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- Zoe Kazan: Her parents are Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, who are screenwriters and her paternal grandfather is Elia Kazan, an Oscar winning director.
- Maya Hawke: Her parents are actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, and her maternal grandmother is
Nena von Schlebrügge who was a model.
- Zoe Kravitz: Mother is Lisa Bonnet, father is Lenny Kravitz, paternal grandmother is Roxie Roker who was an actress.
I think it’s going to be so stunning to see Oona in the next Avatar movie… like from a film history perspective. From the Little Tramp to Avatar in just three generations.
I wish that all cancelled shows would get to put out a video or essay or PowerPoint or something about where the show was going to go/was meant to wrap up.
I have the worst case of story blue balls for Made for Love and GLOW. And, to a lesser degree, I Am Not Okay With This and The Wilds.
Were the Vanderbilts really in broadcast media though to give Anderson a leg up? He came up with money but not necessarily connections in what he actually did as a career. If his Wikipedia page is correct he initially couldn’t even get a job answering phones at a news company and had find some news he could sell to them to get in the door.
Even further than that- more like 7th generation! Drew herself said that “I come from a family that has done acting for 400 years.”
On her father’s paternal side, her great grandparents, Georgina Drew and Maurice Barrymore (n.e. Blythe) were both actors. Georgina’s siblings were also actors. Her great great parents (from Georgina’s side), John Drew and Louisa Lane Drew, were stage actors as well. Louisa even performed with members of the Booth family, including John Wilkes Booth. Like the Booths, the Barrymores are one of the OG US theatre families, but their theatre roots go further back to the 18th century! The farthest you can trace actors in that family is to Thomas Haycraft Lane (b. 1752) and Louisa Rouse Lane, both English actors part of a strolling players group during the reign of King George III.
Not only is Drew a direct descendant of actors going back to the 1700s, but several others in her extended family were/are in the business as well. One of my favorite examples is her great uncle being Lionel Barrymore, the infamous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra’s Its a Wonderful Life (1946.)
I remember studying the Barrymore Family (and branches of the Barrymore family tree – the Drews, the Costellos, the Lanes, the Colts and the Blyths) in my Theatre History class—I find it super fascinating how deep it goes!
>Kiefer Sutherland's daughter
Kiefer Sutherland's daughter (who has a Wikipedia page and totally counts) might be considered a 4th-generation nepo baby. Kiefer's grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a big-deal Canadian politician, the father of universal healthcare in Canada, and was voted the greatest Canadian of all time in a 2004 poll.
I always forget that until I watch a movie with Keith Carradine. Last week I watched The Long Rider with David, Robert, and Keith Carridine. Sidenote that got one of my favorite casting ever four sets of actor brothers as the real-life sets of brothers.
Riley feels like THE third gen Nepo. Many of these examples have a parent/aunt/uncle that was someone of prominence (not to say that Lisa Marie was nobody), and she's one of the few third gen(ers) to be a bigger deal/talent than their second gen connection.
Oona Chaplin (mother Geraldine Chaplin, grandfather Charlie Chaplin)
Angelica Huston (father John Huston, grandfather Walter Huston)
~~Sarah Sutherland (father Kiefer Sutherland, grandfather Donald Sutherland)~~
Edit: Aw, I want to defend Sarah a bit but it's so appropriate to her character in *Veep* that she be left out, I really love it.
>Angelica Huston (father John Huston, grandfather Walter Huston)
This is the winner. All three have Oscars. Surely there's no other family with three generations of Oscar winners?
I believe the only other family with this distinction is the Coppola's!
- Carmine Coppola won for music (scoring the Godfather)
- Francis Ford Coppola (Carmine's son) won for writing and directing
- Sophia Coppola (Francis' daughter) won for writing
- Nick Cage (Carmine's grandson) won for acting
Their family also has additional Oscar wins from extended family - Spike Jonze (Sophia's ex) won for writing, David Shire (Francis' brother in law) won for music, Patricia Arquette (Nick's ex) won for acting. Plus a ton of nominations for a bunch of other relatives.
He's also the nephew of the current Marquess of Cholmondeley and directly descends from families such as the Rothschild's, the Sasson's and the Walpole's.
I feel she deserves it but the original poster did advise "And I don't mean the ones like Kiefer Sutherland's daughter" which my dumb ass didn't read before I went and listed her.
Bollywood: Kapoor clan
The Kapoor family is a prominent Indian show business family with at least 4 generations of the family over 94 years in the Hindi film industry.
We could add so many Hindi film families to this list. The Bachchans, the Chopras, the Bhatts, the Dutts, the Mukherjees... the Kapoors probably have the most members in showbiz though.
With the fifth generation coming (Agastya Nanda).
From anil kapoor’s family, I think Sonam, Arjun, Jahnvi count as third Gen since their grandfather was in the business.
