For the daughter of action star Steven Seagal and British-born model-turned-actress Kelly
LeBrock, escaping the shadows of her mom and dad hasn't been easy.
Not long after Arissa LeBrock was born, things reportedly got very ugly at home, with Seagal
and Kelly going through a nasty divorce shortly after their daughter's first birthday in 1994.
The grisly details of their separation created countless headlines at the time, and, in the
end, Kelly decided to move her children away from Hollywood.
Her decision appears to have been a wise one, as she's managed to raise a smart, confident,
and gorgeous daughter.
Let's take a look at the evolution of the beautiful Arissa LeBrock.
"Buckle your seatbelt because it's about to be a ride."
Surrounded by celebs
Being the daughter of a movie star and a model meant that Arissa got used to being around
famous people at a very young age.
Even after Kelly moved her kids a few hours outside of Tinseltown, the family would get
regular visits from a number of A-list types.
Kelly admitted to the Daily Mail,
"After Woman in Red, a few men in Hollywood had their eye on me.
Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and Billy Wilder used to come to the house."
Little Arissa wasn't intimidated by these famous faces, though.
In fact, she would often be the one putting on a show.
She told PLUS Model Magazine,
"All my life I've been around celebrities.
As a little girl, I would always dress up and perform in front of people and by the
age of five I was showing up to breakfast in full hair and makeup!"
Plus-size pride
Arissa is the first to admit that she doesn't have what many might consider to be a traditional
model's frame, but you'll never hear her complaining about her size.
She realized pretty early on that she wasn't going to be a petite girl, and she embraced
it.
She told PLUS Model Mag in 2017,
"As I reached puberty, I started to get 'those' curves.
Having a supportive mother, I was proud to be a vivacious, curvy woman, as she taught
me that beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Her modeling career has been on the up since she was featured on the cover of PMM in 2014.
She landed a high-profile gig in 2017 when she was recruited by Indian fashion designer
Mac Duggal, known for incorporating diversity and body positivity into his shows, for his
This is Why I'm Fabulous campaign during New York Fashion Week.
Mom and pop
Arissa has her 6-foot, 4-inch martial artist father to thank for her curvaceous frame.
The model told Maxim,
"LeBrocks tend to be very slender, and I ended up looking like a Seagal: strong and built.
I feel powerful.I love my body."
But just because she's got Seagal blood doesn't mean she can't effortlessly channel the LeBrock
in her.
Arissa more than proved this in 2017 when she took part in a New York Post photoshoot
paying tribute to her mother's breakout movie, The Woman in Red.
She shared,
"It was such an iconic scene for me because I grew up watching that.
I just admire my mother so much."
Reality star
In 2017, Arissa and her mother joined the cast of Growing Up Supermodel, a Lifetime
reality series that follows the children of famous models as they attempt to make it big
in the industry.
"It's really like an awesome, raw, inside look into my personal life.
Struggles, trials, tribulations, things that have been going on with me."
The aspiring runway star said that she was grateful to get the chance to show what it
was like growing up with celebrity parents, something she had in common with her co-stars.
Done with dad?
Kelly might have been pleased with her daughter's decision to enter the world of reality TV,
but Seagal was most certainly not.
The model revealed that her estranged father made a rare phone call to her after learning
about her and Kelly's participation in Growing Up Supermodel, and he apparently was none
too pleased.
Arissa told TooFab,
"I don't know what the deal is but he did call me and tell me he thought that reality
TV is a mistake and I'm making a mistake."
That phone call would be the last contact they'd have for a while.
Arissa revealed that she and her father very rarely speak to begin with, and she actually
attempted to use the show as a way of reconciling with him.
Unfortunately, it didn't work and their relationship eventually hit an all-time low.
The model explained,
"I try to, you know, just reach out a little bit more and try to fix things.
[...] But actually, since we've been wrapping up and everything I actually feel like things
have drifted away a little bit more than they ever have and we haven't been talking at all, really."