![]() The timing couldn't have been better, as it would only be three years before the Phoenix children began scoring professional acting gigs. In fact, in 1979, after youngest child Summer was born, parents John and Arlyn Bottom decided to change their family's last name to "Phoenix." The name was deliberately chosen for its mythical connotations of rising from the ashes, as the family was then at a point where they were looking for a rebirth of some kind after a few years of hardship. The late actor and musician actually had a rather amusing name for the first nine years of his life: River Bottom.įortunately, River's parents didn't try and make their subsequent children's names match that surname in a funny way- he didn't have a sister named Apple or brother named Rock, hilarious as that would have been. As it turns out, River's name was changed at a certain point- but not his first name. Is there a more perfect name for a hot young Hollywood superstar in the late-80s and early-90s? Most people would've had to change their real name in order to have a name that cool. ![]() She was also briefly married to a Hollywood A-lister.Īdditionally, according to the Joaquin Phoenix biography He's Still Here, the Phoenix's also have a half-sister name Jodean via a relationship their father was in before meeting their mother. Lastly, Summer Joy Phoenix is the biggest actor of the Phoenix girls, with over two dozen film and television credits to her name including two feature films currently in post-production. Liberty Mariposa Phoenix has had the most low-key public life of any of the Phoenix children, quitting acting by age 10 and mostly doing fashion and charity work in recent years. While Rain has done some acting, appearing in movies like Shakespeare adaptation O and the Will Smith comedy Hitch, her most enduring passion has definitely been that of a musician. Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix, which is a proud name to have even if it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, has mostly chosen music for her career path. In case you were wondering, yes, all of the aforementioned Phoenix family names are their actual, legal names- in fact, wait until you hear their middle names! The Phoenix sisters are, in order of oldest to youngest: Rain, Liberty, and Summer. Perhaps you're even familiar with them, or have seen them in movies and/or TV shows and not necessarily realized who they are. ![]() In the introduction, we teased Joaquin and River having sisters. ![]()
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