter of David Hasselhoff and Pamela Bach, Hayley Hasselhoff used to steal the spotlight from her parents as a spirited little girl. She’s since stepped out of her parents’ shadow completely with TV roles (she was the lead in the short-lived and woefully underrated series Huge) and is a plus-size model.
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Frances Bean Cobain
Image Credit: Photo by Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImage, (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images. The world first met Frances Bean Cobain as the baby girl of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole lead singer Courtney Love. Tragically, she was only 20 months old when her dad took his own life, and glimpses of her over the years have been with Love — and their relationship has been contentious at times, to say the least. However, she’s really come into her own in recent years, captivating fans with her poise and character.
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Sosie Bacon
Image Credit: (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage, (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Max Mara. Aww, remember sweet little Sosie Bacon — the little girl who used to hang out with dad Kevin Bacon and mom Kyra Sedgwick at industry events? Well, now she goes to industry events on her own. Not only has she worked with both her mom and dad onscreen (or sometimes with Kevin or Kyra directing), but she’s also enjoyed prominent roles in series like 13 Reasons Why.
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Matthew & John Owen Lowe
Image Credit: Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images, (Photo by Janet Mayer/Star Max/GC Images. No longer the little boys who used to hang out with their actor dad at movie premieres, Rob Lowe’s sons Matthew and John Owen have officially grown up. Adorably, though, they still have a tight-knit — and playful — relationship with their dad. The three had a short-lived paranormal investigation show on A&E called The Lowe Files in 2018, and they’re constantly roasting their dad on social media for his selfie obsession.
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Ava & Deacon Phillippe
Image Credit: Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic, Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter. Remember back in Reese Witherspoon’s early career, when she met Ryan Phillippe fell in love on the set of Cruel Intentions and had two precious kiddos? Well, a lot has changed since then — and now, siblings Ava and Deacon Phillippe are basically the doppelgangers of their parents. Plus, they’ve grown up to become best friends, which is super-sweet. Ava is a model and has worked in minor acting roles, while Deacon has been working on his acting and DJ chops.
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Lola, Michael & Joaquin Consuelos
Image Credit: (Photo by Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, (Photo by David Buchan/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images). It’s hard to believe, but the sweet little faces that Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos used to tote all over town are now basically adults. Michael has graduated and is sharing the screen with his dad on Riverdale, Lola has started her musical career, and Joaquin is Wrestling at the University of Michigan! Such a talented bunch!
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Simone Johnson
Image Credit: Photo by John Parra/WireImage, George Pimentel/Getty Images. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has always had a close relationship with his first-born, Simone Alexandra Johnson. But the shy little girl who once attended movie premieres with her A-list dad has given way to a confident young woman who is following in her father’s footsteps and made her WWE TV Debut as Ava Raine in 2022.
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Paris Jackson
Image Credit: (Photo by Michael Caulfield/WireImage, Getty. Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson has made a name for herself in the music business taking after her legendary father. She started her own band, The Soundflowers, in the early 2010s and has made waves as a solo artist and TV actor.
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Kaia & Presley Gerber
Image Credit: (Photo by Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty Images, (Photo by Brett Cove/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber’s kids are following in moms’ modeling career footsteps — both Kaia and her brother Presley are already making quite the stir in the modeling world.
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Sasha & Malia Obama
Image Credit: AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images), AFP / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images. Barack & Michelle Obama’s kids aren’t so little anymore — Sasha Obama was a student at the University of Michigan and Malia is a Harvard graduate who is making a name for herself as a television director and writer. (Did y’all catch that episode of Swarm?)
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