johnlegendVEVO/YouTubeWhen celebs take their kids to work, it's safe to say those kids have a much different experience than your own offspring when they tag along to the office: Instead of a cafeteria, there's a craft services table; instead of sitting in on meetings, they hang out during hair and makeup. And, for some celeb kids, going to work with mom or dad means actually costarring in a movie, photo shoot, or music video!
Many of these famous kids went on to have successful careers in the spotlight themselves, while others seem poised to do the same one day. Seems like talent really does run in the family!
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@Parisa / Splash NewsMaking movies is truly a family affair for husband-and-wife team Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow. Director Apatow cast the couple's real-life daughters, Maude and Iris, as Mann and Paul Rudd's kids in both Knocked Up and This Is 40. Apatow has said the girls' performances are so realistic because he simply gives them something to argue about, turns the camera on, and they "get sucked into what their real problems are with each other."
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Gigi Iorio / Splash NewsNow he's getting raves as a rapping graffiti artist in The Get Down, but Jaden Smith is no stranger to the spotlight: He previously starred in The Pursuit of Happyness and After Earth alongside his dad (the pair is also slated to appear together in the upcoming A Year in the Life).
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AdMedia / Splash NewsRumer Willis was just 7 years old when Striptease, in which she starred as her real-life mom Demi Moore's daughter, was released. Apparently the young actress asked to audition and was only allowed to after a long discussion between Moore and dad Bruce Willis.
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Lionel Urman / Splash NewsWillow Smith did some serious following in her mom's footsteps when she voiced the baby version of Jada Pinkett Smith's character, Gloria the hippo, in Madagascar 2.
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Russ Einhorn / Splash NewsEva Amurri Martino has been starring alongside mom Susan Sarandon since she was just 7 years old (in Bob Roberts). Other notable appearances with Sarandon include Dead Man Walking and The Banger Sisters.
"It was how I grew up," Amurri told the New York Post.
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Doug Meszler / Splash NewsIt was literally one of the most amazing things ever when Tina Fey cast her real-life daughter Alice Zenobia as her younger self in an episode of 30 Rock -- apparently the ability to deliver a withering eye-roll is genetic!
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Italypress News / Splash NewsShiloh Jolie-Pitt was just a toddler when she made her movie debut in dad Brad Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- though she later turned down the role her younger sister Vivienne went on to play in Maleficent (she would have preferred to play a "horned creature" instead of a princess!).
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Magnolia PicturesThere's no question that Colin Hanks and Tom Hanks are related, especially when they're on-screen together -- as they were in The Great Buck Howard, the story of a bumbling magician and his assistant. In fact, Colin's first movie role was in his dad's film That Thing You Do, in which he had a cameo as an usher for Liv Tyler.
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Splash News and PicturesNot everybody (and by "not everybody" we mean "pretty much nobody") thought it was a good idea when director Francis Ford Coppola cast his daughter Sofia Coppola in The Godfather Part 3. Still, even if her acting career didn't pan out, Sofia is still doing pretty well for herself as an Academy Award–winning screenwriter and director!
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