The daughter of Home and Away star Bec Hewitt appears to be following in her famous mother’s footsteps, but not everyone is happy about it.
Mia, 19, was pictured for the first time on the set of Australia’s second longest-running TV series in Palm Beach on Monday, 26 years after her mother became a household name.
However, a Channel Seven spokesperson exclusively told the Daily Mail that Australian tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt and Bec’s daughter have been working on the show for more than a year.
“Mia has been a casual wardrobe assistant for the past year and a half and is part of the Home and Away family,” they said in a statement.
Bec, 41, rose to fame playing beloved character Hayley Smith Lawson from 1998 to 2005. She exited the series when she became pregnant with Mia.
When pictures of the aspiring musician working on set emerged on Monday, reactions to her summer concert were mixed.
Home and Away star Bec Hewitt’s daughter Mia has been working on the set of the soap for a year and a half.
“I bet he didn’t even have to do an interview,” one reader commented.
“A very privilege,” added another.
“There’s no special treatment except she was there in the first place,” reasoned a third.
Meanwhile, someone else criticized the ‘nepo baby’ label and said: ‘Good for her for wanting a job.’ Children cannot choose their parents.
Nepo baby is a slang term for someone who has achieved success in a career similar to that of their famous parents and is believed to have benefited from their family connections.
The growing presence of ‘nepo babies’ in film and television, on catwalks and on social media has come under fire, with critics claiming it reduces the opportunities available to previously unknown artists.
The role of Mia, who appears to hold a large umbrella over the cast members to protect them from the elements, is not the first role she has had.
She landed a coveted retail job at fashion boutique Christian Dior when she was just fifteen years old.
When pictures of the aspiring musician working on set emerged on Monday, reactions to her summer concert were mixed.
In 2019, Mia accompanied her mother to Paris Fashion Week dressed in Christian Dior.
She also accompanied her mother to Paris Fashion Week wearing Christian Dior in 2019.
While most teens work in retail, most don’t sit front row at Paris Fashion Week dressed head-to-toe in designer clothes.
Mia, who has a Diploma in Branded Fashion Design from Torrens University, has since redirected her creative pursuits to the stage.
His high-profile family has lived everywhere from the Bahamas to Melbourne, but moved to Sydney in 2023 and bought a $10 million mansion in the Hills District.
Mía formed a folk-rock duo with her friend Claudia Ros called Father’s Favorite
Mia formed a folk-rock duo with her friend Claudia Ros called Father’s Favorite and in a recent photo shared on the band’s Instagram, the teen rockers called themselves ‘The Queens of King Street.’
Sydney’s Newtown High Street is the beating heart of the suburb’s eclectic food, arts and live music scene, adored by hungry artists and the LGBTQ+ community.
But Mia, a hungry artist, is not.
When the young artist finishes her performances in dive bars around Sydney’s Inner West, she will most likely return home to her parents’ $10.3 million Glenhaven estate.
When the young artist concludes her performances in seedy bars around Sydney’s Inner West, she will most likely return home to her parents’ $10.3 million Glenhaven property.
Mia poses at her ‘house’ party on her birthday two weeks ago
Newport, Rhode Island: Mia Hewitt (left) photographed with her parents Lleyton and Bec Hewitt and siblings Cruz and Ava at the 2022 International Tennis Hall of Fame induction
Mia and her bandmates tour the Inner West playing concerts, dressed as their bohemian rock idols.
His parents bought the resort-style coastal estate with a quiet six-bedroom residence from former Parramatta Eels great Nathan Hindmarsh and his interior designer wife, Bonnie Hindmarsh, last November.
The two-hectare property features spacious open-plan living areas, a separate office, a guest cottage, a cabana, a swimming pool, a barn, a tennis court and its own private jetty.
Lleyton’s net worth is rumored to be over $20 million thanks to his tennis career and various endorsements.
The stunning home is one of more than half a dozen multi-million-dollar mansions in the family’s property portfolio, which spans Burleigh Heads in Queensland, the Bahamas, Kenthurst in Sydney’s northwest, Palm Beach, Adelaide in South Australia, as well as like a couple of luxury apartments in Melbourne’s St. Kilda.