Whoopi Goldberg's producer daughter Alex Martin, 51, insists she is NOT a nepo baby - and claims she had to audition for her role in her mom's movie Sister Act 2 'just like everybody else' By Kirsty Mccormack, Senior Entertainment Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:22 EDT, 5 June 2024 | Updated: 16:38 EDT, 5 June 2024 e-mail View comments Whoopi Goldberg 's only child has insisted that she is not a ' nepo baby ' despite her Oscar-winning mother having an estimated fortune of $60 million - which she recently admitted she will be leaving to her daughter. Alex Martin, 51, who was born in May 1974 during Whoopi's first marriage to a drug counselor named Alvin Martin, appeared on The View on Wednesday morning where her famous mum became emotional as she marked the 30th anniversary of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
Alex, who has three children of her own, enjoyed a small part in the 1993 hit film playing one of the school kids - but she's now revealed that she didn't get the part simply because of who her mother is. As Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, and Alyssa Farah Griffin interviewed the cast of Sister Act 2, Sunny, 55, turned her attention to Alex and said: 'You've heard all these people talking about your mom..
. so, you may be Whoopi's daughter but you say there was no nepo baby situation when you got this role?' Alex fired back: 'No, there wasn't!' before adding: 'I've heard you guys talk about this nepo baby stuff..
. I have yet to experience that, how about that?' as the .
