Kiefer Sutherland took care of Gwyneth Paltrow before he got famous, plus more stars who babysat for other celebrities

By Neia Balao 5:00pm PDT, Apr 9, 2022

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This is a babysitters club we wish we we were in! Join Wonderwall.com as we take a look at celebrities who babysat for other celebrities… A young Gwyneth Paltrow found an unlikely babysitter in a pre-fame Kiefer Sutherland. "I was working in a theater with her mother in Williamstown, Massachusetts, [at] the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and I believe on a couple of occasions I was asked to look after her for an hour or two," Kiefer revealed during a 2009 interview with the Press Association. "I think it was very funny because it's unbelievable how fast someone goes from 13 to 18, and obviously they look so different that when Gwyneth started to work, I thought, 'Well, that must be another girl' because I always remember her as being 11 or 12 years old."

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There once was a time when "Sister, Sister" twin stars Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry looked after Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen while the younger twins were starring on "Full House." The Mowrys found themselves on the set of the hit family sitcom because their brother, "Smart Guy" child actor Tahj Mowry, worked alongside the Olsen twins. "My brother, he played Teddy [on 'Full House'], and so we would always go and visit the set," Tia explained on "The Meredith Vieria Show." "We would actually babysit the Olsen twins… The producers that would hang around on the set, they're like, 'These girls, they're so adorable.' We even did a guest spot on 'Full House.' It's kind of like where we got our first start."

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"Nashville" star Connie Britton has nothing but kind words for "Scandal" actress Katie Lowes, who briefly looked after the "Friday Night Lights" actress's son, Eyob. "I wanted her to be my nanny so badly and my assistant," Connie told Page Six. "She's just such a phenomenal human and I remember having those conversations. She was helping me with my son, who was then just a baby, and then she said, 'I got cast in this show called 'Scandal.'"

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After meeting on set of the ABC sitcom "Spin City" in 1996, a 24-year-old Jennifer Garner babysat for funnyman Stephen Colbert and his wife. "I just remember your gorgeous little girl," Jennifer said of Stephen's daughter, Madeline, on his late night show. "She was such a peanut. She was really smart. She was very verbal and she was precocious and adorable. And I remember the two of us, like, going into your drawers and trying on your clothes."

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While her actor dad was busy working on a film, kiddo Angelina Jolie was looked after by another young famous face: Laura Dern. "Jon Voight's a friend of mine, so I remember Laura babysat one night for Angelina when Angelina was 2 and Laura about 8 … because Jon and I were doing [the 1978 movie] 'Coming Home,'" Laura's dad, Bruce Dern, once told Yahoo Movies. "They were staying over at [director] Hal Ashby's house, so they asked [Laura] to come over [to watch Angie]." The family-friendly affair took a turn for the awkward when Angelina went on to marry Laura's then-longtime boyfriend, Billy Bob Thornton, in 2000.

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Prior to becoming one of the world's most famous pop stars with music on the Billboard Billboard 200 chart, Doja Cat and her brother — who grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of Oak Park — were often babysat by "Pretty Wild" star Alexis Haines, who was later revealed to have been a member of the infamous Bling Ring. "We were a little bit more of the latchkey kids," Alexa revealed in a Rolling Stone profile about Doja Cat. "We had these hippie moms and were given probably more freedom than kids should have been."

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Before she was an "it" girl and before he became a star on a super-successful sitcom, Chloe Sevigny and Topher Grace's worlds collided. "Growing up, Chloe Sevigny was my babysitter," he confirmed to Us Weekly in 2021. While living in Darien, Connecticut, a pre-fame Chloe looked after a pre-"That '70s Show" lead Topher. "She was the cool babysitter," he reportedly said in another interview, adding, "I had such a crush on her."

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It's a "The Real Housewives of New York City" and "The Simple Life" crossover! During her time as Kathy Hilton's personal assistant, Skinnygirl mogul Bethenny Frankel looked after the Hilton children — including famous socialites Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton Rothschild.

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The perks of being babysat by an emerging designer? You get pieces of clothing made for you! Back in the day, "Girls" creator Lena Dunham was looked after by designer Zac Posen. "You were the best babysitter… you did my hair 'like a newscaster' and made me a frayed leather skirt," Lena once tweeted to Zac.

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Getting serenaded by the one and only Michael Bolton? Now, that's a dream come true! A then-7-year-old Paula Abdul was sung to sleep by the future Grammy winner when he served as her babysitter. "He'd never want to help me with my homework," Paula told late night host Jimmy Kimmel of her famous sitter. "He would only just want to jam with the rest of the musicians in the building that I lived in."

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In his autobiography "Scar Tissue," Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis revealed he was babysat by legendary performer Cher when he was 13. "I was in bed and Cher got up to go to the bathroom and get ready for bed. I watched her take off her clothes," he recalled. "There was a woman's naked body. I remember thinking, 'This is not bad, lying next to this beautiful lady.'"

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It's totally normal to be babysat by a mega-famous rockstar, right? When Keanu Reeves was but a young boy, his costume designer mom enlisted the help of her client, rocker Alice Cooper, to look after her pre-stardom son.