Mia Farrow

Personal context

Summary

Mia Farrow is an actor known for Peyton Place, Rosemary’s Baby, The Great Gatsby, and a long run of films with Woody Allen, including Hannah and Her Sisters and The Purple Rose of Cairo. Her roles have ranged from psychological horror and period drama to intimate comedy and family stories. Since becoming a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2000, she has repeatedly campaigned for children affected by conflict, with sustained advocacy for Darfur that included calling the 2008 Beijing Olympics the “Genocide Olympics,” urging international action, and undertaking a hunger strike in 2009. She has also publicly supported #MeToo and described confronting issues affecting women as a lifelong concern; her public record centers on humanitarian and women’s advocacy rather than DEI or representation in her creative work.