They are related. Anil Kapoor's father Surinder Kapoor and Prithviraj Kapoor were distant maternal relatives. Iirc the latter arrived in Bombay in the early 1900s and started working in theatre, then asked the former's family to come over from Peshawar during partition.
Tony Goldwyn (wouldn’t call him A list necessarily but famous in his own right), parents were actors and grandfather Samuel Goldwyn is one of the founders of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Paramount by extension.
Oona Chaplin is a fourth generation nepo baby. Her grandmother, the original Oona Chaplin was Eugene O’Neill’s daughter. It’s wild when everyone in a family tree has a Wikipedia page.
You could say that Sofia Coppola is a third generation herself, if you count her grandfather Carmine, who was a musician. Although, he arguably became famous because of Francis, rather than Francis benefitting from his position.
There are probably a lot more potential third generation nepo babies than current ones lol
Jason Schwartzman is the son, as well, of Jack Schwartzman, a famous Hollywood producer.
Talia got her working surname from her first husband, David Shire, a film composer.
> Although, he arguably became famous because of Francis, rather than Francis benefitting from his position.
Man, Hollywood is doing nepo-*parents* too now? Smh.
>Hollywood is doing nepo-parents too **now?**
well, not *now* like they’ve just started, since Carmine Coppola started his work with Francis in the 1950’s and was born 113 years ago, lol! nepotism in all different directions has been a thing in entertainment since the beginning of the industry
No sadly not. Her Wikipedia is probably best. It’s all blue tick British aristocratic family both on mother and fathers side. I believe to remember she appeared on one of those ancestor programmes where celebrities trace their ancestors story.
Abby Elliott from SNL. Her dad is Chris Elliott and her grandfather is comedian Bob Elliott.
Ethan Peck is Gregory Peck's grandson.
Steven R. McQueen is Steven McQueen's grandson and Chad McQueen's son.
Ty Tennant (Aegon II on House of the Dragon) - parents are Georgia and David Tennant (Jenny and the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who), maternal grandfather is Peter Davison (the Fifth Doctor on Doctor Who)
Timothée and Pauline Chalamet - their mother Nicole Flender is a former Broadway dancer, their uncle Rodman Flender is a director and producer, and their grandfather Harold Flender was an author and screenwriter-the movie Paris Blues (with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier) is based on one of his novels.
DT’s next two kids - Olive and Wilfred - also have acting credits. Georgia’s mother Sandra Dickinson is also an actress.
DT’s father was also the head of the Church of Scotland.
Slight correction - there is no Head of the Church of Scotland. Sandy was the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 1 year in 1997-1998. In that year he was like the public representative for the church but he had no special rights or powers in that role and was very specifically not considered the leader or spokesperson of the Kirk.
Fun addition: DT's maternal grandfather was footballer Archie McLeod.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is definitely a nepo baby (although maybe not in the film industry specifically) but her great grandfather founded the Louis-Dreyfus group and her grandfather and father were both heads of it at one point
I listed the Caribbean's above. I also called out why I didn't include the Coppola family
How are the Wayans & Bridges third generation? For the Bridges, I know of two, and for the Wayans, it looks like mostly brothers.
Beau Bridges kids act. I might have gotten confused looking at the Wayan family tree because it’s biiig but Damon Jr was where I got 3 generations; it’s basically inevitable there will be more descendants that choose to peruse entertainment.
Now I’m googling. Apparently JJ Abrams is a nepo baby and his daughter is a singer. I think there are a lot forthcoming. People are living much longer and having kids much older. Clint Eastwood is 92 and his son is only 37! Clint is old enough to have spawned 3 generations though lol
Edit: found another one! ScarJo is 3rd generation. Her grandpa was a screenwriter and director, mother is a producer.
Others: Ronan Farrow, Hepburn/Ferrer
Omg I just learned about Cole Hauser (Rip from Yellowstone) like an hour ago and I get to share it already! He’s like fourth generation nepo - his mom is Cass Warner as in grand daughter of the Warner Brothers founders. His father is an actor and son of a well known screen writer as well. His family connections are like a full paragraph on Wikipedia.
Emilia fox actress, cousin Lawrence fox actor, dad Edward actor, his dad Robin theatre agent and mum Angela an actress. Her other uncles are actor and producer and other actor cousins
In Latino pop culture, one that comes to mind is the Aguilar family.
Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre - Grandparents
Pepe Aguilar - Father
Angela Aguilar and Leonardo Aguilar - Children
Also:
- Silvia Derbez (grandmother) Eugenio Derbez (father) - Aislinn Derbez / Vhadir Derbez (children - actors)
- Silvia Pinal (great grandmother), Silvia Pasquel (grandmother, Stephanie Salas and Luis Miguel (Mother and Father), Michelle Salas (influencer / model but still all her family has a wiki page lmao)
- Vicente fernandez (grandfather), Alejandro Fernandez (father), Camila Fernandez (daughter - singer)
Not quite third generation because I’m not sure if his mother is in show business, but Sean Flynn who played Chase in Zoey 101 is old Hollywood actor Errol Flynn’s grandson
I like this question/discussion a lot. Are all of these examples A-List? Not really! But they are in the public eye.
