Overview

• During June’s Newport Beach TV Fest panel, Hudson revealed that industry insiders advised her to legally sever ties with Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson to take adult roles.
• Her mother refused to allow the emancipation plan, insisting Hudson remain under parental care.
• Shortly thereafter, Hudson landed her first credited television role on Fox’s Party of Five at age 16.
• She later declined an offer to audition for stepfather Kurt Russell’s film to avoid perceptions of nepotism.
• Hudson said those early career decisions forged her independent identity, and she now lives seven blocks from her mother while maintaining a distant relationship with her father.