Former Celebrity Couples With Kids That We Totally Forgot About

A Clockwork Orange actor Malcolm McDowell and comedienne Mary Steenburgen first met while filming the 1979 science fiction film Time After Time. From that moment, they went on to foster a romantic relationship that lasted for an entire decade.

McDowell and Steenburgen had two children. The younger one, a son named Charlie, has done well to step out from his parents' shadows and forge a path of his own. Today, the 38-year-old has directed three feature films as well as episodes of popular TV shows such as Silicon Valley and Legion. What's more, he’s married to Emily in Paris star Lily Collins.

At the height of her career, Meg Tilly met the up-and-coming Colin Firth while filming the 1989 period piece Valmont. It was then that the couple fell in love and left Hollywood to raise Tilly's two young children in Vancouver, Canada. Once the couple split up, Firth returned to the screen, becoming the household name that he is today.

During their time in Vancouver, the couple welcomed their son, William, into the world. Firth has followed in his father's footsteps, and at 31 years of age, is an actor who has appeared in an array of movies, including the 2002 superhero flick Spider-man.

These two British actors met in 1995, on the set of a touring production of The Seagull. Quickly becoming infatuated with one another, the couple decided to move in together just a few months later. After eight years, the pair split up, with Beckinsale even admitting that she felt "embarrassed" that Sheen never proposed to her.

In 1999, at the peak of their romance, the couple gave birth to their daughter, Lily. Today, she is an actress who has appeared in an array of feature films, including the 2006 movie Underworld: Evolution, in which she starred alongside her mom.

Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus and Danish supermodel Helena Christensen began dating in 1998. Having largely avoided the spotlight during that time, the couple parted ways in 2003, yet seem to have remained good friends ever since. Reedus even wished Christensen a happy Mother's Day this year in an Instagram shoutout. There is, of course, a good reason they remain connected...

It was during their five-year relationship that Reedus and Christensen gave birth to their son, Mingus. Currently in his early 20s, Mingus works as a supermodel, having made his runway debut at the tender age of 17.

Medium actress Patricia Arquette met Hung's Thomas Jane through mutual friends back in 2001. After having a child in 2003, the couple married in 2006, managing to largely keep their love life concealed from the press. Sadly, a lack of media buzz did not help the rocky relationship, as both stars contemplated splitting up. In 2020, Arquette legally filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences."

Now 18 years of age, Jane was born during a time when her parents were still enjoying a period of romantic stability. Still, despite their differences, both parents have committed themselves to provide their utmost support to their daughter, according to media reports.

Laura Dern, of Jurassic Park fame, met singer-songwriter Ben Harper in 2000 while attending one of his concerts. The couple had two children — a son, Ellery, in 2001, and a daughter, Jaya, in 2004. In 2010, news broke about Harper's decision to file for divorce. After Dern and Harper had a brief reconciliation, the divorce was finalized in 2013.

While they may still be young, both Ellery and Jaya have already made strides in the entertainment world. While the 20-year-old Ellery is a musician and a model, his younger sister has followed their mother into acting, while also getting involved in social activism.

Music sensation Billy Joel met supermodel Christie Brinkley while partying on the Caribbean Island of St. Barts in 1983. Two years later, the couple tied the knot on a yacht and remained happily married for years. In 1994, the couple unexpectedly split, supposedly because of Brinkley's desire to move out west paired with her frustration with Joel's touring schedule.

Now 35 years old, Alexa Ray Joel has followed in her father's footsteps and become a singer herself. Joel has expressed plenty of pride in his daughter, and though he doesn't get social media, he often emails her news blurbs about her career. The Piano Man once told her, "You got a great review in Billboard, honey!"

Like most celebrity couples, these two iconic actors had a fairly conventional first meeting on the set of the 1987 film Innerspace. A year later, the pair began dating and eventually married in 1991. While the couple called it quits after a decade of marriage, they remain connected through their son, who has become a rising star in his own right.

In 2012, Jack Quaid made his acting debut, playing the villain Marvel in a supporting role in the first installment of the Hunger Games film series. Since then, he has become the star of the Amazon Prime action series The Boys.

The relationship between television personality Kimberly Stewart and actor Benicio Del Toro seemed to lack any form of mutual understanding. Reportedly, while Stewart was after something serious, Del Toro considered the whole romance a fling. Still, in 2011, the pair's lives would become forever intertwined.

2011 was the year that Delilah was born. While unwilling to get married or continue their relationship, Del Toro did promise Stewart that he would help to bring up their child. Since then, both parents have taken an active role in their now 10-year-old daughter's life.

