"It was on my eighth birthday, at Disneyland, that I started to understand what was happening. I wanted to take pictures with the princesses, when everyone else wanted to take pictures with her," this is how the famous American model Kaia Gerber remembers the moment when she first realized how popular her mother, Cindy Crawford, was. Undoubtedly, like the other characters in our collection, Kaia is lucky to have her parents.Bright Side decided to find out which celebrities were lucky to be born into a family where their creative qualities found recognition and support and what life their extraordinary parents had.
Keira Knightley and her modest but talented mother
Keira grew up in a creative environment. Her father, Will Knightley, is a film and theater actor, her mother Sharman Macdonald is a talented playwright, writer and director. Unable to overcome her shyness, the young Sharman left her acting career after working in television for seven years. She dreamed of having a daughter, but her husband was against it, because they already had a son. Moreover, they did not have enough money and were surviving on only lentils and tomatoes.
Sharman once had an idea to write a play for the Bush Theatre, where she worked. And her husband made a bet: if she managed to sell her work, they could have one more child. The play was staged in 1984, was a huge success, and the former actress received an award as the best debut playwright. A year later, the famous daughter in Hollywood, Keira Knightley, was born. Her father named her after the famous Russian figure skater, Kira Ivanova.
Thanks to her parents, Keira was introduced to theater and ballet from her early childhood. At the age of six, the little actress got her own personal agent.
Michael Douglas and his famous parents
Michael's parents, Diana Love Dill and Kirk Douglas, met at acting school, but they did not enter into a serious relationship at that time. However, life brought them together again: when he served in the navy, Kirk accidentally saw Diana's photo on the cover of Life magazine. He exclaimed: "I know this girl and I will marry her!" and wrote her a letter. She answered. Six months later, she agreed to marry him.
And although Michael's parents' marriage did not last long, they always maintained a warm relationship. Thanks to his father, Michael received his first Oscar. For his Broadway performance, Oscar winner Kirk Douglas bought the rights to the novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" which he later gave to his son. Michael ended up turning it into a film that won many prestigious cinema awards.
Naomi Watts and her mother
Naomi's parents divorced when she was four years old and she stayed with her mother. Miv Edvard was working as a costume designer and decorator and performing in amateur theater. Little Naomi saw her mother during one of the performances and had a strong desire to become an actress. When she turned 14, her family left England and moved to Sydney, where her mother signed a contract for Naomi to attend an acting course. This was the occasion where she became friends with Nicole Kidman and four years later, she got her first role in the movie "For Love Alone".
Sylvester Stallone and his strong mother
Jacqueline (Jackie) Stallone is a very interesting person. She became the first woman in Washington to host a television show devoted to powerlifting and weight training. Later she opened a gym for women. In addition, she was a perfect ballerina, a trapeze artist in the circus and a choral girl in a night club. And even now, at the age of 98, Jacqueline continues to do power sports.
During the work, Jackie had some complications. Obstetricians used percepts, but injured one of the baby's nerves, and the boy was born with a low, paralyzed face. This explains Stallone's slightly funny speech and the stern, unflappable expression on his face.
Ansel Elgort and his creative parents
Ansel Elgort's career began with the horror film “Carrie” (2013), where he had one of the main roles. The actor's creative future was predetermined from birth - he was born into the family of photographer Arthur Elgort, who had worked in the magazine “Vogue” for more than 30 years, and as the director of the opera “Grethe Holby”. Ansel's brother and sister also found their mission in the artistic sphere. At the age of nine, his mother took Ansel to a ballet school, where the boy stayed for five years. Their father, in his own way, taught them how to turn on the cameras - he would capture all the moments of their lives, from eating breakfast to taking a shower.
Hilary Swank and her mother
Hilary Swank calls her mother "the inspiration for her acting career and her life," although Judy Kay worked as an ordinary secretary. At the age of 15, Hilary's parents separated. She could not find common ground among her friends and teachers, but she had a strong desire to become an actress. She was only able to stop feeling like an outsider after getting into the character of a book or a film. The only person who gave her support and believed in her was her mother. To realize Hilary's dream, the two of them moved to Los Angeles. They had to live in a car for a while, until Judy saved enough money to rent an apartment.
