A weekend photo from Mark Wahlberg’s wife caught the actor’s 16-year-old daughter, Grace, behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce as she starts learning to drive. Rhea Durham posted the shot as part of a February family carousel, and it took off online — a snapshot of the youngest Wahlberg getting her first real time on the road.
The carousel was a run of family moments. It opened with Durham and Wahlberg at home with one of their Boston Terriers, and further in came the Rolls-Royce shot, with Grace at the wheel in a Balenciaga sweater from the brand’s old logo-heavy era. Other photos showed her next to her brother Brendan in the same outfit, plus a selfie of Durham and Wahlberg with Ash Wednesday crosses on their foreheads.
The Rolls in the frame is a six-figure machine, about as expensive as cars get on a public road. The post didn’t name the model or get into ownership, but Grace is clearly the one behind the wheel as she gets her bearings — a milestone for the family’s youngest.
Grace turned 16 earlier this year, right around when a lot of teenagers start driver training. In the U.S. that usually means driver’s ed and supervised practice before a full license, with families running early sessions while the new driver gets a feel for the controls, the road, and the basics.
The Wahlbergs have been in Las Vegas since 2022, having left Los Angeles for a different environment for their kids. Wahlberg has said the move let them settle into a community with schools and neighborhoods better suited to raising a family, and they’ve described the transition as a good one.
Durham and Wahlberg married in 2009 and have four kids: Grace, daughter Ella (21), and sons Michael (19) and Brendan (16). They share glimpses of family life here and there, but mostly keep their children out of view. Grace, the youngest, is known for horseback riding — it’s one of her main passions, and she puts serious time into training and competing. Wahlberg has said she’s all-in on it despite the risks, and after a frightening riding injury late last year, she recovered and got back to it.
Her older sister Ella is at Clemson University in South Carolina, and Wahlberg has said she’s thriving there; he admitted watching a kid leave home is tough but was glad to see her finding her own path. There’s little public info on the two sons, Michael and Brendan — like their sisters, they’ve stayed out of the spotlight, which tracks with Wahlberg’s repeated point about keeping things normal for his kids.
He’s also pushed back on the Vegas stereotype, noting Nevada has plenty of residential communities far from the Strip, and describing their neighborhood as family-oriented with strong schools. He’s admitted he misses parts of California, the weather included, but has stuck to the line that the move was about his kids and their stability.
The driving photo lit up the comments on Durham’s post, with followers calling it a milestone and marveling at how fast the youngest Wahlberg has grown up. For Grace, it’s the start of another chapter — the Rolls-Royce adds a layer of luxury you don’t usually see in a first-driving photo, but the moment itself is one plenty of families know well. The family hasn’t said anything more about her training or whether that’s the car she’ll keep practicing in. What’s clear is that the youngest Wahlberg is officially driving age.
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