Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s daughter has surprise reaction to pursuing acting like her parents

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have at least one of child who wants to following in their famous footsteps, but one of them is dead set against acting.

Broderick, 63, who also shares twins Tabitha and Marion, 13, with Parker, said one of the girls is ‘repelled’ by the idea of performing. 

‘If you say, “What about you?” She says “Nope, no absolutely not,”‘ the doting dad explained. 

Regarding his son James Wilkie, 22, who co-starred with his dad in a recent episode of Elsbeth, the proud dad, ‘I think he is gonna try, yeah. He’s very smart.’

While discussing the topic of his kids getting into the family business at the 2025 SeriousFun Children’s Network Gala on Monday, the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off star told People his son has a lot of options. 

‘He has a really good education too, so he has a lot of different things he can do, but I think right now he likes acting.’

Sarah Jessica Parker, 60, and Matthew Broderick, 63, are parents to three kids. One of them is following in their parents famous footsteps, but another one doesn’t want anything to do with acting;  Pictured in New York City in February

Broderick said he and Parker offer assistance, if requested, and the And Just Like That star helps their son with his auditions. 

‘Well, I’ll give advice if I’m asked, [but] my wife is with him when he does auditions,’ he said, adding, that, ‘It’s self-tape nowadays and she’ll read with him and tell him, “It’s not good,”‘ he laughed.

‘And you know I will too. We definitely [support him] but only if he wants to.’

In addition to Elsbeth, James Wilkie had a small part in an episode of Lady in the Lake, and will appear in the upcoming Days Ending in Y, with fellow nepo baby Sam Nivola, who is the son of British actors Alessandro Nivola and Emily Mortimer. 

Parker, 60, who has been open about growing up poor as one of eight kids, has said in the past, she wants her children to make their own way. 

The fashionista, who began working at a young age, is frugal and has admitted to dressing her kids in hand-me-downs. She told iHeartRadio’s Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi in 2023, ‘You want your children to understand what it means to earn money, what it takes to earn money, the value of it.’

Parker who has said her family often went without during her childhood advised, ‘I think it’s a great way of living for children, that their needs are met — to be fed, safe and loved.’

The Hocus Pocus star said she has taught her children to value ‘the important things in life: books and food and interesting experiences, and they’re warm in the winter and cool in summer,’

Parker and Broderick are parents to Marion, 13, James Wilkie, 22 and Tabitha, 13.  Broderick said one of the twins is ‘repelled’ at the idea of performing; Pictured in New York City in March 2022 

James Wilkie recently co-starred with his dad in an episode of Elsbeth.  ”He has a really good education too, so he has a lot of different things he can do, but I think right now he likes acting,’ Broderick told People

Broderick revealed Parker helps their son with his taped auditions. ‘It’s self-tape nowadays and she’ll read with him and tell him, “It’s not good”‘

According to IMDB, James Wilkie recently completed work on the film  Days Ending in Y; Pictured in New York City in June 2023 

As for getting anything they want, the loving mom said that wasn’t the case with her family. ‘They should pine for things, they should want things.’

On Monday, Parker celebrated her hubby’s Tony winning run in a Neil Simon classic from 22 years ago. 

Sharing a photos of a current-day Broderick in a sweater vest and corduroy pants with a throwback black and white photo from 1983, the Divorce actress gushed, ‘My freaking brilliant husband. A legend.’

‘Tony winning performance as Eugene Morris Jerome. A legendary performance. Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs. Damn proud. X, SJ’