6 Celebs Whose Parents Were Also Famous Once

6 Celebs Whose Parents Were Also Famous Once

1. Maye Musk — Elon Musk’s mother 

The famous millionaire, investor, and businessman were raised by an amazing and energetic woman Maye. When she was young, Maye was the finalist of the Miss South Africa beauty contest (the family lived in South Africa) and soon afterward her modeling career started to develop quickly: she did a lot of magazine covers and commercials. She is still doing modeling now even though she is 70 years old. And she is also a nutritionist. Thanks to the success of her son Elon, Maye is probably more popular now than ever and we just couldn’t help but include her into our list: she is too cool and charming!

2. Billy Ray Cyrus — Miley Cyrus’ father

It’s pretty obvious who singer Miley Cyrus inherited her great voice from most likely from her father Billy Ray Cyrus. He started his music career at the end of the 90s and he is still a very successful country singer. Billy Ray Cyrus released 13 studio albums and at the beginning of the 2000s, he did some acting work too. By the way, Miley’s brothers and sisters also play music: her sister Noah released a mini-album in 2018 and she is trying to become popular too.

3. Yolanda Hadid — Gigi’s and Bella’s mother

Even people who are not very interested in fashion and the modeling business probably know the faces of the Hadid sisters: they are everywhere. As it turns out, their mother Yolanda Hadid also used to be quite a successful model. For 15 years, she took part in photo shoots, commercials, and she did runway shows. In 1994, she got married and had 3 beautiful children: Bella and Gigi have a brother Anwar, who is also a model.

4. John Barrymore — Drew Barrymore’s grandfather

Drew Barrymore comes from a real acting dynasty. Her parents, uncle, and grandparents were actors, with the most famous of them being her grandfather, John Barrymore. He was born in a family of theater actors and he played in Shakespeare’s plays, had roles in silents, and roles in more modern movies. Drew remembers that once, she posted a photo from the Hollywood Walk of Fame with her grandfather’s star.

5. Jayne Mansfield — Mariska Hargitay’s mother

In the 1950s, aside from Marilyn Monroe, there was another amazingly beautiful blonde woman in Hollywood and her name was Jayne Mansfield. She often played in movies and in Broadway shows and she wasn’t shy about wearing some really revealing clothes (she often shocked the public with that) or taking part in photo shoots for Playboy covers. Jayne had 5 children, and Mariska Hargitay is one of them. She also became an actress and viewers probably know her from Law & Order.

6. Keith Allen — Lily Allen’s father

Many Game of Thrones fans probably knows that actor Alfie Allen who portrayed Theon Greyjoy is also a brother of a popular singer Lil Allen. As it turns out, the entire Allen family has some sort of a connection to the world of cinema: their father Keith Allen is a fairly well-known British actor, TV host, musician, and comedian. For example, he took part in the iconic film Trainspotting (1996) and appeared in a lot of TV series. Keith hasn’t ended his career as an actor either, one of his recent works was Eddie the Eagle and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.