{"id":477832,"date":"2026-06-15T04:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/477832\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:14:13","slug":"all-about-eve-hewsons-famous-family-and-why-she-calls-dad-bono-the-male-kris-jenner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/477832\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Eve Hewson\u2019s Famous Family\u2014and Why She Calls Dad Bono \u2018The Male Kris Jenner\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Actress Eve Hewson is the second child of U2 frontman Bono and activist Ali Hewson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rocker and his high school sweetheart have been married for over 40 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2024, the Disclosure Day actress joked that Bono is \u201ca stage dad\u201d due to his encouragement of her career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You might see a familiar face in Disclosure Day\u2014if you\u2019re caught up on U2 frontman Bono\u2019s family tree, that is. Actress Eve Hewson, who plays Jane Blankenship in the Spielberg sci-fi film, is the daughter of Bono and activist Ali Hewson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans of the couple have long noted that Eve is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/lookalike-celebrity-kids-11825312\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:spitting image;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;spitting image&quot;}\" class=\"link \">spitting image<\/a> of her mother. Ali met her future husband, whose real name is Paul Hewson at school when she was 12 years old. The Dublin natives tied the knot in 1982, and have since welcomed four children: daughters Jordan and Eve and sons Elijah and John.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eve\u2019s appearance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/colin-firth-girlfriend-eleonora-perboni-rare-red-carpet-date-11992643\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Disclosure Day;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Disclosure Day&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Disclosure Day<\/a> marks the second Spielberg outing for the 34-year-old actress, who previously worked with the acclaimed director in 2015\u2019s Bridge of Spies. She revealed in a recent The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EMNbP8fktp0?t=71\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:interview;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;interview&quot;}\" class=\"link \">interview<\/a> that Spielberg kept up with her career over the last decade. \u201cHe was like, &#8216;I&#8217;ve been watching you ever since we worked together and I&#8217;m so proud of you,&#8217;\u201d she said of their initial Zoom discussion about Disclosure Day.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Eve Hewson attends the UK premiere for \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0a02d89aa3ea5a52430dfef2e3b67075.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eve Hewson attends the UK premiere for &#8220;Disclosure Day&#8221; on June 04, 2026.<br \/>Credit: Neil Mockford\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her interim projects between Spielberg outings included stints on shows Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple, Behind Her Eyes, and The Luminaries. She also played Daphne in 2025 dramedy Jay Kelly, working alongside George Clooney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ahead, learn more about Eve Hewson\u2019s parents, Bono and Ali Hewson, and the rest of her family.<\/p>\n<p>Alison \u2018Ali\u2019 Hewson and Bono got together the same year U2 formed.<img alt=\"Bono and wife Ali Hewson being interviewed in May 1983.Credit: Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69a8d716a8eb94a1c7afd1b80d544c82.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bono and wife Ali Hewson being interviewed in May 1983.<br \/>Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After first crossing paths in secondary school, Eve\u2019s parents, Ali and Bono, became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/celebrity-couples-who-got-together-young-11963894\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:high school sweethearts;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;high school sweethearts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">high school sweethearts<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cI still pinch myself that that week in 1976, the week I\u2019d joined the band that was to become U2, was also the week that I formally asked Alison Steward to go out with me,\u201d Bono wrote in 2022 memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, per <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-grammar-school-origins-of-u2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:American Songwriter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;American Songwriter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">American Songwriter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ali and the \u201cBeautiful Day\u201d singer dated for several more years before marrying in 1982. His band was already making a name for itself by then, but it wasn\u2019t until around 1985 when U2\u2019s memorable Live Aid concert performance propelled the act to new heights of global stardom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite the tumult of fame, Bono has credited his wife of over four decades with helping to keep him grounded\u2014and vice versa. &#8220;Any time either of us got lost, the other would&#8230;be there to get the other one home,\u201d he said in a 2022 New Yorker Festival interview, per <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/bono-on-his-special-relationship-with-wife-ali-hewsome\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ali is an activist, businesswoman, and the muse for several of her husband\u2019s songs.<img alt=\"Ali Hewson attends the Edun Pre Fall Dinner on December 11, 2014.Credit: David M. Benett\/Getty Images for Edun Americas\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9d5f059b0ead00a1ce0817395a48288b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ali Hewson attends the Edun Pre Fall Dinner on December 11, 2014.<br \/>Credit: David M. Benett\/Getty Images for Edun Americas<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eve\u2019s mother, Ali, is best known for her continued activism. She graduated from the University College Dublin in 1989, earning degrees in sociology, social science, and politics, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/eve-hewson-parents-rcna168723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Today&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Today<\/a>. In 1993, she produced and narrated a documentary about the lasting effects of the Chernobyl disaster, Black Wind, White Land. She also campaigned against the British nuclear facility Sellafield, launching what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2002\/apr\/21\/energy.nuclearindustry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Guardian;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Guardian&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Guardian<\/a> described in 2002 as \u201cthe largest environmental protest ever mounted by one nation [Ireland] against its neighbour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Ali and her husband launched an ethical fashion line, EDUN, following up with ethical beauty venture Nude Skincare in 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Outside of her business ventures, she\u2019s also served as the muse for many U2 songs. Notably, \u201cSweetest Thing\u201d was written as a gift for Ali after Bono forgot her birthday while recording the album The Joshua Tree. