The 61-year-old gave an update on how her daughter Stella Shannon Chesnut is following in her acting footsteps after Molly's many memorable roles on screen, including starring in Netflix's The Hawk with Will Ferrell, which premieres July 16.

"My daughter Stella just graduated from NYU drama school," Molly exclusively told E! News' Will Marfuggi at The Hawk premiere July 9. "She got her BFA in acting, so she's already working." 

The 22-year-old—who recently appeared in a season two episode of Goosebumps: The Vanishing as a friend to Jayden Bartels' character Cece Brewer—scored some priceless advice from her mom to help with her journey in Hollywood, Molly shared. 

"I go, 'This whole press thing is nerve-wracking. It can make you nervous,'" Molly told E!, reenacting her pep talk with Stella before the red carpet. "I go, 'It's totally separate from acting.' But I said, 'You have to look at it as fun.' It's like prom, and it is fun, but it's also nerve-wracking because you're yourself. I'm not a character, I'm me."

And while her son Nolan Shannon Chesnut—Molly's second child with Fritz Chesnut—isn't pursuing a career behind the camera, the Saturday Night Live alum still has plenty to be proud of.

"My son doesn't want to be an actor, but he's an amazing surfer. He is so talented," Molly boasted. "So he doesn't want to go into show business, but Stella does."

But even with her legendary career, starring in hits such as A Night at the Roxbury and Superstar, Molly keeps her success in the spotlight "low-key" at home so that her kids can shine.

"I lead a completely normal life like a regular mom," Molly noted. "I do try to be like that because I think it's their time."

Full House alum Jodie Sweetin's, uh, full house includes her lookalike eldest daughter Zoie (left) and her two years younger little sis Beatrix.

A total touchdown moment. NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas and his son Tomas celebrated the Miami Hurricanes' January 2026 win in an adorable selfie. 

Like mother like daughter. After becoming a household name on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, former supermodel Yolanda Hadid's daughter Gigi Hadid broke into the fashion industry as a teen and has been rocking runways ever since.

Clint Eastwood's fifth child, son Scott Eastwood, has followed in his movie star footsteps by starring in films like Suicide Squad, Snowden, The Fate of the Furious and Pacific Rim.

It's his life, but Jake Bongiovi bears a striking resemblance to his dad, Bon Jovi lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (with wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, and their youngest son Romeo Bongiovi at the Jefferson Awards Foundation's 2017 DC National Ceremony). Fortunately, he gives love a good name, married to Millie Bobby Brown since 2024. 

Pieces of Katie: As a tween, actress' Katie Holmes' daughter Suri Cruise (at a 2016 performance of Finding Neverland in NYC) was her undeniable twin. 

The jury is not out. Jack Marsden's resemblance to dad James Marsden was uncanny at the 2017 SAG Awards.

Marlowe—Alfie star Sienna Miller’s daughter with ex Tom Sturridge—joined her mom for a rare public outing in London in April 2025.

Double take! Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Kim Zolciak's daughter Brielle Bierman could pass for her younger sis. 

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo had the cutest plus-one in son Christiano Jr. at the London premiere of Ronaldo in 2015.

Sailor Brinkley-Cook has followed mom Christie Brinkley right down the runway. 

Also taking a walk in her mom's proverbial stilettos: Kate Moss' daughter Lila Moss. 

Whoever said Reese Witherspoon's daughter Ava Phillippe doesn't look like her twin is as seriously disturbed as whoever said orange was the new pink. 

Like mother, like daughter. Lisa Bonet and Zoë Kravitz attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party in 2015.

With their matching jumpsuits, sleek hair and glasses, Demi Moore and eldest daughter Rumer Willis looked like carbon copies. "That moment when you realize you actually are becoming your mother #twinning #imnotmad," Willis joked on Instagram in 2015.

Pictured here in 2010, pop icon Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon is a fashionista just like her mama!

You'll get a kick out of how much soccer star David Beckham and his oldest son Brooklyn Beckham look alike.

Kelly Ripa celebrated daughter Lola Consuelos' 14th birthday with this adorable 2015 pic. 

Once upon a time in Hollywood...Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman twinned with her daughter Maya Hawke on the red carpet.

Years before Blue Ivy Carter made her way up the Met Gala steps alongside mom Beyoncé, she suited up alongside her lookalike dad Jay Z at the 2017 Grammys.

Days of Our Lives star Alison Sweeney and her daughter Megan got in the holiday spirit at 2015's Disney On Ice Presents Frozen at the Staples Center. 

In matching bobs, Lily-Rose Depp and mom Vanessa Paradis appeared cut from the same cloth at the 2015 Chanel fall-winter Haute Couture show in Paris.

Caught red-handed: Oscar winner Julianne Moore twinning with then-tween Liv at a 2013 New York Fashion Week event.

The genetics are strong between Robin Wright and daughter Dylan Penn (in 2022), but the pull toward all-black garb is even stronger. 

Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, there's another photo proving how closely Olivia Jade resembles her mom, Fuller House star Lori Loughlin.

Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis' son Gabriel-Kane, whose mother is French actress Isabelle Adjani, made his big runway debut at 2015 Paris Fashion Week

The truth is, in fact, out there. Gillian Anderson stunned with daughter Piper on a 2015 red carpet. 

"It used to be that I didn’t see it at all," Kaia Gerber acknowledged of her resemblance to mom Cindy Crawford , "but now I will look at a picture and have to take a moment before realizing which one of us it is." 

Though Colin Hanks' 2008 photo alongside dad Tom Hanks had us doing a double-take, it's actually the actor's youngest son Truman Hanks who played a young version of the Oscar winner in 2022's A Man Called Otto. 

Mammia Mia! You can certainly see the family resemblance between Meryl Streep and daughters Mamie, Grace and Louisa.

As such, the Emmy nominee celebrated Stella's big win in the spring.

"Hooray!!!! couldn’t be prouder!!" Molly gushed about Stella's degree from NYU Tisch on Instagram May 18. "My heart is bursting."

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