Miriam "Mimi" Spencer

Name: Miriam “Mimi” Spencer

Age: 17

Actor: Frankie Morley

Background:

At a young age, Mimi was labelled as ditzy and hasn’t improved since, leading to frequent embarrassment when asked to answer a question at school. To prevent herself from looking stupid she has given up on school, preferring to make it look like she doesn’t want to do well rather than look like she can’t.

Strengths/Weaknesses

• Socially conscious
• Cares deeply for her friends
• Good negotiator

• Ditzy
• Slow learner
• Anti-authority

Reasons for character name
We wanted one of the female characters to have a name similar in connotation to Stevie. As it would make more sense for the main character, Rachel, to have the same surname as her father, we decided to give the second female character a very common sounding name. She also prefers to use a nickname, another similarity with Steie.

Reasons for choice of actor
She was readily available for filming shoots and had the clothing that the character required. Se also played a similar character in another media project. The four teenage actors are very good friends so they have a good chemistry.

Character Inspiration
She was very loosely based on several characters from the 2004 chick flick, Mean Girls. The ditzy aspect of her character is based on Amanda Seyfried’s character, Karen Smith, while her decision to look unwilling rather than unable to succeed at school is similar to the main character, Cady Heron, portrayed by Lindsay Lohan.