Nepo child stars as Bridget Jones’ intelligent nanny in Mad concerning the Boy – are you able to guess who her very well-known mom is?
Bridget Jones is back – with latest installment Mad About The Boy hitting cinemas just in times for Valentine’s Day.
Alongside a raft of familiar faces – including Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver, the film showcases a host of Gen Z talent, including lead man Leo Woodall as Bridget’s latest squeeze, Roxter.
Also in the mix is Bridget’s clever young nanny Chloe, who might look a tad familiar to film fans.
The character is played by Nico Parker, who already has an impressive string of roles behind her including Tim Burton’s 2019 live action remake of Dumbo.
The talented 20-year-old is also a model, and a global ambassador for luxury beauty brand Lancome.
Nico could now be set for major stardom thanks to the modelling gig and her role in what could be one of the biggest films of 2025.
In Mad about the Boy, cinema goers get their first glimpse at Nico when her baby-sitting skills come recommended from another school mum.
The parent tells Bridget that Chloe’s ‘very pretty’ before adding: ‘but that doesn’t matter Bridget, because you don’t have a husband.’
Nico Parker plays Chloe, Bridget’s nanny, in the latest installment of the film franchise – but can you guess who her mother is?
On the red carpet at the world premiere of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy in Leicester Square in January; the role could set Nico, 20, on a path to global stardom
The fourth movie is released just in time for Valentine’s weekend: Pictured Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) and Roxster (Leo Woodall) in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which is directed by Michael Morris.
Renee Zellweger’s character later remarks on her new nanny’s ‘film star looks’.
So, where does Nico get them from? Can you guess which Hollywood star is her mother?
Her mother is Thandiwe Newton and her father is screenwriter Ol Parker. In addition to Nico, the showbiz couple also share an 23-year-old daughter called Ripley and a nine-year-old son called Booker.
Socialite Nico was seen filming in June at Bridget’s home in Hampstead, London last summer and, now captured on screen, it shows the character of Chloe knocking, with some trepidation, on Bridget’s door.
A film source said at the time: ‘Nico is a great signing – hopefully it will bring in a younger audience.’
The rising star also appeared in HBO’s miniseries The Third Day with Jude Law in 2020 and HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us.
Thandiwe explained to Hollywood Life in a 2010 interview: ‘I want my girls to feel empowered. That’s the most important thing.’
She mused about parenthood: ‘It’s amazing how you start again and you re-live your childhood. The universe has given me girls because I needed to live that girlhood again in a fresh way.’
The actress cut a chic figure in a stylish gold and green midi dress as she posed up a storm with her daughter
Nico’s mother is Thandiwe Newton and her father is screenwriter Ol Parker (Nico and Thandiwe pictured in August 2021)
In addition to Nico, the showbiz couple also share an 23-year-old daughter called Ripley and a nine-year-old son called Booker (Ol, Nico, Thandiwe and Ripley seen in 2019)
Nico landed her first Hollywood film role at the age of 14 in Tim Burton’s live action remake of Dumbo, released in 2019 (pictured in the film with Colin Farrell and Finley Hobbins)
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy has left fans far from hysterics after the comedy character’s fourth big screen outing hit cinemas on Thursday
Said she: ‘Motherhood has taught me how exquisite human beings are and how tender, fragile and powerful we are.’
This weekend sees cinema goers finally get to watch the long-awaited sequel to the much-loved trilogy, with Renee Zellweger reprising her role as the titular heroine.
Mad about the Boy sees her adjusting to life as widowed single mother following the shock death of husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and returning to the dating scene.
Early fan reviews have suggested that the movie takes a more ‘depressing’ turn, with some saying it’s at odds with the franchise’s previous laugh out loud instalments.
Taking to X one wrote: ‘Bridget Jones 4 was… a movie I spent 2 hours watching. It’s advertised as a comedy but that aspect is nonexistent. It’s just depressing and when it starts to get light hearted they abruptly make it serious again… it doesn’t fit in with the other movies. No plans to rewatch’.
While another complained: ‘This new Bridget Jones movie is so depressing and made me sad even with a happy ending’.
‘Anyone see the new Bridget Jones movie? I thought it was kind of depressing at least until near the end’.
Iconic singleton Bridget finally married Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth in the most recent film, 2016’s Bridget Jones’ Baby.
The couple had shared an on-and-off romance across all three films, but finally got their happy ending after it was revealed the high-flying lawyer was the father of her baby.
However, in the fourth book Mark tragically dies while working abroad as a human rights lawyer, leaving Bridget a widow and battling motherhood alone.
