Mimi Kennedy
PMP Network Presents
Mimi Kennedy is an actress, known for her role as Abby on the ABC show "Dharma & Greg." She is also an author, having written the book "Take Into the Stage, The Education of an Actress."
Mimi Kennedy
ABC's Star of "Dharma and Greg"
About Mimi Kennedy
Mimi Kennedy is an actress born in Rochester, New York, known for playing Abby O'Neil on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg from 1997 to 2002. She also appeared as a series regular on the CBS comedy Mom from 2013 to 2021 and had roles in films including Erin Brockovich and Midnight in Paris. Kennedy authored the memoir Taken to the Stage: The Education of an Actress, published in 1996.
In this interview
- Discusses being on a hit show after a long, less visible career.
- Recalls her first professional job in 1972, playing a woman in her forties.
- Describes lying about her age and wearing high heels for the role.
- Remembers being told to go to acting school to develop consistent technique.
“I must say that being on a hit, it takes so many aspects to go right.”— Mimi Kennedy, in this interview
Since this interview
Kennedy continued on Dharma & Greg through its 2002 finale, then became a series regular on Mom from 2013 to 2021, earning a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. An author-read audiobook edition of her memoir was released in 2023.
