Gen Z is already producing nepo babies. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most notable young celebrities born in the mid-late ‘90s and 2000s you may not know have famous parents.
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00:00 "Names are not important. The important thing is location."
00:02 Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Gen Z Stars
00:07 You Didn't Know Were Nepo Babies.
00:09 "You can tell my uncle here and now, 'cause he's my agent anyhow, but let me tell mama."
00:17 For this list, we'll be looking at the most notable young celebrities born in the mid-late
00:21 90s and 2000s you may not know have famous parents.
00:26 Did any of these names take you by surprise?
00:28 Let us know in the comments.
00:30 10. Nico Parker
00:32 Nico Parker has only a handful of credits to her name, but she's already well on her
00:36 way to becoming a superstar.
00:38 "Just show 'em all what you can do."
00:40 "Come on, you gotta tell Dad."
00:42 "No, he'll just tell us to be practical. Show's got cancelled for a week, right? We can research
00:47 and study and test."
00:48 The London-born actress made her silver screen debut in Tim Burton's live-action version
00:53 of Disney's Dumbo in 2019, starring alongside Colin Farrell and Michael Keaton.
00:59 More recently, she received attention for her portrayal of Sarah Miller in the HBO smash
01:04 hit The Last of Us.
01:06 "Chill."
01:07 "Calcium."
01:08 "Lovely."
01:09 But what many of us didn't realize is that Parker is the daughter of actress Tandiway
01:13 Newton and filmmaker Ole Parker.
01:16 There's no denying she's a star on the rise, and we can't wait to see what she does next.
01:21 "And she was pretty impressive."
01:22 "That is nice."
01:23 "You weren't at all, weren't you?"
01:24 "That is nice."
01:25 9. Mia Threpleton
01:26 The daughter of Kate Winslet and Jim Threpleton, Mia Threpleton is following in her parents'
01:32 footsteps in the entertainment industry.
01:34 "I have to do it. I'm doing it. I have to go for it. I'm absolutely just gonna give
01:39 my all and just do it."
01:41 In 2014, she had a minor part in the period piece A Little Chaos, which starred her famous
01:46 mum.
01:47 A few years later in 2022, she portrayed the character of Rose in a television adaptation
01:52 of Dangerous Liaisons.
01:53 "What will you give me?"
01:54 "I have nothing."
01:55 "Rose, please."
02:02 That same year, she and Winslet teamed up for the anthology series I Am, where they
02:07 played an on-screen mother and daughter.
02:09 Winslet would go on to earn a BAFTA TV Award for her work on the program, and we think
02:14 it won't be long before Mia is also bringing home gold.
02:17 "I'm just so proud of her and impressed by her."
02:22 8. Maya Hawke
02:23 Maya Hawke practically has show business in her DNA.
02:26 "I'm not kidding. Get over here."
02:29 The young actress is the daughter of exes Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.
02:34 She made a big splash in the role of Robin Buckley on Netflix's supernatural phenomenon
02:39 Stranger Things, and has continued to impress ever since.
02:42 "I'm fluent in four languages, you know."
02:44 "Russian?"
02:45 "U-Y-R-E-U-M-A-D."
02:46 "Holy s---."
02:47 "That was big Latin, dingus."
02:50 Just take her role in Quentin Tarantino's Academy Award-winning film Once Upon a Time
02:55 in Hollywood, for instance.
02:57 And we'd be remiss not to mention her work in 2022's Do Revenge, or in 2023's Asteroid
03:03 City.
03:04 Those are just a few of her other credits.
03:06 But in addition to acting, Hawke is also a talented musician.
03:10 With an ever-growing resume, we're sure her famous parents couldn't be more proud.
03:15 "And I'm dreaming of myself."
03:18 Number 7.
03:19 Cooper Hoffman
03:20 "Oh, hi, gal."
03:21 "Gary."
03:22 "Nice to see you."
03:23 "You've really grown a lot, huh?"
03:24 "Yeah."
03:25 "You're eating your vegetables."
03:27 The late Philip Seymour Hoffman is regarded as one of the best actors the world has ever
03:31 had.
03:32 It seems he passed his talented genes down to his son, Cooper, who carried on his father's
03:36 legacy and lit up on the big screen in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza.
03:41 "I'm a showman.
03:43 It's my calling.
03:44 I don't know how to do anything else.
03:45 It's what I'm meant to do."
03:46 Just at the start of his 20s, this is his only complete credit as of 2023.
03:51 However, Hoffman has two big pictures on the horizon scheduled to come out in 2024, including
03:57 Wildcat with Laura Linney and Maya Hawke.
04:01 Chock full of talent and potential, Cooper Hoffman is one to watch.
04:04 "I don't need you to tell me whether I'm cool or not, old lady."
04:07 "What was that?"
04:08 "I said 'my lady.'
04:09 I said 'my lady.'
04:10 My lady.
04:11 I don't need you to tell me whether I'm cool or not."
04:15 6.
04:16 Maude Apatow
04:17 From the time she was young, Maude Apatow was building her filmography through her dad,
04:21 Judd Apatow's comedies.
04:22 "Do you love each other?"
04:23 "Yes, they love each other.
04:24 Because that's what you do.
04:25 When you love each other, you get married and have a baby."
04:32 She and her younger sister Iris both starred opposite their mum, Leslie Mann, in his films
04:37 such as Knocked Up and This Is 40.
04:39 Apatow's time in front of the camera paid off and offered the young starlet an acting
04:43 career that some could only dream of.
04:46 "Yo, you Ru's friend, right?"
04:48 "Yeah, since like preschool.
04:49 Sorry, I don't know, I said that."
04:52 She's notably impressed audiences in HBO's hit Euphoria and also makes time to fuel her
04:57 passion for the stage.
