25 Celebrities Who Feel Your Middle Child Syndrome Pain

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It's not easy being the middle child, having to grow up between the eldest kid (who likely got a lot of attention early on) and the youngest (who, for some reason, always seems to get their way). While recent studies are finding that middle children are a dwindling demo as couples decide to have smaller families, there are plenty of celebrities who grew up between older and younger siblings and have managed to come out on top (take that, middle child syndrome).

From supermodels to superheros, these famous faces may be the middle children in their families, but they made sure they made a name for themselves.

01

Owen Wilson

Acting runs in the Wilson family, with Owen sitting between older brother Andrew and baby brother Luke.

02

Anne Hathaway

Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway is the only girl between older brother Michael and younger brother Thomas.

03

Jennifer Lopez

Jenny From the Block is also Jenny in the middle! Jennifer Lopez has an older sister named Leslie and a younger sister named Lynda.

04

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston is obviously a heartthrob, but he's also the only brother to an older sister named Sarah who is a journalist and a younger sister named Emma who is an aspiring actress.

05

Pippa Middleton

Pippa Middleton has held her own with an older sister who is the mother to the future king of England and a brother who has the best beard around.

06

Poppy Delevingne

Actress and model Poppy Delevingne is beautiful, talented, and the middle sister of Chloe and Cara.

07

Chris Hemsworth

Thor is actually the middle child! Chris Hemsworth is younger than brother Luke but older than brother Liam.

08

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer is between two half-brothers, older maternal half-brother John Melick and younger paternal half-brother Alex Aniston.

09

Jaden Smith

Jaden is between older half-brother Trey and younger sister Willow.

10

Britney Spears

We know Jamie-Lynn is Britney's kid sister, but it's easy to forget that she also has an older brother named Bryan.

11

Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth has stepped out of the shadow of famous big sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, but she also has an older brother named Trent and two younger half-siblings.

12

Mia Wasikowska

The Australian actress has an older sister named Jess and a younger brother named Kai.

13

Olivia Wilde

Oliva Wilde's real last name is Cockburn, and she's the middle sibling to big sister Chloe Cockburn and younger brother Charlie Cockburn.

14

Sarah Jessica Parker

SJP is one of eight children when you count half-siblings, but as far as full siblings, she sits between Timothy Britten Parker and Pippin Parker.

15

Jemima Kirke

Beauty and talent come in threes in the Kirke household. Jemima is the younger sister of singer Domino and older sister of actress Lola.

16

Zoe Saldana

The beauty is the middle child between sisters Cisely and Mariel.

17

Lily Allen

Lily is one of four and has one older sister named Sarah, younger brother Alfie, who is a successful actor, and little sister Rebecca.

18

Zayn Malik

The gorgeous crooner is the only boy between one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa.

19

Amy Schumer

Middle children are often the funniest, which makes sense because Amy Schumer is between younger sister Kim Caramele and older half-brother Jason Stein.

20

Peyton Manning

It's always game day in the Manning family. The NFL legend sits between brothers Cooper and Eli.

21

Miley Cyrus

The Cyrus clan is big, with Miley between older siblings Trace and Brandi and younger siblings Braison and Noah.

22

Bella Hadid

Bella is sitting pretty as the middle child of Mohamed Hadid and Yolanda Hadid. Sister Gigi is older and brother Anwar is younger.

23

Kelly Osbourne

Fans of MTV's 2000s reality show The Osbournes might remember that Kelly is the middle child between older sister Aimee, who never appeared on the show, and younger brother Jack.

24

Michael Cera

We can only imagine how funny the Cera household was growing up with Michael between older sister Jordan and younger sister Molly.

25

Katy Perry

Pop superstar Katy Perry has a younger brother named David and an older sister named Angela.

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