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Molly Ringwald’sdaughter is taking after her mom.
While attending the American Ballet Theatre Fall 2023 Gala, theBreakfast Clubactress, 55, spoke with PEOPLE exclusively about daughter Mathilda’s entry into acting. Mathilda is set to have a supporting role in Michael Showalter’s film,The Idea of You.
Asked how she is passing the torch, the proud mom says that it’s “something that we thought a lot about. She learned how to do it before but it’s a hard job and I think she knows what she’s in for.”
As for what her mom taught her, Mathilda, 20, says, “Everything! Be prepared to wait and be nice, which you should always be anyways.”
“Remember people’s names,” Ringwald adds.
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Ringwald is mom to daughter Mathilda and twins Adele and Roman, 14, whom she shares with husband Panio Gianopoulos.
In 2021, Ringwald said onSiriusXM’sRadio Andythat she’s hesitant towatch her classic 1980s films with her youngest kidsgiven some of the movies' outdated themes and moments considered offensive in today’s modern lens.
“It definitely is a different time. People ask me if I’ve watched them with my kids, and I did watch the first one…with Mathilda. And it was such an emotional experience that I haven’t found that strength to watch it with my two other kids,” she explained.
Ringwald — known for classic teen comedies likeSixteen Candles(1984),Pretty in Pink(1986) andThe Breakfast Club(1985) — continued with a laugh, “My 12-year-old daughter Adele is the most woke individual that you’ve ever met, and I just don’t know how I’m gonna go through that, you know, watching it with her and [her] saying, ‘How could you do that? How could you be part of something that….’ "
However, Mathilda still came to the conclusion that she wanted to act. “My [eldest] daughter wants to be an actress,” Ringwald toldYahoo! Newsin August 2021, adding, “She’s pretty serious about it.”
source: people.com
