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23 Celebs Who You May Not Realize Were Born Into Pretty Famous Families
1. Blake Lively Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Blake is the daughter of actor Ernie Lively, who has an extensive list of IMDB credits. He even played Blake’s father in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! 2. Chris Pine Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images Chris’s dad, Robert Pine, is an actor and director –…
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Blake Lively
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Blake is the daughter of actor Ernie Lively, who has an extensive list of IMDB credits. He even played Blake’s father in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants!
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Chris Pine
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Chris’s dad, Robert Pine, is an actor and director – he played Gerald Halpert (Jim’s dad) in The Office. Chris’s mom – Gwynne Gilford – is also an actress.
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Evan Ross and Tracee Ellis Ross
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Actor Tracee Ellis Ross and singer/songwriter Evan Ross are the children of musical icon Diana Ross!
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Rashida Jones
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Music producer Quincy Jones is Rashida’s father. Rashida actually directed Quincy, a documentary about her dad’s personal life and musical success on Netflix.
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Zoë Kravitz
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Zoë’s parents the musician Lenny Kravitz and actor Lisa Bonet. She is also related to Al Roker on her father’s side. Zoë’s step-father is Jason Mamoa, who is married to Lisa Bonet.
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Dakota Johnson
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Dakota’s mom is actor Melanie Griffith from Working Girl and her father is actor Don Johnson from Miami Vice. Melanie Griffith’s mother – Dakota’s grandma – is Tippi Hedren, famous for her role in The Birds.
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Elle King
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Musician Elle King is actor Rob Schneider’s daughter! You know Rob, he’s in hits like Deuce Bigelow and The Hot Chick.
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Christian Bale
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American feminist, journalist, and social political activist Gloria Steinem used to be Christian Bale’s stepmom. She was married to Christian Bale’s father David Bale – who was an entrepreneur and an environmentalist animal rights activist – before he died in 2000 of lymphoma.
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Lily Collins
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Sarah Hyland
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Sarah’s dad is Broadway actor Edward James Hyland. He was most recently in Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.
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Melissa McCarthy
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Maya Rudolph
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Singer/songwriter Minnie Riperton is Maya’s mom. Unfortunately, Minnie passed away from breast cancer when Maya was little.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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Actor Blythe Danner is Gwyneth’s mother. Blythe has received two Primetime Emmys and a Tony for her work. Her dad, Bruce Paltrow, was a well-known director.
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Beanie Feldstein
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Beanie Feldstein’s older brother is actor Jonah Hill. Their older brother Jordan Feldstein (who unfortunately passed away) used to be Maroon 5’s manager. Beanie actually appeared in the “Girls Like You” music video in 2018.
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Zooey Deschanel
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Zooey is the daughter of Caleb Deschanel, who is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer. His latest project was the adaptation of The Lion King. (Zooey is pictured above at the premiere with her dad, sister, and mom.)
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Laura Dern
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Academy Award nominee Bruce Dern is Laura Dern’s father. He was recently in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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Olivia Wilde
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Award-winning journalist Leslie Cockburn is Olivia’s mother. Leslie has done investigative reporting for CBS, NBC, PBS Frontline, and 60 Minutes.
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Emma Roberts
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Actor Julia Roberts is Emma’s aunt! Emma is also the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts (Julia’s brother) – who was in things like The Dark Night and American Horror Story.
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Kate Hudson
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Kate is the daughter of actor Goldie Hawn and the step-daughter of actor Kurt Russell. (Her biological father is American musician and actor Bill Hudson.) Her brother Oliver Hudson is also an actor who was most recently in Splitting Up Together with Jenna Fischer.
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Jennifer Aniston
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Jen’s dad is Days of Our Lives actor John Aniston who plays Victor Kiriakis.
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Angelina Jolie
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Actor Jon Voight is Angelina’s father – he won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role in 1978’s Coming Home. The throwback photo above is from 2000.
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Miley Cyrus
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“Old Town Road” country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is Miley’s dad – but you already knew that! Singer Noah Cyrus is also her sister – but you already knew that as well. You didn’t think we would leave out the mega-famous Cyrus clan, did you?!
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Ellen DeGeneres
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Lastly, just for fun, we had to include Ellen and Kate. Although they are very distant cousins, Kate and Ellen are still related, which is really neat! Back in 2011, Ellen learned that she and the Duchess of Cambridge share a relative. On her show, Ellen read a letter from New England’s Genealogical Society stating that she is 15th cousins with Kate Middleton.
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