Mia Farrow Explains Why She 'Completely Understands' If Actors Choose to Work with Her Ex Woody Allen

Mar. 15, 2025

Mia Farrow in 2022; Woody Allen in 2023.Photo:Dominik Bindl/Getty; Maria Moratti/Getty

Dominik Bindl/Getty; Maria Moratti/Getty

Mia Farrow“completely understands” actors who choose to work with her ex,Woody Allen.

The actress and activist, 79, appeared onCBS Sunday Morningon Sunday, Sept. 1, and spoke candidly about Allen, 88, with whom she was in a relationship from 1980 to 1992. Farrow appeared in 13 of the filmmaker’s movies during that time.

During Sunday’s sit-down, journalist Seth Doane asked Farrow, “Are you able to separate the experience as an actor in those films from the personal trials and tribulations that would follow?” Farrow responded, “Oh yeah, yeah.”

Kate WinsletandDrew Barrymoreexpressedregretover starring in his movies, and artists such asColin FirthandGreta Gerwighavestatedthey wouldnever workwith the filmmaker again. In 2018Timothée ChalametandRebecca Halldonatedtheir salaries earned from Allen movies to theTime’s Upmovement.

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In April of this year, on hisClub Randompodcast, comedianBill Mahercalled out actors who have made such stances and no longer want to work with Allen. In 2018,Javier Bardemdefended the “genius” Allenon the basis that the filmmaker was never convicted of sexual assault, a position the Spanish actordoubled down onin 2021. In 2022, actressGina Gershoncalled Allen’s relationships a “family matter” and “not really any of our businesses.”

Farrow has previously said that inviting Allen into her family was “the greatest regret of my life.” In the 2021 HBO docuseriesAllen v. Farrow, the actress recounted her ex’s relationships with several of their children. Allen now shares two daughters with Previn, whom he married in 1997.

Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ on Aug. 13.Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty

Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty

Alongside longtime friendPatti LuPone, her current costar in the Broadway playThe Roommate, Farrow also opened up about her marriage toFrank Sinatraand acting roles for older women. “Not many people have had Mia’s life,” said LuPone, 75.

“I’m old, you know?” Farrow responded with a laugh. Of life these days, she added, “I’m very good at doing nothing … I’m endlessly entertaining to myself. I have good friends. I have no complaints."

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source: people.com