EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet’s daughter Mia, 22, is the spitting image of her Oscar-winning mother as she stars in Apple TV period drama about a wealthy American girl…26 years after her mother made her name as a rich young woman in Titanic
Her mother made her name at exactly the same age in a period drama about a beautiful, wealthy American girl.
And here is a first look at Kate Winslet’s daughter Mia, 22, who is one of the stars of Apple TV+s adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel The Buccaneers.
She plays Lady Honoria Marabel alongside British actress Imogen Waterhouse, the sister of model and actress Suki, and rising star Kristine Froseth who is Nan St George, the lead. Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks plays Nan’s mother.
The eight part series has been led by an all-female creative team and traces the journey of a group of young American girls who launch themselves into the London season in the 1870s, in search of titled husbands.
Mia made her acting debut in the Bafta-winning Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth, alongside her mother.
Kate Winslet’s daughter Mia, 22, is one of the stars of Apple TV+s adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel The Buccaneers
Her mother made her name at exactly the same age as a beautiful, wealthy American girl in Titanic (she’s seen here with Leonardo DiCaprio)
Kate Winslet and Mis at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 14 this year
Kate Winslet won the Leading Actress Bafta in May this year and declared from the stage: ‘We did this together, kiddo!’
In a tearful acceptance speech, she went on: ‘There were days when it was agony for her to dig as deeply as she did, into very frightening emotional territory sometimes, and it took my breath away.
‘I Am Ruth was made for parents and their children, for families who feel that they are held hostage by the perils of the online world.
‘For parents who wish they could still communicate with their teenagers but who no longer can.
‘And for young people who have become addicted to social media and its darker sides – this does not need to be your life.
‘To people in power and to people who can make a change – please criminalise harmful content. Please eradicate harmful content. We don’t want it. We want our children back.’
Mia plays Lady Honoria Marabel alongside British actress Imogen Waterhouse
Mia made her acting debut in the Bafta-winning Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth, alongside her mother
The Bucanneers has been written by Katherine Jakeways and directed by Susanna White
Mia plays Lady Honoria Marabel alongside British actress Imogen Waterhouse, the sister of model and actress Suki, and rising star Kristine Froseth who is Nan St George, the lead
Krish Majumdar, the producer of the show, said in a radio interview that Mia had auditioned separately to her mother.
He said: ‘Mia was there completely on merit and her performance was terrific.’
The Bucanneers has been written by Katherine Jakeways and directed by Susanna White.
Both women are also executive producers alongside Beth Willis, Channel 4’s former Head of Drama who has produced Help and Ashes to Ashes.
The first three episodes stream from Wednesday November 8th.
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