--- title: 10 Times Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet Were Basically Twins description: Mother and daughter duo Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet share a resemblance that's so uncanny, and they love embracing that. canonical: https://time.com/5783859/zoe-kravitz-lisa-bonet-photos/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-14T15:55:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:00.125Z og:title: 10 Times Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet Took Twinning to a Whole New Level og:description: Talk about good genes og:url: https://time.com/5783859/zoe-kravitz-lisa-bonet-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf06ffa9d152e1e6/698a0a3a97cdff54af6ba540/zoe-kravitz-lisa-bonet-high-fidelity-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: SAINT LAURENT At The Palladium - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 10 Times Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet Took Twinning to a Whole New Level twitter:description: Talk about good genes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf06ffa9d152e1e6/698a0a3a97cdff54af6ba540/zoe-kravitz-lisa-bonet-high-fidelity-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 10 Times Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet Took Twinning to a Whole New Level > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SAINT LAURENT) Kevin Mazur—2016 Kevin Mazur  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 14, 2020 3:55 PM UTC In [Hulu’s streaming series reboot of _High Fidelity_](https://time.com/5775365/high-fidelity-review-hulu-zoe-kravitz/), actor and musician [Zoe Kravitz](https://time.com/4009547/bill-cosby-zoe-kravitz-lisa-bonet/) stars as record store owner and music nerd Rob, in a gender-flipped revision of John Cusack’s role from the original 2000 film. Kravitz’s casting holds a special significance since her mother, the actor [Lisa Bonet](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2093588%5F2093587%5F2093595,00.html), co-starred in the original film as Cusack’s intriguing and [Peter Frampton-crooning love interest, musician Marie De Salle.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GHMl9%5F7WAI) While Kravitz and Bonet are playing vastly different roles, there’s no denying how much Kravitz looks like her mother did in the film. In fact, the uncanny resemblance that the two share is something frequently referenced on Kravitz’s Instagram with throwback photos of her and her mother during younger days. Their status as look-alikes was riffed on in a widely-shared and very memorable advertising [campaign for Calvin Klein in 2016](https://fashionista.com/2016/01/calvin-klein-zoe-kravitz), but might be best expressed in the photos of them together in current day_._ With that in mind, here’s a look back at the 10 times that Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz were basically twins. ## While attending the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party in 2015  Actresses Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz attend the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 22, 2015 (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) Getty Images—2015 Getty Images The mother and daughter posed together ahead of the Vanity Fair Oscar party. ## In this throwback picture of Bonet, Lenny Kravitz, Zoe, and L.L. Cool J Kravitz has sported a similar cropped blonde hairdo to her mother’s in this picture. ## With Kravitz’s tribute to the _Rolling Stone_ cover that Bonet shot while pregnant with her. Bonet shot the original cover (also dubbed “The Hot Issue”) while she was 2 months pregnant with Kravitz. ## When they showed up as the coolest mother-daughter duo at the 2015 _InStyle_ awards  Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet arrives at the InStyle Awards at Getty Center on October 26, 2015\. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) WireImage—2015 Steve Granitz Kravitz and Bonet turned heads walking the red carpet at the _InStyle_ party in 2015. ## In this photo of baby photo of Kravitz Bonet and Kravitz posed in flower crowns for this sweet snapshot. ## In a throwback photo of Bonet and Lenny Kravitz from younger days. From her braids to her nose ring, Bonet and Kravitz share a striking resemblance. ## In this heartwarming photo of them from many years ago. Basically twins. ## In this Instagram of Kravitz showing how she really felt as a kid Mood, if there ever was one. ## In this adorable family portrait that was so cool that even Beyoncé paid homage to it. A compliment of the highest order. ## At the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscars party  Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018\. 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