Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones‘ nepo baby daughter Carys looked just like her famous mom while embarking on her own acting career.
The 23-year-old, who graduated from Brown University last year, made her NYC theater debut by taking on a role in Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull.
The production ran from June 20-27 at St. Lydia’s in Brooklyn and a viral video on Instagram captured moments from Carys’ performance during one of the nights.
The media personality, who currently boasts 246k followers on Instagram, could be seen delivering lines with her co-star inside the intimate venue.
At another point, Carys could be seen taking part in an emotional scene as she confessed her love to one of her castmates.
The clip came to an end as the cast took a bow for the applauding crowd and she was later seen signing autographs for some attendees.
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones’ nepo baby daughter Carys, 23, looked just like her famous mom while embarking on her own acting career
The 23-year-old theater debut by taking on a role in Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull which ran from June 20-27 at St. Lydia’s in Brooklyn and a viral video on Instagram captured moments from Carys’ performance during one of the nights; seen in 2019 in Rome
A friend of Carys told the Daily Mail in May that her famous parents are ‘so proud’ of their daughter’s achievement.
Social media users jumped to the comment section of the reel to share their thoughts on her performance.
One penned, ‘Her voice sounds so much like her mom’s!!’ while another typed, ‘Classy like her mama.’
‘Stunning. Like her mummy,’ a fan wrote, and one also added, ‘She sounds so much like her mom!!’
Others applauded her acting performance in the play as one said, ‘Oh she is good like her father wow.’
‘I can see flashes of her dad in her eyes.. the first thing that came to mind was The Streets Of San Francisco, and another up and coming actress,’ another shared, referring to Douglas’ 70s drama series.
One additionally penned, ‘She’s the Mirror image of her dad.. straight away you know she’s Douglas’s daughter..’
Last year, Carys celebrated a big milestone as she graduated from Brown University with a degree in film and international relations.
A friend of Carys told the Daily Mail in May that her famous parents are ‘so proud’ of their daughter’s achievement; Carys seen with her parents and brother Dylan, 25
Social media users jumped to the comment section of the reel to share their thoughts on her performance
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During a conversation with People, she opened up about her desire to follow her passion for acting and performing arts post-college.
‘I grew up doing theater, and I didn’t study acting in school, but that’s why I’m happy to be in such an informative arts space, so hopefully more of that,’ Carys told the outlet.
And while talking to Town & Country back in 2018, she got candid about growing up with parents in the spotlight.
Zeta-Jones and Douglas tied the knot back in 2000 and they are also parents to son Dylan, 25.
‘My parents do a really good job of reality-checking me and being like, “Look around you. The life you have is extraordinary.”‘
The Wednesday actress, who also took part in the interview with her daughter at the time, added, ‘What I instilled in my kids, and I’m very, very proud of it, is manners.
‘There’s nothing worse than a privileged kid without manners. I drilled it into them like boot camp.’
Zeta-Jones continued, ‘The teenage years… She knows she cannot roll her eyes at me, or huff and puff around me. I never did it to my mother, and she’s not doing it to me.’
Last year, Carys celebrated a big milestone as she graduated from Brown University with a degree in film and international relations
‘I grew up doing theater, and I didn’t study acting in school, but that’s why I’m happy to be in such an informative arts space, so hopefully more of that,’ Carys told the outlet
The actress previously shared her thoughts on her kids following in hers and Douglas’ acting footsteps.
She expressed on the Today show in 2021 that, ‘Michael and I would be the first parents to say, “You know, maybe you should think of another career.”
‘But we’ve seen how passionate they are about the craft. They know what celebritydom is. They know the good, the bad, warts and all of that.’
Zeta-Jones continued, ‘But their passion is about acting as a craft and they’ve done every theater camp…
‘My kids went off to summer camp every year, to theater camp with all the Broadway kids, and held their own very, very well, I have to say.’
She explained that Carys and Dylan had a conversation with their father, who is the son of late actor Kirk Douglas.
‘My parents do a really good job of reality-checking me and being like, “Look around you. The life you have is extraordinary,”‘ Carys expressed
Carys made her professional acting debut in the 2024 short film F*** That Guy followed another short that same year titled Shell; seen in 2025 in NYC
‘One would think that there’s so many open doors for people to go into the same business as their parents, but, in fact, one has to really prove themselves more, and it’s hard to be compared to.’
But her children are not ‘deterred’ from following their dreams and Zeta-Jones added she is ‘excited to see whatever journey they happen to go on.’
Carys made her professional acting debut in the 2024 short film F*** That Guy followed by another short that same year titled Shell.
She is set to appear in the upcoming romantic comedy The Problem With Poets which is in its post-production stages.