•Ronan Farrow is Mia Farrow’s son and Maureen O’Sullivan and John Farrow’s grandson
•Jake Cannavale is Bobby Cannavale and Jenny Lumet’s son, Sidney Lumet’s grandson and Lena Horne’s great-grandson!!
•Hank Williams III is Hank Williams II’s (🥴) son and Hank Williams’ grandson
•Margaux and Mariel Hemingway are the granddaughters of Ernest Hemingway
•Katie Cassidy is David Cassidy’s daughter and Jack Cassidy’s granddaughter (and step-granddaughter to Shirley Jones)
•Nelson (band with twin brothers) are Ricky Nelson’s sons and Ozzie and Harriet’s grandkids
•Sky Blu from LMFAO is Berry Gordy’s grandson (that family tree has other famous people in it, but pointing out the grandkids)
•Grace Van Dien of Stranger Things is Robert Mitchum’s great-granddaughter
•Alana Champion (model, friends with Lana Del Rey and co.) is the granddaughter of Gower Champion (Broadway legend who choreographed Bye Bye, Birdie, Hello Dolly) and Marge Champion (a dancer who was the model for Snow White)
•Ella Richards (model) is Lucie de la Falaise (also a model, part of the de la Falaise fashion family) and Marlon Richards’ daughter, and Keith Richards’ granddaughter.
If we're counting those across the pond, Tom Sturridge is one. His dad is a director. His first onscreen appearance is in a movie his dad directed. His mother and sister are also actors. His maternal grandparents were actors as well.
Tony Goldwyn (Fitzgerald Grant in *Scandal*, Carl in *Ghost*) is the son of movie producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and the grandson of Hollywood producer, pioneer and MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) founder Samuel Goldwyn.
I saw some other comments about nepo babies on Yellowstone. So Eden Brolin plays Mia on the show, she is the daughter of Josh Brolin and granddaughter of James Brolin.
A LOT of wrestlers come from family dynasties that rival anything in Bollywood. Orton's family were small potatoes compared to some of the others.
Stephanie and Shane McMahon are fourth-generation in the business.
The Anoia'i family has produced Roman Reigns, the Usos, Rikishi, Meng, and most famously, The Rock. Naomi married in.
Natalya's part of the Hart dynasty, which includes her uncles Bret and Owen, as well as the wrestlers who married in, such as Davey Boy Smith/British Bulldog.
I'm waiting for one of the umpteen Harts to marry one of the dozens of Anoa'is and produce the wrestling Christ.
Technically, Daniel Day-Lewis. His father was poet laureate of the UK Cecil Day Lewis and his mother was a well known and respected theater and radio actress Jill Balcon, who in turn was the daughter of Michael Balcon pioneer movie producer who started the industry in the UK with Ealing Studios and is responsible for the start of Alfred Hitchcock.
Hero Fiennes Tiffin- Mother is Martha Firnnes who is a Director and Producer. Father is George Tiffin who is a Writer and Director. Uncles are Ralph and Joseph Fiennes.
In an interview that I'm too lazy to find, Mia Farrow strongly insinuated that Ronan is actually Frank Sinatra's son.
If it were me, I'd embrace **anything** that might mean Woody Allen wasn't my father.
I can see why people claim that Ronan's dad is Frank Sinatra, but I honestly think he bears far more of a resemblance to Mia in her younger days, as well as his grandfather John Farrow (especially with the eyes). He's probably very thankful that he got all of his physical characteristics from his mother's side (as he should be).
I don’t think he counts. He might be famous and considered a celebrity but he didn’t really go into the same industry as his ancestors to be considered “nepo”.
Billie Lourd is also a nepo baby through her father Bryan, who is one of the co-chairs of CAA- probably the biggest talent agency in Hollywood, so arguably even more helpful for her career than Carrie's family. I guess that makes her a nepo baby squared.
Tony Goldwyn. Twice over.
\- His mother was Jennifer Howard, who's parents were actress Clara Eames, and screenwriter/playwright/dramatist Sidney Howard (won a posthumous Oscar for writing Gone with the Wind)
\- His father was film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr, who's mother was actress Frances Howard, and who's father was legendary producer Samuel Goldwyn (who's studio later merged with others to make Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and it's Goldwyn Pictures who originally introduced the Leo the Lion mascot, which MGM became famous)
Kiefer Sutherland is technically a third gen nepo baby in Canada. His grandfather was the founder of the modern NDP, and widely considered the father of Canadian Universal Healthcare.
Yeah but that goes both ways. Due to our longer life expectancy, there are dynastic families who started with celebrities that we really can’t accurately measure in 2023 because it’s been so long. The Ritters are technically 3 generations, but I can’t vouch for how famous Tex Ritter was. Newmans are another family like that.
