This list of celebrities born into wealthy families, is loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Most actors struggle to pay the rent while they are pursuing their Hollywood dreams, but some lucky celebrities have been born into wealthy families. Some famous people have even been born into acting families, which has helped open doors for them throughout their careers.
Who is the most famous person who was born into a wealthy family? Paris Hilton tops this list. She is an heiress to the Hilton family fortune. Her great-grandfather, Conrad Hilton founded the very successful Hilton Hotels. Seinfeld actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus's father is the billionaire Gerard Louis-Dreyfus. She has an estimated net-worth of over $3 billion.
Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones was also born to wealthy parents. Her mother is the Twin Peaks actress Peggy Lipton and her father is the legendary music producer Quincy Jones. A few more of the richest, weathiest stars who were born into successful families include Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian, and Brooke Shields.
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36 Celebrities Who Were Rich Before They Were Famous,
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper's mother is Gloria Vanderbilt, the only child of railroad heir Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt.
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields has ancestral links with a number of noble families from Italy. Her father was an executive at Revlon Cosmetics, and his parents were a top-ranking tennis player and a princess whose family gained fortune through the administration of Vatican finances.
Chevy Chase
Chevy Chases's maternal grandfather was Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, heir to The Crane Company. Making him cousin to Anderson Cooper. His father's second wife was a member of the Folgers coffee family.
Giada De Laurentiis
Giada De Laurentiis is the daughter of two actors, and her maternal grandfather Dino De Laurentiis was a prolific film producer.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal's father Stephen Gyllenhaal is a film director, and his mother is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the daughter of billionaire Gerard Louis-Dreyfus, who has an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion.
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick is the first cousin once-removed of actress Edie Sedgwick, and related to William Ellery (signatory of the Declaration of Independence), Endicott Peabody (founder of the Groton School), Ellery Sedgwick (owner & editor of The Atlantic Monthly), as well as several other important and notable people in American history.
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti's father Angelo Bartlett Giamatti has been both the president of Yale University and the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift's father is a financial adviser, and her mother is a former marketing executive.
Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara's father's family founded the New York Giants, and her mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers. Her father is vice president of player evaluation for the Giants.