{"id":647349,"date":"2026-11-01T00:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T00:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647349\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T00:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T00:04:20","slug":"all-about-phoebe-catess-two-talented-children-owen-and-greta-kline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647349\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Phoebe Cates\u2019s Two Talented Children, Owen and Greta Kline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline have two children: son Owen Kline, an actor and filmmaker, and daughter Greta Kline, the artist behind indie band Frankie Cosmos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cates and Kevin, both actors, raised their children away from Hollywood in NYC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Today, Owen and Greta both work in creative fields and occasionally act, although neither wanted to fully follow in their parents&#8217; footsteps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline have raised the next generation of talent. The actress and her Oscar-winning husband are the parents of two creative kids: son Owen Kline, an actor-turned-filmmaker, and daughter Greta Kline, a musician.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Cates;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/celebrities-who-rarely-make-public-appearances-11984922\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cates<\/a> and Kevin met at an audition for The Big Chill in 1982, but it took a few more years for them to start dating, per <a data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-kevin-kline-phoebe-cates-marriage-7567040\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>. They tied the knot in 1989, and have been a power couple ever since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;If your marriage lasts more than six months, you&#8217;re already in the Guinness Book of World Records, if you&#8217;re a Hollywood marriage,&#8221; Kline joked of their union of over three decades in a 2024 interview with <a data-ylk=\"slk:Business Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/kevin-kline-phoebe-cates-marriage-relationship-success-2024-10\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their first child, Owen, arrived in 1991. Greta was born three years later. Both Cates-Kline children are now in their 30s and have established creative careers of their own. &#8220;My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging,&#8221; Greta told <a data-ylk=\"slk:Interview;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/discovery-frankie-cosmos\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Interview<\/a><a data-ylk=\"slk:magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/discovery-frankie-cosmos\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> magazine<\/a> in 2014 of her journey to becoming a musician. &#8220;I took piano lessons for, like, 10 years. Every Friday night, my family had music at our house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite choosing public-facing careers, Owen and Greta are <a data-ylk=\"slk:on the private side;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/actors-who-left-hollywood-12021987\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">on the private side<\/a> like their celebrity parents. Still, the family of four have shared glimpses into their lives over the years. Here&#8217;s what to know about Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline&#8217;s two kids.<\/p>\n<p>Owen Kline<img alt=\"Owen Kline at the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre on May 02, 2026.Credit: Jesse Grant\/Getty Images for TCM\" 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\/11\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/4d58ec163ba52e0ac3a1203a86dc3070.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Owen Kline at the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre on May 02, 2026.<br \/>Credit: Jesse Grant\/Getty Images for TCM<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cates and Kevin welcomed son Owen Joseph Kline on October 14, 1991.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His childhood in New York earned him a kind of alt-darling status\u2014a 2007 <a data-ylk=\"slk:New Yorker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2007\/03\/26\/anything-pink-rocks\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New Yorker<\/a> article referred to him as one of the East Village&#8217;s &#8220;young moderns&#8221; alongside Zo\u00eb Kravitz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2005, a 13-year-old Owen starred in the Noah Baumbach drama The Squid and the Whale. But he &#8220;never wanted to be in the industry,&#8221; he told <a data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2022\/sep\/15\/no-one-wants-to-read-someones-kids-thing-its-a-sucky-scenario-owen-kline-on-his-debut-hit-funny-pages\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a> in a 2022 interview. &#8220;Being a child actor seemed a hellish path, and a quick way to embarrass yourself,&#8221; he explained. Instead, he found himself fascinated by reading and making <a data-ylk=\"slk:cartoons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/nostalgic-characters-fashion-trend-12077096\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">cartoons<\/a> and comics\u2014a passion that would inform his feature-length directorial debut, Funny Pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I just thought a story of a cartoonist, in some way, who&#8217;s sort of trying to exaggerate a world that gets more and more extreme would be compelling,&#8221; he explained to The Guardian. He made Funny Pages after studying illustration and film at NYC&#8217;s Pratt Institute.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Owen Kline and mom Phoebe Cates during the NYFCC's 71st Annual Awards Dinner, January 2006.Credit: Robin Platzer\/FilmMagic\" 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\/11\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/2b2bb1399e3c1158546c52d9b9310ccb.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Owen Kline and mom Phoebe Cates during the NYFCC&#8217;s 71st Annual Awards Dinner, January 2006.