Meet the Anti-Nepo Babies: Kids of Hollywood stars who have selected to pursue careers outdoor of the highlight

Hollywood has been besieged by way of nepo young children in the previous few years, capitalizing on their oldsters’ status and connection to forge their very own A-list careers.

Actors like Maya Hawke (daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), Lily-Rose Depp (daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis) and Jack Quaid (son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan), are to call only a make a choice few.

Last month, actor Ben Affleck made headlines by way of revealing his oldest two children – 19-year-old Violet and 16-year-old Fin each have ‘common jobs‘ – in spite of his and ex Jennifer Garner’s storied Hollywood careers.

The 52-year-old actor additionally stocks 13-year-old Samuel along with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, with the teenager going viral after asking his multimillionaire father for a couple of Dior Air Jordan 1 footwear which value $6K – which Affleck denied.

For each and every famed nepo child there also are an array of alternative superstar offspring who’ve solid strangely standard paths outdoor of status – together with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s realtor son Joseph Baena, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s artist daughter Bella and Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa’s firefighter son Samuel.

Now, DailyMail.com lists the highest 10 Anti-Nepo young children…

JOSEPH BAENA – Son of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Occupation: Real Estate Agent

Banea, 27, was once thrust into the highlight when it was once published that he was once the son of Schwarzenegger, 77, and his former maid Mildred Patricia “Patty” Peña, in 2011.

At first, it gave the impression he could have attempted to practice his father’s status, showing in a 2016 brief movie ‘remake’ of Terminator 2, taking part in his father’s iconic Terminator personality.

He additionally gave the impression fascinated by following Arnold’s bodybuilding footsteps as neatly, often noticed on the iconic Gold’s Gym in Venice whilst dabbling in health modeling right here and there.

The hulking 6-foot-2-inch Baena even seemed on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars in 2022, paired with Daniella Karagach, despite the fact that the duo had been eradicated in 11th position.

While he is nonetheless pursuing each health and performing, Baena additionally were given skilled, graduating from Pepperdine University in 2019 with some extent in trade.

He used that level to wreck into the realtor international, passing the state forums and incomes his State of California Realtor’s License in 2022.

The multi-talented Baena is affiliated with Aria Properties, with a separate Instagram deal with – @jb.homes – faithful simply to his actual property ventures, together with a $1.365 million sale he made for a Santa Monica condominium in November 2024.

Although the realtor continues to be performing – with 3 movies in quite a lot of levels of manufacturing together with Dog Patrol with Cuba Gooding Jr. (September 26, 2025) – Baena is slightly at ease clear of the highlight as neatly.

MERCY JAMES – Daughter of Madonna

Occupation: Makeup Artist Assistant

While Madonna’s most renowned kid Lourdes has adopted her mom into the highlight as a type and singer, her 19-year-old daughter Mercy James has no longer.

The 66-year-old singer first utilized to undertake Chifundo “Mercy” James from Malawi in May 2009, despite the fact that the African nation rejected the applying as a result of Madonna didn’t are living there.

She re-applied a month later and in June 2009 she formally followed her daughter, who has been quietly running as a make-up artist assistant.

She has additionally been dabbling in different inventive interests, with Madonna calling her, ‘a skilled musician, an completed photographer and truthfully, essentially the most good of all my youngsters,’ in a put up celebrating her 19th birthday in January.

‘You are the person who everybody is going to for recommendation, or a shoulder to cry on. You dangle a different position within the hearts of everybody that is aware of you. Especially me,’ Madonna added.

Little is understood who she works for, despite the fact that her Instagram has posts from London, Greece and Tokyo during the last 12 months.

She has additionally been running for her mom’s basis Raising Malawi, with a health center in her place of birth named for her – The Mercy James Centre.

It’s unclear if Mercy James has plans on following her making a song ambitions right into a profession like her mom earlier than her. 

SURI CRUISE – Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Occupation: College Student

Suri was a family title a beginning, when her oldsters Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes welcomed her in April 2006, despite the fact that she turns out content material out of the highlight.

She was once the one kid of Cruise and Holmes, who had been married from 2006 to 2012, and nearly grew up within the highlight.

The 19-year-old, like such a lot of nepo young children earlier than her, has dabbled in ingenious interests whilst rising up.

Suri starred in different highschool performs, together with starring roles like Morticia Addams in The Addams Family: A New Musical.

She additionally made her professional making a song debut, acting a canopy of Blue Moon, which performed over the hole credit of her mom’s 2022 movie Alone Together, which Katie starred in and directed.

Suri is these days a freshman school scholar at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, finding out of their prestigious School of Drama.

While her primary has no longer been publicly declared, Katie did inform Town and Country that Suri plans to check performing and dance.

