All About Adam Sandler's 2 Kids, Daughters Sadie and Sunny
- - All About Adam Sandler's 2 Kids, Daughters Sadie and Sunny
Karli Bendlin, Jordana ComiterDecember 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sunny Sandler and Sadie Sandler attend the premiere of 'Spaceman' on Feb. 26, 2024, in Los Angeles -
Adam Sandler and his wife, Jackie Sandler, welcomed two daughters
Sadie was born in 2006, followed by Sunny in 2008
Adam's kids have appeared in several films alongside him
Adam Sandler is a proud girl dad.
The Grown Ups star and his wife, Jackie Sandler, became parents in May 2006 when they welcomed their first child, daughter Sadie. Shortly after she was born, Adam said fatherhood was "fun" and "great." Their family expanded in November 2008 when Adam and Jackie welcomed another daughter, Sunny.
Since then, Adam's kids have appeared in several of his films over the years, including his 2020 Netflix movie, Hubie Halloween. But it wasn't until 2023 that they landed starring roles.
Netflix's You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah featured Sunny in a leading role as a seventh-grade student planning her dream bat mitzvah. Sadie joined her as her on-screen sibling, while Adam played her father, and Jackie portrayed an unrelated character.
More recently, Sadie and Sunny joined their dad in Netflix's Happy Gilmore 2 — and made quite the impression on the film's director, Kyle Newacheck, who said they were "very good at acting."
"It just makes me excited to see what they're going to come up with in the next 10 years, if they're going to follow their father's footsteps and be committed to this family business," he told PEOPLE in July 2025. "They're all very talented and it's awesome watching them work."
From their early years out of the spotlight to their starring Netflix roles, here's everything to know about Adam and Jackie Sandler's two daughters, Sadie and Sunny.
Sadie Madison Sandler, 19
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Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler and Sadie Sandler attend an NBA basketball game on Feb. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles
Adam and Jackie welcomed their first daughter, Sadie Madison Sandler, on May 6, 2006.
Shortly after her arrival, the comedian joked to reporters about his newborn's lack of focus. "Every time I think the kid likes me [while I'm playing with and talking to her], I'm like, 'Oh, she's staring at my forehead,' " he said.
When Sadie was 14 months old, her dad told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show that he had "dethroned" Jackie as the little girl's favorite person.
"We're very tight with this child – everything we do is about the kid, and the kid now all of the sudden worships me," he quipped. "It was my wife the whole time, and then the last month or two, it's all Sandler. It's like anything I do, the kid wants to do."
At a young age, Sadie started accompanying her father on set, making her first on-screen appearance in his 2008 movie, You Don't Mess with the Zohan. That same year, she had a small role in Adam's film Bedtime Stories, in which the actor plays an uncle whose tall bedtime tales stir up trouble for his niece and nephew.
While promoting the movie, Adam admitted that the plot hit a little close to home, as his nightly bedtime story ritual often had the opposite effect on Sadie.
"I'm not great at the bedtime stories," he said. "The bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep, [but] my kid gets riled up."
Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Jackie Sandler and daughter Sadie Sandler attend the actor's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
Sadie's bedtime routine was again a topic of conversation for her father during a 2008 appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly, where the actor revealed that she was the one to tell him that he was about to be a father of two.
"I came home at night and [Jackie] kept saying 'Sadie wants to give you a present,' and normally Sadie falls asleep around 8. It was like quarter of 9, and I just got back from working," he recalled.
"And then Sadie hands me a little something, like a gift. And I was 'Aww, that's nice, Sadie, thank you.' And then Jackie kept saying, 'Open it up, open it up.' And I open it up, and it was one of those pregnancy [tests], and I was like 'Woowww.' "
When it came time for Sadie's bat mitzvah in 2019, Adam ensured his daughter's big day was memorable, including arranging a special performance from Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.
Adam explained on Jimmy Kimmel Live that he asked Levine by text, saying, "I text him, 'I'm sorry to do this to you, my kid's getting bat mitzvahed Saturday night. Would you mind coming and singing a few tunes? It would be incredible.' "
Levine agreed and brought along fellow Maroon 5 bandmate James Valentine to play a few hits at the party. "It was the coolest thing, man," Adam told Jimmy Kimmel. As for Sadie's reaction to the performance? "Oh, she hugged me so much, my Sadie," he said.
After Sadie and Sunny joined their dad on-screen in Happy Gilmore 2, their costar Julie Bowen told PEOPLE in July 2025 that they are "really, really great" and "wonderful young women."
Sadie is also taking the acting profession seriously, as she is enrolled in classes at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Sunny Madeline Sandler, 17
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Sunny Sandler and Adam Sandler on September 29, 2025 in New York City
Adam and Jackie welcomed their second daughter, Sunny Madeline Sandler, on Nov. 2, 2008.
Adam announced Sunny's birth on his website, calling the family's latest addition "beautiful" and adding that "everyone is happy and healthy."
Like her older sister, Sunny has appeared in several of her father's movies, including Grown Ups, Blended and Murder Mystery. After accumulating over a dozen acting credits from Adam's projects, however, Sadie and Sunny were ready to strike out on their own.
"I hear sometimes in the house, 'I wanna be in a movie' and I say, 'You are, you were in this, this and this' and they go, 'Not yours.' I go, 'Oh, Daddy's not good enough!' " Adam said on The Drew Barrymore Show in October 2020. "They wanna do their own thing one day."
In addition to her acting roles, Sunny has a passion for singing. In June 2019, she performed a song from The Greatest Showman onstage during one of Adam's comedy shows. After a sweet introduction from her father, Sunny belted out "A Million Dreams," earning her applause and a standing ovation from the crowd.
Sunny accompanied her dad onstage again that October during a charity performance, where she and Sadie joined Adam in singing a rendition of Taylor Swift's "Lover," which the comedian described as "one of their favorite songs."
Allen Berezovsky/Getty Adam Sandler and daughter Sunny Sandler on November 14, 2018 in Los Angeles, California
After the girls drew a standing ovation, Adam thanked the crowd for "being so nice to them," adding, "They were dying to be a part it. Girls, you did great! Sounded awesome — confident and cool. I love you, now get out of here."
For Sunny's bat mitzvah in May 2022, Adam again turned to his celebrity friends to make the party extra special. His previous costars attended the star-studded bash Jennifer Aniston and Taylor Lautner, and included performances from Charlie Puth and Halsey.
Halsey later discussed the party during an appearance on The Tonight Show. "First of all, it was the craziest bat mitzvah I've ever seen in my life," the singer told Jimmy Fallon. "As you would expect from Adam Sandler. ... I mean, it was like Coachella."
A few months later, Sunny and her sister supported their father when he received the Film Tribute Award at the 2022 Gotham Awards. Instead of going the traditional route, he allowed his daughters to write his acceptance speech.
"They were like, 'Can we write your speech so you've got something to say?' I said, 'Absolutely! It would be nice to see you doing something other than watching YouTube or going to f------ Lululemon every f------ weekend,' " Adam teased on stage before going on to read the speech, which included several hilarious jabs at him.
The proud dad ended his speech on a sentimental note, thanking his wife and children for being a part of his journey.
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