Kaitlyn Dever is celebrating her mother Kathy’s birthday, nine months after Kathy died from breast cancer.
Dever, 27, shared a photo of herself as an infant resting on Kathy’s chest while her mother also appeared to nap to Instagram on Wednesday, Dec. 4. “Happy heavenly birthday mama 🕊️,” she captioned the post.
The image is one of several photos and videos Dever has shared on social media honoring her mother’s life in the nine months since she announced Kathy’s death on Feb. 21. Since then, Dever has shared footage of her mother figure skating, selfies that featured Kathy and Kaitlyn’s two younger sisters and throwback photos of her parents to Instagram.
Many of Dever’s famous friends and costars, including AnnaSophia Robb, Kiernan Shipka and Dove Cameron, shared support for her on Kathy’s birthday in the comments of her Dec. 4 post. “🩵🩵🩵 happy birthday to the greatest,” Beanie Feldstein, whom Dever costarred with in 2019’s Booksmart, commented.
“so much love!!” Isabela Merced, who stars in the upcoming second season of HBO’s The Last of Us with Dever, added. “Happy birthday angel mama Dever 🩷,” Joey King wrote.
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Dever, known for movies like No One Will Save You, wrote an emotional tribute to her mother at the time she announced Kathy’s death in February.
“I’m grateful that you gave me Mady, Jane, and Dad…we’ll always have each other to lean on because of you. You were the greatest mom and wife anyone could ever ever ask for,” she shared in a caption at that time. “Thank you for fighting so hard for us for so long. I am forever, forever, grateful for the special time we got to spend with you, sweet mama…it will never be enough.”
In October, Dever shared a photo to Instagram of herself getting an MRI during a breast cancer screening and encouraged followers to get screened more often. She noted in that post that her mother “was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer at 39 years old, before the recommended age at that time to get screened/checked for breast cancer.”
“I’m grateful for the knowledge and wisdom my mom left me with and I’m coming on here to share some of that wisdom with you all,” she continued. “Your health is important, take control of it…in the best way that you can.❤️.”
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