Nepo-Babys: These 8 stars are even more famous than their celebrity parents

- The term as such is a bit misleading. Because the stars listed here are no longer. Nepo babies refer to the children of famous parents, andThe celebrities listed here are even more famous than their famous parents.

There are a lot of children ofthat also draws it into the spotlight - or that are pushed there by her parents. But in the rarest of cases, the children manage to top their parents' fame. This one.

If you didn't know it, in the case ofHardly depends on who is her famous father. But he is actually a great actor, namely Oscar winner Jon Voight, who has an almost 60-year acting career. Belonging to his most famous filmsComing Home,Heatand. But Angelina Jolie has topped her father's celebrity again, which is certainly also due to the time in which she contested her career as an actress and media personality. Because in the great time of Jon Voight there was neither the Internet nor social media. And not to forget: she was with a long timelined up.

Miley Cyrus has been a actress and singer for almost 20 years since she has been with the Disney television series in 2006Hannah Montanaappeared on the scene. How did she get there? There are probably two reasons for this: on the one hand she saw the musical in 2001Oh mama!, what she is said to have said to her father: “This is what I want to do. I want to be an actress! " Her father, also actor and singer, namely Billy Ray Cyrus, only then ensured that she was singing and acting lessons, and then also a first role in the seriesDocgot in which he played along.

From actress Gwyneth Paltrow, many do not even know that she is a nepo baby and the daughter of a famous actress-but she is. And her mother is Blythe Danner. The name doesn't tell you anything? But you have sureFile X - The film,AliceFrom Woody Allen and/orMy bride, her father and meSeen, right? See: Then you also know Blythe Danner, because she (among other things) played in these films.

That Ben Stiller is the son of actor Jerry Stiller (especially famous for his roles inKing of QueensandSeinfeld), should be known. But the two even stood together in front of the camera, namely on the one hand inKing of Queens, on the other hand in the abstruse fashion comedyZoolander, in which Ben Stiller also directed. Ben acts as a model and Jerry as his manager. But these are by no means all family members who participated in the film. Ben's mother Meara also plays a small role as an angry demonstrator and Ben's sister Amy is part of another model gang.

Actress Kate Hudson is a nepo baby par excellence, because: she has two famous acting parents, namely Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell (even if the "only" is her stepfather-her biological father is the somewhat less well-known actor Bill Hudson). But Kate grew up as a daughter of Kurt Russell, and that is what counts.

Jane Fonda has been in front of the camera for 65 years, she had her first role in 1960 inThe longer, the better. In the course of these 65 years she brought it to world fame and also won two Oscars in the 1970s: forCutandComing Home. But no wonder, after all, she has an equally successful acting father, namely Hollywood legend Henry Fonda. He too is a double Oscar winner: once for his last filmOn the Golden Lake(By the way, in which Jane Fonda played through) and once for his life's work. But because he has been dead for over 40 years, Jane Fonda has actually overtaken her father when it comes to fame.

Also a nepo baby that has passed his famous father when it comes to fame is actor Charlie Sheen. It was mainly through comedies likeThe Indians of ClevelandandHot Shots! - The mother of all filmsknown, but had his absolute breakthrough as the main actor of sitcomTwo and a Half Men. From the eighth season he received $ 1.25 million for this, which at the time made him the best paid series actor in the world. But his father Martin Sheen was and is also an absolute Hollywood coryphae and has in legendary films likeApocalypse Nowvon Francis Ford Coppola,Departed - under enemiesvonand (together with his son in)Wall Streetvonparticipated.

AproposWall Street: The main actor is, alongside Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, and he also has an extremely famous father: Kirk Douglas. It was seen in famous films in the middle of the last century (which he often also produced himself), includingPaths to fameandSpartacus. But his son Michael Douglas actually trumped his father Kirk in terms of awareness and relevance, by his participation in film classics likeA fateful affair,Black Rain,The Rose War,Basic Instinct,The Game,Traffic - power of the carteland of courseWall Street. But you actually have to pull your hat off to both careers!