12 Celebrities Who Became Grandparents Before Turning 50

Taking on the title of grandparent is a milestone that’s typically reserved for later in life -- but for some people, it comes a little sooner than expected. Instead of becoming a grandparent in the second half of life, there are a number of people who end up welcoming grandchildren before they turn 50. Even in Hollywood, there are celebrities who end up becoming grandparents while still in the middle of a thriving career -- stars you would never expect to be old enough to have grandkids. While it may come as a surprise to hear that these celebs get called Grandma and Grandpa, there’s no doubt that these stars are all so proud of their families. Find out which stars became grandparents very young… 1. Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland was just 38 when he became a grandfather by way of his first marriage to his wife Camelia. When they tied the knot, Kiefer became a step-father to her daughter Michelle, who was eight years old at the time. While Kiefer and Camelia eventually divorced, he remained in Michelle’s life. He now loves to spoil her children. “The wonderful thing about grandchildren is you give them back. So when they come to visit me, I've got my $5 and my $10 and I've got some chocolate and Coca-Colas and everything they're not supposed to have. I spend about two hours getting them completely wired, I give them cash so they’ll come back, and then I hand them back to their mother and say 'good luck,'" Kiefer joked to Australia’s 7NEWS. 2. Brett Favre Former football star Brett Favre was just 40 years old and still actively playing in the NFL when he became a grandfather for the first time. In 2010, his daughter Brittany, who was 21 at the time, gave birth to a little boy named Parker. In the announcement, Brett and his wife Deanna shared that they were “very proud” of their daughter. “A grandpa at 40,” he later told ESPN, jokingly adding, “It almost makes me feel old.” Brittany has since welcomed two more children: Alexander “A.J.” James and Oscar. 3. Jim Carrey Jim Carrey was just 47 when he became a grandfather for the first time after his daughter Jane and her then-husband Alex Santana welcomed their son Jackson. Although he’s now been a grandfather for quite some time, Jim admits he still doesn't feel like one -- and even gets a bit embarrassed being called “grandpa” in public. “I’m a good grandad. But it’s a little embarrassing in public when he’s just like, ‘GRANDPA!’ He doesn’t hold back. But we’re buddies. He’s an awesome dude,” Jim said on Lorraine. Jane and her current husband Chase Bordelon have since welcomed two children, Logan and Erin, making Jim a grandfather three times over. 4. Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg hit a lot of milestones early in life, including becoming a grandmother. In 1989, Whoopi’s 16-year-old daughter Alexandrea became a mother for the first time -- and Whoopi was just 33. While Whoopi at the time said it “would not have been what [she] would have chosen” for her daughter, she was still proud. Alexandrea went on to welcome two more children…and she’s now a grandmother herself, making Whoopi a great-grandmother. When Whoopi was 58, her granddaughter Amara gave birth to a little girl named Charli. “It is the funniest thing in the world to me. I was a grandmother kind of young and now I’m a great-grandmother. I had just gotten into the groove of being a grandmother and it was all great and then this girl came and said she and her man were having a baby. I wanted to wring her neck,” Whoopi shared on The Tonight Show. She continued, “But then my daughter is like, ‘Ugh! I’m going to be a grandmother and I just thought my life was beginning!’ So I let her go through all that and then I whispered in her ear, ‘I got no sympathy for you. You made me a grandmother when I was 33!’” 5. Dascha Polanco Dascha Polanco became a young mom when she had her daughter Dasany as a teenager. Then, almost two decades later, she became a young grandmother at 40. Dasany gave birth to her son Dior in 2023. Now Dascha says she loves spending time with her grandson and doesn’t mind being a grandma so young. “I’m sure I’m not the first or the last. There’s younger grandmas than me, but I’m still here, I’m still fly,” she told People. “I’m enjoying him. He’s amazing. He’s a model. Dior, he’s modeling and he’s just a blessing.” 6. Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen became a young grandad at the age of 47. In 2013, his oldest daughter Cassandra, who was 28 at the time, welcomed a little girl named Luna. Following her birth, Charlie told TMZ he was thrilled to be a grandfather and it was “impossibly a most wondrous day.” He later shared that having a grandchild so early in his life “kinda blew [his] mind” but was a total “gift.” 7. Lauryn Hill When Lauryn Hill was 41, she became a grandmother for the