Iris Apatow is an American actress who comes from a distinguished acting family. She is well-known for playing the role of “Charlotte” in the films “Knocked Up” and its follow-up, “This Is 40.” She was born and raised in California, US, and started off as a young artist. She made her acting debut at the age of 5 in the film “Knocked Up,” the younger daughter of producer-writer-director Judd Apatow (and his wife, actor Leslie Mann), and then went on to star in “Funny People” and “This Is 40.” For her role of “Arya Hopkins” in the Netflix series “Love,” she won praise. Iris has performed as a voice actor and starred in the “Sonora” music video. She enjoys animals and is well-known on Instagram.
Early Childhood & Life
Judd Apatow, an American producer-writer, director, actor, and stand-up comedian, and his wife, actress Leslie Mann, welcomed Iris Apatow into the world on October 12, 2002, in Los Banos, California, the US. She is the younger of their two daughters, and Maude Apatow, her older sister, is an actor in both television and movies.
Her mother Leslie is of Irish and German ancestry, while her father Judd Apatow is of Ashkenazi Jewish background. Tamara Apatow, her maternal grandmother, and Maury Apatow, a real estate developer, are her paternal grandparents.
Career of Iris Apatow
Iris Apatow made her acting debut at the age of 5 in her father’s 2007 romantic comedy film “Knocked Up,” playing the on-screen daughter of her real-life mother named “Charlotte.” With the same film, her older sister Maude also made her acting debut. Their father runs ‘Apatow Productions,’ a producing company of his own.
Iris returned to the role of Charlotte in the follow-up to her first film, “This Is 40,” in 2012. Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Megan Fox, and her mother were the other actors in this movie. Prior to that, in 2009, she played the part of “Ingrid” in her father’s film “Funny People,” which was directed. The comedy film, which starred well-known actors from Hollywood such Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, and Jonah Hill, became a hit.
Iris has contributed to three of her father’s films, including “This Is 40,” “Funny People,” and “Knocked Up.” She (together with her sister Maude) portrayed the daughters of the movie characters who were based on their real mother in all three of the movies.
She landed her breakout role in the Netflix series “Love” in 2016, playing “Aria/Arya Hopkins.” Her father is the series’ creator, and Iris worked on his project without her sister for the first time. She has gotten many compliments for her performance in “Love,” and many people believe it to be one of the series’ high points.
Iris has experience working as a voice actor, and in the 2016 American-Canadian computer animated black comedy movie “Sausage Party,” she provided her voice for a number of characters. She had an appearance in a music video in 2017 for the song “Sonora” by “Spendtime Palace,” which was directed by Finn Wolfhard.
Individual Life of Iris Apatow
Iris is quite active on the social media network “Instagram,” where she shares jokes, throwback photos, and poems by Rupi Kaur. She also shares short tutorial videos for doing makeup on YouTube. On “Instagram,” she has more than 300,000 followers. She resembles her mother, Leslie Mann, an actress.
Iris has a female dog named Cookie and loves animals.
Net worth of Iris Apatow
The estimated net worth of Iris Apatow is about $1 million.