How Reese Witherspoon’s Daughter Ava Channeled Her Mom in Acting Debut

18 hours ago 3

Reese Witherspoon Reveals Actress Lexi Minetree Is Stepping Into Elle Woods' Pink Shoes

Ava Phillippe, invited to The Odyssey.

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s eldest daughter makes her acting debut connected the April 3 occurrence of ABC series Doctor Odyssey, which stars the erstwhile couple’s Cruel Intentions costar Joshua Jackson. And arsenic for what her relation entails, according to the episode’s synopsis, Ava is playing Veronica, 1 of 3 assemblage “vixens” chasing aft Joshua’s titular doc Max, during their outpouring interruption cruise. 

“Never fear, Veronica is here,” the amusement captioned the April 2 Instagram video. “Ava Phillippe is aboard The Odyssey, mounting sail for outpouring interruption tomorrow.”

And the sneak preview adjacent proves the 25-year-old is playing homage to her mom, arsenic Ava sports a blistery pinkish bikini top, 1 that is eerily akin to the 1 Elle Woods—Reese’s quality successful the 2001 film Legally Blonde—wears successful her Harvard admissions video essay. 

And she is not the lone kid of a personage utilizing The Odyssey arsenic their outpouring interruption destination as Ava’s chap outpouring breakers include Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson, 27, and Charlotte Lawrence, 24, girl of Bill Lawrence and Christa Miller

Ava is not the lone Reese transportation to the ABC drama’s episode. Her onscreen daughter Kathryn Newton from Big Little Lies will besides look on the episode arsenic a caller character, Hannah. 

Disney/Ray Mickshaw, Amazon MGM Studios

Ava’s tiny surface debut comes conscionable a fewer years after Reese and Ryan’s son Deacon Phillippe, 21, made his ain acting debut successful 2022 appearing on Mindy Kaling’s amusement  Never Have I Ever

“The happening astir him is helium has the happening that Reese has wherever he’s truthful lukewarm and conscionable well-raised,” Mindy, who successful summation to costarring with Reese successful A Wrinkle successful Time is besides penning Legally Blonde 3, told E! News successful 2022. “Every person, each subordinate of the unit and cast, helium conscionable wants to larn from everyone. So polite, but he’s besides truly funny.”

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Tiffany & Co.

As they travel successful their mother’s steps, Ava credits her parents for encouraging her and her siblings to effort antithetic experiences.

“My parents person ever encouraged maine to take the way that’s close for me,” she told E! News successful 2021. “That is specified a privilege to person parents that enactment you successful that mode and to privation you to beryllium who you genuinely are meant to be.”

For much celebs and their mini-me children, support reading.

John Parra/Getty Images for Beaches Resorts

Jodie Sweetin & Zoie Herpin

The Full House alum appears with her look-alike eldest girl (left) and daughter Beatrix during a travel to Jamaica successful 2023.

Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret

Yolanda Hadid & Gigi Hadid

Like parent similar daughter. After becoming a household sanction connected The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the erstwhile supermodel Yolanda Hadid's girl Gigi Hadid broke into the manner manufacture arsenic a teen and has been rocking runways ever since.

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Clint Eastwood & Scott Eastwood

Clint Eastwood's 5th child, lad Scott Eastwood, has followed successful his movie prima footsteps by starring successful films similar Suicide Squad, Snowden, The Fate of the Furious and Pacific Rim.

Larry French/Getty Images for The Jefferson Awards Foundation

Jon Bon Jovi & Jake Bongiovi

The Bon Jovi vocalist and his 3rd kid is his mini-me. Pictured: The 2 look connected either sides of with the musician's wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, and their youngest son Romeo Bongiovi at the Jefferson Awards Foundation' 2017 DC National Ceremony astatine the Capital Hilton successful Washington, DC. successful 2017.

Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Katie Holmes & Suri Cruise

The look-alike duo is each smiles portion attending a 2016 show of Finding Neverland successful the Big Apple. 

Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

James Marsden & Jack Marsden

Woah, the Marsden men's resemblance was uncanny astatine the 2017 SAG Awards.

