Adam Sandler has two kids, Sadie and Sunny, who turn 18 and 16 years old (respectively) in 2024. From early ages, they have been seen on the red carpet with their famous father, including for his Netflix movie Spaceman.
Held in February 2024, the sisters wore contrasting looks to the event. Elder sister Sadie wore a form-fitting leather mini-dress and tights, while Sunny rocked a floor-length leopard print strapless dress.
They also posed alongside their mother, Jackie Sandler, who wore a black dress emblazoned with a butterfly bodice.
It’s not the first time we’ve seen the family pose on the red carpet for Adam Sandler’s projects. And as Sadie and Sunny get older, it’s likely we’ll see them on the red carpet more often, including for their own work.
Both the Sandler daughters have a growing number of credits between them, suggesting they will follow their parents’ footsteps (Jackie is also an actor and former model).
Here, everything we know about Adam Sandler’s daughters, Sadie and Sunny.
Who Are Adam Sandler’s Kids?
Jackie and Adam Sandler’s eldest daughter, Sadie Madison Sandler was born on 6 May 2006.
When Sadie was a toddler, Sandler told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show that he had “dethroned” his wife from the position of his daughter’s favourite person.
“We’re very tight with this child – everything we do is about the kid, and the kid now all of the sudden worships me. It was my wife the whole time and then the last month or two, it’s all Sandler. It’s like anything I do, the kid wants to do,” he said.
On 2 November 2008, the couple welcomed their second daughter, Sunny Madeline Sander.
According to Sandler, his wife announced the pregnancy in a very sweet way.
“I came home at night and [Jackie] kept saying ‘Sadie wants to give you a present,’ and normally Sadie falls asleep around 8[pm]. It was like quarter past 9 and I just got back from working,” he said during an appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly.
“And then Sadie hands me a little something, like a gift. And I was ‘Aww, that’s nice Sadie, thank you.’ And then Jackie kept saying ‘Open it up, open it up.’ And I open it up and it was one of those pregnancy [tests] and I was like ‘Woowww.'”
Sadie and Sunny are growing to look a lot like dad, Adam Sandler
Despite having impressive screen credits already, both Sadie and Sunny Sandler have grown up relatively out of the spotlight. So fans were shocked at how much they resembled Adam Sandler when they joined him at the premiere of Murder Mystery 2 in March 2023, which he starred in alongside Jennifer Aniston.
It was the first time his daughters had joined him on the red carpet for a while, with both teenagers more grown up and even more like their famous father than their last public appearances.
Sadie and Sunny Sandler also look out for their dad’s health
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE at the New York premier Netflix comedy special Adam Sandler: Love You, the comedian revealed that his daughters are starting to look after him in a similar way he cared for his own dad.
“They always look out for me and my health just like I used to with my dad,” Sandler says. “You go, ‘Man, I want this guy around,’ so I used to scream at my dad to quit smoking, and my kids scream at me to just calm down and try to eat a little more like a normal person.”
He’s also previously spoken about Sadie saying he should work with the personal trainer he had for 2008 movie You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. But he also said he told her “it’s a lot of work”.
What else has Adam Sandler said about his kids?
So far, Jackie and Adam Sandler have kept details about their daughters – including their online presence – to a minimum. Adam, however, isn’t afraid to share anecdotes about his life and kids.
In 2019, during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Sandler spoke about watching eldest daughter Sadie grow up, telling DeGeneres that the teenager was starting to talk about boys. (Sadie Sandler was around 13 years old at the time).
“You know, I drive around with [her and] her friends and I hear them talking about boys now … it’s amazing, the feelings I had about the same boys five years ago. When they would mention the kid’s name, I’d be like, ‘I love that kid.’ Now, I get very jumpy,” he joked.
What have Sadie and Sunny Sandler acted in?
With two parents in showbiz, it’s no surprise the Sandler kids’ first big project was a family affair.
Sandler’s film, You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah, stars his real-life kids Sadie and Sunny as his on-screen daughters, and they are just as hilarious as their dad.
The film follows seventh grade student Stacy (Sunny Sandler), as she plans her dream bat mitzvah, which is threatened by drama between her and life-long best friend Lydia. Meanwhile, Stacy’s mum (Idina Menzel) and sister (real-life sister Sadie Sandler) encourage her to make peace with her friend.
The Sandler parents, Adam and Jackie, also have roles in the movie – Adam plays Stacy’s father, while Jackie Sandler plays Lydia’s mother, Gabi.
You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah wasn’t the first project either Sadie or Sunny have worked on. Details on IMDb.com reveal Sadie Sandler got her first credit back in 2008, when she was just two years old. S
unny followed in her big sister’s footsteps, with her first credit in 2010 when she was also around two years old.
Recently, Sunny Sandler had a role in Spaceman, while Sadie Sandler can be heard as the voice of “Summer” in animated film Leo.
Sunny was also credited as “Greek 13 Year Old Girl” in the 2022 drama Hustle, which Adam Sandler starred in and produced.
With other credits including Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Bedtime Stories, Grown Ups and Just Go With It, both Sadie and Sunny have already set themselves up for a career in Hollywood.
This article originally appeared on Marie Claire Australia and is republished here with permission.
