Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted she was 'one of the original nepo babies' but insisted the opportunities given to her by parents' fame 'didn't make her path clear'.
The actress, 53, hails from a Hollywood family as the daughter of St. Elsewhere producer Bruce Paltrow and Meet The Parents actress Blythe Danner.
And now she has opened up about how her being born into Hollywood has influenced her career.
She told People Magazine: 'I was extraordinarily lucky to be given opportunities early on, probably partly because I'm one of the original nepo babies, but I would be lying if I said that that made my path clear.'
'There were many moments when the industry made it very plain that women are expected to stay in their lane and to be graceful and quiet and above all to be one thing.
'And I've never been very good at being one thing.'
Gwyneth Paltrow, 53, has admitted she was 'one of the original nepo babies' but insisted the opportunities given to her by parents' fame 'didn't make her path clear'
She has previously defended the 'nepo baby' phenomenon - months after a backlash against celebrities' children who went into showbiz.
Having followed her mother's footsteps into acting, Gwyneth sees 'nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your parents do.'
In an interview with Bustle in 2023, the Oscar winner argued: 'Nobody rips on a kid who's like: 'I want to be a doctor like my dad and granddad.'
However, she insisted at the time that her own daughter Apple is 'a very private person' who has no interest in even modeling for Gwyneth's wellness brand Goop.
When the interviewer said Apple 'could be a lovely model,' Gwyneth replied: 'Exactly! She doesn't want anything to do with it, though.'
She reflected: 'Now there's this whole nepo baby culture, and judgment that exists around kids of famous people.
She's really just a student, and she's been very.... She just wants to be a kid and be at school and learn.'
Gwyneth stood up for children who join the same profession as their parents, pointing out that they are acting on the influences they absorbed at home.
'The truth is if you grow up in a house with a lot of artists and people making art and music, that's what you know, the same way that if you grow up in a house with law, the discussions around the table are about the nuances of whatever particular law the parents practice,' she said. 'I think it's kind of an ugly moniker.'
The actress hails from a Hollywood family as the daughter of St. Elsewhere producer Bruce Paltrow and Meet The Parents actress Blythe Danner
She added: 'I just hope that my children always feel free to pursue exactly what they want to do, irrespective of what anybody's going to think or say.'
Gwyneth shares her daughter, as well as a son called Moses, with her ex-husband Chris Martin, who became a global heartthrob as the frontman of Coldplay.
Chris and Gwyneth publicly separated in 2014, whereupon she inspired widespread mockery by referring to the breakup as a 'conscious uncoupling.'