In Hollywood, many kids have followed in their parents' footsteps. From Zoe Kravitz to Dakota Johnson and Colin Hanks to Gwyneth Paltrow, some of the most successful stars of today are the offspring of the past generation of A-listers. Now, another sibling duo is gaining attention, the daughters of beloved actor Andie MacDowell and model Paul Qualley, who divorced in 1999. MacDowell is best known for her roles in iconic '80s and '90s movies, like St. Elmo's Fire, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Groundhog Day, and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Recently, her daughters have been taking a page from her book. Rainey Qualley, 31, just celebrated the release of her next movie and her little sister, 26-year-old Margaret Qualley, finished filming her new show. (There's also 35-year-old Justin Qualley, who tends to live a private life, though his mom posts about him often on Instagram.) While their brother may be out of the spotlight, both Rainey and Margaret are making names for themselves in the industry. To hear more about Andie MacDowell's daughters and to see what they're up to, read on.
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Rainey Qualley is starring in a new mystery film.
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tribeca FestivalRainey, MacDowell's older daughter, plays the role of Katie in the drama-mystery movie Ultrasound. The film, which is based on Conor Stechshulte's graphic novel Generous Bosom, just had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 15 (pictured here).
Ultrasound isn't Rainey's first time acting, however. She made an appearance on the acclaimed AMC drama Mad Men in 2015 and had a cameo in Ocean's 8. She also has a few other projects upcoming, like the drama The Shuroo Process and the revenge movie The Daylong Brothers.
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Rainey is also a musician.
Sarah Morris/Getty ImagesBefore she started getting into acting more seriously, Rainey embarked on a career as a musician under the name Rainsford. She released her first song, "Too Close," in 2016, and her first EP, Emotional Support Animal, followed in 2018. The singer has continued to release music, including a few new songs in 2020.
Rainey got to combine her passion for acting and music last year, as well. For the Freeform miniseries Love in the Time of Corona, she not only wrote an original song, "6ft from Love," but her character, Elle, performed it in the final episode. Rainey told Entertainment Weekly in August 2020 that when she first signed on to do the show, she was just given "an overview of the character arc." Once she started working on it, however, she said that the writers decided to make her character a musician, so Rainey could sing a song. "There's enough of ourselves in these characters, but then it's also separate from ourselves so that it's still acting," she said.
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Margaret Qualley just finished filming a new show with her mom.
DFree/ShutterstockJust like her older sister, Margaret has spent the last few years carving out a space for herself in Hollywood. Next, she will be playing the lead role on Netflix's upcoming drama-comedy seriesMaid, which also stars her mom. On the show, Margaret plays Alex, a single mother struggling in poverty, and MacDowell plays her mother, Paula, a social butterfly and artist who tends to ignore Alex's issues.
Margaret has had some major acting gigs before Maid, as well. She starred as Jill Garvey on the HBO series The Leftovers from 2014 to 2017. After that, she made her way into movies. Qualley was in the 2016 dark comedy The Nice Guys with Ryan Gosling and starred in the Netflix supernatural thriller Death Note the following year. Then, she worked alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in the 2019 film Once Up a Time in Hollywood. She also appeared on FX's miniseries Fosse/Verdon that same year.
Margaret is a model as well.
Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesMargaret made her runway debut—then as Sarah Margaret Qualley—at 16 at New York Fashion Week in 2011. She's since modeled for Chanel at Paris Fashion Week and appeared in print campaigns for the brand.
She's since signed with IMG Models and Uno Models, and has been on the cover of multiple magazines, including Vogue, Glamour, and Paper.
While speaking to Glamour in 2017, Margaret expressed how fashion plays a role in her acting career, too. "Wardrobe is a huge part of feeling like the character," she said. "Stepping into somebody else’s shoes changes the way you feel."
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MacDowell has given her kids some career advice.
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for National Women's History MuseumBoth Rainey and Margaret didn't enter the industry until their teens, and that's because MacDowell knows the downsides of life in the spotlight.
"Mostly, I told them that fame is a huge responsibility," MacDowell told People in May 2017 of the advice she's given her daughters. “And it’s not always easy to be recognizable all the time. It’s not really real. And to not lose sight of their true self because that’s going to be most important to being happy."
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