04:58 Indeed, 2023 has seen her take her talents both to Off-Broadway and The West End, in
05:04 productions of The Little Shop of Horrors and Cabaret, respectively.
05:09 "Just tell Mama what you know.
05:15 If you see my mummy, mum's the word."
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05:20 Lily-Rose Depp
05:21 Daughter of Joddy Depp and singer, model and actress Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose Depp was
05:27 destined for the bright lights of Hollywood.
05:29 "Do you feel a sense of achievement?"
05:31 "In what regard?"
05:33 "In any regard."
05:35 Born in France in 1999, she was offered work opportunities for Chanel when she was only
05:42 18, soon being thrust into the spotlight and taking up modelling.
05:46 She also started acting in her adolescence, with parts in flicks like The Dancer.
05:55 And in 2023, she made waves at the Cannes International Film Festival with the premiere
06:00 of her controversial HBO series, The Idol.
06:04 An icon in the making, Depp has only scratched the surface of what we're sure she'll accomplish
06:09 in the fashion and acting industries.
06:11 "Evolving and embracing it.
06:14 It's inspiring.
06:15 I think we're all very proud."
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06:17 Ty Tennant
06:18 "I've done most of upstairs and the kitchen."
06:19 "Oh, have you?"
06:20 "Yeah, thanks a lot."
06:21 "Oh, yeah, I'm a big fan of yours."
06:22 "Oh, yeah, thanks a lot."
06:23 "I'm a big fan of yours."
06:24 "Oh, yeah, thanks a lot."
06:25 "I didn't do the bathrooms, so, yeah, that's a morally grey area."
06:29 In 2002, Georgia Moffat gave birth to Ty Tennant.
06:33 Years later, Moffat and her Doctor Who co-star David Tennant tied the knot, and he adopted
06:39 Ty.
06:40 Taking after his parents, he's pursued a career in the entertainment industry, with 2019's
06:45 Tolkien being his first major film project.
06:48 "And all the way that been in this array, and marking out this lamentation, we lost
06:54 our husbands at that too."
06:56 Since then, Tennant has appeared on a number of television series, including War of the
07:01 Worlds, Doom Patrol, and Around the World in 80 Days.
07:04 Most notably, the young actor starred in the Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon,
07:09 as young Aegon II Targaryen.
07:11 "You are the king's firstborn son.
07:12 And what they know, what everyone in the realm knows, in their blood and in their flesh,
07:18 and in their bones, is that one day you will be our king."
07:23 3.
07:24 Sam Nivola
07:25 Not all parents want their kids to follow in their footsteps, and for Sam Nivola, that
07:29 couldn't be more true.
07:30 "You think if you tell me it worries her, I'll feel guilty and not do it.
07:34 But if you tell me it worries you, I'll do it all the time."
07:36 "Shut the window."
07:39 The son of Alessandro Nivola and Emily Mortimer, he revealed in a 2022 profile with The New
07:44 Yorker that his famous parents weren't too keen on the idea of him and his sister, May,
07:49 pursuing acting.
07:51 However, that didn't stop the siblings from being cast in Noah Baumbach's White Noise.
07:56 "Turn it back on."
07:57 "Floor it."
08:09 Although the Nivola kids had acted in projects prior to it, the flick thrust them into the
08:13 spotlight.
08:14 With credits in new films like Eileen with Anne Hathaway and the upcoming Maestro with
08:19 Bradley Cooper, Sam's budding career is shaping up to be quite exciting.
08:23 "We already knew that."
08:24 "That doesn't mean it's not important."
08:25 "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, it depends."
08:28 2.
08:29 Charlie Hall
08:30 Charlie Hall is no stranger to show business.
08:32 Growing up as the son of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall, he has acting in his veins.
08:39 For instance, he was in one episode of his mom's HBO comedy Veep in 2019.
08:44 "You may want to start coloring that grey, just a thought."
08:48 He also started a web series at one point.
08:51 More recently, Hall caught folks' attention as Andrew on The Sex Lives of College Girls.
08:56 "We're going on a date tonight, if that's cool with you."
08:59 "You walked all the way over here to tell me we're going on a date?"
09:02 "Yeah, keep up."
09:03 In addition to being an actor, he's also pretty athletic, having played college basketball
09:08 while attending Northwestern University.
09:10 We're betting those skills come in handy, notably helping him with his work on shows
09:15 like Bel Air.
09:16 Between his comedic talents and athletic ability, we're sure his career is gonna be a slam
09:21 dunk.
09:22 "I was voted MVP on my junior varsity team three years in a row."
09:25 "Really?
09:26 Wow.
09:27 They do MVP on JV teams?
09:31 That's adorable."
09:32 "Okay, let's do this."
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09:50 Gracie Abrams
09:52 Gracie Abrams did not follow her famous dad, J.J. Abrams, into the world of directing,
09:57 but rather forged her own path in a different creative industry - music.
10:01 "Need to unlearn what I'm used to, need to unlearn how to run when it feels right.
10:07 Oh my God, I'm trying."
10:10 The young singer-songwriter released her very first extended play in the year 2020 and has
10:16 been creating new music ever since.
10:18 Her first studio album, Good Riddance, came out in 2023, showing everyone she's a force
10:23 to be reckoned with.
10:24 "Yes, the space was the thing that I needed, but I miss you.
10:25 Where do we go now?
10:26 I'm trying to find the place that I needed, but I miss you.
10:31 Where do we go now?"
10:32 She was also selected as one of the opening acts for Taylor Swift's highly anticipated
10:36 Eras tour.
10:37 Although she's still at the beginning of her career, it looks like Abrams is already
10:40 making a splash and shows no signs of stopping any time soon.
10:45 "Met you at the right time.
10:48 This is what it feels like."
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