Michael Douglas arrived hand in hand with his daughter Carys as he was appointed an Ambassador De Mallorca on Monday. The Fatal Attraction star, 81, wore a navy blazer jacket and open collared white shirt for the occasion.
Carys, 23, wore a black strapless top and matching black trousers, finished with strappy gold heels and matching gold jewellery. The pair beamed together in photographs from the event.
Douglas was named one of the first Terra d'Honor ambassadors in recognition of his commitment to Mallorca and his contribution to promoting the island internationally through culture and heritage conservation.
Douglas's ties to Mallorca
Douglas bought his luxury S'Estaca villa in the Tramuntana mountains in Mallorca in 1989. He planted vineyards at the property that went on to produce local award-winning wine, and he used to play a key role in the local political and cultural life of the nearby town of Valldemossa.
He has acted as an informal ambassador for the island over the years, and he and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones have been joined by several Hollywood guests at their home there.
Carys's stage debut
The outing came after Carys made her professional stage debut in June in a production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in New York. She played Nina, a fame-hungry aspiring actress caught in a love triangle, a role previously portrayed by Saoirse Ronan, Emilia Clarke, Carey Mulligan, Natalie Portman and a young Dame Helen Mirren.
A friend of Carys's told the Daily Mail that her parents, Catherine, 56, and Michael, 81, were "so proud" of her latest achievement. Catherine also showed public support by liking a poster for the play, which had a limited one-week run at St Lydia's Theatre in Brooklyn, on Instagram.
Casting was announced by production company Solid Flesh, the theatre group founded by Carys's friend Kieran Gettel-Gilmartin, who appeared in the 2022 Netflix comedy film Metal Lords. Carys, who graduated from Brown University last year with a degree in film and international relations, starred alongside fellow Brown graduate Sarah Yannic and Gettel-Gilmartin.
"I grew up doing theatre, and I didn't study acting in school, but that's why I'm happy to be in such an informative arts space," Carys told People magazine last year.
A family of performers
Catherine, who also shares son Dylan, 25, with Michael, has previously spoken about her children's passion for the arts. In 2021 she said she and Michael would be the first parents to suggest another career, but that they had seen how passionate their children were about the craft. She added that her children knew what celebritydom really meant, "the good, the bad, warts and all," but that their focus remained on acting as a craft, and that both had attended theatre camp with Broadway kids every summer.
Both of Carys's parents began their careers on stage before moving into film. Catherine was cast as one of the orphan girls in the original West End production of Annie at age nine and became a national tap-dancing champion in her early teens. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Chicago in 2003 and a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in A Little Night Music in 2010.
Michael studied acting at The American Place Theatre in New York City and started his career at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in the 1960s. He is the son of actor Kirk Douglas and actress Diana Dill. Dylan, who has a shorter acting resume, hosts Young American with Dylan Douglas, described as a Gen Z powered political talk show.
