Page 11 | Which actor/actress were you surprised to discover is hugely connected?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 2026-05-04T14:00:55+00:00

Kate Hudson - my god i had no idea her mum is Goldie Hawn Just finished season 2 of Running Point (really good)

HazRab · 04/05/2026 17:37

Bellasmellsofwee · 04/05/2026 17:14

I fucking hate it when they pretend to be working class, like it’s some sort of a badge of honour, instead of an absolute ballache that holds you back in life.

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Yeah, Lilly Allen, is the most cringy at playing wc 😂

Bellasmellsofwee · 04/05/2026 17:37

TamarindCottage · 04/05/2026 17:36

I’m not denying that but stating that she is his stepdaughter is factually incorrect. HTH

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I know I was just making a joke.

TamarindCottage · 04/05/2026 17:36

Bellasmellsofwee · 04/05/2026 17:03

Wow. Baffling how she got her big break then 😳🤣

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I’m not denying that but stating that she is his stepdaughter is factually incorrect. HTH

Bellasmellsofwee · 04/05/2026 17:35

IcedPurple · 04/05/2026 17:32

You can't possibly be saying that being the son of one of the country's most famous actresses AND one of the country's most famous directors might just offer him an advantage?

Surely not?

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Of course not. He’s just very talented young man and his script would have definitely been picked up and commissioned if he’d been working in Lidl in Bradford with a teacher for a mum.

kerstina · 04/05/2026 17:33

Even Ben Fogle had an actress mother. He deserves his success though. Worked very hard but it just gives them an easy break doesn’t it .

BleedinglyObvious · 04/05/2026 17:32

@MrsEmmelinePankhurst They may have got them on their merit but I find it hard to believe that nobody made the connection.

Wouldn't you help your kid find work?

I get Tom Hardy and Tom Cullen mixed up. They're nothing like each other.

SwedishEdith · 04/05/2026 17:32

Stephen Graham is proper Kirkby.

IcedPurple · 04/05/2026 17:32

Bellasmellsofwee · 04/05/2026 17:20

Do you know what, if I was her, I would have 100% helped my children out.

But I would have been honest about it for gods sake. Did she really think people would buy it? How many scripts are sent to agents each day and we are supposed to belive that her son is so incredibly talented that his, out of hundreds that week was picked up?

Pull the other one Kate.

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You can't possibly be saying that being the son of one of the country's most famous actresses AND one of the country's most famous directors might just offer him an advantage?

Surely not?

NeedToKnow101 · 04/05/2026 17:27

Winslett

NeedToKnow101 · 04/05/2026 17:27

GingerBeverage · 04/05/2026 17:19

The only person this works for is Nic Cage. Afaik he always hid being a Coppola.

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I’ve always known he was a Coppola.

Re: Kate Winslitt, I don’t think she was from a showbiz family?

Handeyethingyowl · 04/05/2026 17:26

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 04/05/2026 16:33

Next to none, I'd have thought. No showbiz connections in their background as far as I know. Their parents split up when they were young and their mother brought them up alone thereafter, on a teacher's salary. Not really a good example for this thread. Two bright and motivated brothers who have each succeeded in their different fields.

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Someone mentioned ghostwriters, can’t be bothered to find the post. But I’d be astonished if Richard did and also Graham definitely doesn’t.

Bellasmellsofwee · 04/05/2026 17:20

MrsEmmelinePankhurst · 04/05/2026 17:18

Kate Winslett has been in the media recently for denying helping her own kids get acting / scriptwriting jobs and claiming that they got them all on their own merits with nobody in the industry having a clue that she was their mum 🤣🤣🤣

Do you know what, if I was her, I would have 100% helped my children out.

But I would have been honest about it for gods sake. Did she really think people would buy it? How many scripts are sent to agents each day and we are supposed to belive that her son is so incredibly talented that his, out of hundreds that week was picked up?

