Who Are Sunny and Sadie Sandler From 'You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah' and 'Roommates?'
Adam Sandler's daughters are following in their dad's footsteps—and taking over Netflix.
Over the past few years, a new generation of Sandlers has been taking over Netflix. Back in 2023, comedy legend Adam Sandler starred in the comedy movie You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, alongside various members of his family, including his wife Jackie Sandler and their daughters Sadie, 20, and Sunny, 17. The tween flick garnered rave reviews for Sunny and Sadie, who more than held their own in their first comedy roles, even while going toe-to-toe with their superstar father.
Long before the adorable film hit Netflix, Sadie and Sunny were already familiar faces for fans of their dad's hit films. Now, three years after cementing themselves as nepo babies to watch, the sisters have returned to the streaming giant. In April, Sadie stepped into the spotlight in the college comedy, Roommates, and now Sunny's flexing her dramatic muscles (and making viewers reach for tissues) in Don't Say Good Luck.
Read on for everything to know about Sunny and Sadie Sandler, including their years growing up on movie sets and their breakout Netflix roles.
They've previously appeared in some of their dad's movies.
Sadie Sandler was born in May 2006 in L.A., while Sunny Sandler was born in November 2008. As in Sandler family tradition (see below), both Sadie and Sunny have previously appeared in many of their dad Adam's movies, including Grown Ups, Hotel Transylvania, and Murder Mystery. While Sunny's on-screen debut was in 2010's Grown Ups, Sadie got her start in acting a bit earlier, appearing in 2008's Bedtime Stories and You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Sunny has also appeared in the recent Netflix films Hustle and The Out-Laws.
Since Bar Mitzvah, the sisters have also appeared together in the Netflix sequel Happy Gilmore 2, as well as the animated film Leo.
Sunny and Sadie Sandler on the set of You Are SO Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah.
The Sandler family has a history of acting together.
The 2023 comedy movie You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah follows Stacy (Sunny Sandler), a seventh-grader who—when she isn't planning the bat mitzvah of her dreams—spends her time hanging with her bestie Lydia (Samantha Lorraine). The Taylor Swift-loving pair's friendship takes a turn when Stacy catches Lydia kissing Stacy's crush, popular boy Andy Goldfarb (Dylan Hoffman). As the former duo deal with online rumors and Hebrew School drama, their perfect bat mitzvah plans go awry. In the film, Adam and Sadie Sandler played Stacy's father and sister, with Frozen and Uncut Gems actress Idina Menzel playing the mom. Meanwhile, Jackie Sandler plays Lydia's mom, Gabi.
Adam Sandler fans likely recognize his wife Jackie from several of his films. The couple met on the set of Adam's 1999 film Big Daddy, where she had a small role as a waitress, and married in 2003 (see Adam's loving tribute for the couple's 20th anniversary). They've been inseparable for decades, and Jackie has gone on to appear in at least 30 of Adam's films. She also consults with him on the roles he takes; while doing press for the 2019 drama Uncut Gems, Adam mentioned many times that Jackie had encouraged and convinced him to take the demanding role.
Sunny, Adam, Jackie, and Sadie Sandler attend the Roommates premiere in L.A.
As for Sadie and Sunny, both of the teens have appeared in over a dozen movies produced by Sandler's production company, Happy Madison. Adam spoke about his daughters' acting during an October 2020 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. "They make it look like I'm forcing them to do it," he joked at the time. "Meanwhile, they were asking me the whole damn year, 'Can I be in your next movie, Daddy?'"
In an interview with Decider, Bat Mitzvah director recalled that Sadie and Sunny took an interest in filmmaking on set, saying that the pair "work harder than most adults I know...Adam is one of the hardest-working people I have ever met in my life. It’s clear the girls take on that as well."
The girls' real-life bat mitzvahs had star-studded guest lists.
