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John Travolta Celebrates Daughter Ella’s Birthday with Tea Date: ‘I Love You So Much’

John Travoltais not late for a very important date!

TheGreaseactor, 68, celebrated his daughterElla Travolta’s 22nd birthday on Sunday with a tea party that looked straight out of Wonderland.

Ella’s birthday comes as she recentlyfinished filming her new movieGet Lost, a retelling of the classicAlice in Wonderlandstory. Last September, the father-daughter duo were seen smiling as theycelebrated the end of productionfor Ella’s first starring role.

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The actress, who has previously appeared in her father’s moviesOld Dogs(2009) andThe Poison Rose(2019), voiced her gratitude to the production team behind the modern fairytale.

“Thank you so so much to all of the cast and crew who worked so hard on this film and brought everything to life so beautifully,” she noted. “Thank you to our wonderful director, Daniela [Amavia], for your kindness and guidance always. And to our stellar producers, for everything you do.”

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“Budapest has been a dream and most importantly I’ve gotten to meet and work with so many amazing people,” she added of filming in Hungary.

TheSaturday Night Feverstar shares Ella with late wife,Kelly Preston, whodied in July 2020due to cancer. John is also dad to son Benjamin, 11, and late son Jett, who died at age 16 in 2009. The actor previouslyopened up to PEOPLEabout how proud he is of who his daughter has become.

“She is her own person. She is gracious, generous, poised, graceful and gorgeous. I don’t know how she came to be, and I don’t take any credit other than just adoring her,” he said of Ella. “And maybe that’s a valid contribution.”

source: people.com