10 Babely Mother-Daughter Duos
Hollywood has a thing for dynasties—something we full-on embrace when it includes powerful matriarchs and their kickass female offspring. With Mother’s Day just around the corner (May 8th—better order your flowers now, boo), we’re rounding up ten gorgeous examples of mother-daughter pairs. Let the beauty lessons commence.
Diana Ross and Tracee Ellis Ross
For a master class in voluminous curls, look no further than the Ross women. While Diana climbed charts and championed faux lashes in her heyday, Tracee (whose father is music exec Robert Silberstein) stars in TV show “Black-ish” and pens op-ends about her hair. “You hire me, you hire my hair and you hire my ass,” she wrote. “It’s all coming with me.” Insert prayer-hands emoji here.
Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson
Arguably proving that there is, in fact, a rom-com gene, the Hawn ladies share more than their buttery-blonde tresses (or clearly amazing colorist). All hair worship aside, though, you have to admit that the resemblance is striking (Kate’s biological father is actor Bill Hudson—although she considers Goldie’s partner Kurt Russell her dad these days). For excellent mom-bonding movie material, by the way, check out Goldie’s 1980 feminist film Private Benjamin. It’s a gem.
Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz
Is it possible to have more beautiful parents than Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz? Unclear. What is obvious, though, is that the former “Cosby” star and daughter Zoe (who pretty much owns mega-movie franchises these days—she’s in X-Men, Divergent, and Mad Max) are basically hair soulmates. Also, can we take a moment to appreciate that the whole fam (including her rockstar father) still get along, despite the fact that Lisa is now married to Khal Drogo?
Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow
Actress Blythe Danner lived in a simpler time—a time before anyone thought about $200 smoothies, bee-sting facials, and vagina-steam treatments. Luckily (because who doesn’t like to read about that stuff?), that all changed with a little thing called GOOP. Oh, and with the arrival on the scene of her Oscar-winning, look-alike daughter Gwyneth Paltrow (dad is the late director Bruce Paltrow, an enduring influence on Gwyneth and her work). And our elaborate spa-day fantasies have never been the same.
Judy Garland and Liza Minelli
The similarities between Judy and Liza, her daughter with stage director Vincent Minnelli, are self evident (both performed as singer-actresses from a young age, both struggled with addiction, both became show-business icons)—as is the knowledge that their relationship was difficult. (Just think of your own teen years, and then pretend your mother was considered one of the greatest performers of all time and died of an overdose at age 47.) Despite all that, Liza went on to win an Academy Award for 1972’s Cabaret, and both ladies are enduring pop-cultural muses. Also, they were cute as hell together.
Ingrid Bergman and Isabella Rosselini
When you’re the result of the union between the legendary actress who starred in 1942’s Casablanca and Italian director Roberto Rossellini, you’re already considered cinematic royalty. But Isabella Rossellini became a star in her own right, most notably with David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1982). You could probably say good skin ran in the family, too.
How’s this for a mind f*ck: Liv Tyler, the daughter of famous groupie-muse Bebe Buell, thought her dad was Todd Rundgren until she was eight. But it turns out her father was another super famous rock star (Steven Tyler, duh). The experience is said to have clinched her casting in her breakout film Stealing Beauty (1996), whose character is also unsure of her paternity. In any case, don’t we all wish our old-school family photos looked like this?
Peggy Lipton and Rashida Jones
If you’re looking for a reminder that taking care of your skin is important, take a look at how Peggy (the former model and star of shows “The Mod Squad” and “Twin Peaks”) and her daughter Rashida (your BFF from “Parks and Rec”) look today. Sure, Rashida’s parents are both beautiful people (dad is producer Quincy Jones), but we doubt her father was setting examples like this: “My mother moisturized SO MUCH when I was a kid. She also is adamant about sunblock and hydration.” YAS QUEEN.
Nastassja Kinski and Kenya Kinski-Jones
Speaking of Quincy Jones, dude just couldn’t stop with the abnormally attractive offspring. Meet Rashida’s younger half sis, Kenya, who’s the result of her father’s relationship with German bombshell-actress Nastassja Kinski. Kenya’s a model. No one is surprised.
Melanie Griffith and Dakota Johnson
This last one, technically, is a trifecta. You see, 50 Shades of Grey actress Dakota Johnson (whose father is “Miami Vice” icon Don Johnson) is the daughter of Working Girl actress Melanie Griffith, who is the daughter of Hitchcock actress Tippi Hedren. Yep, three generations of blondes. Time is a flat circle.
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