If she does make a decision to pursue an performing profession, it kind of feels she needs to forge her personal trail thru her schooling. 

BELLA KIDMAN CRUISE – Daughter of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

Occupation: Artist

Tom Cruise’s oldest kid – 32-year-old daughter Bella – has shied clear of the highlight as neatly.

Tom and his then-wife Nicole Kidman welcomed Bella in December 1992, despite the fact that in spite of the large superstar energy of her oldsters, Bella has hardly discovered the highlight.

Both Cruise and Kidman have revered her privateness, with Kidman declaring in 2018, ‘I’m very personal about all that. I’ve to give protection to all the ones relationships. I do know 150% that I’d surrender my existence for my youngsters as a result of it is what my goal is.’

While her oldsters proceed to superstar in massive films and TV presentations, Bella has discovered her calling as an artist.

She maintains her personal site – BellaKidmanCruise.com – the place she sells artwork prints, t-shirts-pins and tote baggage.

Bella does have a verified Instagram with over 56Okay fans, she hasn’t posted in just about a 12 months, since early July 2024.

While Bella does not appear to be following both guardian into performing, she did practice father Tom into Scientology.

She stated in a 2019 letter that Scientology was once ‘precisely what I wanted’ as she educated to be an auditor. 

RUBY GUEST – Daughter of Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest

Occupation: Video Editor

Jamie Lee Curtis and husband Christopher Guest followed two daughters – Annie (born in 1986) and Ruby (born in 1996), with Ruby straying from the highlight.

Ruby did make headlines in 2021 when she got here out as trans, with each oldsters strongly supporting the verdict.

Jamie Lee admitted in 2021, ‘It’s talking a brand new language. It’s finding out new terminology and phrases. I’m new at it. It’s not that i am any individual who’s pretending to grasp a lot about it.’ 

She added, ‘And I’m going to blow it, I’m going to make errors. I would love to take a look at to steer clear of making giant errors.’

It’s been reported that she works as a video editor for a YouTube gaming persona, despite the fact that that gaming persona has no longer been known.

Guest spread out about popping out in a 2023 interview with Into More about her recommendation for trans other folks popping out.

‘It all is dependent. Different other folks have other eventualities. Some, by way of hiding themselves, could be protected. But for those who don’t assume you’re going to get kicked out of your own home or for those who don’t assume you’re going to be in mortal risk…then pop out, since you’ll really feel a lot more relieved, despite the fact that it’s simply for your buddies,’ she stated. 

‘Or inform any individual you believe. Then you’ll get started out for your trail, which incorporates letting everybody know what your most well-liked pronouns are,’ she added.

JACK DEPP – Son of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis

Occupation: Bartender

Daily Mail published in December that Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ son Jack has been running as a bartender in Paris.

The 22-year-old is the youngest of the 2 youngsters shared by way of Depp, 61, and Paradis, who had been married from 1998 to 2012, with the opposite being 25-year-old actress Lily-Rose Depp.

Unlike his giant sister, Jack has eschewed the actor way of life his oldsters and sister have embraced, running in a stylish Lebanese eating place referred to as L’Area within the Bastille quarter.

Daily Mail’s document from December published that Jack was once, ‘running shifts at the back of the bar and likewise within the downstairs kitchen rustling up an average combined mezze.’

There were photos of him running on the eating place posted on their social media pages, along side pictures of Lily-Rose making beverages at the back of the bar.

Jack spent two years running in L’Area earlier than leaving, however proprietor Edouard Chueke expects him to go back later subsequent 12 months.

Mr Chueke advised MailOn-line: ‘Jack is a smart man; he assists in keeping out of the limelight, however labored right here at the back of the bar and within the kitchen.

‘He was once a just right worker, he left a couple of months in the past however I be expecting him again later subsequent 12 months. Good team of workers are laborious to seek out,’ Chueke stated.

SAM SPRINGSTEEN – Son of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa

Occupation: Firefighter

Bruce Springsteen is ready as iconic an American singer because it will get, despite the fact that none of his 3 youngsters pursued the limelight.

The 75-year-old rocker and his 71-year-old spouse welcomed 3 youngsters, Evan, 34, Jessica, 33 and Samuel, 31.

Evan was once the one probably the most children to practice a musical profession, running as a song programmer, these days with Apple and up to now at Sirius XM.

The heart kid Jessica was an Olympic equestrian, profitable a silver medal within the workforce festival, who could also be a qualified display jumper and emblem ambassador for Polo by way of Ralph Lauren and Gucci.

However it was once Sam that actually embraced his father’s blue collar mentality, turning into a firefighter for Jersey City, New Jersey in 2021.

