While their daughters are instantly recognisable to millions as well known faces of stage and screen, these women are much less well-known.
These women, often plus ones of glitzy events, are behind some of the most famed women in the UK, from morning TV presenters to hip hop legends and international supermodels, so can you tell who they are?
Some may be able to tell who they are thanks to their resemblance to their well-known daughters.
But with some very youthful appearances, you’d be forgiven for thinking these women appear more like the sisters of superstars.
From singing sensations to TV stars, can you tell who these celebrity parents are?
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1. Holly Willougby’s mother Linda, 75
Holly, 43, often shares pictures with her mother Linda, 75.
The pair have a striking resemblance with the same ageless complexion and short blonde hair.
Holly has previously dubbed her mum ‘the best’, ‘wonderful’ and ‘age-defying’.
2. Maya Jama’s mother Sadie, 48
Maya’s mother Sadie was just 19 when she gave birth.
The pair share a close relationship and often go partying together today.
Maya has been open in the past about her dad Hussein spending time in and out of jail from she was just two years old and her younger brother Omar was a baby.
She previously told how growing up without her father present was not something she ‘sat at home and cried about’ in an interview with Marie Claire.
The TV presenter’s dad spent much of her childhood in and out of prison for various sentences but Maya told how anything that seemed sad in her life, she would make a joke out of.
3. Naomi Campbell’s mother Val, 71
It’s hard to believe Naomi Campbell is in her fifties with her flawless skin and supermodel good looks.
And it’s clear she gets the genes from her mother, who could easily pass for her sister.
Valerie , a former dancer who raised her daughter as a single mother, regularly joins her daughter at red carpet events.
4. Missy Elliot and her mother Patricia
Missy Elliott recently went viral after sharing a snap of her mother on Twitter.
The star revealed finally allowed her mother, Patricia, to watch her perform live – having dissuaded her for decades over fears she wouldn’t appreciate her bad language.
The hip-hop star, 52, made history when she becomes the first-ever female rapper to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Grammy-winning musician sheepishly admitted to Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts that despite previously shying away from having her Christian mom in the audience, she has made an exception in celebration of her milestone moment.
‘My mother has never seen me perform before,’ she explained on the show earlier this month.
‘She’s seen me on TV but she has never been to a show. I had some little words I didn’t ever want her to hear. She’s coming for the first time.’
5. Rita Ora and her mother Vera, 59
Rita Ora often brings her glamorous mother along to red carpet events and parties with her.
And fans of the singer, 33, often say Vera could be her sister.
Appearing on Loose Women in 2019, Vera discussed her battle with breast cancer and having to re-train in the UK after being a doctor in her native Kosovo.
She detailed her plight in having to learn English, while also her ‘tough’ health woes.
Meanwhile, as well as commending her inspiring journey, viewers were left startled over Vera’s jaw-droppingly youthful looks, with many likening her to the How We Do hitmaker’s sister.
Vera, who is the face of a post-mastectomy swimwear range, revealed on the show: ‘I had breast cancer at the age of 39. My children were small and it was really difficult moving to another country where I couldn’t speak English at all.
‘Back home I was a GP and had a wonderful life,’ she admitted before further detailing her transition to UK life: ‘I struggled to learn the language first.
‘I arrived here and felt like nothing. Obviously I was a mum and that was important. I’m glad I spent a few years building up my knowledge to pass my English exam,’ Vera, who has since retained to become a psychiatrist, recalled.
6. Coleen Rooney’s mother Colette McLoughlin,60
Coleen Rooney is very close to her mother, often sharing snaps with her and heading to her house with their children.
In fact, the WAG shared her first Instagram post since the beginning of the Wagatha Christie trial to wish her mother McLoughlin happy birthday.
From lavish shopping trips to glitzy nights out, holidays by private jet and dramatic makeovers, things couldn’t be more different for the women who brought up their families on the same council estate in the roughest part of Liverpool.
Colette, like her daughter, has always cared about her appearance and often accompanies Coleen on trips to Barbara Daley, a chic hair and beauty salon in Liverpool, where the price of a cut and blow dry starts at £52.
Colette is rarely seen without full make-up and she and Coleen share that iconic Liverpudlian beauty staple: luxuriant ‘Scouse brows’.
