Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman and Angelina Jolie were some of the actresses who starred in movies alongside their daughters
overcoming any mommy issues (“Problems with the mother”, in free translation), daughters acted alongside their mothers in several film and television productions. In some cases, the partnership was repeated more than once.
Casting actresses who are very close to each other may have been a way to check out physical similarities between characters who are also mothers and daughters, or even younger versions of each other. Would they be nepo babies? We’re not going to label anything around here.
Discover ten films in which mothers and daughters worked together:
1 – Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke

Uma Thurman It is Maya Hawke acted together in The Kill Room, a film that hits theaters in the United States on September 29. Patrice Capullo (Uma Thurman), assassin-for-hire Reggie Pitt (Joe Manganiello), and Reggie’s boss, Gordon Davis (Samuel L. Jackson) come together in a criminal scheme. When Patrice’s art gallery doesn’t turn a profit, and Reggie and Gordon need to launder the money they receive, the trio sees the partnership as a good way out. Reggie starts making paintings to give credibility to purchases and, unexpectedly, becomes a successful artist. Grace, played by Hawkeis one of the people who want to find out who is behind these works.
2 – Leslie Mann and Maude + Iris Apatow

Who thought that the first time Maude Apatow on the small screens was euphoria you are very wrong. The actress and her sister, Iris Apatow, were by the mother’s side, Leslie Mannin Slightly Pregnant (2007), What are you laughing at? (2009)It is Welcome to 40 (2012). All these films were directed by Judd Apatowhusband of Leslie and father of Maude It is Iris.
3 – Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd

Billie Lourd, which was born long after the debut of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)joined the audiovisual saga of George Lucas in 2015, playing Lieutenant Connix in Star Wars The Force Awakens. Unfortunately, the partnership with Carrie FisherLeia, did not last long, because the mother of Lourd passed away in 2016. Still, Billie continued in the cast, participating in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)It is Star Wars: Episode IX (2019). The actress even played Leia in a flashback scene. Her face was replaced by that of Fisher from the use of footage from Return of the Jedi (1983).
4 – Demi Moore and Rumer Willis

In the childhood, Rumer Willis acted with mother, Demi Moorein Now and Forever (1995). The actresses repeated the dose the following year, with Striptease (1996). In the movie starring the mother, rumer played the role of the daughter of Moore.
If you recognized the last name of rumer and then thought of Bruce Willis, know that she is really the daughter of the actor. The two also acted together in Hostage (2005).
5 – Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt

In Maleficent (2014)Sleeping Beauty’s childhood was lived by Vivienne Jolie-Pitt. Although the decision seems to be the result of a kind of nepotism, Angelina Jolie explained at the time that Vivienne she was the only child not frightened by her mother’s dark appearance.
“We think it’s fun for our kids to have a cameo or join us on set but not be actors. That’s not our goal,” he said. jolie to the Entertainment Weekly (via People). “The other 3- or 4-year-olds wouldn’t go near me. It had to be someone who liked me and wasn’t afraid of my horns and my eyes and my claws. So it had to be Viv.”
Already in 2023, Angelina Jolie announced that it will be the main producer of the musical The Outsiders — adaptation of the novel by SE Hinton and from the movie Francis Coppola — on Broadway. jolie confirmed to People what Viviennenow 15, inspired her and will help run the project as a volunteer assistant.
6 – Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer

Mamie Gummer plays a barista in The Devil Wears Prada (2006). The scene, however, did not make the final cut of the film. Before that, mother and daughter were together in The Difficult Art of Loving (1986), when Gummer was only 20 months old. The baby played Annie and appeared in the credits as Natalie Stern, in order to protect her identity.
Later, Ricki and the Flash: Homecoming (2015) consolidated yet another partnership between the two. In the feature film scripted by diablo cody, Streep plays the mother of Mamie. “She’s not intimidating,” he said. Gummer The Variety (via People) about working alongside Meryl.
7 – Tilda Swinton and Honor Byrne

Tilda Swinton is probably one of the most versatile actresses today. Going Through Marvel’s Long Doctor Strange (2016)the cult Memory (2021)the remake Sigh (2019)and the famous We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)until Constantine (2005)playing the Angel Gabriel, Tilda already proved his talent. In The Souvenir (2019), Honor Byrne plays a young woman who is in a confusing relationship with an older man. Tilda is in the role of the mother of the character. Curiously, honor — 25 years old — is the result of the union, now ended, of swinton with John Byrne20 years older than Tilda.
8 – Glenn Close and Annie Starke

The Wife (2017)shows the relationship of an elderly couple who experience conflicts related to their husband’s career. In adaptation, Glenn Close, in the role of wife Joan, embodies a woman who has made great sacrifices throughout her life and questions her own choices. The drama and clashes portrayed in the film are not uncommon in real life and cross several generations of women. Also passing the talent for acting from generation to generation, Annie Starke makes Joan younger in the feature film.
“The character was a collaborative effort between my mother and I. Otherwise, it would have been impossible if we hadn’t sat down and discussed every nuance as we play the same character,” he said. Starke to the The National (via People).
9 – Diane Ladd and Laura Dern

Diane is the name that the character of Laura Dern receives in Twin Peaksseries of david lynch It is Mark Frost, and is also the name of the mother of the actress. They acted together in Rose Nights (1991), a film that earned both Oscar nominations. In 2011, 20 years later, mother and daughter teamed up again on the series. Enlightenedfrom HBO.
10 – Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow

Involved in a trial over a ski accident, in controversies over the lifestyle she leads and even over renting a room in her own house, Gwyneth Paltrow he has been more in the middle of cinema than gossip. In 1992, she and her mother Blythe Danner acted in the miniseries Cruel Doubt. In the drama inspired by the life of Sylvia Plath — Sylvia – Passion Beyond Words(2003)— dancer It is paltrow They bumped into each other again at the cinema.
Source: Rollingstone

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