Heather Locklear’s daughter Ava Sambora is a dead ringer for the Melrose Place star

Heather Locklear’s daughter Ava Sambora, 22, is a dead ringer for the Melrose Place star, 58, in new Instagram snap

The apple rarely falls very far from the tree. And Ava Sambora, 22, proved it when she posted a new Instagram snap of herself shooting a supermodel stare over her shoulder.

The blonde beauty was a dead ringer for her famous mother Heather Locklear, whom she has gone into lockdown with amid the coronavirus pandemic.

‘How you doin’?’ Ava captioned in a nod to Matt LeBlanc’s catchphrase as Joey Tribbiani on the iconic sitcom Friends.

The apple doesn’t fall: Ava Sambora proved it when she posted a new Instagram snap of herself shooting a supermodel stare over her shoulder

Heather, 58, is also joined in lockdown by her high school sweetheart Chris Heisser, and last month DailyMail.com exclusively reported they are engaged again.

They have had multiple bust-ups and reunions over the past 40 years, during which time Heather has been married and divorced twice.

She shares Ava with her second husband, Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora, whom she was married to from 1994 to 2007.

Family resemblance: In her new snap Ava, 22, was a dead ringer for her famous mother Heather Locklear pictured aged 22 in 1984)

So no one told you life was gonna be this way: 'How you doin¿?' Ava captioned in a nod to Matt LeBlanc's catchphrase as Joey Tribbiani on the iconic sitcom Friends

Family resemblance: In her new snap Ava, 22, (right) was a dead ringer for her famous mother Heather Locklear (left, pictured aged 22 in 1984)

Amid news of Heather’s engagement this June a People source said that Ava and Richie, as well as other family, are ‘all supporting her and are excited for her.’

Heather underwent court ordered in-patient substance abuse treatment last year and is currently serving three years’ probation. 

She pleaded no contest in August to fighting with the authorities when they arrived at her home in two separate incidents last year.

Her 30-day rehab stint was a substitute for the initial 120-day jail sentence, which was stayed provided she went into treatment.

History: She shares Ava with her second husband, Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora, whom she was married to from 1994 to 2007; the trio are pictured in 2005

History: She shares Ava with her second husband, Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora, whom she was married to from 1994 to 2007; the trio are pictured in 2005

The 911 call to her home in February 2018 was made by her brother Mark, who saw her quarreling there with Chris, whom she was engaged to then.

Ventura County Sheriff Office Captain Garo Kuredjian said to the New York Post: ‘We determined she had battered her boyfriend.’

Heather was reportedly put on psychiatric hold twice in 2018, including in November on the advice of her lawyer and therapist, according to TMZ

She and Chris split up last January but have since reconciled, and they went into self-isolation together with Ava during the pandemic. 

All that sweet affection: Heather, 58, is also joined in lockdown by her high school sweetheart Chris Heisser, and last month DailyMail.com exclusively reported they are engaged again

All that sweet affection: Heather, 58, is also joined in lockdown by her high school sweetheart Chris Heisser, and last month DailyMail.com exclusively reported they are engaged again