Meet Sylvester Stallone’s daughters Sistine, Sophia and Scarlet: are they following in their action hero dad’s legendary footsteps?
Sylvester Stallone’s daughters snagged the media’s attention when they recently appeared at the red carpet premiere of the film Midnight in the Switchgrass. Sistine, Sophia and Scarlet might have once been known as the little girls with the action hero dad – famous for the Rocky and Rambo franchises – but they have since grown into fabulous young women.
Inheriting their dad’s acting genes and the stunning looks of Sylvester’s third wife, former model Jennifer Flavin, they have already made their marks fashion and acting, even if they do not plan to follow their father’s career.
All three were made Golden Globe Ambassadors for 2017, an honour bestowed upon children of those in the movie and television industry.
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Sistine Stallone, 23
Sistine is still new to acting, with Midnight In The Switchgrass being only her second film. She co-starred with Bruce Willis and Megan Fox. But she definitely shows some talent, with the film’s director Randall Emmett reportedly calling her “the real deal” in her role as Heather, an informant who reveals key information about a serial killer to Megan Fox’s character, FBI agent Rebecca Lombardi.
Although Emmett has made many films with Sylvester, he chose Sistine for the role without knowing she was Sylvester’s daughter – her last name apparently coming as a surprise, according to media reports.
Before Midnight In The Switchgrass, Sistine performed many of her own stunts in the horror film 47 Meters Below: Uncaged (2019). Thanks to her action star dad, who pushed her into shark-filled waters during a boat tour off the island of Bora Bora for “practice”, according to USA Today, she was able to play the role of Nicole, one of four young friends pursued by killer great white sharks, very realistically.
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Having also appeared in TV series like Love Advent, Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight, it’s hard to believe that Sistine once hated hearing herself talk on camera, as per Teen Vogue. She prefers walking in front of it, it seems, having made her debut on the catwalk at age 17 in 2016, with a contract with IMG. She walked the runway for Chanel, shot campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana and featured in popular fashion magazines like Glamour, Elle Russia, Town and Country and Harper’s Bazaar.
Sistine always wanted to be a model since she was a kid and has learned a lot from her mother who is also her “wingman”, according to Teen Vogue. “She’s taught me my good side, my bad side, how to walk for the runway, and how to become someone else in a certain outfit. Modelling is basically acting, changing personalities. You don’t want to be yourself,” she said.
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Sophia Stallone, 24
Sly’s oldest daughter, a year older than Sistine, Sophia has also tried her hand at modelling and acting: for iconic brands such as Samantha Vega and Dolce & Gabbana, and appearing on TV shows Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Home & Family and Late Show with David Letterman. She was also a guest judge on the fashion reality show Project Runway for its episode “Client on the Go”.
Sophia is also a successful social media influencer with some 1.5 million followers on Instagram and thousands more on Twitter and YouTube. She also maintains her own website, sophiastallone.co, where she posts about fashion, beauty, books and food.
These days, Sophia hosts a podcast with Sistine called Unwaxed, which talks about topics including fitness, dating and their personal lives. It airs every Tuesday and is available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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Scarlet Stallone, 19
Unlike her sisters, the youngest Stallone – Scarlet – made her screen debut early at the age of eight, in the 2010 documentary Inferno: The Making of The Expendables, starring with her father. At 12, she made her film debut with the drama Reach Me, also starring her father, where she played a small role as Gerald, a sassy little girl, one of several people who are brought together by a mysterious self-help book.
However, although she has appeared in TV shows like her sisters, Scarlet has not acted in any other film since. She revealed the reason to The Things: she felt it was “pretty humiliating” for her character Gerald to have only one short line, and even that was later cut in half.
Scarlet does appear on fashion magazine covers together with her sisters at times, but seems to be focusing more on social media at the moment. She has thousands of followers on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok. She loves travel and the family pets, according to Fact Ninja, so she usually posts photos of her and her sisters on their trips; as well as others of Mabel, her cat.
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- Sistine starred in Midnight in the Switchgrass with Bruce Willis and Megan Fox, wowing the media with her sisters on the red carpet
- Sophia is following Kylie Jenner’s lead with a make-up line while Scarlet is a budding social media influencer – all three were Golden Globe Ambassadors in 2017