25 Celebs That You Didn’t Know Have ShowBiz Relatives

6. Nicolas Cage

575150-niccol2_super Another Coppola family entry, Nicholas is the grandson of Carmine Coppola, a Julliard student who performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Carmine had several children, one of which is Francis Ford Coppola. Therefore, the successful actor is the nephew of Francis, the cousins of Sofia and Roman Coppola, and the son of August Coppola and Joy Vogelsang. August shunned show business and became an academic while his mother, Joy, was a dancer and choreographer. To avoid the appearance of favoritism based on family connections, Nicolas changed his last name from Coppola to Cage. However in his first film role, Nicolas is credited as €œNicolas Coppola€ in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

5. Kristen Stewart

stewarts The Twilight star is the daughter of John Stewart and Jules Mann-Stewart. John is a television producer who has worked for Fox while Jules is a script supervisor. Kristen€™s entire family works behind the scenes and she thought like many of those before her, that she would follow suit. However, the acting bug bit her and she landed her first major role as a youngster opposite Jodie Foster in Panic Room. We all know that she€™s risen to prominence following her Twilight role. What awaits in the future for the starlet? Only time will tell.
 
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