After meeting on the set of the 1996 horror hit Scream, it seemed like this couple was a match made in heaven. And for a while, this prophecy seemed to have come true. In 1999, the co-stars tied the knot and started a family. While lengthy, the relationship did have its pitfalls, with the couple separating in 2010 before divorcing three years later.

Now 17 years old, Coco is believed to be close with both of her parents, who have made an effort to spend plenty of quality time with her. And Coco is already looking like she might follow her parents into the showbiz world, often showing off her musical talents on Instagram. She’s growing into the spitting image of her famous mom, too — and she isn’t the only one...

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe may have named their daughter after legendary Hollywood beauty Ava Gardner, but it’s her own mom whom she most definitely resembles – particularly with that bright blonde hair and winning smile.

Lily-Rose Depp has got some of the best genes around. She is of course the daughter of famously good-looking actor Johnny Depp, although she actually looks most like her mother, the gorgeously sultry French singer Vanessa Paradis.

Sean Lennon shares some facial features with his mother Yoko Ono, but the stronger resemblance is with his iconic father, the late John Lennon. And, like the legendary Beatle, son Sean is a musician.

Mad Max: Fury Road star Zoë Kravitz may have dad Lenny’s last name, but there’s no doubt as to which of her famous parents she most looks like. She and mom Lisa Bonet could even pass for sisters – if you didn’t know their true relationship to each other, that is.

Colin Hanks has not only inherited his father Tom’s looks but the Oscar-winner’s acting talent to boot; or so it seems, judging from his acclaimed turns in the likes of TV series Band of Brothers and Fargo.

Sadie Sandler not only inherited dad Adam’s looks but shares some of his movie credits as well. Perhaps the comedian is preparing her and sister Sadie to become Hollywood’s top funny women of the future by letting them star with him in the likes of Grown Ups and its 2013 sequel.

Blanket Jackson – born Prince Michael Jackson II – may not now go under the nickname his late father gave him, but there’s no getting away from the King of Pop’s influence when it comes to his looks. All that the teen who now calls himself Bigi needs to do to remind himself of that fact is, well, start with the man in the mirror.

Maya Thurman-Hawke currently looks exactly like a mini version of her mom. She’s got the bright eyes and the silky hair, in particular – though it remains to be seen whether she also has the butt-kicking ability that Uma demonstrated in Kill Bill.

Apparently, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt prefers instead to be called John and, furthermore, opts to wear suits rather than dresses. And going on looks alone, it’s entirely feasible that the reportedly gender-neutral child will grow up to be the exact spit of father Brad.

Scott Eastwood is an actor, just like his famous father Clint. However, when Scott started on that career path, he used his mom’s surname Reeves to nip in the bud any potential special treatment he might receive through being associated with his iconic father. Upon looking at the pair together, though, there’s no denying the link.

It seems that at one point former soccer star David Beckham decided, with wife Victoria, to create a doppelganger army of himself. That’s judging from a glance at sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, who all look a lot like their celebrity dad.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s unusually named daughter Apple is growing up into an adorable clone of her mother. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the teen’s mom has dubbed her “my little beauty.”

Naomi Watts has two sons with fellow actor Liev Schreiber, Alexander and Samuel. At the moment, though, it’s eldest boy Alexander who looks the most like her, although both brothers have inherited their mom’s beautiful blonde locks.

Legendary supermodel Cindy Crawford has a magnificently cheekboned mini-me in her teenage daughter Kaia Gerber. And as befitting someone who’s inherited Cindy’s stunning looks, Kaia seems also to be following her mom’s career path, having signed up with agency VIVA Model Management.

Mother-daughter actress duo Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri share not only the exact same facial features, but they also at one time went halves on a movie role. Eva appeared as the childhood version of Helen Prejean, her mom’s character in 2005 crime drama Dead Man Walking.

Ava Sambora is the daughter of former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, but it’s her other parent Heather Locklear whom she spookily resembles. And Ava also seemingly took her cue from her mom rather than her dad when it came to choosing a career path. How? By taking her first acting role in 2012 comedy movie This Is 40.

Ireland Baldwin has nothing but praise for the woman whose good looks she inherited, veteran actress Kim Basinger. In a 2013 interview with Elle, for example, the model said of her mother, “She looks like she’s my age. Her body, I swear, it’s scary.”

Given the pair’s shared looks, Mamie Gummer was perhaps the natural casting choice when it came to playing the daughter of Meryl Streep’s character in 2015 big-screen rock comedy Ricki and the Flash. It wasn’t the first time that they’d shared screen time together, though; in 2007 drama Evening Mamie also portrayed Lila Wittenborn – the role her mother reprises as an older woman in the movie.

