5 Iconic Mother-Daughter Photos Just in Time for Mother’s Day

1. Ava Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon’s Instagram Post.

Witherspoon posted this photo with her daughter, Ava, to Instagram in 2020 to celebrate Ava’s 21st birthday. The photo quickly became famous, with many fans remarking how incredibly similar the pair looks!

2. Willow Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris in Harper’s Bazaar

This striking image features three generations of women, as Willow Smith, her mother Jada-Pinkett Smith, and her grandmother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris grace an article of Harper’s Bazaar. You can see even more of these three stunning ladies, as they co-host their own Facebook series talk show, “Red Table Talk”.

3. Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn’s Mother’s Day Post

Though most Mother’s Day posts are usually shared by daughters honoring their mother’s, Goldie Hawn broke with this trend to recognize her daughter, Kate Hudson. On Mother’s Day, Goldie Hawn posted this photo on her Instagram celebrating her daughter, Kate Hudson, and the “attentive caring loving” mother that Hudson has become to three children.

4. Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia

Next up is a behind-the-scenes shot of Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Street of the set of Mamma Mia. The two play the memorable duo of Donna and Sophie Sheridan. Their mother-daughter bond has played out through songs and shined through on screen throughout the original film and sequel.

5. Billie Lourd Fisher and Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Wrapping up our list is this snapshot of the late Carrie Fisher and her daughter, Billie Lourd, starring alongside one another in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the new trilogy , Lourd plays one of General Leia’s (Fisher’s) lieutenants, and even sports the same up-do that was synonymous with Leia’s character in the original trilogy. Carrie Fisher passed away before she could finish filming the final installment of the series— The Rise of Skywalker, but director J.J. Abrams was able to use editing and cut scenes from previous films to make her come to life for the final movie.

Though Abrams had originally planned for Lourd to not appear in any scenes in which Fisher would be edited in, Lourd actually requested to be in scenes with her late mother, and change were made accordingly. Lourd noted that she wanted to do these scenes for her “children when I have kids”, and that she wanted to be able to share that moment with them.