All these stunning new actresses have one thing in common – and shocked film fans are only just realising the connection
ELLA Loudon dazzled on two red carpets in the past week, with ex-007 Daniel Craig then movie action man Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
But many had no idea she was Craig’s daughter, and an actress in her own right.
Ella Loudon appeared with her dad, 54, at the London Film Festival, below, then posed with Dwayne, 50, at another movie bash.
Ella, Craig’s child with his ex-wife Fiona Loudon, has been in 2014 thriller the Vizitant and 2018 sci-fi movie Trauma Is A Time Machine.
She is not the only actress daughter of showbiz royalty.
Here are some more . .
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EVE HEWSON – BONO
BAD SISTERS has had the nation gripped and now fans of the Apple TV+ black comedy series have realised another twist.
The dad of Irish actress Eve Hewson who plays Becca Garvey – and was in last year’s Netflix thriller Behind Her Eyes – is U2 frontman Bono.
One fan wrote: “Eve Hewson aka Adele from Behind Her Eyes aka Becca from #BadSisters is Bono’s daughter?? As in THE Bono? Whaaat?”
Eve, 31, whose mum is businesswoman/activist Ali, goes under the radar as her dad uses a stage name.
She said last year: “Nobody knows who I am, which is fun.
“I’m lucky I’m not like a Jagger or McCartney.”
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BILLIE LOURD – CARRIE FISHER
BILLIE was destined for movies – child of the late Star Wars beauty Carrie Fisher, aka Princess Leia, and talent agent Bryan Lourd.
Her gran is the late Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds.
But American Billie, 30, in rom-com Ticket To Paradise with Julia Roberts and George Clooney, has said: “My whole life, they said, ‘Do not act.”
But she made her debut as Kaydel Ko Connix in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens alongside her mum – who died at 60, in 2016, after a heart attack.
She has also been in Scream Queens, American Horror Story and Booksmart.
MAYA HAWKE – ETHAN HAWKE AND UMA THURMAN
SHE stole hearts as plucky Robin in Netflix smash Stranger Things – but many fans posted on social media they had no idea Maya is the daughter of Hollywood stars Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke.
US actress Maya, 24, modelled, like her mum, then made her acting debut in the BBC adaptation of Little Women in 2017, before starring with Andrew Garfield in 2020 comedy drama Mainstream.
That year she was also in US historical drama mini-series The Good Lord Bird.
Maya, also a singer, says of her family: “You will get chances for free, but the chances will not be infinite. You have to do a good job.”
DYLAN PENN – SEAN PENN AND ROBYN WRIGHT
DYLAN started her career as a model and grew up regarding acting as a “silly profession” she didn’t want to join.
But her dad, Hollywood bigshot Sean Penn, persuaded her to star alongside him in 2021 crime movie Flag Day.
American Dylan, now 31, whose mum is US actress Robin Wright, then caught the acting bug.
She said: “It just solidified what I already knew, that I could trust my dad with anything and everything.
“For me as an actor, knowing I could fail miserably or fall on my face and he (Sean Penn) would be there for me to get right back up was rewarding.”
RILEY KEOUGH – LISA MARIE PRESLEY
ELVIS was her grandfather and Michael Jackson her stepdad.
But US actress Riley, 33, daughter of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough, said: “I always wanted my own money, not my family’s.”
Riley is due to appear in two Amazon Prime shows – thriller The Terminal List, with Chris Pratt, and an adaptation of 2019 novel Daisy & the Six in which she plays the frontwoman of a Seventies rock band.
But of famous family, she has said she “doesn’t think about it, ever”.
She added: “I know as much about my grandpa as you’d know about a grandpa you never met.”
SOSIE BACON – KEVIN BACON
THE daughter of two Hollywood veterans, Sosie stars in new horror movie Smile.
The 30-year-old American made her film debut, aged ten, in 2005 romantic drama Loverboy, which was directed by her dad, Footloose star Kevin Bacon.
Her role was as a younger version of a woman played by her mum, Kyra Sedgwick.
Kevin, who also featured in the cast, said: “She did a great job but I don’t really encourage my kids to go into acting.”
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Yet Sosie, who studied at America’s renowned Brown University, continued in the profession.
She has also appeared in Netflix thriller series 13 Reasons Why.