Though she admits her daughter was a bit “late in terms of how early a lot of people start,” Newman told how Einbinder had the chops to go far “right away”
Laraine Newman is recalling the moment her daughter Hannah Einbinder revealed she wanted to follow in her footsteps.
In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE at The Groundling’s 50th Anniversary Alumni Reunion on Oct. 19, the original Saturday Night Live cast member, 72, opened up about how she felt about her daughter’s meteoric rise in comedy.
“I am a genuine, proud mom,” she smiled, before sharing the moment the Hacks star, 29, announced her decision to pursue acting. “It was very late. I mean, she had been an athlete and then she went to Chapman for broadcast journalism and then switched to TV writing. And kids were saying, you’re funny, why don’t you join the improv group? And so that was when she tearfully admitted to me at one point, like the dirty secret, ‘I want to be an actor.'”