Nepo Babies at Met Gala 2025: Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner, and More Celebrity Kids Who Attended
Hollywood nepo babies at the Met Gala? Likely place for them to be.
The Met Gala 2025 red carpet has officially begun, and some of our most beloved nepo babies — which we’re defining here as the children of actors, musicians, designers, and industry power players — are in attendance at fashion's big night out.
As Allison Williams said about being a nepo baby: “It doesn’t take anything away from the work that I’ve done. It just means that it’s not as fun to root for me.”So we present this list not as a derogatory roundup, but a bit of pop culture history: it’s fun to track how someone becomes who they are. (And what connections they might use to get there.)
Below, explore all the nepo babies who attended Met Gala 2025 — and how they’re connected to their celebrity family members.
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images1/12Maya Hawke
Maya Hawke is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images2/12Grace Murdoch
Grace Murdoch is the daughter of entrepreneur Wendi Murdoch (who walked the Met Gala carpet with her this year) and media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images3/12Bee Carrozzini
Bee Carrozzini (née Shaffer) is the daughter of the Met Gala's main character: Anna Wintour, of course.
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images4/12Gigi Hadid
“Technically I’m a nepotism baby,” Hadid told The London Times in 2023, though her and sister Bella Hadid's fame has very much outstripped that of her parents Yolanda Hadid (a former model, and known her her stint on The Real Housewives) and real estate developer Mohamed Hadid.
“My parents came from very little [but] I’ve always acknowledged that I come from privilege," she said at the time. "My parents told me, ‘Just because you have parents who were successful, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t walk into the job being as nice and as hard-working as you can be.’"
John Shearer5/12Tracee Ellis Ross
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross is the daughter of one of the most acclaimed musicians of all time, Motown queen and lead singer of the Supremes, Diana Ross. Diana Ross also attended this year's Met Gala, escorted by her son Evan Ross.
Savion Washington/Getty Images6/12Patrick Schwarzenegger
The White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.
He recently talked to The Sunday Times about the nepo baby of it all. “I know there are people who’ll say I only got this role because of who my dad is,” he said. “They’re not seeing that I’ve had 10 years of acting classes, put on school plays every week, worked on my characters for hours on end or the hundreds of rejected auditions I’ve been on. Of course, it’s frustrating and you can get boxed in and you think at that moment, I wish I didn’t have my last name. But that’s a small moment … I would never trade my life with anyone. I’m very fortunate to have the life and family that I have, the parents I have and the lessons and values they’ve instilled in me.”
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images7/12Sofia Richie Grainge
Sofia Richie Grainge is the daughter of musician Lionel Richie and actress Diane Alexander.
“I learned how to deal with people knowing who you are from my dad. He handles it with such grace,” Richie Grainge once said to Town & Country. “He’s another level of megastar, and my whole life I’ve watched him. I’ve never seen him say no to a picture. I’ve never seen him be rude to anyone who walks up to him on the street.”
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Miley Cyrus
Also in the category of children whose fame has outstripped their parents: Miley Cyrus, daughter of “Achy Breaky Heart” hitmaker Billy Ray Cyrus.
Steve Eichner/Getty Images9/12Hailey Bieber
In addition to being married to Justin Bieber and mom to their child, Jack Blues, Hailey Bieber is the daughter of her own dynasty. A Baldwin, her parents are Stephen and Kennya Baldwin; actor Stephen Baldwin is the brother of actors Alec, Daniel, and William Baldwin, while Kennya Baldwin's dad is the Brazillian musician Eumir Deodato.
Bieber is close with her parents and called them for relationship advice after she and Justin Bieber decided to get married. “In my heart, I knew that it’s what I wanted to do but I was like, ‘Just tell me right now if you think, okay, whoa, relax, take a breath and think about this and see how you feel in like 24 hours or a week or something,’" she said in the Justin Bieber: Seasons docuseries. And they were like, ‘Honestly, we think that this is meant to be for you and we know that this is what you want so we trust you.’ I was like, ‘All right.'"
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images10/12Kendall Jenner
Kendall Jenner is the daughter of Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner, and sister to the most famous family of the 21st century.
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images11/12Model and actor Jaden Smith is the child of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith (and sibling to Willow).
Michael Loccisano/GA/Getty Images12/12Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner is, of course, also the daughter of Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner, and sister to the most famous family of the 21st century.
This story will be updated as Met Gala night continues.
