The term "nepo baby" has become a huuuuge buzzword on the internet lately, and it's used to describe a child of a celebrity who has succeeded in their careers that are usually the same, or adjacent, to their parents.
Most recently, Ben Platt, whose father Marc Platt is an extremely successful movie and theater producer, refused to answer a question about being on the cover of New York Magazine's Nepo Baby issue.
However, there are a ton of celebrity children out there who decided to flip the switch and not follow in their parents footsteps. Here are 16 who have "normal" jobs:
1. Harrison Ford's eldest son with his ex-wife Mary Marquardt, Ben Ford, is a chef and owns his own restaurant in LA called Ford's Filling Station. He's also written a cookbook called Taming the Feast.
2. Tom Hanks' daughter Elizabeth Ann Hanks, aka E.A. Hanks, is a writer and has written for publications like TIME magazine, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Huffington Post. She also has a novel set to come out in 2024.
3. Emma Thompson's son Tindyebwa Agaba Wise works in England's Criminal Investigation Department.
4. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's daughter Bella Kidman Cruise is an artist and designs totes, T-shirts, prints, and more on her website.
5. Two of Jeff Bridges' daughters, Isabelle Bridges and Hayley Roselouise Bridges, chose jobs outside of Hollywood. Isabelle is an empowerment coach and works with clients who are mothers, while Hayley is an interior designer with her own company called Hayley Bridges Design.
6. One of Sidney Poitier's daughters, Beverly Poitier-Henderson, makes jewelry that she sells on her Etsy storefront.
7. Bruce Springsteen's youngest son, Sam Springsteen, works as a firefighter in New Jersey.
9. Willem Dafoe's son Jack Dafoe lives a private life out of the spotlight, and as of 2008, he worked as an environmentalist and as a Senior Policy and Research Associate at Apollo Alliance.
10. Anna Wintour's son, Charles Shaffer, works as a doctor with a specialty in psychiatry.
12. One of Howard Stern's daughters, Ashley Jade Stern, is a nurse practitioner.
13. Tom Selleck and Jillie Mack's daughter, Hannah Selleck, is an equestrian and owns Descanso Farm where she breeds and trains "top quality hunter/jumper sport horses."
14. Jessica Lange and Mikhail Baryshnikov's daughter, Shura Baryshnikov, is a dance teacher. She's currently the Head of Physical Theatre for the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs at Brown University. She also has her own contemporary dance project called Doppelgänger Dance Collective.
15. RHONJ's Teresa Giudice's eldest daughter, Gia Giudice, works as an intern for attorney Kathleen Martinez, who specializes in immigration law. Gia just graduated college at Rutgers University and is preparing to apply to law school after the internship.
16. Finally, Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman's daughter, Heather Louise McCartney, studied design in college and became a potter. She even launched her own line of pottery and houseware called Heather McCartney Designs.
