“She slipped under the radar.”
You know Kate Winslet – but did you know that her daughter is also an actor?
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That’s right: Mia Threapleton – the 20-year-old daughter of Winslet and filmmaker Jim Threapleton – has also mapped out her own path in the acting world. She was in the thriller Shadows last year you can watch the trailer below.
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Winslet and Threapleton were married in 1998 before divorcing in 2001.
In a recent interview with ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly, Winslet – who stars in the new HBO series Easttown mare – talked about Mia’s acting career: “She has just left the Czech Republic to work on a TV series there.”
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“That has been a wonderful thing,” she said as Mia followed in her footsteps. “I think I knew it was coming, I always had a hunch.”
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‘And a few years ago she turned around and said,’ I think I’d like to give it a try. ”
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Winslet also explained that Mia has been able to build her career without relying on her mother’s reputation because she has a different last name: “What was really great for her is that she has a different last name.”
“So that first job out of the gate, she slid right under the radar and the people who cast her had absolutely no idea she was my daughter. And of course that was my biggest fear.”
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But in the end, Winslet acknowledged that it was “ very important to her self-esteem ” that Mia got the part without relying on her mother’s established reputation.
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