RELATED: See Steve McQueen’s Grandson, Who’s Already a TV Star. Gaia, whose father is English actor Greg Wise, began appearing in movies in 2008. That year, she made her film debut in Last Chance Harvey, and then she went on to appear in the 2015 movie A Walk in the Woods, both alongside her mother. In 2014, Gaia also appeared in the ensemble of Sweeney Todd at the English National Opera, in which her mother also starred. Gaia currently has three projects in the works: feature films Shooting Star and A Book About Her and a short called A Love Worth Fighting For. RELATED: See Molly Ringwald’s 17-Year-Old Daughter, Who’s a Model Now. Acting isn’t the only thing Gaia shares with her mother, though. Both Thompson and Gaia are activists, working with the environmental group Greenpeace. The mother-daughter duo even went on a “Save the Arctic” expedition together in 2014 to raise awareness about the dangers of oil drilling. Gaia has said she was bullied by her classmates for her activism in high school, leading her to leave the school and be educated at home by her mother. Gaia told The Mail on Sunday in 2015 that after returning from her trip, many of her classmates bullied her, telling her to “stop being such a hippy.” She said classmates deemed her “sad” for taking her time to hand out flyers about climate change on the weekends. “I tried to get people to listen,” said Gaia. “It’s ridiculous how many teenagers on their phones call you a hippy for being interested in this…There were many reasons why I left, but that was one of them.” Another cause close to Gaia’s heart is body positivity. In April, she shared a post on Instagram that revealed she was recovering from an eating disorder. “So, many people are posting fabulous bodily changes they have achieved either over the past few years, or over lockdown. The majority I have seen are about weight loss. I decided to share something a little different; my journey from anorexia to a healthy body,” Gaia wrote along with two photos of herself. “Much of it has been a battle but I’m now 18 months in a stable and happy weight range.“ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb While Gaia noted that she was “terrified” to share the post, she hoped it would help others and herself. “I know sharing takes me even further out of the shame of an eating disorder,” she wrote. “It might even be helpful to another human.” For more celeb content delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. Gaia isn’t the only child of Thompson-Wise family. The couple adopted Tindyebwa Agaba Wise in 2004 when he was 17. Previously, Tindyebwa was forced to be a child soldier in Rwanda. According to the Daily Mirror, he escaped to seek asylum in the U.K. where the then-16-year-old met Thompson at a Refugee Council event. She later tracked him down and invited him to Christmas Eve dinner. His relationship with the family progressed with more frequent visits until he finally moved in with them and they formally adopted him. The Daily Mirror reports that Tindyebwa didn’t realize his new parents were famous until he saw a recording of Thompson in a Shakespearian play during class. After joining the Thompson-Wise family, Tindyebwa earned a bachelor’s degree in politics at the University of Exeter and a master’s degree, in human rights law, at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Following college, he worked for the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights. He is now married and, like his mom and sister, is a human rights activist who works with organizations that provide care to refugees and asylum seekers. RELATED: See Harrison Ford’s Son Now, Who’s a Major Celebrity Chef.