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/feature\/u2s-the-joshua-tree-10-things-you-didnt-know-106885\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Rolling Stone;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rolling Stone&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Rolling Stone<\/a>, Ali agreed to appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5WybiA263bw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:the music video;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the music video&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the music video<\/a>, but only if all of the song\u2019s proceeds went to the Chernobyl Children\u2019s Project.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve been married for over 40 years.<img alt=\"Ali Hewson and husband Bono at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2025.Credit: Gisela Schober\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eb3c207731ea679d335864cc531ad76b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ali Hewson and husband Bono at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2025.<br \/>Credit: Gisela Schober\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ali and Bono celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in 2022. At the New Yorker Festival that year, the rocker told journalist David Remnick the secret to their longevity. &#8220;It is a grand madness about us,&#8221; he said, per People. &#8220;And there&#8217;s something about knowing that you&#8217;re going against the odds. But I would say if you ask me seriously, friendship can outpace romantic love, sometimes. And friendship is what myself and Ali have. When you have romantic love and friendship, that&#8217;s really something special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ali gave her perspective in a December 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hHuA42Wa3uo?t=229\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:joint interview;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;joint interview&quot;}\" class=\"link \">joint interview<\/a> with her husband on CBS Evening News. \u201cI think that\u2019s really important in every relationship, is that we all respect each other, and also not be possessive. It\u2019s really important to give each other space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd sometimes I do feel that maybe\u2026we both put each other a bit on a pedestal, and sometimes under a pedestal,\u201d she continued, \u201cBut it\u2019s just that keeping the balance and always holding on to the truth of each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of their children have gone into music or acting.<img alt=\"Ali Hewson, Bono, Eve Hewson, and Jordan Hewson at Glamour Women Of The Year 2016.Credit: Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9bf9d531b76ce0c0feb8b01f4efc23fd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ali Hewson, Bono, Eve Hewson, and Jordan Hewson at Glamour Women Of The Year 2016.<br \/>Credit: Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eve is the second of four children. Her older sister, Jordan, worked in tech before venturing into music in April 2026 under the stage name Jordan Joy. The girls have two younger brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah, born in 1999, followed in their father\u2019s footsteps as a musician, forming a band with his schoolmates in 2012. The Irish rock group, dubbed Inhaler, released their debut album in 2021 and have since dropped two more records.<\/p>\n<p>Ali and Bono\u2019s youngest child, John, keeps a lower profile than his siblings.<\/p>\n<p>Eve has said Bono is \u201ca stage dad\u201d and \u201cthe male Kris Jenner.\u201d<img alt=\"Singer Bono, Ali Hewson and Eve Hewson at an Edun fashion show during NYFW on September 7, 2014.Credit: Vivien Killilea\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2c7ed1737f09b5af1069ba0b02cecf93.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Singer Bono, Ali Hewson and Eve Hewson at an Edun fashion show during NYFW on September 7, 2014.<br \/>Credit: Vivien Killilea\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eve\u2019s parents have been supportive of her acting career\u2014to the point that Eve jokes about her dad\u2019s high level of enthusiasm. &#8220;He&#8217;s such a stage dad,&#8221; she said in a September 2024 appearance on Today. &#8220;I&#8217;ve called him this before, and he loves it, but he&#8217;s like the male <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/kris-jenner-ditches-iconic-pixie-for-blunt-bob-bangs-11937387\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kris Jenner;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kris Jenner&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kris Jenner<\/a>. He&#8217;s all about it, just a huge, huge fan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe&#8217;s always like, \u2018So this is what you gotta do: You gotta call up this person, you gotta do this,&#8217; and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh my God, calm down,'&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Eve Hewson with mom Ali Hewson on the 'Jay Kelly' red carpet at the Venice Film Festival in 2025.Credit: Stefania D'Alessandro\/WireImage\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fc2cf7425e873bc2ae40afcf19758d37.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eve Hewson with mom Ali Hewson on the &#8216;Jay Kelly&#8217; red carpet at the Venice Film Festival in 2025.<br \/>Credit: Stefania D&#8217;Alessandro\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for mom Ali\u2019s reaction to Eve taking on Hollywood, she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/theobserver\/2013\/mar\/17\/ali-hewson-edun-fashion-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Guardian;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Guardian&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Guardian<\/a> in 2013 that she had the reservations any parent would. \u201cBut I&#8217;m sure if you&#8217;d asked Bono&#8217;s parents what they thought about his career choice back in the day, they would have said the same thing,\u201d she added, noting, \u201c[Eve] has a certain charisma and she is passionate. And, you know, I&#8217;ve seen that before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/eve-hewson-parents-bono-ali-11996726\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:InStyle;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;InStyle&quot;}\" class=\"link \">InStyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gist Actress Eve Hewson is the second child of U2 frontman Bono and activist Ali Hewson. 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