Meet Kurt Cobain’s millionaire daughter, Frances Bean Cobain: the Nirvana legend’s only child wanted Twitter to ban mum Courtney Love, was nearly in Twilight, loves RuPaul and is dating Tony Hawk’s son

Nov 18 , 2022

Francis Bean Cobain is the daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Photos: Getty Images, @thespacewitch/Instagram

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The only child of 90s rock legends Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain, was born in 1992 and, even as a baby, was no stranger to controversy. At just two weeks old, child welfare officers removed her from her parents’ home after Love claimed in Vanity Fair that she had been using heroin while pregnant.

Now aged 30, Frances Bean Cobain looks just like her famous parents. Photo: @thespacewitch/Instagram

Baby Frances was eventually returned to her parents but tragically, her father – the talented yet troubled frontman of the grunge rock band Nirvana – took his own life in 1994.

A happy family? A baby Frances Bean Cobain with mum Courtney Love and dad Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Photo: FilmMagic Inc.

As Kurt’s only child, Frances automatically became an heiress to his estate – which is considerable, to say the least, given that Nirvana is one of the bestselling rock bands of all time. In fact, since her 30th birthday in August, Frances is now reportedly in possession of a trust fund worth US$200 million, making her a centimillionaire overnight, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

So what else do we know about the uber-wealthy rock princess?

She has control of her dad’s publicity rights

Frances Bean Cobain at the Met Costume Institute benefit gala in 2017, in New York. Photo: Invision/AP

As Kurt’s widow, Love controlled the rights to his likeness, name and appearance in the years after his death. In 2010, however, Love’s debts had piled up, and she was forced to give up those (extremely valuable) rights in order to receive a US$2.75 million loan from her daughter Frances’ trust fund, per Pitchfork.

A young Frances Bean Cobain with her father, Kurt Cobain, who died from suicide in 1994. Photo: @thespacewitch/Instagram

Since she turned 18, Frances has raked in around US$100,000 per month from those rights, royalties and investment dividends, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

She lived beyond her means in her 20s

Things seem to be looking up for Frances Bean Cobain, who currently lives in San Diego with her boyfriend. Photo: @thespacewitch/Instagram