“It’s a lucky place”

The parents of the “Stranger Things” actress are Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke

Maya Hawke embraces her title of ‘baby nephew’.

The 25-year-old actress opened up to The Times Great Britain about having famous parents and how she feels “lucky” to have the privilege of pursuing a career like theirs.

Hawke, whose parents are Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, said: “There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable not deserving and doing it anyway.” .

She added that not using the benefits that come with her past “wouldn’t help anyone.”

“I saw two paths when I first started, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job, and go to open castings,” Hawke further explained.

Now Master the actress has accepted the negative attention her social status can bring.

“It’s okay to make fun of yourself when you’re in thin air. It’s a lucky place to be. My relationship with my parents is really honest and positive, and that supersedes anything anyone can say about that,” Hawke said. .

Hawke made his screen debut in the 2017 BBC adaptation little woman alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Emily Watson and Kathryn Newton.

The actress continued to act Strange thingsas well as Fear Street Part One: 1994, Take revenge and Master.

She is set to appear in the anticipated sequel to Inside outwhich opens in theaters on June 14, as the new character Anxiety.

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Last year, Hawke starred in the biographical drama Wild cat, directed by her father. She said time that she tried to refer to her father as “Ethan” on set, but ended up reverting to calling him “Dad.”

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“We were both constantly asked if we were nervous to work with each other, but we weren’t, because I’d spent my whole life making art with that guy,” she recalled.

In December 2023, the actress told PEOPLE exclusively about the “secret” advice her father taught her when it comes to her acting projects.

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“I like to do a thing where in every role I play I plant a seed of truth, like a little secret,” she said. “Actually, my dad taught me that, just to put something about the character that speaks to who you really are and to give a secret message to someone in your life or to yourself or to the psychiatrist or whatever it is in every job. you do.”

In addition to acting, Hawke has released three albums as a musician.

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