{"id":171329,"date":"2025-05-29T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/mia-threapleton-kate-winslets-daughter-denies-nepo-baby-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:13:14","slug":"mia-threapleton-kate-winslets-daughter-denies-nepo-baby-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/mia-threapleton-kate-winslets-daughter-denies-nepo-baby-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mia Threapleton: Kate Winslet&#8217;s Daughter Denies &#8216;Nepo Baby&#8217; Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mia Threapleton might be on the verge of her big break.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old London native is the star of the new Wes Anderson film<em> The Phoenician Scheme<\/em>, which opens in select theaters today and nationwide next month.<\/p>\n<p>And her performance as the novitiate daughter of Benicio Del Toro\u2019s war profiteer is already drawing rave reviews.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a dark cloud hanging over Mia\u2019s bright future, as she\u2019s currently being plagued by the same two words that have irritated so many young stars of her generation:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mia Threapleton poses during \" the=\"\" phoenician=\"\" scheme=\"\" photocall=\"\" at=\"\" annual=\"\" cannes=\"\" film=\"\" festival=\"\" palais=\"\" des=\"\" festivals=\"\" on=\"\" may=\"\" in=\"\" france.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526633 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215863863-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mia Threapleton poses during \u201cThe Phoenician Scheme\u201d photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2025 in Cannes, France.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, as the daughter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/reese-witherspoon-kate-winslet-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kate Winslet<\/a> and filmmaker Jim Threapleton, Mia is often described as a nepo baby.<\/p>\n<p>And while other up-and-comers with famous last names have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/allison-williams-response-nepo-baby_n_63b7409be4b0b2e150663d61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">embraced the label<\/a>, Mia is fighting against it, insisting that she got to where she is by virtue of her talent, not her famous last name.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mia-threapleton-says-she-had-normal-upbringing-worked-hard-for-her-success\">Mia Threapleton says she had normal upbringing, worked hard for her success<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it\u2019s a misconception about me, considering who my mother is, that I grew up going to set or that I would know anything about this world because of her and what she does,\u201d Threapleton recently told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14706107\/Kate-Winslets-daughter-Mia-Threapleton-insists-shes-NOT-nepo-baby-says-misconception-helped-famous-mother.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>, adding:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mia Threapleton attends the \" the=\"\" phoenician=\"\" scheme=\"\" red=\"\" carpet=\"\" at=\"\" annual=\"\" cannes=\"\" film=\"\" festival=\"\" palais=\"\" des=\"\" festivals=\"\" on=\"\" may=\"\" in=\"\" france.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-686x960.jpg 686w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-771x1080.jpg 771w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-857x1200.jpg 857w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mia Threapleton attends the \" the=\"\" phoenician=\"\" scheme=\"\" red=\"\" carpet=\"\" at=\"\" annual=\"\" cannes=\"\" film=\"\" festival=\"\" palais=\"\" des=\"\" festivals=\"\" on=\"\" may=\"\" in=\"\" france.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526634 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-686x960.jpg 686w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-771x1080.jpg 771w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-857x1200.jpg 857w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215760222-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mia Threapleton attends the \u201cThe Phoenician Scheme\u201d red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2025 in Cannes, France. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat is not the case at all. I genuinely can count on not even two hands the amount of times I went to set as a kid. There were never scripts lying around the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s obviously true that Mia would not be sharing the screen with some of the top stars of her day if she weren\u2019t tremendously talented in her own right.<\/p>\n<p>But as nepo babies before her have pointed out, there\u2019s no harm in acknowledging one\u2019s privilege.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, doing so is an easy way to win the public\u2019s favor and signal that your upbringing wasn\u2019t as sheltered as it might seem.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Allison Williams \u2014 the daughter of MSNBC host Brian Williams \u2014 famously proved that fact.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mia Threapleton attends Focus Features' &quot;The Phoenician Scheme&quot; New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-526635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mia Threapleton attends Focus Features' &quot;The Phoenician Scheme&quot; New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-526635 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2217554325-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mia Threapleton attends Focus Features\u2019 \u201cThe Phoenician Scheme\u201d New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll that people are looking for is an acknowledgment that it\u2019s not a level playing field. It\u2019s just unfair,\u201d Williams told <em>Vulture<\/em> in an interview that\u2019s come to serve as a guidebook for future nepo babies. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeriod, end of the story, and no one\u2019s really working that hard to make it fair. To not acknowledge that me getting started as an actress versus someone with zero connections isn\u2019t the same \u2014 it\u2019s ludicrous. It doesn\u2019t take anything away from the work that I\u2019ve done. It just means that it\u2019s not as fun to root for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Mia has opted for the path taken by Jaden Smith, Lily-Rose Depp, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kate Hudson, and a laundry list of other stars who have denied that they\u2019ve enjoyed any special privileges as a result of their famous parents.<\/p>\n<p>We understand it must be frustrating to work hard at a craft only to have your talents dismissed by folks who are overly fixated on your family tree.<\/p>\n<p>But at the same time, an actor\u2019s career ultimately lives and dies on their ability to win over the public, and a nepo baby admitting that they\u2019ve enjoyed certain advantages is one of those rare occasions when the truthful move and the savvy move are one and the same.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/mia-threapleton-kate-winslets-daughter-denies-nepo-baby-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Mia Threapleton might be on the verge of her big break. The 24-year-old London native is the star of the new Wes Anderson film The Phoenician Scheme, which opens in select theaters today and nationwide next month. And her performance as the novitiate daughter of Benicio Del Toro\u2019s war profiteer is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-171329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}