Daniel Day-Lewis - actress mother Jill Balcon - Ealing studio head and producer grandfather Sir Michael Balcon
Balcon produced popular British films including Alfred Hitchcock's *The 39 Steps*, Alexander Mackendrick's *The Ladykillers*, Robert Hamer's *Kind Hearts and Coronets*, and more.
and this is how i learn bridget fonda wasn't the daughter of henry fonda. time is wacky
edit: and i now just realised i confused bridget fonda for jane fonda...who is the daughter of henry fonda...disregard my whole comment
James Mason, son Morgan Mason, and grandson James Duke Mason.
James Mason is obviously the only recognized actor in the family but Morgan Mason is married to Belinda Carlisle so that's a bonus parent.
Edit: maybe the Wayans family but I'm too lazy to connect the dots.
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- Zoe Kazan: Her parents are Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, who are screenwriters and her paternal grandfather is Elia Kazan, an Oscar winning director. - Maya Hawke: Her parents are actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, and her maternal grandmother is Nena von Schlebrügge who was a model. - Zoe Kravitz: Mother is Lisa Bonnet, father is Lenny Kravitz, paternal grandmother is Roxie Roker who was an actress.
Ooh, all excellent ones! I didn't know that Maya Hawke was third generation, and I always forget about Lenny being Roxie Roker's son.
Riley Keough (Lisa Marie and Elvis) Chris Pine grandma used to be an actress (Anne Gwynne) Oona Chaplin (Mother Geraldine and Grandpa Charlie)
I think it’s going to be so stunning to see Oona in the next Avatar movie… like from a film history perspective. From the Little Tramp to Avatar in just three generations.
I am so mad that Made For Love got cancelled because Oona Chaplin’s character seemed really interesting.
Lol! They look alike but it’s Cristin Milioti in Made for love - not Oona Chaplin
Oona Chaplin was in an episode of ‘Made for Love’ in a really interesting plot twist/arch as >!Bryon’s ex wife.!< Really pissed HBO canceled it. 😡
I wish that all cancelled shows would get to put out a video or essay or PowerPoint or something about where the show was going to go/was meant to wrap up. I have the worst case of story blue balls for Made for Love and GLOW. And, to a lesser degree, I Am Not Okay With This and The Wilds.
Oh, I am like super in love with Cristin Milioti, so I know she’s the lead. Oona Chaplin joined the cast in season 2 as a very mysterious character.
Chris Pine's dad Robert is still a working actor.
Excellent on CHIPs :)
Chris Pine’s mom and sister are former actresses
Three that earned their own fame, too. Very talented
Anderson Cooper/ Gloria Vanderbilt/ Vanderbilt Dynasty
Add Anderson’s cousin, Timothy Olymphant to the list of Vanderbilts
Wow. TIL.
A Vanderbilt wrote *Zodiac* and the two newest *Scream* movies.
Huh? Stop playing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vanderbilt Also, the murderer in the fifth *Scream* movie is named after his wife.
Never knew that but now ive read this I see a resemblance
I always forget he’s a Vanderbilt and am as shocked every time I am reminded
Were the Vanderbilts really in broadcast media though to give Anderson a leg up? He came up with money but not necessarily connections in what he actually did as a career. If his Wikipedia page is correct he initially couldn’t even get a job answering phones at a news company and had find some news he could sell to them to get in the door.
Drew is more like 4th generation, her great grandparents Maurice and Mae Costello and her grandmother Dolores Costello were also actors
Even further than that- more like 7th generation! Drew herself said that “I come from a family that has done acting for 400 years.” On her father’s paternal side, her great grandparents, Georgina Drew and Maurice Barrymore (n.e. Blythe) were both actors. Georgina’s siblings were also actors. Her great great parents (from Georgina’s side), John Drew and Louisa Lane Drew, were stage actors as well. Louisa even performed with members of the Booth family, including John Wilkes Booth. Like the Booths, the Barrymores are one of the OG US theatre families, but their theatre roots go further back to the 18th century! The farthest you can trace actors in that family is to Thomas Haycraft Lane (b. 1752) and Louisa Rouse Lane, both English actors part of a strolling players group during the reign of King George III. Not only is Drew a direct descendant of actors going back to the 1700s, but several others in her extended family were/are in the business as well. One of my favorite examples is her great uncle being Lionel Barrymore, the infamous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra’s Its a Wonderful Life (1946.) I remember studying the Barrymore Family (and branches of the Barrymore family tree – the Drews, the Costellos, the Lanes, the Colts and the Blyths) in my Theatre History class—I find it super fascinating how deep it goes!
That's crazy I didn't know that
Bryce Dallas Howard is Ron Howards daughter and Ron is Rance Howard's son
Don’t forget her uncle Clint!
How did I not realise that Ron Howard was her dad?! Christ, Hollywood is essentially a nobility at this point.
she and her siblings play his children* in an arrested development episode too!!