As we can see, this mother-daughter adventure had an amazing result - today Hilary is the winner of two Oscar awards.
George Clooney and his parents
This celebrity's father, Nick Clooney, is a famous TV host who was once a beauty pageant judge. The presentation of one of the participants, Nina Warren, impressed him a lot. Not only did she win the crown and title of beauty queen from him, but he also proposed to her. Two years later, they welcomed their son, George.
As surprising as it may sound, the young Clooney hated Christmas. Every year his father, famous for his kindness, would receive many letters from people who had found themselves in difficult situations. Nick would choose one letter and they would buy gifts for strangers with the whole family. On Christmas Day, they would go see those strangers for an hour, clean their apartment and kitchen, and then give them presents. As he grew up, George Clooney realized that his father was a person with a big heart and he began to help people, using his father as his example.
Taylor Swift and her parents
Taylor Swift's parents were neither movie stars nor wealthy, but she is definitely lucky to have them. She has never been involved in any scandals, and despite the fact that she became famous at a young age, she has never felt the need or tried to prove her "maturity."
Taylor spent her childhood on a farm, where she had the important task of taking care of the trees they grew, so that insects would not enter the customers' homes. Her parents also worked in the financial sphere and their daughter wanted to follow in their footsteps. Her love of country music changed her decision. Starting at the age of 10, her mother would take her to karaoke competitions, and at age 11, at Taylor's request, she took her to another city so she could make a demo album. When Taylor began to become successful, her father moved to another city to facilitate her development in her chosen field.
Emma Thompson and her parents
According to Emma Thompson, becoming an actress was inevitable. She was always surrounded by talented and creative people. Her mother, Phyllida Law, was a very famous Scottish actress, her father, Eric Thompson, was the creator and narrator of a television program called "The Magic Roundabout". Her younger sister Sophie also chose a career in the cinema and theater industry.
However, it was Eric Thompson who introduced his daughter to the world of television, and initially, she was not planning to associate herself with theater or movies. Emma enrolled at Cambridge University to study English literature. But her friends convinced her to join their college comedy troupe, where she turned out to be the first woman there, and that's when her acting career began.
Ben Stiller and his parents
Ben Stiller was accustomed to the scene since he was a child. He was born into a family of comic actors and his parents had taken him on their sets since early childhood. His father, Jerry Stiller, performed with his mother, Anne Meara, on various television shows such as "The Ed Sullivan Show". Their pairing became the most famous husband-and-wife comedy duet of that time. When their careers started going downhill, they switched to acting in films and commercials.
Dwayne Johnson and his tough but loving father
Not only is Dwayne Johnson one of the most successful and sharpest actors of all time, but he is also a 10-time wrestling champion and winner of many other titles in the sport. He began to participate in battles, following the example of his father, the world champion, Rocky Johnson.
Although Rocky himself taught Dwayne to fight, at first, he was against his son following in his footsteps. He knew that participating in battles and regular training was not an easy task. But Dwayne turned out to be a stubborn boy and achieved incredible success. However, like everyone else, he had failures at first. During one of them, his father's heart could not stand it, and he himself entered the ring under the stage name of his son, to teach a lesson to his son's "offenders".
Dua Lipa and her supportive father
Even the world-renowned Albanian singer, Dua Lipa, is a good example of how parental support can help you towards a successful career.
Dua grew up in the spirit of music since childhood, because her father, Dukagjin Lipa, was the frontman of the group ODA. Dua's parents allowed their teenage daughter to make her way to London on her own at the age of 15, to become a famous singer, after four years she had spent living in Pristina.
After Dua broke into the music market in 2015, the entire Lipa family moved back to the UK to live with the big girl of the house who turned into a global star. /Telegrafi/
