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Lynda Carter’s Daughter Has Grown Up To Be Gorgeous

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Lynda Carter’s daughter grew up far from the cameras — and turned into a courtroom attorney with a red-carpet side hustle.

Jessica Carter Altman is the younger child of the original screen Wonder Woman and her late husband, attorney Robert A. Altman, and for most of her life she’s kept a low profile compared to her famous mother. Born October 7, 1990, in Potomac, Maryland, Jessica grew up in the D.C. suburbs rather than Hollywood, following her father into the legal profession before easing into the public eye alongside her mom. Lately, though, she’s been showing up at high-profile family moments — and even picking up a microphone.

• Jessica was born October 7, 1990, in Potomac, Maryland, and is the younger of Lynda Carter’s two children, alongside older brother James.
• She earned a law degree and works as a practicing attorney, following in the footsteps of her father, Robert A. Altman.
• In April 2018, Jessica joined her family on the Hollywood Walk of Fame red carpet when Carter received her star, and in March 2018 she sang alongside her mother on CBS’s The Talk to promote Carter’s touring album Red Rock N’ Blues.

A Childhood Kept Out of the Spotlight

Lynda Carter made a deliberate choice after her Wonder Woman fame to raise her kids away from the industry that made her famous. She relocated the family to the Washington, D.C. area, where Jessica grew up largely outside Hollywood’s orbit alongside her older brother, James. That upbringing meant Jessica wasn’t groomed for red carpets or auditions — she was raised like any other kid in Potomac, Maryland, born there on October 7, 1990, with a famous mom who mostly kept her professional life and her home life in separate lanes.

From Law School to the Red Carpet

Rather than chase an entertainment career on the strength of her mother’s name, Jessica followed her father’s path instead. Robert A. Altman was a practicing attorney, and Jessica earned her own law degree, building a career in the legal field long before anyone was writing about her looks online. That career has continued quietly even as she’s stepped more visibly into her mother’s world — in April 2018, Jessica joined the family on the red carpet in Los Angeles when Carter was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a rare public appearance that put the resemblance between mother and daughter on full display.

Jessica traded a Wonder Woman inheritance for a law degree — then showed up on the Walk of Fame red carpet anyway.

Finding Her Own Voice

Jessica hasn’t only inherited her mother’s face — she’s picked up Carter’s musical streak, too. In March 2018, the two appeared together on CBS’s The Talk, performing a joint vocal number to promote Carter’s touring album Red Rock N’ Blues. It’s a side of Jessica that runs parallel to her legal career rather than replacing it: courtroom work during the day, occasional stage time with her mom when the schedule allows. That balance — corporate attorney by trade, red-carpet daughter and singer by occasion — is what’s made her recent public appearances stand out compared to the Carter family’s usually private approach to fame.

Fans who enjoy tracking family resemblances between celebrities and their kids might also appreciate a rundown of celebrity doppelgängers who look freakishly alike, since Jessica’s likeness to her mother is exactly the kind of genetic carbon copy that keeps showing up on those lists. And for readers curious about performers whose public personas differ from what fans expect, the profile of musicians who are nothing like they seem covers similar ground on stars balancing a private identity against a famous stage presence.

Carter’s Red Rock N’ Blues tour was still active as of that spring 2018 stretch, meaning the mother-daughter duet on The Talk wasn’t a one-off — it was promotion for a run of shows Carter was actively performing. If Jessica keeps stepping up alongside her mother on stage the way she did that March, don’t be surprised if the attorney with the Wonder Woman jawline ends up back in front of a microphone again before the tour wraps.