Beyoncé and Blue Ivy are joining the ranks in the upcomingLion Kingprequel .
Get ready for greatness becauseBlue Ivy Carterhas reportedly been castto voice Nala and Simba’s daughter Kiara in a forthcomingLion Kingprequel. Better yet, she’ll act alongside her mother, the one and onlyBeyoncé. The legend andDonald Gloverare set to reprise their roles as Nala and Simba from the 2019 film.
With this news, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy become the latest parent and child toappear in the same show or film.Will Smithhas done the same with his children Jaden and Willow, as haveRob Loweand his son John Owen Lowe and Meryl Streep and her daughter Mamie Gummer. So here are 21 times a parent and their child acted in the same project:
1.Bruce Dern played the ailing father of his daughter Laura Dern’s character in the Apple TV+ seriesPalm Royale.
2.Diane Ladd also starred alongside Laura Dern, her daughter, in the 1991 filmRambling Rose.
3.Mother-and-daughter duo Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke co-starred in the 2023 filmThe Kill Room.
4.Adam Sandler’s daughter Sunny Sandler starred alongside her father, her mother Jackie, and her older sister Sadie in the 2023 Netflix filmYou Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.
5.LeVar Burton’s daughter Mica Burton appeared alongside her father in Season 3 of the Paramount+ seriesStar Trek: Picard.
6.Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe costar in the Netflix seriesUnstable.
7.Tom Hanks’s son Truman Hanks played a younger version of his father’s character in the 2022 filmA Man Called Otto.
8.This one you may actually have guessed: George Lopez and his daughter Mayan Lopez star in the NBC sitcomLopez vs. Lopezas fictionalized version of themselves.
9.Kate Winslet starred alongside her daughter Mia Threapleton in the 2022 “I Am Ruth” episode of the British anthology seriesI Am…
10.Andie MacDowell played her daughter Margaret Qualley’s mother in the 2021 Netflix miniseriesMaid.
11.Meryl Streep’s eldest daughter Mamie Gummer played her estranged child in the 2015 filmRicki and the Flash.
12.The late Carrie Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd played a lieutenant in the recentStar Warsfilms, includingsharing sceneswith her mother (who played General Leia) in 2019’sThe Rise of Skywalker.
13.Will Smith has starred alongside his son Jaden Smith in two notable films:The Pursuit of Happynessin 2006 andAfter Earthin 2013.
14.Will Smith also acted alongside his daughter, Willow Smith. She made her acting debut in Will’s 2007 filmI Am Legend.
15.Leslie Mann’s daughters in the 2012 filmThis Is 40were played by her actual kids Maude and Iris Apatow.
16.Phylicia Rashad was one of the stars of Lifetime’s 2012Steel Magnoliasremake. Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Jill Scott, and Adepero Oduye co-starred in the film. So did Condola Rashad, who is Phylicia’s daughter.
17.This one you might’ve known too: Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus played a father-daughter duo on Disney Channel’sHannah Montanafor four seasons, as well as a 2009 movie.
18.Ernie Lively played his daughter Blake Lively’s father inThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsin 2005 and its 2008 sequel.
19.Blythe Danner played Aurelia Plath, the mother of Sylvia Plath, in the 2003 biopic about the poet. The film starred Gwyneth Paltrow, who is Blythe’s daughter, as Sylvia.
20.Denzel Washington’s son, John David Washington, started as an actor with minor roles in his father’s filmsMalcolm Xin 1992 andDevil in a Blue Dressin 1995.
21.Finally, the late Ryan O’Neal and his daughter Tatum O’Neal starred together in the 1973 filmPaper Moon.
