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Faye Bradley

Contributing Online Editor, Style by SCMP


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.

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.
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.

Here’s what we know about Kate Winslet’s 21-year-old son.
Joe Anders was born in New York

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.

Kate Winslet enjoys a rare public outing with son Joe Anders, 19, in NYC… and he's the spitting image of director dad Sam Mendes.#katewinslet #joeanders #sammendes #miathreapleton pic.twitter.com/7wuTsFZdnG
— Winslet World 💖 (@PratyushBarik03) November 29, 2023

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.
He avoids the limelight

Kate Winslet enjoys a rare public outing with son Joe Anders, 19, in NYC… and he's the spitting image of director dad Sam Mendes.#katewinslet #joeanders #sammendes #miathreapleton pic.twitter.com/v6aN3LXCu5
— Winslet World 💖 (@PratyushBarik03) November 29, 2023

Despite his famous mum and his Hollywood-worthy writing talents, Anders has managed to remain almost entirely under the radar. In fact, the only information about him online relates to comments Winslet has made about him in interviews over the years.
Joe is interested in the arts

It’s clear that Anders has inherited his parents’ creativity. During a pandemic-era 2021 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Winslet noted that he also has a talent for music, saying: “My daughter’s 20 and my son is 17 … my little guy is 7, but yeah, I think it’s hard on all of them, but he’s very musical, so [Joe is] able to Zoom with his mates and make a lot of music.”


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Kate Winslet is working behind the camera as well as in front of it for new Netflix project Goodbye June – which has been written by Joe Anders, her talented young son with Sam Mendes


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