Sophie von Haselberg is the spitting image of her famous mother Bette Midler, and perhaps that fact has helped the two to bond. Indeed, in 2014 the long-serving singer and actress told People, “My daughter is my best friend. She thinks I am hysterical.”

Liv Freundlich first appeared on the silver screen while she was still too young for kindergarten, but acting credits aren’t the only things that she shares with mother Julianne Moore. For one, she also has her mom’s beautiful red hair.

In a 2014 interview Danny Trejo said, “For the first half of my life, my looks got me in trouble and now it’s paying off.” Fortunately, though, even if Trejo’s son Gilbert looks remarkably similar to his dad, he’s following in his footsteps by appearing in movies and not by straying onto the wrong side of the law, as the Machete star did way back when.

Robin Wright’s daughter with Sean Penn, Dylan Penn, is an actor like both her parents. And though Dylan admits that she has inherited something of an ego from her father, it’s clear that she gets her looks from her mom.

In 2011 it became known that Arnold Schwarzenegger had begat a lovechild with his housekeeper Mildred Baena. That child, Joseph Baena, is actually in his twenties now – and you don’t need total recall to recognize the resemblance.

Here’s a case of a girl taking after her father even more than she does her mother. Yes, you may have expected Blue Ivy to look just like Beyoncé, but as a chip off the old block she’s more like Jay Z.

Lily Sheen definitely takes after her famous mother Kate Beckinsale, rather than dad Michael Sheen, in the facial features department. Even if Lily is blessed with such good looks, though, it’s still perhaps reassuring to fellow teens everywhere that her actress mom is just as “embarrassing” as anyone else’s is when it comes to growing up.

European soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has a mini-me – and one whom he’s named after himself. Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. was born in 2010, but the identity of the little boy’s mother has apparently never been made public.

Screen stars Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are divorced now, but before the pair split they had three children together. What’s more, the eldest, daughter Violet, very closely resembles her mom.

Kate Moss has one very similar-looking daughter in the shape of Lila Grace Moss Hack – daughter of magazine editor Jefferson Hack. As a matter of fact, Kate has said that she even sometimes takes fashion tips from her teenage lookalike.

Salma Hayek’s daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault – the sultry Hollywood icon’s child with billionaire businessman François-Henri Pinault – looks just like her mother. And Valentina apparently already wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become an actress.

Mike Tyson has fathered no less than eight offspring, but the one of them whom he perhaps looks most like is his teenage son Miguel. Oh, and back when Miguel was just a baby Tyson wanted him to one day be a fighter.

Little Maxwell Drew Johnson shares her mother Jessica Simpson’s hair, eyes, facial features and fashion sense. And to the delight of Simpson senior’s Instagram followers, the two of them have sometimes posed together in adorable similar outfits.

Such is the strength of their resemblance that Damon Wayans Sr. and Jr. look like a pair of older-younger clones. Wayans Jr. is the offspring of his pop and Lisa Thorner, and the father-and-son comedians actually sometimes appear together on stage.

Rumer Willis is the offspring of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, and save for her having inherited her father’s jaw shape, she definitely takes more after her mother on the looks front. The thirty-something actress has even joked about the two of them looking more like twins than mom and daughter.

When Heath Ledger tragically passed away in 2008, he left behind a daughter called Matilda. Believe it or not, that girl is a teenager now and lives with her mother, actress Michelle Williams – but she looks almost eerily like her father.

You only have to look at him to be able to guess who Jaden Smith’s dad is, but his sister Willow’s resemblance to pa Will is perhaps even more obvious; after all, she’s got pretty much the exact same ears as him. Oh, and if you still weren’t clued in, she’s also named after her Men in Black star dad. Subtle, right?

Ice Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr. not only possesses the same given name as his dad, but his remarkable resemblance to the rap star might also just have helped him land the role of Cube in 2015 NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton.

Ask any restaurant owner and they’ll probably say that one Gordon Ramsay is one more than the world needs. Better not tell them, then, that the celebrity chef has his very own miniature version of himself in son Jack. Let’s hope that the lad doesn’t share his dad’s explosive temper.

Christie Brinkley’s daughter Sailor Brinkley Cook has insisted that she’s not a doppelganger of her supermodel mom. The photographic evidence is hard to deny, though.

Melanie Griffith may have denied ever wanting to see Dakota Johnson in Fifty Shades of Grey, but there’s one thing that the veteran actress probably will admit: there’s quite the family resemblance between mother and daughter.

