Hollywood nepo baby is the spitting image of her heartthrob dad... but do you know who she is?
Ella Bleu Travolta, 25, is the only daughter of Grease and Pulp Fiction star John Travolta, and her resemblance to her famous father has only grown more striking with age.
From her piercing blue eyes to that signature Travolta smile, Ella is the spitting image of John during his leading man heyday.
But Ella isn't just another celebrity nepo child riding on her parents' fame.
She's carving out a career of her own in music, film and fashion.
Born in April 2000 to John and the late actress Kelly Preston, Ella grew up in the spotlight alongside older brother Jett and younger brother Benjamin.
Tragically, Jett passed away in 2009 following a seizure during a family holiday in the Bahamas.
Ella started acting when she was just a kid, and she made her big screen debut in 2009's Old Dogs, starring opposite both her parents.
She later appeared in The Poison Rose in 2019 and recently wrapped filming Get Lost, a modern-day reimagining of Alice in Wonderland.
However, it's music where she seems to have really found her niche.
In 2022, she released her debut single Dizzy, followed by tracks No Thank You and Little Bird.
The latter song is a moving tribute to her mother, who passed away in 2020 after battling breast cancer.
'Little Bird is about holding onto those pure relationships that you have with people that you lost and really just listening to yourself and staying true to that relationship with that person,' Ella told People.
'It's sort of the viewpoint of a mama bird talking to a baby bird and just not letting any other interference get in between it, because your true instincts were there all along.'
She continued: 'It had been a couple years, obviously, since my mom's passing, so I could look at the whole situation and take a step back from it and see what I wanted to communicate on it and what I wanted to communicate to her and what I was feeling in general.'
She's also made waves in the fashion world, landing the cover of Hunger Magazine in 2024, wearing a vintage Chanel look previously worn by Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs game, per Page Six.
Since then, Ella has been spotted in front rows at fashion week in Madrid and Milan, appearing alongside European royalty like Princess Diana's niece, Lady Kitty Spencer, and Princess Alexandra of Hanover, per Hola.
Ella remains close with her dad as John often shares sweet birthday tributes and throwback videos with her on social media.
In a recent birthday post, he called his daughter 'gracious, generous, funny, beautiful, kind, and deeply talented.'
The actor also loves to celebrate Ella's accomplishments and often posts about her magazine covers and song releases.
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