Famous Mother: Goldie Hawn
Known For: Roles in Private Benjamin, Cactus Flower, Overboard and Death Becomes Her
Goldie Horn was certainly the golden girl in her day, with her unique and stunning looks, she took on Hollywood by storm maintaining bankable star-status for over 3 decades! Hawn certainly has strong genes, since her daughter is the splitting image talent and looks wise.
Famous Daughter: Kate Hudson
Known For: Roles in How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days and Bride Wars
Talk about resemblance in acting and even beautiful looks! Everyone knows Kate Hudson. With her girl next door looks you can’t help but be charmed by the actress. Kate was 18 months old when her parent’s divorced, so her father was never around. Even though Bill Hudson tried to reconnect with Kate and her brother his efforts were for nothing. Kate says that she owes everything to her mother who she absolutely loves.
Famous Mother: Kate Capshaw
Known For: Her Portrayal of Willie Scott in Indiana Jones
Although less known these days than her daughter, the American Beauty made a name for herself back in the day. She is best known for starring in movies such as "Indiana Jones", through which she also found love. Capshaw met Steven Spielberg during film and married soon after!
Famous Daughter: Jessica Capshaw
Known For: Playing Arizona in Greys Anatomy
When you see Jessica, you instantly see the lesbian hottie from "Grey's Anatomy", and you're instantly reminded of her constant drama with her ex-wife (sorry to spoil it) Callie. One could claim that Dr. Robbins is probably one of the best characters on the show, in my honest opinion. Jessica’s parents divorced when she was young and that is when Jessica got involved with the new glamorous world her mother was in.
Famous Mother: Naomi Judd
Known For: Her Singing Duo with Daughter The Judds
Although this Southern bell was a country music singer and songwriter, she was also an avid activist. In 1991, after selling over 20 million albums at the height of her career, Judd was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and a chronic liver disease which saw an abrupt end to her music career. However, nothing stopped her, and she went on to create a Research fund to raise awareness about her disease.
Famous Daughter: Ashley Judd
Known For: Her Political Activism
Women power is definitely present in this beautiful crew of Judd girls. Ashley spent most of her childhood in Kentucky where she was born, since her parents divorced in 1972 and her mother started getting popular in early 1980’s, she lived a difficult life. Being surrounded with strong and independent women helped Ashley with building her own career. She appeared in many movies and TV shows and like her mother, devotes a lot of her time to activism.
Famous Mother: Susan Sarandon
Known For: Roles in Atlantic City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Thelma and Louise, and Little Women
How could anyone forget Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon? Even millennials have seen her in a myriad of movies that implanted a spot in our childhood and she has received more awards and nominations than one could count.
Famous Daughter: Eva Amurri
Known For: Dead Man Walking and Saved!
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in this family. Susan’s daughter, Eva Amurri, is also both talented and beyond beautiful. She is an American actress who started acting in one of her Mothers movies: 'The Banger Sisters' playing the role of her Daughter, and then began growing her career on her own. She married the former MLS football star Kyle Martino and gave birth to two amazing children.
Famous Mother: Judy Garland
Known For: Her Role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
The talent and stardom of the late Judy Garland was something very special. Known for her concerto vocals, Garland took the spotlight as the singer of her time. Despite her success, all her stardom affected her deeply, she was plagued by insecurities and turned to self-ham, drugs and alcohol. Tragically, an overdose led to her death at only 47.
Famous Daughter: Liza Minnelli
Known For: Her Role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret
Liza Minnelli, Judy's daughter, has earned legendary status in multiple fields of entertainment, holding an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. It seems Judy left a trail of gold behind her, and Liza picked up where left off. But just as mother-daughter shared talents, they shared the darker parts of fame too. Liza also struggled with an addiction to prescription drugs. Liza pointed out that she spent time with Andy Warhol and other artists in the 1970’s; her friendships with those people are closely connected with the usage of recreational drugs. Besides her rough past, Liza Minnelli has an amazing career behind her.
Famous Mother: Sharon Osbourne
Known For: Being a Judge on Shows The X-Factor and America’s Got Talent
The Osbourne’s certainly are a force to be reckoned with. Sharon Osbourne is an English television host, media personality, television talent competition judge, author, music manager, businesswoman, promoter, mother and wife. Although her relationship with husband, Ozzy Osbourne has been very rocky at times, they have fought through. Is there anything the women can’t do?
Famous Daughter: Kelly Osbourne
Known For: Being a host on The Fashion Police
Kelly is a British singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and fashion designer. She first experienced spotlight on her family’s reality TV show ‘The Osbornes’ which they won an Emmy for outstanding reality show. Kelly went through dark stages but has certainly found herself these days as a fashionista with new and interesting hairstyles daily.
Famous Mother: Vanessa Redgrave
Known For: Theatre Roles such as Rosalind in Shakespeare’s As You Like It
Starring in more than 35 productions in London’s West End and Broadway, and garnering multiple awards, Redgrave is a woman to take seriously. Throughout her career she starred in more than 80 films and is a six-time Oscar nominee. But nothing will take away from the pain Redgrave went through when her beautiful and talented daughter, Natasha Richardson, tragically passed away.
Famous Daughter: Natasha Richardson
Known For: Roles in The Parent Trap, Suddenly, Last Summer and Zelda
Natasha, an English stage and screen actress, was a favorite on the movie 'Parent Trap'. Unfortunately Natasha tragically died from a skiing accident a few years ago. However. her mother Vanessa can still carry the torch while Natasha rests in Paradise. The Redgrave family was well known for their roles in theatrical and film industry. Richardson sustained a heavy head injury that caused her death, but her family will always remember her and everything she has done.
Famous Mother: Debbie Reynolds
Known For: Her Role in Singing in the Rain
Debbie, is an American actress, singer, entertainer, businesswoman, and film historian. Thief power house of a women had several successful business ventures, as well has starring in hit movies and musicals. In weird and tragic circumstances, Reynolds died from a stroke only one day after the death of her beloved daughter, Carrie Fisher.
Famous Daughter: Carrie Fisher
Known For: Playing Leia in the Star Wars Films
Princess Leia will always be a character that we will remember forever. Carrie’s parents divorced when she was two after her father left her mother and married her close friend Elizabeth Taylor. Carrie always said that she is truly blessed because she had parents that are extremely talented. Unfortunately, the star we all loved passed away last year, leaving fans morning the era of Princes Leia forever.
Famous Mother Christie Brinkley
Known For: Face of Covergirl for Twenty Years and Three Consecutive Sports Illustrated Covers
Brinkley has been coined one of the most attractive woman of all time, in her career which spanned three decades she appeared in Allure, Playboy, and Men’s health. This bombshell model and actress has been married four times, one of her husband being legendary singer Billy Joel.
Alexa Ray Joel
Known For: Her Hit Single Notice Me
The daughter of Brinkley and Joel, Alexa Ray, clearly benefitted from the mixture of such quality genes. Alex Ray Joel got us to notice her from her catchy hit song, "Notice Me", and her face that looks like a mask of her father's face. Her father wrote his 1993. song “Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel)” for her, so you don’t have to ask what’s her favorite dad’s song. Joel loves to mention his daughter in his songs, which says a lot about how close they actually are. Alexa once said that her dad is a musical encyclopedia and an endless inspiration for her and other artists around the world.
Famous Mother: Ingrid Bergman
Known For: Her Role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
Swedish sweetheart Ingrid Bergman won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes awards, a BAFTA award and a Tony Award. The actress stunned with her talent and unique charm for years, before passing it down to her daughter which she had with her husband, film director Robert Rossellini
