Bec and Lleyton Hewitt’s daughter Mia branded a ‘nepo baby’ for her Home and Away job – as the truth about her gig is revealed
The daughter of Home and Away star Bec Hewitt seems 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 it made her mother a household name.
However, a Channel Seven spokesperson exclusively told Daily Mail that Australian tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt and Bec’s daughter have been working on the show for over 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, shot to fame playing much-loved character Hayley Smith Lawson from 1998 to 2005. She left the series when she became pregnant with Mia.
When images surfaced Monday of the aspiring musician working on set, reactions to her summer performance were mixed.
Home and Away star Bec Hewitt’s daughter Mia has been working on the set of the long-running soap for a year and a half
“I bet she didn’t even have to interview,” one reader commented.
“Lots of privilege,” another added.
“No special treatment other than being there in the first place,” a third reasoned.
Meanwhile, someone else slammed the ‘nepo baby’ label, saying: ‘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 his famous parents, and is believed to have benefited from his family’s connections.
The increasing presence of ‘fake babies’ in film and TV, on catwalks and on social media has come under fire, with critics claiming it is leading to fewer opportunities for previously unknown artists.
Mia’s role, which appears to be holding a large umbrella over the cast members to protect them from the elements, isn’t the first gig she’s had.
She landed a sought-after retail job at the Christian Dior fashion boutique when she was just fifteen.
When images surfaced Monday of the aspiring musician working on set, reactions to her summer performance were mixed
In 2019, Mia accompanied her mother to Paris Fashion Week, wearing Christian Dior
She also accompanied her mother to Paris Fashion Week wearing Christian Dior in 2019.
Although most teenagers have jobs in retail, most don’t sit front row at Paris Fashion Week, dressed head to toe in designer threads.
Mia, who has a degree in Branded Fashion Design from Torrens University, has since shifted her creative pursuits to the stage.
Her 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 precinct.
Mia started a folk rock duo called Father’s Favorite with her friend Claudia Ros
Mia started a folk rock duo with her friend Claudia Ros called Father’s Favorite and in a recent photo dump shared to the band’s Instagram, the teen rockers called themselves ‘The Queens of King Street’.
The main drag in Sydney’s Newtown is the beating heart of the suburb’s eclectic live music, arts and foodie scene, loved by starving artists and the LGBTQ+ community.
But hungry artist Mia is not.
When the young artist wraps up her gigs at dive bars around Sydney’s Inner West, she will most likely return to her parents’ $10.3 million Glenhaven’s Estate.
When the young artist wraps up her gigs at dive bars around Sydney’s Inner West, she will most likely return to her parents’ $10.3 million Glenhaven’s Estate.
Mia poses at her birthday ‘house party’ two weeks ago
Newport, Rhode Island: Mia Hewitt (L) pictured with her parents Lleyton and Bec Hewitt and siblings Cruz and Ava during the 2022 Tennis International Hall of Fame induction
Mia and her bandmates stroll through the Inner West playing gigs dressed as their bohemian rock idols
Her parents bought the resort-style coastal estate with a six-bedroom residence in the quiet of former Parramatta Eels grandfather Nathan Hindmarsh and his interior designer wife Bonnie Hindmarsh last November.
The two-acre property features large open living areas, a separate office, a guest house, cabana, swimming pool, storage shed, tennis court and a private dock.
Lleyton’s net worth is rumored to be over $20 million, coming from his tennis career and various sponsorships.
The beautiful home is one of more than half a dozen multi-million dollar mansions in the family’s property portfolio, which extends to Burleigh Heads in Queensland, the Bahamas, Kenthurst in northwest Sydney, Palm Beach and Adelaide in South Australia. as a pair of luxury apartments in Melbourne’s St. Kilda.