Mother’s Day: Famous moms and their superstar kids who worked together in movies and TV

For a handful of kids growing up in Hollywood, acting is a family affair. Many children of parents in the entertainment industry have gone on to create their own careers in the same field. There have even been a few instances where mother-daughter duos have worked together on the big screen.

Whether it’s a small cameo, a supporting role or a starring role, it’s always fascinating to see a real family as characters on screen.

Andie MacDowell, Uma Thurman and Leslie Mann are just a few examples of actresses who starred in movies or TV shows with their real kids.

Here are some famous moms who have acted with their children over the years.

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1. Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley
2. Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke
3. Leslie Mann with Maude and Iris Apatow
4. Meryl Streep and Granny Gummer
5. Demi Moore and Rumer Willis
6. Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie Pitt

1. Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley

MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley, whom she shares with ex-husband Paul Qualley, is the star of the Netflix show “Maid.” Qualley was nominated for an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Alex, a single mother who leaves her abusive boyfriend and takes a job as a maid to stay afloat and support her young daughter.

MacDowell is also on the show and plays Qualley’s character’s mother, Paula.

MacDowell and Qualley both discussed what it was like to work together for the limited series TV show.

“Every moment has been precious to me,” MacDowell said of his work with Qualley during an interview with USA Today. “I really wanted to do a good job because it meant everything to me because I was afraid it might never happen again.”

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Qualley also spoke fondly of working with her mother on the show.

“You walk into the room and you have your mom playing with your mom, she’s the biggest cheater in the world,” she told USA Today. “It goes down to the inherent eye rolls that are built in when your mom says something – and then also, later in the show, there’s a moment where Paula tells Alex she’s proud of her. It was like my mom saying she was proud of me, and it was just one of the coolest things that ever happened to me.”

Qualley has also starred in a number of other movies and shows like “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”, “Fosse/Verdon” and “My Salinger Year”.

2. Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke

Thurman and Ethan Hawke’s daughter, Maya Hawke, rose to fame after joining the cast of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” to play Robin Buckley.

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The upcoming summer 2023 thriller, “The Kill Room,” stars Thurman and his daughter. It probably won’t be the only movie the two stars star in together.

Director Quentin Tarantino has discussed the possibility of casting Hawke as Thurman’s on-screen daughter in “Kill Bill: Vol. 3,” if the film comes to fruition.

Hawke has starred in other movies like “Fear Street,” “Mainstream,” and “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.”

3. Leslie Mann with Maude and Iris Apatow

Mann has worked with her two daughters in a number of films. Mann shares her daughters Maude and Iris Apatow with her filmmaker husband Judd Apatow. In fact, the three films starring Mann and his daughters were ones where the whole family was involved, as they were all directed by Judd Apatow.

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The sisters starred with their mother in three different movies, their biggest being “This is 40,” where they spent the most screen time. In the film, the two played daughters Sadie and Charlotte. The girls were also in both “Knocked Up” and “Funny People.”

Maude then starred in the television series “Euphoria”, where she played Lexi Howard.

4. Meryl Streep and Granny Gummer

The mother-daughter duo starred in the 2007 film “Evening” when Gummer was approaching 3 years old. The two were then in “Heartburn”.

The 2015 film “Ricki and the Flash” is the most well-known film featuring the pair. Streep plays a musician who gives up her career to join her family. Gummer plays Streep’s daughter in the film.

Streep shares Gummer with her husband Don Gummer. The two have been married since 1978. They have four children together, Henry, Mamie, Grace and Louisa.

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5. Demi Moore and Rumer Willis

Moore starred with her daughter Rumer in two films. They were the first in the 1995 film “Now and Then” and were in “Striptease” the following year.

Rumer is the daughter of Moore and Bruce Willis. The couple were married from 1987 to 2000.

6. Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie Pitt

Jolie starred in the movie “Maleficent,” where her young daughter Vivienne played young Princess Aurora in an adorable cameo appearance.

Jolie told ‘Entertainment Weekly’ at the time of the film’s release that the young girl, whom she shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt, played the role because she was the only one of her children who was unafraid. of his character.

“We think it’s fun for our kids to have cameos and join us on set, but not to be actors. That’s not our goal at all for Brad and me,” Jolie said. at the point of sale in 2014. “But the other 3- and 4-year-olds [performers] wouldn’t come near me. It must have been a child who liked me and was not afraid of my horns, my eyes and my claws. So it had to be Viv.”

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, another child of the divorced couple, also starred in a movie with her mother. He voiced Shuai Shaui in “Kung Fu Panda 3”, where Jolie voiced Tigress.