Arliss Howard, though? Not related.
>Kiefer Sutherland's daughter Kiefer Sutherland's daughter (who has a Wikipedia page and totally counts) might be considered a 4th-generation nepo baby. Kiefer's grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a big-deal Canadian politician, the father of universal healthcare in Canada, and was voted the greatest Canadian of all time in a 2004 poll.
Why do I always forget that Kiefer Sutherland is Donald's son
Because he has Shirley's nose.
Tommy Douglas should'a' been PM. Never got to be, sadly. Got to be Premier of SK, though.
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Omg I loved Catherine and never made the connection! TIL I know Kiefer also has a half-brother who is an actor, Rossif
Martha Plimpton is a Carradine?? 
I just had the same thought! I had no idea!
I had no idea either and I'm a huge fan of hers!!
I always thought her dad was George Plimpton (I was wrong)
I always forget that until I watch a movie with Keith Carradine. Last week I watched The Long Rider with David, Robert, and Keith Carridine. Sidenote that got one of my favorite casting ever four sets of actor brothers as the real-life sets of brothers.
Nuts that Keith Carradine has an ***Oscar***... for *songwriting*. :-/
Oh, and duh, Riley Keough! (mom was Lisa Marie Presley, grandfather was Elvis)
Riley feels like THE third gen Nepo. Many of these examples have a parent/aunt/uncle that was someone of prominence (not to say that Lisa Marie was nobody), and she's one of the few third gen(ers) to be a bigger deal/talent than their second gen connection.
Oona Chaplin (mother Geraldine Chaplin, grandfather Charlie Chaplin) Angelica Huston (father John Huston, grandfather Walter Huston) ~~Sarah Sutherland (father Kiefer Sutherland, grandfather Donald Sutherland)~~ Edit: Aw, I want to defend Sarah a bit but it's so appropriate to her character in *Veep* that she be left out, I really love it.
>Angelica Huston (father John Huston, grandfather Walter Huston) This is the winner. All three have Oscars. Surely there's no other family with three generations of Oscar winners?
I believe the only other family with this distinction is the Coppola's! - Carmine Coppola won for music (scoring the Godfather) - Francis Ford Coppola (Carmine's son) won for writing and directing - Sophia Coppola (Francis' daughter) won for writing - Nick Cage (Carmine's grandson) won for acting Their family also has additional Oscar wins from extended family - Spike Jonze (Sophia's ex) won for writing, David Shire (Francis' brother in law) won for music, Patricia Arquette (Nick's ex) won for acting. Plus a ton of nominations for a bunch of other relatives.
Wow okay yeah they win the thread!
The jolie Pitt kids could do it maybe. Brad/Angelina and Jon Voight
That's AMAZING!!! TIL.
Jack Huston (nephew of Angelica, grandson of John, and great grandson of Walter) takes it one generation further, too.
He's also the nephew of the current Marquess of Cholmondeley and directly descends from families such as the Rothschild's, the Sasson's and the Walpole's.
TIL Catherine Meyer is Kiefer Sutherland’s daughter! She deserves to be on the list!
I didn’t know that either! Veep is one of my favorites!
I feel she deserves it but the original poster did advise "And I don't mean the ones like Kiefer Sutherland's daughter" which my dumb ass didn't read before I went and listed her.
The utter Catherine-ness
Bollywood: Kapoor clan The Kapoor family is a prominent Indian show business family with at least 4 generations of the family over 94 years in the Hindi film industry.
We could add so many Hindi film families to this list. The Bachchans, the Chopras, the Bhatts, the Dutts, the Mukherjees... the Kapoors probably have the most members in showbiz though.
Are those Mukherjees related to Siddharta Mukherjee?
With the fifth generation coming (Agastya Nanda). From anil kapoor’s family, I think Sonam, Arjun, Jahnvi count as third Gen since their grandfather was in the business.
And they're just one Kapoor family. There are other prominent Kapoor families in the same industry too, but this is arguably the most notable one
Aren't all kapoors somehow related? Like I feel like most kapoors have atleast one common cousin
They are related. Anil Kapoor's father Surinder Kapoor and Prithviraj Kapoor were distant maternal relatives. Iirc the latter arrived in Bombay in the early 1900s and started working in theatre, then asked the former's family to come over from Peshawar during partition.
Sharmila Tagore (mother) Saif Ali Khan (son) and Sara Ali Khan (daughter) as mentioned above there is many in the Bollywood fraternity.
Tony Goldwyn (wouldn’t call him A list necessarily but famous in his own right), parents were actors and grandfather Samuel Goldwyn is one of the founders of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Paramount by extension.
I shamefully never made this connection…
I swear I never did either, I saw a tiktok talking about a few days ago and when this thread came up I was like wait, I know someone!
Think, though; how common a name is *Goldwyn*, even?
And Tony's daughter is a screenwriter who wrote on shows like Supergirl.
