Mimi Rogers didn't grow up aspiring to be an actress at one point, she thought she'd go into science. "I was a little bit of a geology nerd. Massive collector of rocks and experimenting on various sedimentary and metamorphic rocks," she tells Closer. "So, at one point, I wanted to be a geologist or an astronomer. Of course, I became an actor!
Mimi, 66, made her television debut in a four-episode arc on the first season of Hill Street Blues in 1981 and has rarely stopped working since. Her films include memorable roles in Someone to Watch Over Me, The Rapture, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and The Mirror Has Two Faces. "I'm proud that I've been able to maintain a career for a really, really long time. And to have it still be growing, fun, interesting and challenging," she says. Mimi currently stars on Bosch: Legacy streaming on Amazon's Freevee.
Someone to Watch Over Me was one of your first big films. Was it a good experience?
That was an amazing experience. Having the opportunity to work with Ridley Scott, who I think is a genius, and Tom Berenger, a terrific actor, just coming off Platoon. It was wonderful but obviously hard work. We did a lot of night shooting on the streets of Manhattan in January. Tom and I are struggling to get words out of our mouths because our lips are freezing! But it felt like such a classic, old-fashioned, romantic, classy movie.
You also starred in The Mirror Has Two Faces with two legends: Lauren Bacall and Barbra Streisand.
Another amazing New York experience. I have been very lucky to have Lauren Bacall as my mother and Barbra Streisand as my sister. Plus Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan - I thought I had died and gone to actor heaven!
What were Lauren and Barbra like to work with?
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