<br \/>Credit: Robin Platzer\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for his parents&#8217; thoughts on his film career, his comments echo his sister&#8217;s. They were &#8220;so supportive,&#8221; Owen said. &#8220;They wanted so badly for me to figure out a way to make my film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since Funny Pages, the filmmaker has continued to participate in the comics scene and returned to acting. He played Nick in 2024 film A Different Man and appeared as himself in Apple TV satirical comedy The Studio in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Asked in a 2023 chat with <a data-ylk=\"slk:CloselyObservedFrames;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.closelyobservedframes.com\/post\/an-interview-with-owen-kline\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CloselyObservedFrames<\/a> if growing up in an acting family had informed his work, he said, &#8220;Not particularly, besides a little bit of a perspective on acting, which is in its essence listening and responding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Greta Kline<img alt=\"Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos poses backstage at Headrow House on September 6, 2016 in Leeds.Credit: Andrew Benge\/Redferns\" 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\/11\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/0387f3755bdeba44f319972a8e8517e8.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos poses backstage at Headrow House on September 6, 2016 in Leeds.<br \/>Credit: Andrew Benge\/Redferns<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Gremlins star and her husband welcomed daughter Greta Simone Kline on March 21, 1994.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her love of music began in childhood. She told Interview of learning bass from an aunt&#8217;s boyfriend, &#8220;and my brother would play drums and we&#8217;d just make stuff up and &#8216;rock out.'&#8221; She also immersed herself in the local indie scene, with her older sibling taking her along to Brooklyn house shows when she was in her early teens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Greta opted to be homeschooled halfway through high school to focus on making music, releasing over 200 songs as Frankie Cosmos by the time she turned 22, per <a data-ylk=\"slk:W;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmagazine.com\/story\/greta-kline-frankie-cosmos-next-thing-interview\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">W<\/a> magazine. She attended <a data-ylk=\"slk:NYU&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/kate-hudson-ryder-graduation-blended-family-photos-11981484\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NYU&#8217;s<\/a> Gallatin School of Individualized Study, but left to focus her energy on her burgeoning career. &#8220;I kind of felt like I was living a double life,&#8221; she explained in her 2016 interview with W. &#8220;I was always running to play a show every weekend, so I didn&#8217;t make any college friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos performs live on stage during Kilby Block Party on May 12, 2023.Credit: Jim Bennett\/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\/11\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/13d70e3ce38b2ab55f25048e869cc0bf.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos performs live on stage during Kilby Block Party on May 12, 2023.<br \/>Credit: Jim Bennett\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2025, Frankie Cosmos (which evolved from a solo project to <a data-ylk=\"slk:an indie band;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/finneas-ashe-band-the-favors-new-band-music-11828204\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">an indie band<\/a> in the early 2010s) released the album Different Talking, Greta&#8217;s sixth record. One of the project&#8217;s main themes is embracing getting older. &#8220;I think of aging as a gift\u2014getting to keep being alive, appreciating it every day and ideally getting wiser as time goes by,&#8221; Greta told <a data-ylk=\"slk:Magnet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/magnetmagazine.com\/2025\/07\/10\/five-questions-with-greta-kline-frankie-cosmos\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Magnet<\/a> in an interview promoting the album. &#8220;Also, we&#8217;re all still quite young!&#8221; the frontwoman added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When she&#8217;s performing, it&#8217;s a safe bet Cates or Kevin will be in the audience. &#8220;My mom always buys way too many tickets \u2013 she&#8217;s like, &#8216;Just in case it sells out, I got 10!'&#8221; the artist said in her W interview. &#8220;And I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Mom, I don&#8217;t even have 10 friends!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Greta Kline, Phoebe Cates, and Kevin Kline at the NYC premiere of 'The Conspirator' in 2011.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\/11\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/5a9ad9cef14a16a0c26cef3c3fff679a.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Greta Kline, Phoebe Cates, and Kevin Kline at the NYC premiere of &#8216;The Conspirator&#8217; in 2011.<br \/>Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her band is also expanding its reach. In 2026, Frankie Cosmos wrote and produced the score for indie rom-com Something You Should Know About Me. Greta also has a brief role in the film, made by her friend Andy Fidoten. &#8221; I think acting for me is much lower stakes because I don&#8217;t want to be an actor,&#8221; Greta told <a data-ylk=\"slk:The Indie Scene;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindiescene.co.uk\/interviews\/greta-kline-of-frankie-cosmos-talks-their-new-film-score\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Indie Scene<\/a> of being in the film. &#8220;There&#8217;s no career riding on it, whereas when I make music, it&#8217;s representative of my career path.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a data-ylk=\"slk:InStyle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/phoebe-cates-kids-owen-greta-kline-12202936\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">InStyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gist Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline have two children: son Owen Kline, an actor and filmmaker, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-647349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}