All About Tia Carrere’s Son Jude

Tia Carrere has a lot delight for her son, Jude Wakelin.

“I am actually grateful that I believe, in some way, I had a hand in making a baby that does not really feel like [he] has to slot in with all people else, would not really feel like [he] has to put on the identical garments, do the identical factor,” the Lilo & Stitch star instructed PEOPLE in 2023. “[He’s] an actual particular person.”

The Grammy-winning singer married British picture journalist Simon Wakelin on New Yr’s Eve in 2003, and the couple welcomed Jude on Sept. 25, 2005. After seven years collectively, they divorced in 2010, citing “irreconcilable variations.”

In Might 2025, Tia revealed that Jude had come out as transgender.

“He is very matter-of-fact,” she instructed PEOPLE. “He is aware of who he’s, and he is very comfortable.”

Although his mother has been a family identify ever since she performed the long-lasting position of Cassandra Wong within the 1992 movie Wayne’s World, Jude has saved a decrease profile.

Right here’s every thing to find out about Tia Carrere’s son. 

He was born in 2005

Jude was born on Sept. 25, 2005, and raised in Topanga, a neighborhood exterior Los Angeles within the Santa Monica Mountains. Tia credit her son’s individualism to rising up in an eclectic group. 

The actress described her youngster as a “sort of a hippie child” who cherished procuring at Goodwill and doing his personal factor. She instructed PEOPLE in 2023, “It is sort of good to not be dominated by that world. I am actually happy with [him].”

He’s walked the crimson carpet together with his mother

Jude has been photographed alongside his well-known mother since he was simply a few months old. They attended the premiere for motion pictures like Wreck-It Ralph and Yogi Bear, and he accompanied Tia on the crimson carpet when she was inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame in 2022. 

Although Jude represented his mother on the Lilo & Sew premiere on Might 17, 2025 (Tia was filming within the Philippines on the time), the actress stated he “doesn’t love the highlight” and described him as “extra introverted.” 

He publicly got here out as transgender in Might 2025 

In Might 2025, Tia instructed PEOPLE that Jude had just lately come out as transgender, expressing delight in his individuality by saying, “He’s his personal particular person.” The earlier 12 months, she mirrored on how motherhood taught her a beneficial lesson: she is aware of nothing. 

“Your child is at all times going to show you one thing extra in a special angle,” Tia stated in an August 2024 interview with the Keep It Aloha Podcast. “It teaches you that it’s best to at all times be humble and also you don’t know all of the solutions, and also you by no means will.”

He works with animals 

Tia instructed PEOPLE in Might 2025 that her son’s introverted nature made her doubt he’d comply with her into singing or appearing, although she known as him a “nice artist.”

“I don’t know what he’ll do,” she stated. “Possibly develop into a health care provider or work with animals. He’s working with animals proper now.”

The actress didn’t specify the small print of his work with animals.

Tia stated he’s “like a therapist” to different children 

When speaking about her son, Tia expressed deep delight in his real compassion and kindness, significantly in the way in which he helps and cares for his buddies.

“He is such a sweetheart, he is just like the therapist to all the opposite children,” she instructed PEOPLE. “When his buddies exit consuming or partying too exhausting, he is at all times the designated driver, that sort of caring pal you’ll be able to at all times lean on.”