{"id":2234072,"date":"2026-01-14T06:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2234072"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:06:28","slug":"chloe-zhao-urges-women-to-stop-carrying-lifes-burdens-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chloe-zhao-urges-women-to-stop-carrying-lifes-burdens-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Chlo\u00e9 Zhao urges women to stop carrying life\u2019s burdens alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"d78ad9cc-5050-479c-8f3e-6c8ae39db26b\"><em>Hamnet<\/em> is the film everyone is talking about, with interest rising after it was awarded two <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/beauty\/hair\/tucked-bob-styling-trick-golden-globes-2026\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/beauty\/hair\/tucked-bob-styling-trick-golden-globes-2026\/\">Golden Globes<\/a> at the awards on January 12. All eyes are now turning to how it will perform at the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>Director Chlo\u00e9 Zhao recently appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/food\/programmes\/m002ppv7#:~:text=A%20chemotherapy%20nurse%20is%20so,for%20them%20to%20be%20annual.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/food\/programmes\/m002ppv7#:~:text=A%20chemotherapy%20nurse%20is%20so,for%20them%20to%20be%20annual.\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em>Woman&#8217;s Hour<\/em><\/a> &#8211; not only did she discuss the movie, but also spoke openly about her experience of what she calls a &#8220;midlife crisis&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Reframing the experience as something positive, 43-year-old Chlo\u00e9 shares the way Jessie Buckley (Agnes Shakespeare in the film), helped her process her feelings.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"d78ad9cc-5050-479c-8f3e-6c8ae39db26b-2\">Host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/anita-rani\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/anita-rani\/\">Anita Rani<\/a> asked Chlo\u00e9 if she and Jessie had bonded over a breakup in the first instance. &#8220;Not a breakup, that wasn&#8217;t exactly correct,&#8221; the director corrects her.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex custom-thumbnail-list-styles\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&#8220;It&#8217;s more like a series of heartbreak and loss, losing loved ones and a sense of self,&#8221; she explains.<\/p>\n<p>Chlo\u00e9 continues, &#8220;When you&#8217;re in midlife, everything that you&#8217;ve built that first 40 years starts to crumble. Jessie caught me at a time when a couple of things were on top of each other within a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Elaborating on this, she adds, &#8220;It was just that feeling where you feel like the ground isn&#8217;t there, and there&#8217;s nothing to hold you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Explaining Jessie&#8217;s involvement, the director says, &#8220;She just happened to text me and say, &#8216;Hey, are you OK?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-GtNP59i2DpayEQnVwp6LMi\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-GtNP59i2DpayEQnVwp6LMi slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"a28afdd0-b70f-436c-bfd8-e001faf0c7e4\">The text was sent at 1am, at a time when Chlo\u00e9 &#8220;definitely wasn&#8217;t&#8221; OK. This moment brought about a choice that women of a similar age might recognise.<\/p>\n<p>Chlo\u00e9 knew she wasn&#8217;t OK, and had acknowledged this to herself. However, most will reply to the question of whether they&#8217;re alright by insisting they are.<\/p>\n<p>She stopped to think and decided to be truthful. &#8220;When she sent me that text message, I had a choice in that moment,&#8221; Chlo\u00e9 explains, adding, &#8220;I can say, &#8216;Yes, I&#8217;m fine.&#8217;<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex custom-thumbnail-list-styles\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I am a woman that has always said, &#8216;I&#8217;m fine,&#8217; but not that day&#8221; she explains. &#8220;And that&#8217;s why I think midlife crisis, or however you want to call it, is not a bad thing,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>Chlo\u00e9 explains that one moment made her realise she couldn&#8217;t do &#8220;this,&#8221; &#8211; the feelings she had, and the burdens she felt, alone.<\/p>\n<p>This was &#8220;the first time&#8221; she&#8217;d been honest about her feelings to someone she didn&#8217;t know well at the time, &#8220;who happened to be available&#8221; in a moment where she needed them.<\/p>\n<p>The director admitted she wasn&#8217;t OK, and Jessie&#8217;s lovely response was to say, &#8220;Come over right away,&#8221; in a moment of women supporting women, and a pivotal time for Chlo\u00e9 to realise she didn&#8217;t have to be alone with her challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.womanandhome.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamnet is the film everyone is talking about, with interest rising after it was awarded two Golden Globes at the awards on January 12. 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