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Sunny Sandler

Sunny Sandler
Born
Sunny Madeline Sandler

(2008-11-02) November 2, 2008 (age 16)
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Parent(s)Adam Sandler
Jackie Sandler
RelativesJoseph H. Titone (maternal grandfather)
Tyler Spindel (cousin)

Sunny Madeline Sandler (born November 2, 2008) is an American actress. Her parents are actors Adam Sandler and Jackie Sandler. She is known for playing Stacy Friedman in You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)[1][2] and Vienna Gilmore in Happy Gilmore 2, both of which star her father.

Early life

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Sunny Madeline Sandler was born on November 2, 2008 in California to actor and comedian Adam Sandler and model and actress Jackie (née Titone) Sandler. She has an older sister named Sadie, who is also an actress.[3] She is of Russian-Jewish descent on her father's side and Italian descent on her mother's side.[4][5] She is a cousin of actor, comedian, and director Tyler Spindel[6] as well as a granddaughter of politician Joseph H. Titone.[7][8]

Career

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Sandler began her acting career as a child, often appearing in films produced by her father. Her first appearance was in Grown Ups (2010), in which she played the daughter of Tardio, a friend of her father's character. Since then, she has appeared in several other Adam Sandler films, including Just Go with It (2011), Jack and Jill (2011), That's My Boy (2012), Grown Ups 2 (2013), Blended (2014), The Ridiculous 6 (2015), Sandy Wexler (2017), The Week Of (2018), Murder Mystery (2019), and Hubie Halloween (2020).[9][10]In many of these films, she portrayed minor roles or played the daughter of her father's character.

In You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023), she took on a leading role as Stacy Friedman, earning praise for her performance.[11][12][13][14]

In 2023, she voiced the character of Summer Chapman in the animated film Leo, a talkative girl who forms a bond with Leo, the class pet voiced by Adam Sandler.[15][16]

In 2025 she had a major role as Vienna Gilmore, the daughter of Happy Gilmore in Netflix Happy Gilmore 2 [17][18] and a small role in Kinda Pregnant with Amy Schumer.[19]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Grown Ups Sunny Tardio
2011 Just Go with It Girl at Rope Bridge
Jack and Jill Little Girl on Ship
2012 That’s My Boy Lemonade Stand Kid
Hotel Transylvania Additional Voices (voice)
2013 Grown Ups 2 Sunny Tardio
2014 Blended Wall Street Stepdaughter
2015 Pixels Sweet Scout Girl
Hotel Transylvania 2 Baby Dennis (voice)
The Ridiculous 6 Dancing Kid
2016 The Do-Over Daisy
2017 Sandy Wexler Lola
2018 The Week Of Eva
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Sunny (voice)
2019 Murder Mystery Brittany
2020 The Wrong Missy Lobby Strong Sunny
Hubie Halloween Cooky
2022 Home Team Brooke
Hustle 13 Yr Old Girl
2023 The Out-Laws Gracie
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah Stacy Friedman
Leo Summer (voice)
2024 Spaceman Anna
2025 Kinda Pregnant Daisy
Happy Gilmore 2 Vienna Gilmore

References

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  1. ^ Lekic, Raquel (May 3, 2025). "Meet Adam Sandler's Talented Teen Daughters— Movie Stars in the Making!". First For Women. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  2. ^ Rosenbloom, Alli (August 27, 2023). "Adam Sandler's daughter Sunny had her own starry bat mitzvah 1 year before starring in her dad's movie". CNN. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  3. ^ Wihlborg, Ulrica (May 7, 2006). "Adam Sandler, Wife Have a Baby". People. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. ^ Mayer, Beth Ann (November 21, 2024). "Big Daddy, Indeed! All About Adam Sandler's Kids, Sadie and Sunny". Parade. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  5. ^ "Adam Sandler Keeps His 2 Daughters Busy - by Putting Them in His Movies!". Yahoo. July 15, 2020. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Kroll, Justin (July 12, 2021). "Pierce Brosnan Joins Adam Devine in Netflix's Action-Comedy 'The Out-Laws'; Tyler Spindel To Direct". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Political Tidbits: Adam Sandler's Father-in-Law Can Practice Again". BrowardBeat.com.
  8. ^ Olmeda, Rafael (August 26, 2021). "Adam Sandler's father-in-law arrested with gun in bag at Broward courthouse". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved July 13, 2024 – via Yahoo! News.
  9. ^ Bradney-George, Teneal Zuvela, Amy (2024-09-17). "Adam Sandler's Daughters Are All Grown Up As They Join Dad On The Red Carpet". marie claire. Retrieved 2025-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "'Don't Say Good Luck': Sunny Sandler Headlining New Comedy Film For Netflix". What's on Netflix. 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  11. ^ "All about Adam Sandler's 2 daughters". TODAY.com. 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  12. ^ "'You Are So Not Invited': Adam Sandler's bat mitzvah film gets trailer". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  13. ^ Zaltzman, Lior. "The makings of an authentic Jewish film". www.australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  14. ^ Bartov, Shira Li (24 August 2023). "'You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah' draws inspiration from real celebrations". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  15. ^ Jennifer Hudson Show (2023-12-29). Adam Sandler's Daughter Voiced Summer in the Animated Movie 'Leo'. Retrieved 2025-06-17 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "The fabulous lives of Adam Sandler's teenage daughters, Sadie and Sunny". South China Morning Post. 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  17. ^ "Meet Happy Gilmore 2 Star Adam Sandler's Wife Jackie Sandler, Daughters Sunny And Sadie". Times Now. 2025-08-01. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  18. ^ Robinson, KiMi. "'Happy Gilmore 2' shoots up the charts, earns Netflix's biggest opening weekend numbers". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  19. ^ "Adam Sandler's Teen Daughter and His Wife Jackie Make Fun Cameos in Amy Schumer's Kinda Pregnant Trailer". People.com. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
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