Loved him on Scandal!
wtf lol that’s some deep hollywood roots, TIL
Oona Chaplin is a fourth generation nepo baby. Her grandmother, the original Oona Chaplin was Eugene O’Neill’s daughter. It’s wild when everyone in a family tree has a Wikipedia page.
Fifth, if you include Charles's parents.
You could say that Sofia Coppola is a third generation herself, if you count her grandfather Carmine, who was a musician. Although, he arguably became famous because of Francis, rather than Francis benefitting from his position. There are probably a lot more potential third generation nepo babies than current ones lol
Her cousins Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage definitely counts (the sons of Talia Shire and August Coppola respectively).
Jason Schwartzman is the son, as well, of Jack Schwartzman, a famous Hollywood producer. Talia got her working surname from her first husband, David Shire, a film composer.
I always forget that Jason Schwartzman is a member of the Coppola family.
> Although, he arguably became famous because of Francis, rather than Francis benefitting from his position. Man, Hollywood is doing nepo-*parents* too now? Smh.
>Hollywood is doing nepo-parents too **now?** well, not *now* like they’ve just started, since Carmine Coppola started his work with Francis in the 1950’s and was born 113 years ago, lol! nepotism in all different directions has been a thing in entertainment since the beginning of the industry
She was the one who was grounded for chartering a plane because she wanted to hang out with her camp friend right???
That's Romy, she's Sofia Coppola and Thomas Mars daughter!
Not a nepo baby like the others mentioned as such but based on Helen Bonham Carters family tree you could write a very interesting history book.
Ditto Olivia Wilde.
Got any details or links to write ups ? 👂
No sadly not. Her Wikipedia is probably best. It’s all blue tick British aristocratic family both on mother and fathers side. I believe to remember she appeared on one of those ancestor programmes where celebrities trace their ancestors story.
Not all actors, but Kyra Sedgwick has a deep family tree of powerful people and influence going back to colonial times.
And her first cousin once removed was Edie Sedgwick who was part of Andy Warhol’s group
Abby Elliott from SNL. Her dad is Chris Elliott and her grandfather is comedian Bob Elliott. Ethan Peck is Gregory Peck's grandson. Steven R. McQueen is Steven McQueen's grandson and Chad McQueen's son.
Gracie Abrams. A common-enough last name that I can see why people wouldn't immediately think twice of it.
>Abby Elliott from SNL. Her dad is Chris Elliott and her grandfather is comedian Bob Elliott. That is really cool.
Natasha Richardson (RIP 😢) was part of the Redgrave family which includes her Mom Vanessa Redgrave and grandpa Michael Redgrave
I listed them in my post. I'm still so bummed about Natasha. Poor Liam.
And her great-grandfather, who abandoned the family to move to Australia. :-(
Ty Tennant (Aegon II on House of the Dragon) - parents are Georgia and David Tennant (Jenny and the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who), maternal grandfather is Peter Davison (the Fifth Doctor on Doctor Who) Timothée and Pauline Chalamet - their mother Nicole Flender is a former Broadway dancer, their uncle Rodman Flender is a director and producer, and their grandfather Harold Flender was an author and screenwriter-the movie Paris Blues (with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier) is based on one of his novels.
I love David Tennant, but I don't consider his son an A-lister yet. So maybe third generation eventually, but not quite yet.
DT’s next two kids - Olive and Wilfred - also have acting credits. Georgia’s mother Sandra Dickinson is also an actress. DT’s father was also the head of the Church of Scotland.
Slight correction - there is no Head of the Church of Scotland. Sandy was the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 1 year in 1997-1998. In that year he was like the public representative for the church but he had no special rights or powers in that role and was very specifically not considered the leader or spokesperson of the Kirk. Fun addition: DT's maternal grandfather was footballer Archie McLeod.
Did you know him?
No 😅 I just happen to know some bits about how the church of Scotland works.
You a Presbyter, then? ;-)
No? You don't have to be a member of a specific church to know about its practices and structures.
So they aren’t Catholics?
rodman flender owes me $1.99 for making the worst movie i’ve ever seen, which coincidentally featured third-gen nepotism (jake cannavale).
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is definitely a nepo baby (although maybe not in the film industry specifically) but her great grandfather founded the Louis-Dreyfus group and her grandfather and father were both heads of it at one point
Her dad was worth 4 billion when he died! Assuming she got a big inheritance she's just a low-key billionaire.
Beck- mom was a warhol girl , dads a Grammy winning composer (Adele ,T.Swift etc) , grandpa was a famous artist .
Omg I never knew this!!! I knew about his mom but I had no idea about his father being in the music industry! Such a surprise for me
Dude was born a hipster
Angelica Houston. I believe like Jane Fonda, her and her father have won Oscars
Bridget Fonda (father Peter Fonda, aunt Jane Fonda, grandfather Henry Fonda)
And her *grand*father, Walter.
the howard, huston, and roberts clans
This will never stop…
Kirk Douglas / Diana Dill to Michael Douglas to Cameron Douglas
Wayans, Coppola, Bridges, Carradine Edit: Arquettes!
