Prepare yourself for greatness because Blue Ivy Carter would have been chosen to voice Kiara, Nala and Simba’s daughter, in an upcoming Lion King prequel. Better yet, she will act alongside her mother, the one and only Beyonce. The Legend and Donald Glover are set to reprise their roles as Nala and Simba from the 2019 film.
With this news, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy become the latest parents and children to appear in the same show or movie. Will Smith did the same with his children Jaden and Willow, as did Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe and Meryl Streep and her daughter Mamie Gummer. Here are 21 times when a parent and their child acted in the same project:
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Bruce Dern played the ailing father of his daughter Laura Dern in the Apple TV+ series Royal Palm.
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Diane Ladd also starred alongside Laura Dern, her daughter, in the 1991 film. creeping rose.
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Mother-daughter duo Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke star in 2023 film The killing room.
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Adam Sandler’s daughter Sunny Sandler starred alongside her father, mother Jackie, and older sister Sadie in the 2023 Netflix film. So you are not invited to my Bat Mitzvah.
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LeVar Burton’s daughter, Mica Burton, appeared alongside her father in season 3 of the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard.
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Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe star in the Netflix series Unstable.
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Tom Hanks’ son Truman Hanks played a younger version of his father’s character in the 2022 film A man called Otto.
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This one, you might have guessed: George Lopez and his daughter Mayan Lopez star in the NBC sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez like a fictionalized version of themselves.
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Kate Winslet starred alongside her daughter Mia Threapleton in the 2022 episode “I Am Ruth” of the British anthology series I am…
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Andie MacDowell played daughter Margaret Qualley’s mother in 2021 Netflix miniseries Housemaid.
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Mamie Gummer, Meryl Streep’s eldest daughter, played her estranged child in the 2015 film Ricki and the Flash.