It wasn’t a very simple street to get there both, with Sam graduating from Monmouth County Fire Academy in 2014 and dealing as a volunteer firefighter for 3 other stations earlier than getting the task in Jersey City. 

‘It was once a protracted street, he’s very devoted, slightly a couple of years and we’re simply excited for him these days,’ Sam’s proud father Bruce stated in 2021. 

He additionally has the honour of constructing The Boss a grandfather, welcoming daughter Lily Harper along with his spouse, Alex Reph, in 2022.

IRELAND BALDWIN – Daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger

Occupation: Homemaker in Oregon 

Ireland Baldwin in the beginning gave the impression poised to practice in her mom’s footsteps earlier than taking flight from Los Angeles for a quiet circle of relatives existence in Oregon.

The 29-year-old signed with IMG Models at simply 17 years of age in 2013, gracing the covers of favor magazines like Elle and Vanity Fair.

She made her performing debut along her mom Kim in 2014’s Grudge Match, despite the fact that she did not catch the performing however like her mom.     

‘I will’t act for s**t. It’s no longer in my blood,’ Baldwin admitted on Emily Ratajkowski’s High Low with EmRata podcast ultimate 12 months.

She in the end settled down with musician RAC (born Andre Allen Anjos), welcoming their first kid, a daughter, in May 2023.

She moved to Portland, Oregon together with her circle of relatives in 2020, including that she, ‘could not deal with’ Hollywood and ‘bowed out of that international.’

‘I simply truly could not be in LA anymore. It began to take a toll on me, and particularly over Covid it is simply turn into a truly darkish position,’ she stated.

‘LA is usually a glorious position however it is also a entice. It’s stuffed with a large number of individuals who without a doubt shouldn’t have your highest pastime,’ Ireland added.

PARKER O’DONNELL – Son of Rosie O’Donnell

Occupation: Marine Corps

Comedienne Rosie O’Donnell has followed 5 youngsters, the primary of which was once her son Parker, who selected a box her mom could not have imagined: the army.

The 63-year-old followed Parker in 1995 when he was once simply an toddler, who grew as much as be an army aficionado. 

‘Truth is, since he was once a little bit boy, that’s his house of pastime. The identical method I like [Barbra] Streisand and Bette Midler and leisure, he can inform you any common in any battle, what sort of tanks that they had, what the battles had been like,’ she stated in 2011.

He in the end satisfied his mom to ship him to Valley Forge Military Academy as a young person in 2011, which result in his profession within the Marines.

During an look on The View in 2014, O’Donnell joked, ‘How do you annoy your left-wing, liberal, pacifist mom? You turn into a large army guy.’

He additionally published on Instagram that he was a licensed mixologist in 2016, and now it kind of feels he is also seeking to practice his mom’s footsteps.

He shared on Instagram in past due January that he graduated from the Los Angeles Film School, despite the fact that it is not transparent what sort of movie profession he’s pursuing.

‘Graduated these days. Thank you to all my instructors and advisors who helped me end my level. Thanks to my circle of relatives for serving to me find a way to finish my upper schooling,’ he stated within the caption.

TOMMY ZISSO – Son of Erika Jayne 

Occupation: LAPD police officer

Erika Jayne is highest recognized for her involvement within the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills franchise however her first marriage to Thomas Zizzo has produced certainly one of L.A.’s greatest.

The 53-year-old fact superstar tied the knot with Thomas Zizzo in December 1991, welcoming Tommy in 1992, despite the fact that they break up quickly thereafter when Erika was once simply 20.

She moved to Los Angeles in a while after the break up, leaving Tommy along with his father in New York, a choice she stated in 2018, ‘was once the largest possibility I’ve ever taken.’

‘I used to be panicked, however I used to be dedicated to succeeding. And I knew he’d finally end up right here with me in the end,’ she stated.

Tommy is now 32 and an LAPD cop, with Erika hinting that he’d most likely by no means make an look on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2019.

‘Probably no longer. I do not believe so, no. You know he has a non-public existence; he is a police officer,’ she stated on the time.

The fact superstar was once additionally fast to shield her son in 2020, within the aftermath of the George Floyd homicide.

‘(He was once) introduced up NOT to be racist. His task is to give protection to and serve ALL no longer simply other folks that experience his pores and skin colour. F**ok you and keep off my web page,’ she stated.

In January Zizzo, testified in Los Angeles within the gun trial of rapper A$AP Rocky.

Zizzo was once the primary witness referred to as within the extremely publicized case.

Rocky, father of Rihanna‘s two youngsters, confronted two legal fees of attack with a firearm for allegedly taking pictures a chum in 2021 and was once discovered no longer in charge.

Zizzo, probably the most officials who answered to the alleged taking pictures, testified about his observations upon arriving on the scene.