From Tilly Ramsay to Lila Moss: Here’s how the children of Hollywood’s biggest names are paving their own paths

Gordon Ramsay’s daughter Tilly Ramsay

Gordon and Tilly don’t just share a flair for cooking, but they also have the same birthday, so perhaps the 20-year-old television presenter’s career was written in the stars and her genes. The celebrity chef’s daughter has worked with him on cooking shows via guest roles on MasterChef Junior and Hell’s Kitchen. However, she has recently broken away from under his wing to compete on Celebrity MasterChef in Australia.

In a joint interview with the Daily Mail, Tilly joked that she has more skills than her father. “Who’s the best cook? Definitely me!” she announced. “Dad’s the sous chef, I’m the head chef. He likes to steal my recipes, too, so I don’t tell him what my secret ingredients are.”

Kate Moss’ daughter Lila Moss

Kate made sure she protected her daughter from the challenging modelling industry until she was of legal age. When Lila was finally 18, she made her runway debut for Miu Miu at Paris Fashion Week. Since her highly anticipated entrance into the professional world of fashion, she has covered Vogue Hong Kong, Muse Magazine, Vogue Japan, and Vogue Italia.

Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber

At 16-years-old Kaia knew she wanted to follow into her supermodel mum’s footsteps when she stepped out on the Calvin Klein runway. She may be known for her striking resemblance to her mother, but now at 18, she has become such a mainstay in the industry she is a top model in her own right.

In an interview with Net-A-Porter’s digital magazine PorterEdit, Cindy revealed Kaia was so enthusiastic about the industry all she could do was sit back and watch.

Eric Bana’s daughter Sophia Banadinovich

Eric’s 19-year-old daughter is attempting to break into show business as a dancer. During the premiere of her father’s 2020 movie, The Dry, Sophia revealed on the red carpet to The Daily Telegraph that she had enrolled into a dance course for university.

“I am about to go into full-time dance at uni,” she said. “I really have no idea where it’s going to go.”

Kate Winslet’s daughter Mia Honey Threapleton

The low-key 21-year-old has been carving out a career for herself in film, and during an appearance on the Lorraine Kelly show, Kate revealed that her daughter is rather “under the radar,” but she’s proudly watching her grow.

“She’s away just now in the Czech Republic about to start work on a little TV series over there,” she shared. “That’s been a wonderful thing that I think I knew was coming,” Winslet said. “Actually, I think I always suspected. And then sure enough, a couple years ago, she turned around and said, ‘I think I’d like to give it a go.'”

At the moment she only has two credits to her name in the Thriller Shadows and A Little Chaos.

Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon and son Rocco Ritchie

Now 25, Lourdes has been working as a model for a few years, and she has been an ‘IT girl’ for brands like Miu Miu and Stella McCartney. However, in a conversation with Interview Magazine, she revealed that she can sing but doesn’t want to follow her mum’s musical path because “It’s too close to home.”

However, that concern didn’t stop her from taking an interest in fashion like Madonna, but she also told the magazine she began working as soon as possible because of her mum’s controlling ways.

“My mum is such a control freak, and she has controlled me my whole life,” she said. “I needed to be completely independent from her as soon as I graduated high school.”

Rocco is more interested in his dad, Guy Ritchie’s career in film, and he has shown an interest in screenwriting and directing. At 21, he has yet to work on any projects, but he is looking forward to entering the industry.

Lisa Wilkinson’s son Jake and daughter Billi Fitzsimons

Like his parents, Lisa and Peter FitzSimons’ eldest son Jake FitzSimons is a journalist and works as a freelancer. His stories have appeared in the Commander Herald and Good Games Australia and he even wrote an opinion piece for The Sydney Morning Herald entitled, I disclosed my fear of needles, and the response stunned me.

Lisa and Peter’s youngest child and only daughter Billi FitzSimons also works in the journalism industry. The 24-year-old writes for the popular news startup The Daily Aus as a political journalist. According to her LinkedIn, she received her Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) from the University of Sydney. Billi launched her budding career at Mamamia in 2017, starting as an intern and eventually finishing as a senior news writer.

Bec Hewitt’s daughter Ava Hewitt

Bec and Lleyton Hewitt’s 10-year-old daughter is a born star and an accomplished dancer, acrobat, and gymnast who has dabbled in many exciting projects in front of the camera and on stage. She made her TV debut starring in a national advertising campaign for Target.

“Had the best time filming this TVC for @targetausHow gorgeous is the Kelpie?!” Ava said at the time.

In 2021, she took Australia’s breath away when she performed on Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars, which her mum was competing on. A proud Bec was seen clapping and cheering on from the crowd, and her dad shared footage on his Instagram.

“Our little Ava doing her thing! @avasydneyofficial we’re so proud!” he penned.

Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke’s daughter Maya Hawke

The starlet’s parents divorced in 2004 amid rumours that Ethan was cheating on the Pulp Fiction actress – with the kids’ nanny Ryan Shawhughes. But it’s clear Maya is inherited the acting bug – you may have recognised her as Robin Buckley in Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things.

“Maya might look like her mum, but everything else is all Ethan,” a source tells. “She’s a very studious, serious young woman who idolises her dad’s career. She’s about to star in a new movie about the Beatles with Ethan, which has caused a lot of friction between herself, Ethan and Uma.”

Maya Hawke

According to the insider, Uma is so burned by Hollywood and how damaging it can be to young women that she pleaded with Maya not to get into acting – but she ignored her mum.

Thanks to her role as the sharp-tongued ice-cream scooper Robin in season three of Stranger Things last year and her relationship with Sienna Miller’s ex, actor Tom Sturridge, Maya’s star power is on the rise, despite her mother’s reservations.

“Uma’s not thrilled that Ethan is only encouraging this by collaborating with her. But Uma barely gets a look-in – she’s a daddy’s girl!” the source adds.

Andie MacDowell and Paul Qualley’s daughter Margaret Qualley

Thanks to her breakthrough role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Margaret calls the likes of Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie co-stars and close friends.

“Despite growing up in the ‘industry’ thanks to her mum, doing that movie was Margaret’s debut into the scene of hot young things,” says a source.

Margaret also starred alongside her mum in the 2021 Netflix series Maid.

Elizabeth Hurley’s son Damian Hurley

Damian never met his Hollywood tycoon dad, who died by suicide in June this year. Steve denied having fathered a child with British model Elizabeth during their stormy 18-month romance until a 2002 court-ordered DNA test proved otherwise. Without a strong father figure in his life, Damien has developed an unbreakable bond with his loving mother.

“Elizabeth is ever so proud of Damian growing up to be his authentic self, though a lot of her friends privately worry she treats him more like a best friend than her son,” says a source.

Damian Hurley

“He’s her plus one to her glamorous soirees, and there are a lot of raised eyebrows over how she uses him as her photographer for her sexy bikini photoshoots.

“Now he’s officially a model, he does have a rather large chip on his shoulder and he sticks to a small circle of posh friends he deems good enough for his company.

“However, it must have been rough on him to have his father deny his paternity for so long, and just when it was looking like they were getting their relationship off the ground, he died in awful circumstances.

“He has Elizabeth which is a good thing, mostly – when she’s not trying to be his bestie.”