Celebrity2 min(s) read
Published 14:18 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Since breaking into the industry in 2015 at 13 years old, Billie Eilish has achieved huge success.
At just 24, she has won nine Grammy awards, 12 MTV Video Music Awards from both the US and European shows, four Brit Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards.
Her brother Finneas O'Connell, known professionally as FINNEAS, is also an extremely accomplished musician and producer who has released his own music but is most well known as Billie’s primary collaborator, having co-written almost all of her biggest hits.
However the siblings are not the only famous family members.
Both their mom and dad, Maggie Baird and Patrick O'Connell, have had their own taste of the limelight.
Maggie featured in an episode of one of the most popular sitcoms of all time, Friends, in 1999, a couple of years before Billie was born.
She played a casting director that Joey Tribbiani (Matt Le Blanc) auditioned in front of in 'The One Where Joey Loses His Audience'.
In the hilarious scene, Joey loses out on a role he desperately needed in order to pay for his medical treatment for a painful hernia.
The pain means he can't lift the product, instead suggesting: "Or I could just point to it? 'Blah, blah, blah Purina One. Point to a bag today.'"
A clip of the scene has since resurfaced on social media with many fans flocking to the comments to share their shock discovery that the actor is the mother of the “Ocean Eyes” singer.
"OMG NOOOOO FREAKING WAY?!!!!!!!! WHAT? I AM GOBSMACKED!" one excited fan exclaimed in the comments.
Another added: "HOLY S*** I THOUGHT SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR!"
Fans were even more gobsmacked to find out that it's not just her mom that spent time in the spotlight, as her dad Patrick is also an actor.
The father-of-two has had several smaller roles in high-profile projects.
In 2008 he starred in Iron Man as a reporter and has appeared in a few episodes of political drama The West Wing.
An instagram user commented on the clip of Maggie in Friends asking: “So is Billie a nepo baby?”
Someone else was quick to explain that "her parents both had small roles. They weren't some hugely famous actors. They're just a talented family."
