Sibling Day: 5 Celebrity Siblings You Didn’t Know Were Related

Today is Sibling Day – a day to honor your brother or sister.  While you can’t imagine growing up without your siblings, here are 5 pairs of celebrity siblings you can’t imagine are related.

Kate & Oliver Hudson

Though she has a successful acting career of her own, Kate Hudson is widely known as the daughter of actress Goldie Hawn, but she also has a brother who’s no stranger to the business – Oliver Hudson. Oliver played the goofy friend and fiancé, Adam, on Rules of Engagement and currently plays Jeff Fordham on the drama Nashville. Most recently, Kate had a recurring role as dance instructor Cassandra July on Glee and has several projects in production.

Emily & Zooey Deschanel

Hipster Heartbreaker Zooey Deschanel, is known as Jess on New Girl, and her older sister Emily, is known for her character opposite David Boreanaz on the crime drama Bones. Even before they both started acting professionally (before the age of 20) the sisters were familiar with Hollywood. Their mother was on the 1980s’ series Twin Peaks  and their father is a cinematographer known for his work on the film The Passion of the Christ. The Deschanel sisters are both seeing a lot of momentum with their acting careers: Bones is on its ninth season and New Girl is on its fourth season.

Warren Beatty & Shirley MacLaine

You know Warren Beatty as one of Hollywood’s most notorious reformed ladies’ men as well as his work in Dick Tracy and Heaven Can Wait. You know Shirley McLaine as Downton Abbey’s Martha Levinson and the mother in Terms of Endearment. But did you know they’re siblings? They grew up in Richmond, Virginia and both started their acting careers by the age of 20. Warren has a Howard Hughes project in the works and Shirley has two upcoming projects.

Justine & Jason Bateman

Justine Bateman is known for her role as the older daughter, Mallory Keaton, on the 1980s’ sitcom Family Ties. Jason Bateman has been bouncing in an out of Hollywood’s view since the age of ten, but he’s most recently known for his role as the responsible son, Michael, on Arrested Development. Jason’s acting career is thriving while Justine is taking a break from the entertainment business and is back in school at UCLA.

Fred & Ben Savage

Star of 1990s’ sitcom Boy Meets World, Ben Savage is the younger brother of the 1980s’ sitcom The Wonder Years star, Fred Savage. Though they both earned fame before becoming teenagers, the Savage brothers are still active in Hollywood as 30-somethings. Ben is working on a spin-off of Boy Meets World and Fred just finished an animated series.

Kate & Rooney Mara

Kate Mara is known as persistent journalist, Zoe Barnes in House of Cards and Rooney Mara was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. They were both born in Bedford, New York and great-granddaughters of the founder of the New York Giants and granddaughters of the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Mara sisters have been acting since they were in their teens. Right now they both have several TV and film projects in production.

Taissa & Vera Farmiga

You may remember big sister Vera Farmiga as George Clooney’s love interest in Up in the Air and little sister Taissa Farmiga as Sam from The Bling Ring… but with a 21-year age difference, they both played Corinne Walker, albeit at different life stages, in the movie Higher Ground. That was Taissa’s acting debut, and she hasn’t stopped – she’s about to start the fourth season of American Horror Story and Vera is working on several films.

Neve & Christian Campbell

You might know Christian Campbell as Greg Ivey on the series Big Love and his sister, Neve Campbell, from the 1990s’ series Party of Five. The Campbell siblings have been acting most of their lives – they were raised in an acting family in Toronto. Christian made his acting debut on Degrassi High and one of Neve’s first roles was on the sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall. The Campbell siblings both have several projects in production.

Lauren Bowles & Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Made famous as Elaine on Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s younger half-sister, Lauren Bowles, played Holly Cleary on True Blood. Both had roles in Louis-Dreyfus’s first post-Seinfeld TV show, Watching Ellie. That series only lasted 17 episodes, but both still have healthy acting careers. Louis-Dreyfus stars in Veep and Bowles just wrapped up filming the movie Underdogs.