Famous People Youngsters Have No Idea Are The Kids Of Other Famous People

Riley Keough has been blowing up over the past few years thanks to appearances in Magic Mike, Mad Max: Fury Road, and her Golden Globe nominated role on the television series The Girlfriend Experience. But what some people might not know is that Keough is daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, the granddaughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, and the stepdaughter of Michael Jackson.

People always ask, "How crazy is it that your grandpa was Elvis and your stepdad was Michael Jackson?" I make them happy and say, 'Yeah, it’s soooo crazy! The reality is I know as much about my grandpa as you’d know about a grandpa you never met. I remember this Disney watch that Michael gave me. I think I sold that for five (dollars).

Like most celebrity kids, she would prefer people recognized her for her own accomplishments.

Maya Hawke stormed into the spotlight thanks to a breakout role in season 3 of Stranger Things. She also landed a role on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and played Jo March in the television miniseries Little Women in 2017. In addition to her acting, Hawke also released two singles in 2019 and has plans to release a studio album in the near future.

If you recognize her last name, that's because she has two famous folks for parents: Her father is actor Ethan Hawke and her mother is Uma Thurman. Technically, Maya's full name is Maya Ray Thurman Hawke.

Ethan Hawke has been a big name in Hollywood since the mid-1980s having starred in Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Explorers, Training Day, and Gattaca, which is where he met Maya's mother, Uma. Her mother is best known for her work alongside Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill I & II. Like Maya's father, she has been working since the mid-1980s in numerous films including The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Dangerous Liaisons, Les Misérables, and many more. 

After her breakout role in Stranger Things, Maya opened up about her famous parents in an interview with WSJ Magazine:

I’m always running decisions by them. They both have similar levels of success but really different experiences within the business. I think that’s the biggest advantage [I have], that I have information about the pitfalls and the good things. Hopefully, it’ll keep me from making some mistakes that young actors can make.

Alexander Skarsgård has been making quite a name for himself over the years with prominent roles on True Blood and Big Little Lies, but he's been working steadily since 1984 when he started in Swedish cinema - just like his father. His father, Stellan Skarsgård, is probably best known for his recent work as Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the man has been working since the late 1960s and has starred in films suchs as Good Will Hunting, The Hunt for Red October, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and Mamma Mia!

Alexander spoke about growing up with a father who was a working actor, and his words are what you might expect for the child of a celebrity:

He was a great dad when I was growing up but it was tough because I didn’t get to see him much. He worked 16-hour days, six-to-seven days a week. I would go to the theater and hang out backstage to see dad, basically.

Zoey Deutch's career as an actress and producer has included some impressive roles in Beautiful Creatures, Vampire Academy, and Flower. She took her father's slightly less well known name for her professional career instead of taking her famous mother's name. 

Lea Thompson is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines, Marty McFly's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy. She also starred in the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City and dozens of movies and television series over the course of her 30+ year-long career. The entire family is very close, if their collaboration on The Year of Spectacular Men is any indication:

I mean, my mom directed it, my sister wrote, starred in and scored it, my ex-boyfriend played my boyfriend, I produced alongside my dad. And everyone still speaks, and no one lost any limbs, and we made a really good film.

Margaret Qualley made her Hollywood debut in 2011 and has since starred in numerous roles, including The Nice Guys, The Leftovers, Death Note, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Though you wouldn't know it from her last name, Margaret is the daughter of Andie MacDowell, an actress whose work has spanned more than 40 years to include roles in Green Card; Groundhog Day; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; and Short Cuts, to name a few.

Both Margaret and her sister, Rainey (who is also an actress), grew up outside Hollywood, but they are now beginning careers of their own. In an interview with Town and Country, Rainey discussed growing up in the shadow of a famous mother:

For a long time, my mother wouldn't let me watch her movies, the grown-up ones at least. It's fun being able to see them now, especially Sex, Lies, and Videotape since she was pregnant with me at that time. And Green Card, too - I just like seeing her then, because I never knew her when she was younger.

Billie Lourd takes her surname from her father, talent agent Bryan Lourd, and that has helped to distance her professional career from that of her mother, Carrie Fisher. Fisher played many roles throughout her lifetime, but she is best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise.

Lourd has developed a rather impressive career on her own, having starred in numerous projects including Scream Queens and American Horror Story. When it comes to working in her mother's legacy, Lourd explained her position:

I’ve always kind of lived in their shadows, and now is the first time in my life when I get to own my life and stand on my own. I love being my mother’s daughter, and it’s something I always will be, but now I get to be just Billie.

Billie and Carrie weren't the only celebrities in the family; Carrie Fisher's mother was Debbie Reynolds, whose Hollywood career spanned seven decades.