Don’t be suckered by the blond hair; Rafferty Law is otherwise a perfectly suitable stand-in for dad Jude, should the Hollywood mainstay ever fancy a quick break from filming.

Surely there was no doubt that Milla Jovovich’s kids would turn out very good-looking. And Ever Anderson, whose father is movie director Paul W.S. Anderson, appropriately looks just like a mini version of her famously beautiful mother.

Jaden Smith has portrayed the on-screen son of real-life dad Will in not one but two movies: 2006 drama The Pursuit of Happyness and 2013 sci-fi adventure After Earth. And given how closely he resembles his actor father, Jaden was likely the only real choice for those roles.

If any director ever needs to cast a very young Russell Crowe lookalike for a movie, they’d never need to look any further than Crowe’s own son Charlie. After all, he’s got dad’s shaggy hair, the smile and, if need be, the scowl all down to a T.

It’s, well, scary how much Mel B’s teenage daughter Phoenix Chi Gulzar now looks just like the Spice Girl did as a younger woman. And judging from a an Instagram snap of Phoenix in a little black dress and heels, it seems as though she’s now more than polished enough to accompany her mother to any red carpet soirees.

Looking at Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s twins now, it’s clear that Emme has won out over Max in the race to look most like their mother. J-Lo even captioned a December 2015 Instagram photo of her and her daughter with “my mini-me.” Case closed.

Honor Warren, Jessica Alba’s daughter with producer Cash Warren, looks all set to rival mom in the stunning stakes when she grows up. She’s already got the hair and the smile, not to mention – if snaps of the girl are anything to go by – the impeccable fashion sense, too.

It’s fair to say that Landon Barker shares more than just a resemblance to father Travis: he even has his dad’s middle name as a first name. He’s perhaps still a little too young at the moment, though, to get inked like the Blink-182 drummer.

Georgia May Jagger has certainly inherited the beauty of her still-good-looking supermodel mother, Jerry Hall. What’s more, it’s clear that mom and daughter share the same platinum blonde hair, the same striking eyes and even the same devastating smile.

By mid 2012 Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s relationship had unquestionably run its course. It was Katie, furthermore, who gained custody of the former couple’s daughter Suri, and time has seen the teenager evolve into an adorable copy of her mother.

Who knew there was a second Morgan Freeman running around? Well, not quite, although his actor son Alfonso could be a stand-in for dad any day. In fact, that mugshot of a young Red in The Shawshank Redemption was actually a photo of Alfonso.

There’s no mistaking the identity of Simone Johnson’s famous father. After all, she has Dwayne Johnson’s eyes, nose and smile – though it remains to be seen whether she’s also inherited his wrestling skills.

It seems as if Nicole Kidman’s doppelganger daughter Faith Urban-Kidman has inherited perhaps her mother’s most noticeable feature: her strawberry blonde hair. Not only that, but mom’s curls, too – a feature that Nicole herself has said she has learned to love after learning that Faith prefers her with more natural-looking locks.

Jack Black tends to keep his kids out of the spotlight. Sometimes, though, they can be glimpsed attending movie premieres – and it can’t have escaped the attention of anyone at these events that son Samuel is practically a younger, blonder version of the famous funnyman.

Danny DeVito’s equally petite daughter Lucy may be a lot prettier than her dad – and have a lot more hair – but some of her features definitely give the game away. Her nose, for example, was definitely inherited from the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star, not to mention the shape of her face.

Even if Alice Richmond didn’t look so much like Tina Fey, the girl’s hilarious turn as a younger version of her mom’s character in a 2012 episode of 30 Rock left no one in any doubt as to who spawned her.

With a last name like that, there are no prizes for guessing who Sistine Stallone’s famous dad is. Luckily for her, though, she actually looks a lot more like her mother, model Jennifer Flavin – and has capitalized on that fact by launching her own modeling career.

James Broderick definitely bears more than a passing resemblance to his father Matthew, but there’s no denying the influence of Sarah Jessica Parker’s genes either. Let’s just say that his nose and hair are definitely down to mom, at least.

With her precocious sense of style, brunette locks and pout, Harper Beckham could easily grow up to emulate mother Victoria. Mom may have been a little put-out, then, when her daughter revealed that she actually wants to play soccer like dad David.

Nicole Richie is so famously known as being Lionel Richie’s daughter that the fact that she’s got a daughter herself is sometimes overlooked. But one look at Harlow Madden and you’d know instantly who her celebrity mother is.

Overlooking the difference between the pair in terms of hair color, Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon could easily be a younger clone of the Queen of Pop. In 2014 Lourdes even decided to enroll at her mother’s alma mater, the University of Michigan, although only time will tell whether she follows mom into a music career.

