Mary Elizabeth "M.E." O'Brien Sims
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- Annie Potts as Mary Elizabeth “M.E.” Sims
- Lorraine Toussaint as Rene Jackson
- Chris Mulkey as Colliar Sims
- Olivia Friedman as Kelly (Sims) Williams
- Derrex Brady as Ajoni Williams
- Donzaleigh Abernathy as Sara Jackson
- Shari Dyon Perry as Young Rene Jackson
- Mae Middleton as Young M.E. O’Brien
- Maya Goodwin as Young Rene Jackson
- Olivia Hack as Young M.E. O’Brien
Legendary award-winning TV and film actress Annie Potts co-starred as Mary Elizabeth “M.E.” Sims, during the character’s adult years. Mary grew up as a young white girl with parents who followed the prejudiced status quo, and an uncle who was even worse, a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The friendship between Mary and Rene eventually dissolves when th...
The award-winning Toussaint plays Rene, as an adult in the show. Rene, who is African-American, endures much racism, along with the rest of her family in Birmingham. The friendship she builds with Mary Elizabeth is often kept secret out of fear of backlash by Mary’s adult family members. However, after ending their friendship due to their disagreem...
Chris Mulkey played Colliar Sims, the childhood sweetheart and eventual husband of Mary. He plays a considerable role in both the past and present friendship between Mary and Rene, as the father of Mary’s children and a support system within her present-day family. Before being cast as Colliar, Mulkey had been a seasoned actor, getting his first st...
Actress Olivia Friedman played Kelly, the daughter of Mary and Colliar. Kelly goes through a life event quite similar to one from her mother’s past where she gets pregnant at a young age, 17 years old to be exact. And also in a similar fashion, she keeps her baby and marries the father. Like other members of Any Day Now’s cast, her role on the show...
Derrex Brady played Ajoni, an African-American teenage boy who is Kelly’s boyfriend and the father of her child. After Kelly gets pregnant at the age of 17, much to the disapproval of Kelly’s father, the baby is born but not before Ajoni weds her. The young family remains in Birmingham throughout the course of the show. Brady started his acting car...
Sara, Rene’s mother, was active in the Civil Rights movement of the sixties along with Rene’s father but is sadly widowed during the present-day events of the show. Her character is featured throughout the series in both flashbacks and current events to help bring parallels to the ongoing plotlines. Abernathy was born during the Civil Rights moveme...
Portraying one of the younger versions of Rene is actress Shari Dyon Perry. She played the character during Rene’s lifetime when she was a little girl, at the beginning of her friendship with Mary. Being cast as the young Rene was Perry’s first acting role. After the series came to an end in 2002, she went on to quickly appear in an indie film call...
The younger version of Mary was played by Mae Middleton, who portrayed the character during their early childhood. Like her co-star, Shari Dyon Perry, working on Any Day Now was this actress’ first acting gig. She won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series in 2000. After the show, Middleton had a small appearance in the 2003...
Goodwin portrayed Rene during the more mature storylines involving the girl’s past friendship, as depicted in various flashbacks. Before appearing in Any Day Now, Goodwin had been taking minor roles in TV shows like Beverly Hills, 90210, Sister, Sister, and 7th Heaven. After Any Day Now ended, she would spend the next 20 years continuing to stick t...
To play Mary in more mature flashback scenes, actress Olivia Hack was cast in the role. Hack has been acting in various gigs since she was eight. But roles in movies like Star Trek: Generations and the two Brady Bunch movies of the 1990s made her pretty noticeable by the time she appeared in Any Day Now. Since then, Hack has done loads of voice wor...
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- July 18, 1985
- Freelance Writer
August 18, 1998. (1998-08-18) –. March 10, 2002. (2002-03-10) Any Day Now is an American drama television series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. Set in Birmingham, Alabama, Any Day Now explored issues around race and friendship and how they affect the lives of two devoted lifelong friends over the years—from the 1960s ...
Any Day Now: Created by Nancy Miller. With Annie Potts, Lorraine Toussaint, Chris Mulkey, Olivia Friedman. Two friends, one black and one white, recall their friendship in the past when they reunite in the present.
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- 1998-08-08
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Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.
Annie Potts. Mary Elizabeth `M.E.' Sims 86 Episodes 2002. Olivia Friedman. Kelly Sims 66 Episodes 2002. Shari Dyon Perry. Young Rene Jackson 44 Episodes 2001. Richard Biggs. Bill Moody 40 Episodes ...
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Young M.E. O'Brien (22 Episodes) Maya Goodwin. Young Rene Jackson (22 Episodes) Chris Mulkey. Colliar Sims (22 Episodes) Olivia Friedman. Kelly Sims Williams (22 Episodes) Donzaleigh Abernathy. Sara Jackson (22 Episodes)