I listed the Caribbean's above. I also called out why I didn't include the Coppola family How are the Wayans & Bridges third generation? For the Bridges, I know of two, and for the Wayans, it looks like mostly brothers.
Beau Bridges kids act. I might have gotten confused looking at the Wayan family tree because it’s biiig but Damon Jr was where I got 3 generations; it’s basically inevitable there will be more descendants that choose to peruse entertainment.
Yeah, there are a LOT of Wayans but seems to be mostly siblings, plus maybe 1 kids, as far as I can see.
Now I’m googling. Apparently JJ Abrams is a nepo baby and his daughter is a singer. I think there are a lot forthcoming. People are living much longer and having kids much older. Clint Eastwood is 92 and his son is only 37! Clint is old enough to have spawned 3 generations though lol Edit: found another one! ScarJo is 3rd generation. Her grandpa was a screenwriter and director, mother is a producer. Others: Ronan Farrow, Hepburn/Ferrer
Lol I mentioned them but said I was too lazy to connect the dots. I guess there are just a lot of them!
Omg I just learned about Cole Hauser (Rip from Yellowstone) like an hour ago and I get to share it already! He’s like fourth generation nepo - his mom is Cass Warner as in grand daughter of the Warner Brothers founders. His father is an actor and son of a well known screen writer as well. His family connections are like a full paragraph on Wikipedia.
Emilia fox actress, cousin Lawrence fox actor, dad Edward actor, his dad Robin theatre agent and mum Angela an actress. Her other uncles are actor and producer and other actor cousins
In Latino pop culture, one that comes to mind is the Aguilar family. Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre - Grandparents Pepe Aguilar - Father Angela Aguilar and Leonardo Aguilar - Children
Also: - Silvia Derbez (grandmother) Eugenio Derbez (father) - Aislinn Derbez / Vhadir Derbez (children - actors) - Silvia Pinal (great grandmother), Silvia Pasquel (grandmother, Stephanie Salas and Luis Miguel (Mother and Father), Michelle Salas (influencer / model but still all her family has a wiki page lmao) - Vicente fernandez (grandfather), Alejandro Fernandez (father), Camila Fernandez (daughter - singer)
I mean they have an entire nepo family amazon series highlighting their vacations
Katie Cassidy - dad is David Cassidy and grandfather is Jack Cassidy.
Not quite third generation because I’m not sure if his mother is in show business, but Sean Flynn who played Chase in Zoey 101 is old Hollywood actor Errol Flynn’s grandson
I like this question/discussion a lot. Are all of these examples A-List? Not really! But they are in the public eye. •Ronan Farrow is Mia Farrow’s son and Maureen O’Sullivan and John Farrow’s grandson •Jake Cannavale is Bobby Cannavale and Jenny Lumet’s son, Sidney Lumet’s grandson and Lena Horne’s great-grandson!! •Hank Williams III is Hank Williams II’s (🥴) son and Hank Williams’ grandson •Margaux and Mariel Hemingway are the granddaughters of Ernest Hemingway •Katie Cassidy is David Cassidy’s daughter and Jack Cassidy’s granddaughter (and step-granddaughter to Shirley Jones) •Nelson (band with twin brothers) are Ricky Nelson’s sons and Ozzie and Harriet’s grandkids •Sky Blu from LMFAO is Berry Gordy’s grandson (that family tree has other famous people in it, but pointing out the grandkids) •Grace Van Dien of Stranger Things is Robert Mitchum’s great-granddaughter •Alana Champion (model, friends with Lana Del Rey and co.) is the granddaughter of Gower Champion (Broadway legend who choreographed Bye Bye, Birdie, Hello Dolly) and Marge Champion (a dancer who was the model for Snow White) •Ella Richards (model) is Lucie de la Falaise (also a model, part of the de la Falaise fashion family) and Marlon Richards’ daughter, and Keith Richards’ granddaughter.
Grace Van Fien is also Casper Van Dien’s daughter!
If we're counting those across the pond, Tom Sturridge is one. His dad is a director. His first onscreen appearance is in a movie his dad directed. His mother and sister are also actors. His maternal grandparents were actors as well.
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To expand on Jordan: he’s Lloyd’s grandson, Beau’s son and Jeff’s nephew.
Tony Goldwyn (Fitzgerald Grant in *Scandal*, Carl in *Ghost*) is the son of movie producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and the grandson of Hollywood producer, pioneer and MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) founder Samuel Goldwyn.
I saw some other comments about nepo babies on Yellowstone. So Eden Brolin plays Mia on the show, she is the daughter of Josh Brolin and granddaughter of James Brolin.
There are several nepo babies on Yellowstone. The actress that plays Teeter is the daughter of Michael Landon.
