09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Kate Winslet's 21-year-old son, Joe Anders, who has scripted her Netflix directorial debut – the Titanic actress' child with ex-husband Sam Mendes wrote forthcoming film Goodbye June
Kate Winslet is making her directorial debut – and it may surprise you to learn that her son, Joe Anders, has played a key role in the production.
British actress Kate Winslet in 2021's Mare of Easttown. Photo: TNS
The Academy Award-winning actress, 49, is directing, producing and starring in Goodbye June, a contemporary family drama being made for Netflix, as reported by Variety. Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn and
Helen Mirren will star alongside Winslet in the film – which was written by Anders.
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The movie is set in present-day England and follows the story of a 'fractured group of siblings [who] pull together under sudden and trying circumstances', according to the synopsis.
Joe Anders pictured in 2023: the 21-year-old has written a film titled Goodbye June, which has been picked up by Netflix.
Here's what we know about Kate Winslet's 21-year-old son.
Joe Anders was born in New York
Actress Kate Winslet has three children. Photo: AFP
Joe Anders was born in New York City on December 22, 2003, to Kate Winslet and her ex-husband, director Sam Mendes, per People magazine.
Winslet also has a daughter, Mia Honey Threapleton, 24, whom she shares with her first ex-husband, Jim Threapleton, and Bear Blaze Winslet, whom she welcomed with her third and current husband, Edward Abel Smith, on December 7, 2013.
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