Whenever a friend eventually meets my mother, or they glimpse a photo of the two of us on Facebook, I always get the same look of amazement over how alike we both look. Certain family members match up better than others, especially when it comes to siblings - but there aren't many who look as similar to their mother as Ava Phillipe does.
At the age of 18, Ava has grown up into a woman who looks remarkably similar to her mother, actress Reese Witherspoon. Ava is the eldest daughter of not one but two Hollywood stars. Witherspoon met Ava's father, Ryan Phillippe, when the pair were working on the set of the film Cruel Intentions in the late 90s.
The couple got married in 1999 and were together until 2007 before they split, also having another daughter, who is now 14 years old. Since 2011, Witherspoon has been married to talent agent Jim Toth, with whom she has a five-year-old son.
Earlier this year, Ava was seen attending the Stella McCartney presentation in Los Angeles, along with Paris Jackson and Chloe Bennet. Many were stunned to see how much the 18-year-old looked like the iconic Legally Blonde actress, but recently she looks even more like the star with a haircut reminiscent of one of her mother's older looks.
Ava was Witherspoon's date to the London premiere of A Wrinkle In Time this week, where she showed up on the red carpet. Witherspoon stars in the movie, which is directed by Ava DuVernay, alongside Storm Reid, Mindy Kaling, Oprah Winfrey, Rowan Blanchard and Chris Pine.
Witherspoon was wearing a blue long sleeve dress designed by Elie Saab, while her daughter was wearing a black dress by RED Valentino, adorned with red hearts and a tiered skirt.
Ava's current hairdo has many people seeing a connection between Reese' bob in Cruel Intentions, where she first met Ava's father. She also has a fair amount of her father's looks thrown in there too if you look closely.
This is a far more safe look considering the kind of things Phillippe has gone for in the past, including dying her hair pink with blue and green tips back in 2015. According to Refinery 29, Ava posted to her Instagram story to say that the London-based salon The Chapel are the ones to thank for this particular transformation.
In other related news, Ava was spotted with Sir Paul McCartney's oldest grandson, Arthur Donald, in London earlier this week. While it's unclear the nature of their relationship, many have speculated that the paparazzi might have actually caught them in the middle of a date that evening.
While it's easy to guess and spread rumors about this kind of thing, the press can often get things wrong. On the other hand, plenty of people were right on the money when they thought that Kylie Jenner was pregnant, so who knows?