Kate Hudson’s birthday wish for her daughter Rani is simply fun.
The Almost Famous star shared insight into her special bond with her and Danny Fujikawa’s 7-year-old, marking her youngest’s birthday with heartfelt message.
“My little lady is 7 today,” Kate wrote Oct. 2 alongside an Instagram carousel that featured videos of Rani dancing as she and her mom rocked matching outfits. “My sweet sparkly sassy silly sunshine girl! You are the light of my life. I love you! Happy Birthday.”
Beyond showcasing the mother-daughter twin moment, Kate’s tribute to Rani, set to Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” also included snaps of sweet moments with Rani and her father, the birthday girl busting a move for the camera, and showing off her personality as she poses for pictures.
The Running Point star—who is also mom to Ryder, 21, with Chris Robinson and Bingham, 13, with Matt Belamy—previously put Rani’s personality on full display in July as she shared pictures from their family trip to Spain.
Rani was the star of the show as Kate posted a series of pictures of her little girl smiling alongside her during a boat ride on the Mediterranean Sea and posing in the sand.
Capturing the sweet moments with her daughter, the actress gushed in the July 12 Instagram post, “Girl trip.”
But when she’s not hamming it up for the camera, Rani is putting her keen eye to good use as her mom’s “greatest critic.”
“Oh my God, she watches everything that I do,” Kate shared during an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers in March. “And she has something to say about it. I mean on set on Running Point she was always like, ‘Mommy I don’t know why you went to the desk like that.’ Well, because that's the joke, and she's like, ‘But it's not funny.’”
She added, "And I was like, 'Oh. Well, maybe it'll be funny when you never see it.'"
Aside from getting her point across, Kate shared that Rani is also all about the vibes as she’s, “very much a Libra.”
"Everything's very aesthetic,” Kate said. “Even like architecture, she'll walk into a building and she'll just be like, 'The light is really amazing in here.’ And you're like, 'Wow, okay. That's sophisticated.'"
And little Rani's big personality isn't just giving her run for a money. Indeed, Kate admitted that Danny, whom she got engaged to in 2021, has a solution for their opinionated little lady.
“Danny like wants to move into the woods,” she joked. “He’s like, ‘We’re moving into the woods. We’re taking everything away from her.’”
For more on Kate’s sweet moments with Rani, keep reading…
Party of Five
It's a party of five in the Hudson household! Kate Hudson and her partner Danny Fujikawa share daughter Rani, while she is also mom to son Ryder with ex-husband Chris Robinson and son Bingham with former fiancé Matt Bellamy.
As the actress put it in the caption of this 2019 family portrait, "My loves of my life."
Casual Dinner
Kate and Danny sat on the floor as they ate dinner with Rani and Bingham in 2025.
Game On
"Me and my boys had a very LA night," Kate wrote on Instagram in 2019 after taking Danny and her sons to the Lakers games, "and we loved it!"
Going Goth
Danny and Kate went to the dark side with Rani for Halloween 2023.
Cheers!
The couple enjoyed a fun-filled family dinner in 2023, with Kate writing on Instagram, "Manifesting a Saturday Happy Hour."
Three Rockers
Posting a picture of Danny with Ryder and Bingham, Kate wrote on Instagram in 2021, "Can’t ever get them to take photos BUT if I yell out 'Guys! Cliche band photo!' they do this in under a second."
All Aborad
Kate and Danny went on a cruise with Ryder in 2021.
Face Off
Kate and her oldest son Ryder got silly during a FaceTime call with Rani and Bingham in 2024.
Going for the Gold
The How to Lose Guy in 10 Days star was joined by Danny and Ryder as she mingled with Keegan-Michael Key and his wife Elle Key on Oscar night 2022.
School's Out
The family was on hand to celebrate Ryder's high school graduation in 2022.
Motherhood
They say laughter is the best medicine, and it looked like Kate and her kids were following the famous motto on Mother's Day 2019.
The Raising Helen star wrote on Instagram, "Oh happy day."
Adventure Is Out There
Kate and Danny took a hike with Rani and Bingham in 2023.
Getting Comfy
The Almost Famous alum and the musician snuggled up with their daughter on the couch in 2023.
Milestone Memories
"My wishes came true," Kate captioned this photo of her three kids on her 40th birthday in 2019. "Thank you for all the love today."
Tea Time
The parents sipped on tea with Rani in 2022.
Who Farted?
"There’s always one in the family," Kate captioned this hilarious photo of Ryder, Bingham and Danny in 2021. "For viewing pleasure zoom in."
Sleeping In
Kate got a sweet wake-up call from Rani and Bingham on her 45th birthday in 2024.
Feeling Incredible
Wearing the iconic Incredibles superhero costume, Kate proved she's mom-of-the-year with this cute candid moment in 2019.
"Halloween nights and sugar highs," she wrote. "Here we go again!"