Pull the other one Kate.

GingerBeverage · 04/05/2026 17:19

MrsEmmelinePankhurst · 04/05/2026 17:18

Kate Winslett has been in the media recently for denying helping her own kids get acting / scriptwriting jobs and claiming that they got them all on their own merits with nobody in the industry having a clue that she was their mum 🤣🤣🤣

The only person this works for is Nic Cage. Afaik he always hid being a Coppola.

IcedPurple · 04/05/2026 17:18

Happypotter77 · 04/05/2026 17:13

Louis Theroux is the son of the great American travel writer Paul Theroux.
Louis is also cousin to actor Justin Theroux, who was previously married to Jennifer Aniston.

Louis Theroux also attended Westminster School, a very elite public school.

Jellybelly80 · 04/05/2026 17:18

maras2 · 04/05/2026 15:49

Mariska Hargitay, Detective Benson in Law and Order SVU, is the daughter of the English 'Blonde Bombshell' Jayne Mansfield.
Her dad was a baseball player.

Oh my goodness!

I didn’t know that.

BlackCat14 · 04/05/2026 17:18

Dandeliontea123 · 04/05/2026 15:11

Kate Hudson has two actor brothers- Oliver Hudson(Rules of Engagement) and Wyatt Russell who has recently been in Monarch alongside his dad!

Oh wow- I did not know Oliver Hudson was Kate’s brother!!!!!!

MrsEmmelinePankhurst · 04/05/2026 17:18

Kate Winslett has been in the media recently for denying helping her own kids get acting / scriptwriting jobs and claiming that they got them all on their own merits with nobody in the industry having a clue that she was their mum 🤣🤣🤣

LindorDoubleChoc · 04/05/2026 17:17

I know for 100% certain that Charlie Higson wrote his own books - to pp who asked.

DareDevil223 · 04/05/2026 17:16

I was amazed that Emilia Jones who was totally brilliant in Task, was not only not American but was Aled Jones' daughter. It was a great series and she was the stand out actor in it.

IcedPurple · 04/05/2026 17:15

Arsewype · 04/05/2026 17:12

Another one that surprised me is Guy Ritchie - his mother is Lady somebody, and he went to private school.
I always thought he was working class because of his movies, but definitely not!

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Most definitely not!

I think his posh background was a major part of why Madonna married him. Quite a few Americans are fascinated by the English upper classes. Remember that cringey faux posh accent she affected during their marriage?

AllaMova · 04/05/2026 17:14

The late (and great) Tallulah Bankhead’s father was a very prominent politician, he became the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Bellasmellsofwee · 04/05/2026 17:14

Arsewype · 04/05/2026 17:12

Another one that surprised me is Guy Ritchie - his mother is Lady somebody, and he went to private school.
I always thought he was working class because of his movies, but definitely not!

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I fucking hate it when they pretend to be working class, like it’s some sort of a badge of honour, instead of an absolute ballache that holds you back in life.

LindorDoubleChoc · 04/05/2026 17:14

Colin Firth went to comprehensive school and had no actors in his family (until his younger brother Jonathan followed him into the biz). His family were not working class though and, honestly, it is increasingly rare to find non-private school educated actors. In the UK certainly.

Happypotter77 · 04/05/2026 17:13

Louis Theroux is the son of the great American travel writer Paul Theroux.
Louis is also cousin to actor Justin Theroux, who was previously married to Jennifer Aniston.

Arsewype · 04/05/2026 17:12

IcedPurple · 04/05/2026 16:17

A bit like Tom Hardy. He often plays 'hard man' roles but came from an arty background and was privately educated.

Vincent Cassel is a French equivalent. He made his name playing 'lower class' characters but he came from a very wealthy Parisian background, the son of a very famous French actor.

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Another one that surprised me is Guy Ritchie - his mother is Lady somebody, and he went to private school.
I always thought he was working class because of his movies, but definitely not!