EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet's daughter Mia, 22, is the spitting image of her Oscar-winning mother as she stars in Apple TV period drama about a wealthy American girl… 26 years after her mother made her name as a rich young woman in Titanic

Her mother made her name at exactly the same age in a period drama about a beautiful, wealthy American girl.

And here is a first look at Kate Winslet’s daughter Mia Threapleton, 22, who is one of the stars of an Apple TV+ adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel The Buccaneers.

She plays Lady Honoria Marabel alongside British actress Imogen Waterhouse, the sister of model and actress Suki, and rising star Kristine Froseth who is Nan St George, the lead. Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks plays Nan’s mother.

The eight part series has been led by an all-female creative team and traces the journey of a group of young American girls who launch themselves into the London season in the 1870s, in search of titled husbands.

Her mother made her name at exactly the same age as a beautiful, wealthy American girl in Titanic (she’s seen here with Leonardo DiCaprio) 

Mia as Lady Honoria Marabel, pictured left, and mother Kate as Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic

It comes after Mia made her acting debut in 2014’s A Little Chaos, followed by a role in 2020 thriller drama, Shadows. 

She then made waves with her performance in the Bafta-winning Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth, alongside her mother in 2022. 

Kate won the Leading Actress Bafta in May this year and declared from the stage: ‘We did this together, kiddo!’ 

In a tearful acceptance speech, she went on: ‘There were days when it was agony for her to dig as deeply as she did, into very frightening emotional territory sometimes, and it took my breath away.

‘I Am Ruth was made for parents and their children, for families who feel that they are held hostage by the perils of the online world.

‘For parents who wish they could still communicate with their teenagers but who no longer can. And for young people who have become addicted to social media and its darker sides – this does not need to be your life.

‘To people in power and to people who can make a change – please criminalise harmful content. Please eradicate harmful content. We don’t want it. We want our children back.’

Krish Majumdar, the producer of the show, revealed in a radio interview that Mia had auditioned separately to her mother. 

Kate Winslet and Mia at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 14 this year  

Mia recently made waves with her performance in the 2022 Bafta-winning Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth, alongside her mother

Mia previously admitted she didn’t spend much time watching her mother work on set while she was growing up

He said: ‘Mia was there completely on merit and her performance was terrific.’

Contrary to what viewers might believe, Mia didn’t get to spend much time watching her mother work while she was a child.

Speaking to Variety, she admitted: ‘I never actually spent much time around sets that my mum was working on. It was always a special treat. It’s a very different experience when it is happening to you, and not just something I was getting to observe from time to time. 

‘I really understand why my mum has always impressed on us how hard the work is. She is right! And I loved every second of it.’ 

Hopefully, Mia’s career will manage to avoid some of the harsh criticism that was thrown her mother’s way when she was a young actress.

In the many years that have passed since the record-breaking success of Titanic, Kate has been open about the fact she faced ‘borderline abusive’ bodyshaming from the movie’s obsessive fans. 

The actress famously became a household name after starring as lovelorn Rose DeWitt Bukater alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as impoverished artist Jack Dawson in director James Cameron’s 1997 rendering of the early twentieth century disaster.

Mia, pictured in February, made her acting debut in 2014’s A Little Chaos, followed by a performance in 2020 thriller drama, Shadows

Mia’s career will hopefully manage to avoid some of the harsh criticism that was thrown her mother’s way when she was a young actress

Kate has been open about the fact she faced ‘borderline abusive’ bodyshaming from obsessive Titanic fans

Kate recalled cruel trolls who claimed her weight was the reason DiCaprio’s character couldn’t get on the floating door with Rose to ensure they both survived the catastrophe, which claimed the lives of more than 1,500 passengers after the boat struck an iceberg.

Jack was instead forced to grimly accept his inevitable death in below freezing waters while his lover remained safely afloat.

Addressing the pivotal scene on the Happy Sad Confused podcast in 2022, Kate said: ‘Apparently I was too fat. Why were they so mean to me? They were so mean. I wasn’t even f****** fat.’

She also reflected on how she wishes she’d have addressed the vile comments at the time, adding: ‘I would have responded, I would have said, “Don’t you dare treat me like this. 

‘I’m a young woman, my body is changing, I’m figuring it out, I’m deeply insecure, I’m terrified, don’t make this any harder than it already is. “That’s bullying, you know, and actually borderline abusive,” I would say.’

The Oscar winning actress  previous revealed other times she dealt with body shaming, and recalled being told to settle for ‘fat girl’ roles as a young performer at acting school, while her agent would later ask about her ‘weight’.

She said: ‘It can be extremely negative. People are subject to scrutiny that is more than a young, vulnerable person can cope with. But in the film industry it is really changing.

‘When I was younger my agent would get calls saying, “How’s her weight?” I kid you not. So it’s heartwarming that this has started to change.’

 Mia plays Lady Honoria Marabel alongside British actress Imogen Waterhouse (pictured)

The Bucanneers has been written by Katherine Jakeways and directed by Susanna White

The Holiday star said she hopes times have changed because she has very different priorities now.

She added: ‘As a middle-aged woman, I care about being that actor who moves their face and has a body that jiggles.’

The Buccaneers has been written by Katherine Jakeways and directed by Susanna White. 

Both women are also executive producers alongside Beth Willis, Channel 4’s former Head of Drama who has produced Help and Ashes to Ashes. 

The first three episodes stream from Wednesday, November 8.