One of the biggest stars of the 1980s celebrated his lookalike daughter’s birthday on Sunday.
The nepo baby — whose father had a famously cool of wheels in a series of ’80s blockbuster — was turning 23.
She comes from an impressive Hollywood pedigree with two actor parents, and her mother even dated another ’80s-era heartthrob, Kevin Bacon, before finding lasting love with her father.
The nepo baby, whom the actor and his longtime wife welcomed after having three other children, is currently a student at Duke University, where she has been studying journalism.
Do you know who she is?
One of the biggest stars of the 1980s celebrate his lookalike daughter’s birthday on Sunday. The actor, 63, led a blockbuster trilogy and had numerous other popular film and TV appearances. Do you know who his daughter is?
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The birthday girl is Esmé Fox, the youngest child of Michael J. Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan.
‘Esme, Happy birthday to our renaissance gal,’ he gushed in his Instagram caption.
‘You do it all. Your Dood loves you very much..Who doesn’t?’ he continued. ‘Keep living your best life.’
He included several sweet photos Esmé, who seems to have eschewed her parents’ Hollywood careers.
The Back To The Future star — who helped transform the short-lived Delorean from a laughing stock into a much-desired collector’s car — included a photo of his daughter displaying a soft smile as she stood in front of courtyard overshadowed by a towering brick building.
She rocked a cropped purple vest and paired it with a denim skirt midi skirt while holding a black leather jacket in her hand.
In another snap, she displayed a winning smile while she appeared to be dining out.
A final photo featured Esmé cuddling with an adorably fluffy dog on the floor.
Her mother Tracy, who married Michael in 1988, shared her own birthday tribute to Esmé on Instagram on Sunday.
The birthday girl is Esmé Fox, the youngest child of Michael J. Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan
‘Esme, Happy birthday to our renaissance gal,’ he gushed in his Instagram caption to mark her 23rd birthday. In one snap, she displayed a winning smile while she appeared to be dining out
A final photo featured Esmé cuddling with an adorably fluffy dog on the floor
The nepo baby, whom the actor and his longtime wife welcomed after having three other children, is currently a student at Duke University, where she has been studying journalism; Esmé (R) is pictured with her famous family in 2021 in NYC
‘I love you @esmeannabelle Happy Birthday!!!’ she wrote. ‘I love absolutely everything about you and I am blessed to be able to explore the world with you! You are my heart.’
Tracy included several sweet photos of herself embracing her daughter as they had adventures in nature.
In one cute snap they shared a hug while standing on a wooden bridge traversing a river.
They both shared loving smiles in a selfie taken against a large red rock foundation, and more photos from the same trip showed Esmé representing her alma mater with a blue Duke sweatshirt while hiking with her mom and one of her sisters through a formation of picturesque rocks and boulders.
The mother–daughter duo also snapped a photo of themselves beaming amid a lush canyon.
A final image showed the two posing in front of a monumental blue wall that appeared to be part of a compound abutting the rocky outcroppings.
In addition to Esmé, Tracy and Michael share son Sam, 35, as well as twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler, 29.
She married Michael in 1988 after the two fell in love on the set of their film Bright Lights, Big City, and the two have been inseparable ever since.
However, they first met when she joined Michael’s series Family Ties in 1985 to play his love interest.
Although he urged producers to pick her over other competing actresses, the two were only friends and colleagues at the time, as Tracy was in the midst of a five-year relationship with Dirty Dancing star Kevin Bacon, while Michael was dating Nancy McKeon.
According to Esmé’s social media accounts, she has worked internships as a reporter at the Tampa Bay Times and Bloomberg News, as well as at a local North Carolina newspaper closer to her university.
However, she tends to keep a lower profile than her other siblings.
Although Michael — who went public with his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 1991 and has since become a tireless advocate fighting the disease — is best known for starring in Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 hit Back To The Future, he shocked audiences at a panel in October when he admitted that it wasn’t a popular viewing choice within his family.
‘I don’t know if my daughters have seen it,’ he said, via People.
Fox began his career as a child star in the ’70s, but he rose to fame as the Young Republican son of former hippies on Family Ties, which began airing on 1982.
Her mother Tracy, who married Michael in 1988, shared her own birthday tribute to Esmé on Instagram on Sunday
‘I love you @esmeannabelle Happy Birthday!!!’ she wrote. ‘I love absolutely everything about you and I am blessed to be able to explore the world with you! You are my heart.’ They both shared loving smiles in a selfie taken against a large red rock foundation
More photos from the same trip showed Esmé representing her alma mater with a blue Duke sweatshirt while hiking with her mom and one of her sisters through a formation of picturesque rocks and boulders
The mother–daughter duo also snapped a photo of themselves beaming amid a lush canyon
Tracy gushed that she loved being ‘able to explore the world’ with her youngest daughter, adding that Esmé was her ‘heart’
Esmé’s parents Tracy and Michael met in 1985 on his series Family Ties, but they had only a platonic relationship at first, as they were both dating other people; pictured in April in NYC
Tracy was dating Footloose heartthrob Kevin Bacon when she started working with Michael in 1985, and he was in a relationship with Nancy McKeon at the time; Bacon seen in a publicity photo for Footloose (1984
According to Esmé’s social media accounts, she has worked internships as a reporter at the Tampa Bay Times and Bloomberg News, as well as at a local North Carolina newspaper closer to her university, Duke
Fox broke out in 1982 on the sitcom Family Ties, but his blockbuster film Back To The Future (1985) made him one of the biggest stars of the decade; pictured with Christopher Lloyd in Back To The Future
The breakout success led to his star-making role in Back To The Future (1985), but Michael continued to star on Family Ties through 1989.
He managed to find time to also lead films including Teen Wolf (1985) and Casualties Of War (1989), and he continued to lead popular films into the 1990s and 2000s.
As his Parkinson’s symptoms continued to increase, he transitioned in the 2000s and 2010s to primarily making guest appearances on television.
He announced that he was retiring from acting in 2020 due to worsening health issues.