Vince Vaughn keeps his daughter Lochlyn out of the spotlight – one day, though, she may well claim it for herself. That’s because, as well as sharing many of her father’s features, she apparently also shares his love of acting and often gets right into character when playing Frozen’s Elsa. Aww.

The only child of music legend Elvis Presley grew up to look just like a female version of him, right down to the pout and the piercing eyes. And apparently the Presley genes are very strong, because Lisa Marie’s son Benjamin looks a lot like Elvis too – but, of course, that’s totally no bad thing.

Put John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s genes together and the Saturday Night Fever star’s traits will win out. Well, that’s apparently what happened with Travolta’s daughter Ella Bleu, who has his blue-gray eyes, dark brown hair and nose.

Scout Willis has a more angular jaw than Demi Moore – the influence of Bruce Willis, no doubt. But one glance at Rumer’s little sis’ nose and lips and it’s evident that mom’s somewhere in the mix as well, looks-wise.

He might not be keen on using his dad’s last name, but there’s no doubt that Kristopher Van Varenberg is Jean-Claude Van Damme’s son when you look at him. And that family resemblance probably helped quite a bit in convincingly playing a younger version of his father’s Universal Soldier character Luc Deveraux, as Van Varenberg did in the 1992 sci-fi actioner.

Between them, Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger produced some incredibly good-looking children. And among that brood is Elizabeth Jagger, who is unsurprisingly also a model like mom and shares Hall’s lusciously thick locks and big, gleaming smile.

Not many people even know that Samuel L. Jackson has a daughter; one look at any snap of him and Zoe together, though, should show you that it’s true. And yes, when she was a child she was indeed often told to “go the f**k to sleep.”

If TV execs ever commissioned a Scrubs spin-off where all the main characters were in pre-school – unlikely, but stranger things have happened – then there’s only one boy out there who could play Turk. After all, Rocco Faison might still only be a child, but his resemblance to his actor dad Donald is uncanny.

Billie Lourd paid subtle tribute to her mom during her short appearance in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, with her hair fastened into a pair of side-buns just like Princess Leia’s ’do in the original movie. Yep, the Scream Queens star’s mother is none other than Carrie Fisher – which you’d also be able to tell just from looking at photos of the pair together.

It’s a shame that Gracie DeVito is more into art than acting. After all, the daughter of Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito would be a shoo-in to play a younger version of mom if any of Perlman’s next movies required it, such are the striking similarities between the two.

Jamie Foxx’s daughter Annalise not only has his looks but his charisma as well, if her behavior at the 2015 Grammy Awards is anything to go by. The pre-teen became instant best buds with a host of stars at the event and charmed the likes of Madonna and Jay Z into posing for super-cute photos with her to boot.

According to her comedian dad Tracy, little Maven Morgan has become quite the entertainer. “She dances and sings,” he added to People in 2015 – so perhaps this mini-me could be the opening act for her father when she grows up.

If they ever make a fourth Back to the Future movie – fingers crossed – then Michael J. Fox could easily relinquish the role of Marty McFly to son Sam. Okay, so Sam’s a little bit taller than dad, but then it’s easy enough to suspend disbelief when it comes to that time-traveling DeLorean, so why not?

James Redford followed his dad, veteran actor Robert, all the way to Hollywood but decided to stay behind the scenes as a director, producer and writer. It’s just as well, because he could easily be mistaken for a younger version of his father if he ever wandered into a scene.

Chelsea Tyler definitely looks an awful lot like half-sister Liv, who in turn definitely resembles dad Steven. Basically, there’s no escape from the Aerosmith frontman’s genes if you’re one of his kids, as one look at Chelsea certainly suggests.

Ziggy Marley looks so much like his world-famous father that he could almost be the ghost of him. Not only that, but Bob’s eldest son is himself an accomplished reggae star, perhaps proving that dad’s musical talent has also been passed down to the next generation as well as his genes.

It’s fair to say that Alessandra Ambrosio has a perfect little mini-me in her daughter. And Anja is just as adept at striking a pose as her model mom – just look at the shots of her on the Victoria’s Secret Angel’s Instagram page.

Britney Spears’s first son with Kevin Federline, Sean Preston, looks just like her in so many ways. After all, he’s not only got the blond hair and the megawatt smile, but the wholesome sweetness that made Britney such a huge hit in the late ’90s and early ’00s.

Little Leni Samuel – the adoptive daughter of Seal – already looks a lot like her mother Heidi Klum. The apple of her mom’s eye wants to become a model, too, but according to some that will be over Seal’s dead body.