Ben Stiller comes from a line of comedians, but the actor’s 2025 documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, peeled back the curtain on his relationship with his sister, Amy Stiller.

Amy and Ben were born to dad Jerry Stiller and mom Anne Meara in 1961 and 1965, respectively. While Ben’s acting career got off to a hot start in the late ‘80s and ‘90s — following in the footsteps of his famous parents — Amy admitted in the documentary she went through a difficult time trying to replicate her family’s success.

“I had a lot of opportunities, and I just didn’t know what to do with them,” she said. “I didn’t know who I was, and I look back on it and it was so painful.”

Eventually, she was able to break through those moments of doubt, and has since earned more than 50 credits to her name in

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