Images of Ben Stiller and his wife with their daughter on a sporting outing had social media users talking. While several people found a comparison between Ben's daughter and her mother, many others noted her likeness to someone else dear to the family. The young Stiller child is set to follow in her father's career footsteps.
Ben Stiller's daughter, Ella Stiller, 22, created a buzz for social media users when she appeared alongside her famous father and mother, Christine Taylor, during a public outing. She and her parents stepped out to the French Open on June 4, 2024.
Seeing social media pictures of the young woman, netizens were quick to share their opinions. Some people replied to a Facebook post by one publication that showed the trio clapping hands while watching the quarter-final match between Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas.
One reader who focused on Ella and Christine said, "Both look like daughters in this photo." Someone else was critical of Ella's looks, stating, "Definitely didn't get her mom's genes... Oofah!" A third person hinted that Ben's daughter didn't look her age.
The social media user questioned, "Why does the daughter look older than her mom?" An X user who replied to the same picture by the same publication only had good feedback, writing, "Wonderful! Just Picture Perfect!!!"
Seeing more images of the trio enjoying day 10 at the Grand Slam tennis tournament at Roland Garros Stadium, one Instagram user shared who they thought Ella looked like. They noted, "Ella looks so much like Ben's mom Anne Meara, especially in the eyes and eyebrows."
Someone who agreed with the previous poster added, "His daughter looks like his mom, Anna Meara." However, another person who referenced Ben's mother had a completely different outlook, saying, "The daughter looks older than his mom."
The Instagram pictures the three people responded to showed Ella leaning on her mother while laughing as Ben appeared doing the same on their side. The second photo showed the couple leaning toward each other with big smiles.
The third carousel image was of the mother and daughter posing. Two professional photographers also managed to get different angles of the trio. One image showed Ben and his wife sitting and looking at something on Ella's phone.
The second photo was of Ella pointing at something while she and her parents stood. The last picture showed the actor and his wife having a private conversation while their daughter watched the match. In a February 2022 publication, Ben opened up about his relationship with his first child.
Speaking about how he worked a lot, he shared how vocal his daughter was about that period. He revealed that she was "pretty articulate" about it, even though at times he didn't want to hear it because of how hard it was.
It was difficult for him to hear it because it was about him not being around in the same ways as his own parents. The actor shared how he'd vowed to never mimic that behavior. But he fell into the same behavior while trying to fulfill the dreams and hopes he had.
However, because Ella spoke candidly about his absences, he couldn't help but not feel great about them. But he knew it was something "important to acknowledge.” In March 2019, when Ben was interviewed on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" his daughter was in the audience.
The star revealed that Ella was with him because they were visiting Southern California colleges that week. When Ellen asked if any of Ben's children, including his then 13-year-old son Quinlin, wanted to become actors, Christine's daughter gave an emphatic yes.
The talk show host then asked Ben if he was happy about his daughter's wish, and he said yes. He was pleased with her choice because she showed passion and love for it. The actor revealed that his daughter knew what she wanted to do.
He noted how he was 10 or 11 years old when he decided he wanted to act and direct movies. However, knowing how "crazy" the industry was, he wished to support Ella in any way possible. His daughter would be the third generation in her family that get into the industry.
On March 25, 2024, Ella shared several Instagram images where she celebrated her graduation from the well-known and prestigious Juilliard School. The New York college is known for teaching music, dance, and drama.
Ben Stiller's daughter uploaded pictures of her at her graduation ceremony and on New York's streets in her graduation clothes. One photo in also showed her with her father. She captioned the post noting how people would last for an hour at the "asylum," Juilliard, where she was raised.
Ella revealed how passionate she was about following in her father's footsteps, sharing that she got her BFA in Acting the previous day from the college. The star's daughter expressed how she couldn't have been happier to have completed the course.
She also couldn't have been prouder to have survived and was grateful to her family for their support that helped her pull through. Ending her post with a joke, she said, "I have a degree in playing pretend!!! Yay!!!" Now we wait and see what amazing things she does with her degree.
