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Family November 4, 2024

Michael J. Fox calls daughter Esmé 'our renaissance gal': 'You do it all'

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Michael J. Fox shared a special tribute to his daughter Esmé Fox over the weekend to mark her 23rd birthday.

In an Instagram post on Sunday, the "Back to the Future" star shared a series of photos of his daughter, whom he shares with wife Tracy Pollan, calling her "our renaissance gal" to mark the milestone.

"You do it all," he wrote in the caption. "Your Dood loves you very much..Who doesn’t? Keep living your best life. 😍♥️."

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Michael J. Fox rose to fame playing Alex P. Keaton on the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties," and it was on the set of the hit series where he met Pollan, his then co-star, who has been his wife now for three decades.

PHOTO: Michael J. Fox attends the Michael J. Fox Foundation "A Country Thing: Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's" at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, April 2, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Michael J. Fox attends the Michael J. Fox Foundation "A Country Thing: Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's" at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, April 2, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

In addition to Esmé Fox, the founder of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and his wife Pollan, whom he called "stunningly beautiful" and a "great actress" during an interview with "The View" in 2023, are also parents to three other children.

Get to know the family below.

Tracy Pollan

PHOTO: Tracy Pollan and Michael J. Fox attend the 2024 Time100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center, April 25, 2024, in New York.
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Tracy Pollan and Michael J. Fox attend the 2024 Time100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center, April 25, 2024, in New York.

Michael J. Fox opened up during that interview about the first time he met his wife and revealed it wasn't the friendliest of encounters from the get-go.

"Tracy just started the show and we were doing a scene, and we'd come back from lunch ... we met during the scene and I noticed she had … a little garlic breath," Fox recalled at the time. "And I said, 'Scampi for lunch, babe?' And it was this girl from New York who said 'You're an a------.'"

Despite the rocky start, the two hit it off, and the couple married in 1988. Pollan called her husband "the love of my life" in a July 2020 Instagram post celebrating their anniversary, and in 2023, they marked 35 years together.

"Here's to many more glorious adventures together. I could not love you more💗," Pollan wrote in part in another July 2023 Instagram post.

In addition to acting, Pollan is also a cookbook author and released "Mostly Plants: 101 Delicious Flexitarian Recipes from the Pollan Family" in 2019, which she co-authored with her siblings and mother Corky Pollan.

Sam Michael Fox

PHOTO: (L-R) Sam Fox, Esme Fox, Tracy Pollan, Michael J. Fox, Aquinnah Fox, and Schuyler Fox attend the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 13th Governors Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza, Nov. 19, 2022, in Los Angeles.
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(L-R) Sam Fox, Esme Fox, Tracy Pollan, Michael J. Fox, Aquinnah Fox, and Schuyler Fox attend the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 13th Governors Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza, Nov. 19, 2022, in Los Angeles.

A year after marrying, Michael J. Fox and Pollan welcomed their first child -- son Sam -- in May 1989.

The actor celebrated his only son and called him his "best friend" in a May 30 birthday tribute on Instagram.

Michael J. Fox wishes son Sam Michael a happy birthday

"Sam, what a trip it's been. From the boy who had questions about everything to the man who has so many answers and still more questions. I love you," he wrote in a caption next to a photo of Sam Fox blowing out four candles on a chocolate-frosted birthday cake.

"Oh yeah, thanks for all the laughs. You are my best friend and only son. Happy birthday!" he concluded.

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Aquinnah Kathleen Fox

PHOTO: (L-R) Schuyler Fox, Esme Annabelle Fox, Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan, Sam Fox and Aquinnah Kathleen Fox attend the 2017 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's" benefitting The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Nov. 11, 2017, in New York.
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(L-R) Schuyler Fox, Esme Annabelle Fox, Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan, Sam Fox and Aquinnah Kathleen Fox attend the 2017 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's" benefitting The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Nov. 11, 2017, in New York.

Michael J. Fox and Pollan welcomed twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler Fox on Feb. 15, 1995.

In a June 2020 Instagram post, Michael J. Fox shared a group photo of his entire family together and referred to himself in the accompanying caption simply as a "lucky dad."

Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan celebrate twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler turning 28

Schuyler Frances Fox

Schuyler and Aquinnah Fox are twins. When they turned 25 in February 2020, Pollan called herself "the luckiest mom in the world" in a celebratory Instagram post.

Esmé Annabelle Fox

They youngest of the Fox kids, Esmé was born Nov. 3, 2001.

In an Instagram post last year on her daughter's birthday, Pollan wrote, "Happy birthday to this most beautiful human, you touch everyone you meet, and make the world a better place. I love traveling the world with you, I love you so❤️❤️❤️."