Have you ever noticed a striking resemblance between performers portraying prominent characters in the present day and when they were younger? Or a couple with their child? It turns out that some of them are real-life relatives.
Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer
Evening, 2007
Evening is a melodramatic film in which Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer play mother and daughter in the character of Lila Wittenborn. Mamie not only looks like her mother, but she also has her mother’s acting talent.
Laurie Metcalf and Zoe Perry
The Big Bang Theory, 2007
Young Sheldon, 2017
In The Big Bang Theory and its prequel, Young Sheldon, Zoe Perry and Laurie Metcalf played Mary Cooper, Sheldon’s mother, at various ages. It’s not the first time a mother and daughter have collaborated on a project: Zoe played the younger version of her mother’s character on Roseanne.
Dascha Polanco and Dasany Kristal Gonzalez
Orange Is the New Black, 2013
Don’t be shocked if the actors who play Dayanara Diaz at different ages have a striking resemblance: they’re mother and daughter.
Kate Beckinsale and Lily Mo Sheen
Underworld: Evolution, 2006
Kate Beckinsale’s daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, performed the role of young Selene in one of the films in this amazing film series. By the way, Michael Sheen, the girl’s father, also appeared as the Lycan clan’s chief.
Robert Downey Jr. and Indio Falconer Downey
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, 2005
Indio Falconer Downey, Robert Downey Jr.’s son, played a juvenile fraud named Harry Lockhart in this 2005 black comedy.
Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri
That’s My Boy, 2012
Susan Sarandon’s daughter, Eva Amurri, has “rejuvenated” her mother’s characters on multiple occasions. You may see her as young Sister Helen in the crime drama Dead Man Walking. Eva also starred as Mary McGarricle in That’s My Boy.
Til Schweiger and Emma Schweiger
Head Full of Honey (Honig Im Kopf), 2014
The parts of father and daughter are played by…father and daughter: Til Schweiger and Emma Schweiger in this comedy-drama. By the way, another of Til Schweiger’s daughters, Luna, appeared in the film Tschiller: Off Duty and played…guess who? That’s right, the protagonist’s daughter.
Will Smith and Jaden Smith
After Earth, 2013
Will Smith and Jaden Smith played father and son in the science fiction disaster thriller After Earth. There isn’t a better actor to represent the son in this scenario: appearance, gestures…
Jerry Stiller and Ben Stiller
The Heartbreak Kid, 2007
Talent is passed down through the generations in the Stiller family. Unfortunately, Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller’s father, is no longer actively filming movies, but the son can always count on his father’s appearance in a film. Ben and Jerry played father and son in The Heartbreak Kid.
Demi Moore and Rumer Willis
Striptease, 1996
Demi Moore’s and Bruce Willis’ daughters have long made their presence felt in Hollywood. Striptease was the second film in which Rumer Willis, the older sister, appeared. Erin Grant, the main character’s daughter, was played by her.
Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Cameron Douglas
It Runs in the Family, 2003
It Runs in the Family reunited practically the whole Douglas clan: Michael and Cameron play Mitchell Gromberg’s son and grandson, respectively (Kirk Douglas). Diana, the elder Douglas’s wife, also plays Evelyn Gromberg in this film.
Preview photo credit Columbia Pictures
