Jude Law Says Earning a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Was 'Emotional' After Mother's Recent Death (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jude Law on Dec. 12, 2024 and Jude Law with his mother Maggie.Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Ian West - PA Images/PA Images via Getty

Jude Law poses with his star during the Jude Law Star Ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 12, 2024.;Jude Law and his mother Maggie Law arrive for the Royal European Charity Premiere of Anthony Minghella’s Cold Mountain at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London. * Cold Mountain is set during the American Civil War and Jude Law stars as Inman, a wounded Confederate soldier struggling to make his way home to lover Ada, played by Nicole Kidman.

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Jude Lawhad his late mother Margaret on his mind at his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.

When Law, 51, spoke with PEOPLE after he formally received a star on Hollywood Boulevard on Thursday, Dec. 12, the actor shared that his mother died recently.

“It’s been actually quite a long process because I found out and was originally going to have the service a couple of weeks back,” he said when asked to recall the moment he found out he would receive a star on the iconic Los Angeles street. “And actually, I lost my mom. So we had to delay it. But in a very odd way as a kind of final gift, it meant that a few more of my family could actually be here.”

“So honestly, the whole event has been quite an emotional experience, and obviously just a very personal occasion and really touching,” he added of the ceremony.

Jude Law on Dec. 12, 2024.CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty

English actor Jude Law poses with his star during his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Hollywood, California, December 12, 2024.

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Law is afather to seven children: he shares Rafferty, Rudy, 22, and Iris with ex-wife Sadie Frost; Sophia, 15, with ex Samantha Burke, and Ada, 9, with ex Catherine Harding. The actor shares two younger children with Coan, whom hemarriedin 2019.

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“They were just lovely. I mean, they’re always so supportive and loving. We are very lucky to have each other, but they’re my backbone,” he said of having his kids' support, noting that the family planned to go to lunch together after the ceremony.

Jude Law and his mother Maggie Law on July 14, 2017.Karwai Tang/WireImage

Jude Law with his mother Maggie Law attend day 12 of Wimbledon 2017 on July 14, 2017 in London, England.

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“I had a mother who showed me the great silent movies and comedies and musicals and dramas of the Hollywood Golden Era, American new wave [and] foreign movies,” Law said. “And I had a dad who took me in the ’70s and ’80s to blockbuster movies where we ate our bodyweight in popcorn and chocolate.”

Law also stars in the Disney+Star WarsseriesSkeleton Crew, streaming now.

source: people.com

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