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

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 04/05/2026 15:00

Kate Hudson - my god i had no idea her mum is Goldie Hawn

Just finished season 2 of Running Point (really good)

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TunnocksOrDeath · 06/05/2026 16:50

Thousands of people all over the world follow their parents into the family trade. At least with actors and musicians they still have to prove themselves. Several people I know have literally been gifted their parents' business after spending a couple of decades earning very nicely from internal roles that were never even advertised to anyone else while they were 'learning the ropes' before their folks retired. I don't think this is inherently immoral by the way, we all want to do the best for our kids; I just think it's odd the way people criticise celebrities for getting an introduction, but applaud the local butcher for 'carrying on a family tradition'.

Gwenhwyfar · 06/05/2026 16:54

MrsShawnHatosy · 06/05/2026 07:48

Neither are the Welsh ones, Burton, Hopkins, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys and more.

Jonathan Price the same.
I will say that Burton, Hopkins and Sheen come from the same town/area so maybe there's something in the water there.

Gwenhwyfar · 06/05/2026 17:02

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Which actor/actress were you surprised to discover is hugely connected?
UnctuousUnicorns · 06/05/2026 17:06

Gwenhwyfar · 06/05/2026 17:02

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Might help if that image were a bit more than one sixteenth of a nanobyte in size. 😅

Gwenhwyfar · 06/05/2026 17:18

Download it and enlarge it and look at it in parts. There's a lot of info so it has to be like that I suppose.

desperatemum1234 · 06/05/2026 17:30

Jennifer Aniston. Daughter of a major soap actor in America, John Aniston

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/05/2026 17:31

TunnocksOrDeath · 06/05/2026 16:50

Thousands of people all over the world follow their parents into the family trade. At least with actors and musicians they still have to prove themselves. Several people I know have literally been gifted their parents' business after spending a couple of decades earning very nicely from internal roles that were never even advertised to anyone else while they were 'learning the ropes' before their folks retired. I don't think this is inherently immoral by the way, we all want to do the best for our kids; I just think it's odd the way people criticise celebrities for getting an introduction, but applaud the local butcher for 'carrying on a family tradition'.

Absolutely standard for farmers (caveat: all my farming knowledge comes from The Archers).

Empress13 · 07/05/2026 06:18

TamarindCottage · 06/05/2026 16:20

Claudia Winkleman’s mother is Eve Pollard, Sophie Winkleman’s dad is Barry Winkleman, EP’s first husband: ie, Claudia and Sophie are half sisters through their father

And Sophie is married to Royalty

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