Idris Elba shares his daughter, Isan, with his ex-wife, Hanne “Kim” Nørgaard, and his son, Winston, with ex-girlfriend Naiyana Garth

The Luther actor shares Isan with ex-wife Hanne “Kim” Nørgaard and Winston with ex-girlfriend Naiyana Garth.

Welcoming Isan and Winston — in 2002 and 2014, respectively — has also helped the actor and DJ to nurture his relationship with himself. “My 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren love me and maybe that’s helped me love myself a bit more,” he told Esquire UK in February 2023.

Speaking to PEOPLE about his favorite part of parenthood, the Hijack star revealed that he loves “the magic of watching their personalities form uniquely to them,” calling it “human magic.”

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Elba excelled in the role of a girl dad while Isan was growing up. “Boys and girls are different but you aren’t as a parent,” he told Esquire UK about instilling the same values and expectations in both of his kids. “Dad advice is dad advice. I’m not going to give my daughter different advice from my son because she’s a girl.”

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The night of the 76th Golden Globes, the actor dished out some red-carpet-worthy tips to his daughter: “I told her to keep her back straight; elegance is presence,” he said on E!’s Live from the Red Carpet. “Smile and nod politely, even if you can’t understand what anyone’s saying.”

But Isan is no stranger to red carpets or star-studded movie premieres; she’s often joined her dad and his wife, Sabrina, at premieres, including Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Beast. She even skipped her high school prom to cheer her dad on when he played a DJ set at Coachella in 2019.

While she’s always shown up to support her dad, the pair have experienced typical father-daughter tensions as well — and some less typical ones, like when Isan auditioned to play his daughter in the movie Beast, and didn’t get the part.

As for what she’s currently up to, Isan is studying film and television production at New York University and she’s set to graduate with her bachelor’s in 2024. Speaking with Tatler, she opened up about her ultimate goal.”I want to be a producer. I grew up on film sets and I’ve been around that my entire life so it was kind of a no-brainer,” she shared.

Winston Elba, 10

The Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom alum announced the arrival of his new𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 with a sweet black-and-white photo of his little one’s tiny fingers wrapped around his own.

Winston may not be able to grasp his dad’s level of fame yet, but he fully understands that Elba is an actor — more specifically, the voice of one of his favorite Sonic the Hedgehog characters, Knuckles.

“He loves seeing Knuckles. He loves Knuckles as a character, and I think he loves recognizing his dad’s voice and stuff,” Elba told Entertainment Tonight in April 2024.