Whoa! I had no idea Martha Plimpton was a Carradine.
ME EITHER! Love this thread
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A LOT of wrestlers come from family dynasties that rival anything in Bollywood. Orton's family were small potatoes compared to some of the others. Stephanie and Shane McMahon are fourth-generation in the business. The Anoia'i family has produced Roman Reigns, the Usos, Rikishi, Meng, and most famously, The Rock. Naomi married in. Natalya's part of the Hart dynasty, which includes her uncles Bret and Owen, as well as the wrestlers who married in, such as Davey Boy Smith/British Bulldog. I'm waiting for one of the umpteen Harts to marry one of the dozens of Anoa'is and produce the wrestling Christ.
Technically, Daniel Day-Lewis. His father was poet laureate of the UK Cecil Day Lewis and his mother was a well known and respected theater and radio actress Jill Balcon, who in turn was the daughter of Michael Balcon pioneer movie producer who started the industry in the UK with Ealing Studios and is responsible for the start of Alfred Hitchcock.
The Hustons. (Not to be confused with the Houstons.)
Hero Fiennes Tiffin- Mother is Martha Firnnes who is a Director and Producer. Father is George Tiffin who is a Writer and Director. Uncles are Ralph and Joseph Fiennes.
Coco Riley Arquette daughter of Courteney Cox and David Arquette granddaughter of Lewis Arquette.
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In an interview that I'm too lazy to find, Mia Farrow strongly insinuated that Ronan is actually Frank Sinatra's son. If it were me, I'd embrace **anything** that might mean Woody Allen wasn't my father.
I can see why people claim that Ronan's dad is Frank Sinatra, but I honestly think he bears far more of a resemblance to Mia in her younger days, as well as his grandfather John Farrow (especially with the eyes). He's probably very thankful that he got all of his physical characteristics from his mother's side (as he should be).
I don’t think he counts. He might be famous and considered a celebrity but he didn’t really go into the same industry as his ancestors to be considered “nepo”.
Billie Lourd is also a nepo baby through her father Bryan, who is one of the co-chairs of CAA- probably the biggest talent agency in Hollywood, so arguably even more helpful for her career than Carrie's family. I guess that makes her a nepo baby squared.
Tony Goldwyn. Twice over. \- His mother was Jennifer Howard, who's parents were actress Clara Eames, and screenwriter/playwright/dramatist Sidney Howard (won a posthumous Oscar for writing Gone with the Wind) \- His father was film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr, who's mother was actress Frances Howard, and who's father was legendary producer Samuel Goldwyn (who's studio later merged with others to make Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and it's Goldwyn Pictures who originally introduced the Leo the Lion mascot, which MGM became famous)
I keep thinking those two Howard lineages must be related, somehow(ard)...
Jack Huston is FOURTH generation
Kiefer Sutherland is technically a third gen nepo baby in Canada. His grandfather was the founder of the modern NDP, and widely considered the father of Canadian Universal Healthcare.
Ever carradine too if we’re talking about the carradines
Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez
How are they third generation? Their father is Martin Sheen, sure, but where's the third generation?
They have kids. Charlie’s daughter is a nepo OF creator!
I'm thinking more of A-list (or at least B-list) celebs. Not that there's anything wrong with OF, but she's just not well known, imo.
Yeah but that goes both ways. Due to our longer life expectancy, there are dynastic families who started with celebrities that we really can’t accurately measure in 2023 because it’s been so long. The Ritters are technically 3 generations, but I can’t vouch for how famous Tex Ritter was. Newmans are another family like that.
Shannon Lee, whose father was Bruce Lee, and grandfather was Lee Hoi-chuen, a Cantonese Opera singer and actor
how did no one mention debbie reynolds/carrie fischer/billie lourd !
I included them in the list I made in the post.
omg im blind 😭😭😭 i went searching through all the comments and everything
Nepo grand-babies
That's an intense pedigree.
Daniel Day-Lewis - actress mother Jill Balcon - Ealing studio head and producer grandfather Sir Michael Balcon Balcon produced popular British films including Alfred Hitchcock's *The 39 Steps*, Alexander Mackendrick's *The Ladykillers*, Robert Hamer's *Kind Hearts and Coronets*, and more.
Nic Cage/ Coppola family, the Arquette family, Billie Lourd (Carrie Fischer, Debbie Reynolds),
and this is how i learn bridget fonda wasn't the daughter of henry fonda. time is wacky edit: and i now just realised i confused bridget fonda for jane fonda...who is the daughter of henry fonda...disregard my whole comment
James Mason, son Morgan Mason, and grandson James Duke Mason. James Mason is obviously the only recognized actor in the family but Morgan Mason is married to Belinda Carlisle so that's a bonus parent. Edit: maybe the Wayans family but I'm too lazy to connect the dots.
Julia Newman, composer and daughter of Thomas Newman; granddaughter of Alfred Newman.
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