Scarlett Johansson and Melanie Sloane
Scarlett Johansson’s mother, Melanie Sloan, worked as a producer, so it is not at all surprising that Scarlett turned her attention to cinema and began dreaming of becoming an actress as a child. Johansson made her debut when she was nine years old, but achieved her first success only in her teens, but she became popular only at the age of 17, when Lost in Translation was released with Bill Murray. 7 years later, she played Natasha Romanoff in the second Iron Man and has since reprized her role in many major Marvel films.
Alexandra Daddario and Christina Daddario
Alexandra’s parents were lawyers, so she came to the decision to work in cinema herself. She first took this path at the age of 11, but began acting only at 16. Then she played in the series “All My Children” and then played several more small roles, including in “The Sopranos.” They learned about Alexandra only in 2010 with the release of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, in which she played the role of Annabeth Chase. Three years later, Daddario played the lead role in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, but since then she has more often played supporting roles, for example, in The San Andreas Fault, Baywatch and True Detective.
Mila Kunis and Elvira Kunis
Mila Kunis was born in the Soviet Union, but at the age of 7 she moved with her entire family to Los Angeles and, despite her poor knowledge of English, began acting in films and TV series at the age of 10. Her first works were “Days of Our Lives”, “Baywatch” and “Piranha”, but she achieved fame only four years later, when the TV series “That ’70s Show” was released. To get into the main cast, Mila had to be told that she would soon reach adulthood, but in reality she was only 14 years old. After some time, Kunis revealed the truth to the creators of the series, and she was not fired just because the audience fell in love with Jackie Burkhart.
Jennifer Lawrence and Karen Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence wanted to become an actress since childhood and grabbed every opportunity to show off her acting skills. She performed in plays, performed skits for her father on the farm and dreamed of movies. Her mother was not thrilled with her daughter’s wishes, but met her halfway and even moved with her to New York for a while after Jennifer was noticed by a casting agent and offered to test her strength. For the sake of this opportunity, Lawrence even dropped out of school and was almost immediately rewarded for this, since critics and viewers almost unanimously recognized her talent. 2011-2012 became a real breakthrough for Jennifer: then she starred in the films “Like Crazy,” “X-Men: First Class” and “The Hunger Games.” It is noteworthy that initially Jennifer did not want to agree to the role of Katniss Everdeen, but she was persuaded by her mother, who several years earlier did not want her daughter to become an actress.
Keira Knightley and Sherman MacDonald
Sherman MacDonald was an actress, but she was not able to achieve much success, but she helped her daughter in this when she, at the age of three, asked her parents to give her her own agent. For the first few years, Kira played mostly episodic roles and, perhaps, would have followed the path of her mother, but the decisive role in her career was played by her external resemblance to Natalie Portman, who was already known for the films “Leon” and “Heat.” For Natalie in the first episode of Star Wars, an actress was needed who would look like her and play the doppelgänger of the maid. As a result, Keira Knightley was chosen, for whom “The Phantom Menace” turned the page in her life. Over the next few years, she starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, Love Actually, The Jacket, Pride and Prejudice and Atonement.
Blake Lively and Elaine Lively
Blake’s father was an actor and met his future wife, Elaine, in 1979 while she was working as a talent manager. They soon became a family that worked in the entertainment industry and brought their children into the industry. Blake went to work with her parents and was so inspired by cinema that she decided to connect her life with it. She made her debut at the age of 11, but began acting seriously only after reaching adulthood. Her breakthrough was the series “Gossip Girl,” in which Blake starred for five years. At the same time, she worked on Green Lantern, in which she met Ryan Reynolds and started her own family with him.
Margot Robbie and Sari Kessler
Although Sari Kessler was a physical therapist, it was partly thanks to her that Margot became an actress, as she sent her daughter to circus school, where she developed certain talents and with them began to break into the cinema. Margot took her first steps in Australian films and TV series, but, realizing that she would not be able to achieve great success in her homeland, she moved to the USA and almost immediately got a role in “Boyfriend from the Future” and then in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” with Leonardo DiCaprio. While filming with DiCaprio, Margot accidentally slapped her co-star too hard and thought that she would be fired for this, but Leo laughed and thereby defused the situation. Soon Robbie starred in films such as Focus, Tarzan. Legend”, “Tonya vs. Everyone”, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Barbie”.
Megan Fox and Gloria Darlene Fox
After Megan’s parents divorced, her mother found herself another man, who turned out to be an unpleasant and evil man. Because of him, Megan began to have panic attacks, however, even despite them, she managed to become an actress and achieve some success in the first decade of her career. Fox became incredibly popular when she appeared as Mikaela Banes in the film “Transformers”, but the second part turned out to be her last, because Megan came into conflict with director Michael Bay and was fired by producer Steven Spielberg, who believed that the actor did not dare to address with the director the way Megan did. After this, the actress’s career began to decline, but she still starred in the films “The Expendables 4,” “Trapped,” “The Dictator,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Lioness.”
Ana de Armas and Ana Caso
Ana was born into an ordinary family and due to the fact that Cuba was going through difficult times during her childhood, she knew practically nothing about popular culture outside her country. Despite the fact that Ana watched TV only half an hour a week, and went to see her friend for films, she surprisingly came up with the idea of becoming an actress, but since cinema was not very well developed in Cuba, at the age of 18 she moved to Spain, where she received a role in the TV series “Black Lagoon”. After Ana reached great heights, she moved to the United States and in the first two years appeared in the films “Who’s There” with Keanu Reeves and “Guys with Guns” with Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. From that moment on, Ana’s demand only increased, and viewers remembered her for such works as “Knives Out,” “Blade Runner 2049,” “Blonde” and “The Gray Man.”
