Five Actors You Didn’t Know Were Related: A blog around celebrity culture and how they’re related.
It is no secret that many actors come from families of actors, but sometimes they aren’t even related by blood. Here are 5 sets of actors who DIDN’T know they were related before they met one another.
1. Chris Pratt and Chris Evans
Chris Evans and Chris Pratt have a feud of sorts on Twitter over their chosen sports teams, but if you didn’t know, the two are actually distantly related! Evans and Pratt are ninth cousins, twice removed, according to Glamour magazine. They also share a common ancestor named Henry Stevens, who lived in the 1600’s in Connecticut.
2. Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn
There’s no denying that Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn look alike! The mother-daughter pair played each other’s daughter in the 2000 film “Almost Famous” and are often mistaken for sisters. The two are actually first cousins once removed, according to Glamour magazine. Their common ancestors are Pauline Esther “Popo” Phillips (better known as advice columnist Abigail Van Buren) and her husband Isaac Don Levine. Pauline was Hawn’s aunt and Hudson
There are a lot of celebrity families that everyone knows about: the Smiths, the Baldwins, the Waynes. But there are some celebrity families that aren’t so obvious. Some of these people have distanced themselves from their family members either by changing their last name, or keeping the relationship quiet because they are embarrassed by it. But most of them are just trying to make a name for themselves and not be known as “so-and-so’s sister/brother/cousin/etc.” So here are five actors you didn’t know were related:
1. Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson – These two British actresses are sisters, with Emma being the older one. They have both had long acting careers in theater, television and film (including playing sisters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows).
2. Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith – While Melanie has become famous for starring in films like Working Girl and Something Wild, her mother Tippi is a former actress best known for starring in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Tippi actually adopted Melanie after she married her father, Don Johnson (whose son from a previous marriage is actor Dakota Johnson).
3. Daryl Hannah and Page Hannah –
You probably already know a couple of the actors who come from famous acting families, but there are more than a few you may not have heard of, even though their relatives are among the most famous actors in the biz. Here’s our list of five actors (and one actress) you may not have known were related.
Dermot Mulroney and Julia Roberts
Dermot Mulroney is one of those actors who has been around for a long time, often playing supporting roles in movies like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and My Best Friend’s Wedding. He’s also had success as a television actor on shows like Friends, New Girl and Shameless. He has another claim to fame that not many people know about: he’s Julia Robert’s cousin.
Mulroney and Roberts are first cousins once removed, which means they share a great-grandparent. This isn’t the only connection between these two; Mulroney starred opposite Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding, which was released nearly 40 years after Roberts visited Mulroney on the set of her father’s film Heaven Can Wait.
With the popularity of shows like Game of Thrones, where the cast is so vast that it’s impossible to keep track of them all, it’s very easy to be confused about which actors are related in real life and which are just on screen. Here are five actors you didn’t know were related:
1. Jason Schwartzman and Elle Fanning
2. Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal
3. Robert Downey Jr. and Billy Magnussen
4. Alec Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin
5. Gina Rodriguez and Jamie Camil
Acting is a profession that has long been filled with family members. Some are only related through marriage, and some are related by blood.
In this article I will explore five famous actors that you may not have known were actually related.
1. Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts
Brad Pitt is the cousin of Julia Roberts’ husband, Danny Moder. The two men are both from Georgia, and through their shared ancestors they are cousins.
There are few things in this world more entertaining than celebrity culture. The who, what, where and why of their lives never seem to lose interest. But there’s one thing you may not have thought about: how are they related?
1. Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson is a professional wrestler turned actor known for his roles in “The Mummy Returns,” “Walking Tall” and “Fast Five.” He’s also the son of Rocky Johnson, a Canadian professional wrestler who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008
2. Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor known for his roles in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Titanic.” He’s also half-brother to Adam Farrar, an American actor known for his roles in “Handgun” and “Death of a Cheerleader.”
3. Matt Bomer
Matt Bomer is an American actor known for his role as Neal Caffrey on the television series “White Collar.” He’s also half-brother to Neill Barry, an American actor known for his roles in “One Life to Live” and “When the
Celebrity culture fascinates me. Almost every time I watch a movie or a show, there’s always something to learn about the actors that are in it. One of these things is that they may be related to each other. When this happens, I can’t help but share it with my friends and family. These are some of the best examples:
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Angelina Jolie and James Haven
Angelina Jolie is one of the most well-known actresses in Hollywood. Her brother is James Haven. He’s also an actor, but you probably haven’t heard of him. The two were raised by their parents Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. They were born almost two years apart from each other in 1975 and 1973 respectfully.
