Gretchen Mol.
(Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)Gretchen Mol talks about her life after being the It Girl of the 90s.
“There are always new fresh faces in Hollywood,” said Mall, 52 people in an interview published on Saturday, January 4. “It’s a constantly turning wheel. And it’s a youth-loving business—that’s the reality there, but that’s okay.
Mol is perhaps best known for her role as Jillian on HBO Boardwalk Empirebut she has also acted in films such as Rounded, The Notorious Bettie Page, 3:10 to Yuma and Manchester by the Sea.
“I think getting older as an actor actually liberates you. You have more wisdom, more moments where you’ve been both up and down, and the stakes aren’t as high,” Mol told the publication. “Your jobs are more about the fun and the process of creation than what people will think of the result or say about you.”
Mol’s career has slowed since she was dubbed the quintessential “It Girl” by Vanity Fair in 1998 She moved from New York to the Berkshires during the COVID-19 pandemic, choosing to stay there with her husband Todd Williams to raise their two teenage children: 17-year-old son Ptolemy and 14-year-old daughter Winter.
“We still go into town when we need to, but the kids go to a local school,” Moll said people. “It’s such a small, wonderful community that we’ve found here. Most people, I know what they do for a living, they know what I do. And it’s just nice to be with them, to know everyone’s names. These are just really good people.”
According to Moll, her children are less interested in the achievements of her previous career. “Vanity Fairspecifically, it meant something in a way that if I tried to explain to my kids, they’d just be like, ‘What?'” she explained.
Mall is currently involved in Ed Burns“upcoming movie, Millers in marriagewhich follows an aging, once-cool rock star navigating her second act while dealing with a failing marriage.
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“These are conversations I have with friends,” she said of the scenario, which she found relevant to a stage in life where your children don’t demand as much of your attention as they once did.
“I was fortunate to continue working while raising children, but my priorities changed,” continued Moll. “But now I have more time to think about those endeavors I’ve always wanted to do.”