Dave Benett/Getty Images for Savannah Miller Bridal

Sienna Miller & Marlowe Sturridge

The Alfie star’s daughter, whom she shares with ex Tom Sturridge, joined her ma for a uncommon nationalist outing successful London successful April 2025.

David Livingston/Getty Images

Kim Zolciak & Brielle Bierman

Double take! The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum's  girl looks similar her younger sister!

Anthony Harvey/Getty Images

Cristiano Ronaldo & Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.

The shot prima has the cutest plus-one ever astatine the London premiere of Ronaldo.

Bob Levey/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated

Christie Brinkley & Sailor Brinkley-Cook

Sailor is taking aft her ma successful the modeling industry.

Dave Benett/Getty Images

Kate Moss & Lila Moss

And Kate's girl is besides pursuing successful her mom's celebrated footsteps.

Instagram

Reese Witherspoon & Ava Phillippe

Here posing for an Instagram drawback earlier the Hot Pursuit premiere successful Los Angeles, ma and her girl person ne'er looked much alike!

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

Lisa Bonet & Zoë Kravitz

Like mother, similar daughter. The 2 be the Vanity Fair Oscars enactment successful 2015.

Instagram

Rumer Willis & Demi Moore

With their matching jumpsuits, sleek hairsbreadth and glasses, the 2 look much similar twins than parent and daughter! "That infinitesimal erstwhile you recognize you really are becoming your parent #twinning #imnotmad," Willis joked connected Instagram.

Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

Madonna & Lourdes Leon

Pictured present successful 2010, the popular icon's girl is simply a fashionista conscionable similar her mama!

Karwai Tang/WireImage

David Beckham & Brooklyn Beckham

You'll get a footwear retired of however overmuch the shot prima and his lad look alike.

Instagram

Kelly Ripa & Lola Consuelos

The spunky greeting amusement big celebrated her daughter's 14th day with this adorable pic. Look astatine that resemblance!

Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

Uma Thurman & Maya Hawke

Once upon a clip successful Hollywood...the Kill Bill histrion twinned with her girl connected the reddish carpet.

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NARAS

Jay Z & Blue Ivy Carter

Little Blue stole the show astatine the 2017 Grammys, and she's wholly #twinning with her pops!

Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for Feld Entertainment

Alison Sweeney & Megan Sanov

The Days of Our Lives star and her daughter get successful the vacation tone astatine Disney On Ice Presents Frozen astatine the Staples Center. 

Getty Images

Lily-Rose Depp & Vanessa Paradis

The mother-daughter brace looked similar virtual twinsies (especially with those matching bobs) astatine the Chanel fall-winter Haute Couture amusement successful Paris.

Cindy Ord/Getty Images

Julianne Moore & Liv Freundlich

The Oscar-winner and her girl some stone the reddish hair.

Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Robin Wright & Dylan Penn

The astir identical stunning stars adjacent formal the same!

Barry King/Getty Images

Lori Loughlin & Olivia Giannulli

The Fuller House prima and her girl are practically twins astatine the Summer TCA Press Tour. 

Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images; Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images

Daniel Day-Lewis & Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis

The Last of the Mohicans and Lincoln star's young big son, whose parent is French histrion Isabelle Adjani, made his large runway debut astatine 2015 Paris Fashion Week, walking into the Chanel amusement with Julianne Moore.

Fred Duval/FilmMagic

Gillian Anderson & Piper Maru Klotz

The 2 stunned connected the reddish carpet astatine the Olivier Awards successful London.

Andrew Toth/FilmMagic

Kaia Gerber & Cindy Crawford

If you didn't cognize better, you might've guessed they were sisters!

Fred Hayes/WireImage

Tom Hanks & Colin Hanks

This pome surely doesn't autumn acold from the tree!

Getty Images

Mamie, Grace and Louisa Gummer & Meryl Streep

Mammia Mia! You tin surely spot the household resemblance.

Instagram

John Legend & Luna Legend

The EGOT victor posted this babe photograph of himself, looking precisely similar babe Luna connected Oct. 6, 2017

For the latest breaking quality updates, click present to download the E! News App

Read Entire Article