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Ben Stiller<\/strong><\/a> comes from a line of comedians, but the actor\u2019s 2025 documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost<\/em>, peeled back the curtain on his relationship with his sister, Amy Stiller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Amy and Ben were born to dad Jerry Stiller<\/strong> and mom Anne Meara<\/strong> in 1961 and 1965, respectively. While Ben\u2019s acting career got off to a hot start in the late \u201880s and \u201890s \u2014 following in the footsteps of his famous parents<\/a> \u2014 Amy admitted in the documentary she went through a difficult time trying to replicate her family\u2019s success.<\/p>\n \u201cI had a lot of opportunities, and I just didn\u2019t know what to do with them,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know who I was, and I look back on it and it was so painful.\u201d<\/p>\n Eventually, she was able to break through those moments of doubt, and has since earned more than 50 credits to her name in show business.<\/p>\n Scroll below for more on Ben\u2019s sister and her entertainment career.<\/p>\n Ben Affleck\u2019s Best Fatherhood Quotes While Raising Kids Violet, Seraphina and Samuel<\/a><\/p>\n Amy is the eldest child of Jerry and Meara. She and Ben were born and raised in New York City by their famous parents, who gained stardom through standup as a comedic duo before going on to do their own respective projects. Jerry was best known for roles in Seinfeld<\/em> and The King of Queens<\/em> while Meara gained notoriety for Rhoda<\/em> and The Other Woman<\/em>. (Meara died in 2015 at age 85, and Jerry died in 2020 at age 92.)<\/p>\n The Stiller kids got a taste of the life of an entertainer at an early age when Jerry and Meara took them on a talk show in 1974. During the TV appearance, Amy and Ben played their violins in front of the camera as their parents laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cThey just wanted to fill that segment, choose a skit,\u201d Ben told The Sunday Times<\/em><\/a> in October 2025 of the moment. \u201cThey thought that it would be cute and I never felt they were trying to exploit us. They were just trying to be entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n While things often seemed peachy for the family in the public eye<\/a>, Ben confessed it was hard on him and Amy to have their parents working all the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI just remember missing them terribly,\u201d Ben said. \u201cAnd when they would come back, my sister and I would act out Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em> or something in the lounge.\u201d<\/p>\nWho Is Amy Stiller?<\/h2>\n