About a week ago, screen siren Mariel Hemingway shared a photo on her Instagram account, writing in the caption her thoughts on aging, wrinkles, and the woman she sees in the mirror.
“I have been talking about aging lately. But today it is not aging,” she wrote on Feb. 26. “It is wrinkles. The lines around my mouth I swore I would never have. The soft crepe skin at my neck that seems to appear overnight. The mirror catching me in light I did not ask for. Some days I do not care. Other days it feels like a punishment.”
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Today, the Lipstick actress, 64, posted another photo (seen above), still filter-free and bare-faced, but this time, sharing the “surprising” thoughts she had following the post that made her “nervous.”
“I want to share something that surprised me this week,” she wrote in the caption. “I posted a photo of my face with no filter. Just me. My lip lines. The soft folds in my cheeks. The changes that come with time. And I have to be honest. My body felt nervous when I shared it. Not because of the photo itself. Because of the stories behind it.”
She added, “For many years I recognized a certain version of myself in the mirror. A familiar image. A familiar identity. And lately I have been looking and thinking this woman is different. … Part of me wanted to hide. But I stayed with the discomfort. And something beautiful happened. I started to feel more like myself.
Hemingway broke onto the scene in 1976 at age 14 with her role in Lipstick, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. The breakout performance led to decades of film projects including starring alongside Meryl Streep in 1979’s Manhattan, Christopher Reeve in 1987’s Superman IV, and John Mellencamp in 1992’s Falling From Grace.
Hemingway’s last project was the 2023 romance drama God’s Country Song. She portrayed Sara Bryan, the mother of the film’s main character, Noah Bryan, played by Justin Gaston. In the coming months, she has Land of Wolves, a film co-starring Tyler Lepley (Harlem), Tabitha Brown (Will & Grace), and Luis Moncada (Breaking Bad) releasing, per IMDb.
A mom of two, the Oscar-nominated actress shares daughter Dree Hemingway with director and producer Stephen Crisman. Dree is currently starring in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessetteas Daryl Hannah, who recently wrote a scathing essay for The New York Times, slamming the depiction of her and JFK Jr.’s relationship.
Still, we can’t help but think Mom is one of the show’s biggest fans, as she is an avid supporter of her girls on Instagram.
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