Sunny Sandler had a star-studded guest list for her own bat mitzvah—a Jewish rite of passage to adulthood that's celebrated when a girl turns 12 or 13—held at an L.A. country club in May 2022. Per CNN, attendees included Jennifer Aniston (who's close friends with Adam and Jackie), Taylor Lautner, David Spade, and Peyton List. Also, Charlie Puth and Halsey(!) performed at the candy-themed bash.
By Sunny's bat mitzvah, the Happy Gilmore star already had experience booking acts to play at the party. For older daughter Sadie in 2019, Adam arranged a performance by Maroon 5's Adam Levine and James Valentine. "Oh, she hugged me so much, my Sadie," the actor said of Sadie's reaction to the surprise during a Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance.
They also have musical talents (and they're Swifties, of course).
Like their famous father, Sadie and Sunny have also shown off their musical talents (and love for Taylor Swift) onstage. During Adam's set at a Malibu fundraiser in October 2019, the pair joined their dad to perform the singer's ballad "Lover," accompanied by the 50 First Dates star on guitar. As he called them to the stage, Adam explained that the family had seen Swift perform on Saturday Night Live the night before, adding, "This is one of their favorite songs. We play this all the time, me and mommy and the two kids."
A couple of months later, Sunny joined her dad onstage solo at his New Jersey comedy show, where she sang "A Million Dreams" from the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman, per PEOPLE.
There are many, many highlights I recorded from tonight’s #Rock4EB but this one is pretty special. @AdamSandler handling guitar duties while his daughters Sunny & Sadie sing @taylorswift13 “Lover” in front of Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, etc. They’re major Swifties, and so good too pic.twitter.com/Z589j4tDBJOctober 7, 2019
They wrote their dad's acceptance speech at the 2022 Gotham Awards.
While receiving the Film Tribute Award at the 2022 Gotham Awards, the Uncut Gems actor let his daughters write his hilarious and sweet speech. When he took the stage, he joked that after he told Sadie and Sunny he didn't write a speech for the event, they asked if they could write it themselves.
"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 fucking Lululemon every fucking weekend,'" the father of two teased before reading the loving comedic roast.
"It means a lot to him seeing how most of the awards on his trophy shelf are shaped like popcorn buckets, blimps or fake mini Oscars that say 'Father of the Year,' which he sadly purchased himself while wandering in a self-pitying fog through the headshops of Times Square," the actor said in part of the speech. (See below for the full, hilarious moment.)
Sadie Sandler is attending her dad's alma mater.
While 17-year-old Sunny is still in high school, 20-year-old Sadie has taken her first steps into the adult world. The elder Sandler daughter is currently a student at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, the same school where her dad attended college.
In a 2023 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Adam Sandler shared that both of the girls have acting aspirations. "My older daughter wants to go to college for [acting], and my little daughter [too]. They're both very good, and they talk about it a lot, [and] work hard at it. So we'll see what happens."
Sadie Sandler and Chloe East in Roommates.
Sunny and Sadie Sandler returned to Netflix to lead their own breakout movies.
2026 was a big year for the Sandlers, with both Sadie and Sunny starring in new Netflix movies. On April 17, the streamer released Roommates, a college comedy produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore. In the buzzy YA flick, Sadie plays Devon, a shy incoming freshman, struggling to fit in at her new college while clashing with her party-girl roommate, played by Chloe East.
Meanwhile, Sunny now stars in the cancer dramedy Don't Say Good Luck, leading a star-studded ensemble cast with Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Bebe Neuwirth, and Steve Buscemi. She plays theater kid Sophie Birenbaum, whose perfect sophomore year is thrown off track when her mother's (Lynskey) cancer comes back. The tearjerker has earned love from critics, who are highlighting Sunny and Lynskey's acting individually and as a mother-daughter duo.
Sunny Sandler in Don't Say Good Luck.
Neither Sadie nor Sunny has announced the next step in their solo journeys as of August 2026, though they're both set to join their mom and dad in Grown Ups 3. Still, all eyes are on the budding stars.
