Photo: Suki Waterhouse Instagram

Suki Waterhouse Instagram

Suki Waterhousewas a karate kid!

On Wednesday, the model and actress posted a sweet throwback photo toInstagram, making her 30th birthday on Jan. 5.

In the photo, a young Waterhouse poses in her karate uniform, proudly holding a red belt in one hand while a yellow one is tied around her waist. Waterhouse, who sports an adorable bob haircut in the snap, gives a big grin to the camera.

“Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!!!!,” she captioned the photo. “In the years since this photo I’ve only gotten less threatening and that’s such a bummer for me.”

She added in her caption, “lying in bed pms’ing to Avril & pondering the decade couldn’t be happier & more full of love. thank you to everyone who have made my life what it is, I will be thinking of all of you today. ❤️😭❤️❤️”

The past decade has brought plenty of life changes for Waterhouse, who began dating boyfriendRobert Pattinson, launched her music career and appeared in multiple films in the past 10 years.

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Suki Waterhouse

Waterhouse has been in a relationship with Pattinson for over three years. The pair was firstlinkedin 2018, when a source confirmed to PEOPLE that they were dating.

Since then, the private couple hascelebratedPattinson’s birthday together andquarantinedwith each other in London.

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While Waterhouse keeps her relationship mostly out of public view, shespoke upwhen theGossip Girlrevival featured a joke about her in its first season. When a character referred to Waterhouse as “a nobody” compared to Pattinson, she called outGossip Girlon Twitter.

She added, “Seeing critiques of patriarchy and sexism, then I get name checked as somebody’s ‘nobody’ girlfriend. Make it make sense!”

source: people.com