From your favorite Oscar-winning stars of the big screen to famous singers and even Olympic gold medalists, many celebrities and stars have been adopted or spent time in foster care at some point in their lives.
Angel Studios and The Daily Wire have announced the release of the upcoming inspiring film,Sound of HopeAs The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim tells the true story of 77 children who were adopted by 22 families from the East Texas foster care system and found new homes, we've found 10 famous people who were adopted or spent time in foster care during their childhood.
DailyWire+ and Angel Studios announced earlier this month that they had partnered to release PeaceTree Productions' inspiring film, “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot,” which will be released in theaters over the Fourth of July weekend.
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Nicole Richie
First on the list is reality TV star Nicole Richie, who says she found home at age 9 thanks to singer Lionel Richie and his first wife Brenda Harvey. Marie Claire.
talk People Magazine In 2022, the famous singer called Nicole a “god bless” to his family.
“She was a little girl who needed injections,” Richie said. “She was used to people coming in and out. When she saw me, I said, 'You're not going anywhere.'”
Faith Hill
Country singer Faith Hill has been topping the charts for decades, but who knows what her life would have been like if she hadn't been adopted as a toddler?
Country star Hill said she began searching for her biological parents as she got older, but that her adoptive parents are “amazing.” Esquire report.
“When we first met [my birth mother]”I just stared at her,” Hill said. Said“I'd never seen anyone who looked like me. When I see people from where I come from, I'm in awe. It fills me with something.”
Sarah McLachlan
Another adopted singer is soulful Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. Business Insider I got it.
The singer was adopted by Jack and Doris McLachlan along with her two other children. She was nine years old when she found out about her adoption.
In 2005, McLachlan told Parents magazine: “When I think about my mother who raised me, she is my mother,” Business Insider reports.
Marilyn Monroe
The late Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe lived in foster care until she was seven, when her mother's best friend, Grace McKee, became her legal guardian. Esquire Magazine I got it.
But things didn't go smoothly right away, and he was shuttled between the orphanage and Mackey's house until he was 11 years old. Business Insider.
She also went to live with her great-aunt Olive before marrying her neighbour James Doherty at the age of 16.
Jamie Foxx
According to People magazine, comedian and actor Jamie Foxx was adopted by his mother's adoptive parents, Estelle and Mark Talley, when he was just seven months old after his parents divorced.
The 2021 memoir, “Act like you have common senseTalking about his childhood, Fox said his grandparents adopted him because his mother “I just wasn't ready for the responsibility of raising a child.”
He also spoke about being raised in Texas by his strict but loving grandmother, saying, “She was an educator for 30 years, a very smart woman, and she raised our city.”
Melissa Gilbert
To most people, Melissa Gilbert is a well-known star who got her start on Little House on the Prairie, but before she was on TV, Gilbert was a homeless baby.
The actress was adopted by a “famous Hollywood family” when she was just a day old.today” Keep an eye on the show. In the 1990s, after giving birth to her son, she began searching for his biological parents, and soon discovered that his mother had died, but she did find his father.
In 2010, Gilbert wrote: “Prairie Tale: A Memoir” She revealed that she was adopted and eventually discovered the strange story behind who her biological parents were and why they couldn't raise her.
Simone Biles
Before Simone Biles rose to fame by winning numerous Olympic gold medals, she was placed in foster care as a child because her mother couldn't care for her and her three siblings.today” Keep an eye on the show.
She was eventually adopted by her grandparents, Ron and Nellie Biles. CNN In 2018, Biles said she wouldn't be where she is today if she hadn't been adopted.
“My path to success began the day my grandfather and his wife legally adopted me and my sisters,” Biles wrote. “My biological mother was a drug addict and she removed me and my sisters from her custody when I was only three years old.
“We moved around a lot from there, but then when I was 6, my grandparents got up the courage to adopt us,” she added. “Finding my family made me feel important. Finding my passion, finding something that I loved and was really good at, made me feel important.”
Eddie Murphy
Famous actor and comedian Eddie Murphy While he may not know what it's like to be adopted, he spent his childhood in the foster care system, which he now believes helped hone his comedic skills.
His parents divorced when Murphy was three years old, and five years later his mother struggled financially to raise him, his father died, and his mother fell ill and was hospitalized for an extended period, during which the actor and his brother spent a year in foster care.
The comedian previously spoke about his experience in foster care, saying it helped shape the talent he has today, crediting it with giving him the ability to find laughter in any situation.
Cher
Hollywood star Cher (real name Sherilyn Sarkisian) knows what it's like to be adopted: Her parents divorced when she was 10 months old, and her mother later remarried a bank manager. Gilbert Lapierre adopted Cher and her half-sister Georgine.
The 77-year-old singer is currently in a relationship with a 38-year-old man. The pair, along with Alexander “AE” Edwards, have reportedly discussed starting a family through adoption.
“She's told AE that having another baby is her life's dream,” a source recently said. In Touch Weekly“She missed out on the opportunity to freeze her eggs and hire a surrogate mother, Passed It's something she really wants to do.”
Ray Liotta
Before Liotta rose to Hollywood fame as a favorite bad guy in gangster movies like “Goodfellas,” he was going through some personal drama involving adoption.
The late star was adopted by Mary and Alfred Liotta when he was six months old..
Liotta struggled his whole life with being adopted and why his parents abandoned him, but before his death in 2022, he spoke of his gratitude to his parents for adopting him and his reconciliation with the ones who gave him up. People Magazine report.
“As you get older and become an adult, you start to see patterns,” Liotta says. “I've definitely learned to be more patient. I'm grateful now for my health, for being born, for my parents to adopt me. I mean, my life could have gone in a lot of different directions.”
