When people trace David Bowie’s family history, a name occasionally surfaces that few can immediately place — Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka. She is not Bowie’s daughter. She is not his granddaughter. Yet she is genuinely connected to his world, through his ex-wife, Angie Bowie.
Her story is a quiet one. She was born into an artistic, high-profile family but has spent her adult life almost entirely out of the public eye. This article covers who Stacia is, who her parents are, how she fits into the broader Bowie family picture, and why so little is publicly known about her today.
Who Is Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka?
Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka is the daughter of Angie Bowie — born Mary Angela Barnett — and punk musician Drew Blood, whose legal name is Andrew Lipka. She is sometimes referred to by the nickname “Stasha” in English-language biographical summaries.
Her connection to David Bowie is indirect. Bowie was Angie’s first husband, and their son — film director Duncan Jones — is Stacia’s maternal half-brother. That is the extent of the link. Stacia has no biological relationship to Bowie himself.
This distinction matters because some secondary websites describe her as part of “David Bowie’s family legacy” in a way that implies a closer tie than the records support. Genealogical sources, including entries on MyHeritage and multiple Wikipedia articles, are consistent: Stacia is Angie Bowie’s daughter with Andrew Lipka, and Duncan Jones’s half-sister on her mother’s side.
Her Birth and Where She Fits in the Family Timeline
According to Wikipedia entries and genealogy records, Stacia was born on 24 July 1980 in Mendocino, California. Some secondary blog sources suggest the exact date is uncertain, so it is worth presenting that date as reported rather than as absolute fact. Still, multiple independent sources — including MyHeritage, the Russian Wikipedia article on Angie Bowie, and the German Wikipedia article on Angela Bowie — all point to the same date and place.
A short timeline helps put her birth in context:
- 1970: Angie Barnett marries David Bowie.
- 1971: Their son, Duncan Jones, is born.
- Late 1970s: The Bowie marriage breaks down. Angie begins a relationship with punk musician Drew Blood (Andrew Lipka).
- 24 July 1980: Stacia is born in Mendocino, California, shortly after the divorce is finalized.
- 6 March 1986: Getty Images archives a photo of Angie Bowie at home with a young Stacia, providing visual confirmation of the family relationship.
Her birth came at a transitional point in Angie’s life — just as one chapter closed and another opened. That timing is part of why Stacia’s name appears in biographical records connected to the Bowie story, even though she is a generation removed from the marriage itself.
Her Mother — Angie Bowie
To understand why Stacia appears in celebrity and genealogy records at all, it helps to know her mother’s story.
Angie Bowie, born Mary Angela Barnett on 25 September 1949 in Cyprus, built a career that crossed several creative fields. She worked as a model, actress, musician, and writer. In the early 1970s, she and David Bowie were one of rock music’s most talked-about couples — unconventional, artistic, and constantly in the public eye.
Their marriage produced one child: Duncan Jones, born in 1971, who later became a respected film director known for movies like Moon and Source Code. The marriage itself was complex and eventually fell apart in the late 1970s. The divorce was finalized around 1980.
After separating from Bowie, Angie entered a long-term relationship with Drew Blood. That relationship led to Stacia’s birth. Angie later settled in Tucson, Arizona, and over the years kept a modest public profile through books and occasional media appearances.
Angie’s life is the primary reason Stacia exists in biographical and genealogical records. Without Angie’s earlier marriage to Bowie, Stacia’s name would likely never appear in celebrity family histories at all.
Her Father — Drew Blood (Andrew Lipka)
Stacia’s father is Andrew Lipka, better known by his stage name Drew Blood. He is a punk musician associated with the underground and alternative music scene.
He is considerably less well known than Angie Bowie, and public information about him is limited. Genealogy sources list him consistently as Stacia’s father alongside Angie. His relationship with Angie began after her separation from David Bowie, and it was during this period that their daughter was born.
The combination of parents — a model-actress-writer who was once married to one of rock music’s biggest stars, and a punk musician working in the alternative underground — gives Stacia an unusual cultural background. It is a detail that blog-style profiles often highlight, though there is no public record of Stacia herself discussing her upbringing or her parents’ creative worlds.
Her Half-Brother — Duncan Jones
The family member most people are familiar with is Duncan Jones, Stacia’s maternal half-brother. Born Zowie Bowie in 1971, he later changed his name and built a serious career in filmmaking.
Duncan is the son of David Bowie and Angie Bowie. He and Stacia share the same mother but have different fathers, making them maternal half-siblings. They are roughly nine years apart in age.
Duncan has spoken publicly about his father’s death in 2016 and has maintained an active presence in the film industry. His public profile stands in sharp contrast to Stacia’s, which is essentially nonexistent by choice.
It is worth noting that some sources also mention Zulekha Haywood in this family context. Zulekha is the daughter of model Iman and her first husband, NBA player Spencer Haywood. When David Bowie later married Iman, Zulekha became Duncan’s stepsister — but she is not related to Stacia in any meaningful family-tree sense. She is mentioned occasionally in broader profiles of the Bowie-connected family network.
What Is Known About Stacia’s Adult Life?
The honest answer is: very little. And that appears to be entirely by design.
Contemporary profiles note that Stacia has no obvious public social media presence, no known website, and has given no widely available interviews. She does not appear in entertainment news or tabloids. There are no verified reports about her career, her current location, or her personal life.
This is not unusual for relatives of famous people who simply choose not to pursue public life. Many children and siblings of celebrities live entirely private lives, appearing only in reference works and family trees rather than in headlines. Stacia seems to be one of those people.
What exists publicly is largely limited to genealogy entries, Wikipedia references in articles about Angie Bowie and Duncan Jones, and the archived Getty Images photograph from 1986. Those sources confirm her identity and her family relationships, but they say nothing about who she is as an adult.
Profiles that go further — claiming details about her hobbies, personality, or specific circumstances of her upbringing — are not supported by reliable sources and should be treated with caution.
Why People Search for Her Name
Most people who search for Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka encounter her name while reading about someone else — usually David Bowie, Angie Bowie, or Duncan Jones.
She appears in the family sections of biographical Wikipedia articles, in genealogy databases, and occasionally in general-interest articles about the Bowie legacy. Readers see her full name listed as Duncan Jones’s half-sister or as Angie Bowie’s second child, and they search for more information.
What they find is limited, which is itself part of the story. She is a real person with confirmed family ties to some very well-known figures, yet she has chosen — or has simply happened — to live outside the spotlight entirely.
For readers who follow celebrity family histories through sites like World Business Voice, Stacia’s story is a reminder that famous families often include people who want nothing to do with fame. That is worth acknowledging rather than glossing over.
Putting It All Together
Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka is, in the simplest terms, a side branch of the Bowie-Barnett family tree. She is Angie Bowie’s daughter with punk musician Drew Blood, and she is the maternal half-sister of filmmaker Duncan Jones.
She has no direct biological relationship to David Bowie. She is not his daughter, not his granddaughter, and not his stepdaughter. She is the daughter of his ex-wife, born after the marriage ended.
According to genealogy records and multiple Wikipedia sources, she was born on 24 July 1980 in Mendocino, California. A Getty Images photograph from 1986 shows her as a young child with her mother. Beyond that, confirmed public information about her life is scarce.
Her story is worth telling accurately — not because she has sought attention, but because her
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