15 Actors Who Were Cast As Parents Either Really Young Or With A Super Weird Age Gap Between Their On-Screen Kids

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1.Amy Poehler played June George (Regina's iconic mom) in Mean Girls.

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During filming, she was 32 while Rachel McAdams was 25 – just seven years younger than Amy!

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Paramount

2.In Spy Kids, Carla Gugino played Ingrid Cortez, mom to Carmen and Juni.

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Dimension Films

When the movie came out, she was only 29. Daryl Sabara, who played Juni, was 9 when he filmed the movie while Alexa PenaVega, who played Carmen, was 13.

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3.In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Janet Hubert played Aunt Viv for the first three seasons.

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Warner Bros.

When the show premiered, Janet was 34, but her onscreen daughter, Karyn Parsons, was only 10 years younger than her.

Aunt Viv and Hilary
Warner Bros.

4.In Schitt's Creek, Jennifer Robertson played Jocelyn Schitt, the mayor's wife.

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When the show came out, she was 43. Tim Rozon, who played her son Mutt, is only five years younger than her.

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5.In the movie Joy, Jennifer Lawrence starred as Joy Mangano, an inventor with two kids.

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During filming, she was just 24 while portraying a 34-year-old, since the real-life Joy was 34 at the time.

Joy tucking in her daughter to bed
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6.Andrea Navedo played Xiomara Villanueva in Jane the Virgin.

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The CW

When the show began filming, Andrea was 36, but she's only seven years older than Gina Rodriguez, who plays Jane.

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The CW

7.In Alexander, Angelina Jolie played Queen Olympias, mother to Alexander the Great.

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She was 29 when the movie was released while Colin Farrell, who plays her son, was 28. He's only 11 months younger than her!

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8.In The Cosby Show, Phylicia Rashad played Clair Huxtable.

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NBC

When the show came out, she was 36 – playing a mom of five kids, with one being a sophomore in college.

side by side of Phylicia and the show's kids
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9.In Orange Is the New Black, Elizabeth Rodriguez played Aleida Diaz (Daya's mom).

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When the show premiered, she was 32. Dascha Polanco, who played her daughter, is only two years younger than her!

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Netflix

10.Toni Collette played Sheryl Hoover (Olive's and Dwayne's mom) in Little Miss Sunshine.

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Searchlight Pictures

When filming began, she was only 32 while Paul Dano, who plays her teenage son, was 21.

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11.Anne Bancroft played Mrs. Robinson, the "older woman" in The Graduate.

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She was 36 when the movie released. Katharine Ross, who played her daughter, is just 9 years younger than her.

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12.Charlayne Woodard played Mrs. Price (Elijah's mom) in M. Night Shyamalan's Glass.

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During filming, she was 63. She's actually five years younger than Samuel L. Jackson, who played her son!

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13.In The Nanny, Ann Morgan Guilbert played Yetta, Fran's grandmother and Sylvia's mother.

Yetta playing poker
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When the show came out, she was only 65. Renée Taylor, who played Sylvia, is just four and a half years younger than Ann.

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14.Belita Moreno played Benny (George's mom) in the George Lopez show.

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ABC

She was 52 when the show came out. She's just 11 years older than George.

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15.And finally, Estelle Getty played Sophia Petrillo in Golden Girls. She went through an extensive makeup process and wore a white wig in order to look 80.

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NBC

She was 62 when the show premiered. Estelle was actually a year younger than Bea Arthur, who played her daughter!

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Can you think of any other actors with weird age gaps? LMK in the comments below!