Melanie Griffith Appears on Rare Walk with Daughter Stella Banderas Years after She Refused to Use Mom’s Last Name

• Melanie Griffith tied the knot three times before marrying Antonio Banderas, who later became the father of her daughter, Stella Banderas.
• Recently, Griffith was spotted walking with her model daughter in Los Angeles. The rare images surfaced on social media years after Stella removed her mother’s last name from her full name.
• Stella reportedly lives a private life, as she does not post a lot of photos on her social media.

The American actress, Melanie Griffith, rose to fame in the 80s after her on-screen characters resonated with the masses. Her role in the 1988 movie, “Working Girl,” helped her become popular as a strong and sexy woman.

Once Griffith became a well-known actress, she made it to the top with her acting skills and determination. However, her love life wasn’t as successful as her career.

Griffith first married Don Johnson, but they didn’t stay together for long. Then, the actress tied the knot with Steven Bauer before giving birth to his child and parting ways with him. After her divorce, she remarried Johnson and had a baby with him the same year.

However, things didn’t go well between the couple, so they parted ways again. Soon, Griffith tied the knot with Antonio Banderas, and the couple later welcomed their daughter, Stella Banderas.

In 2014, the “Body Double” actress separated from Antonio, but she still shares a good bond with the father of her daughter. The mother-daughter duo was recently spotted walking together towards the Chris McMillan Salon in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Griffith, 65, looked stunning wearing a black turtleneck with a gingham skirt and long black boots. She was seen talking to her daughter, wearing cat-eye sunglasses that complemented her face shape.

Meanwhile, her 26-year-old daughter was seen wearing jeans and a gray sleeveless shirt. The duo talked to each other happily on their way to a spa date.

In 2021, Stella made it to the news for filing a request in court regarding her last name. She had taken her mother’s and father’s surnames, giving her the full name―Stella Del Carmen Banderas Griffith.

The young model submitted documents in court to officially drop her mother’s last name, “Griffith,” from her name. She wanted her new full name to be Stella del Carmen Banderas.

According to court documents obtained by sources, the daughter of two famous actors wanted to remove her mother’s last name “to shorten my name by removing the extra last name.” She added:”I typically do not use ‘Griffith’ when referring to myself or on documents.”

Besides shortening her name, the model thought dropping her mother’s last name would be better because she did not use it. The documents proved no rift between Stella and her mother made her change her last name.

Born in Marbella, Spain, to her famous parents, Stella hasn’t been on the screens as much as her parents. She has reportedly kept a low profile and doesn’t post many photos of herself on social media.

One of her recent photos on Instagram grabbed her followers’ attention where she posed in front of a mirror wearing a black net dress. Her bio reads, “Multimedia storyteller.”

Besides having great taste in fashion that reflects in her social media posts, Stella shares a close bond with her “The Mask of Zorro” actor. She posted photos with him on Father’s Day 2018 and often accompanied him to events.

In September 2020, the young model was on the cover of “Glamour Spain,” and she even shared a photo of it on Instagram. Since childhood, Stella has seen the world of glamor because of her star family members.

Besides her parents, her half-sister, Dakota Johnson, is also part of Hollywood. When the model was seven, the “Fifty Shades of Grey” actress was present at the Golden Globe Awards, where Stella was also there with her mother.

The half-sisters grew up together and still share a beautiful bond. Unlike her half-sister, Stella is rarely in the limelight, which is one reason people don’t know much about her.