Abigail Spencer on "Mad Men" and the Power of (Literally) Dreaming Big
by Patrick Gomez
March 14, 2025


Abigail Spencer is a dreamer. The "Timeless" and "Suits" alum literally dreamed her Critics Choice-nominated "Mad Men" role into existence.

"I was a new mom and was having these incredibly creative dreams and I woke up and I called my then-manager and I said, ‘Hey, I just had a dream that I'm supposed to be on Mad Men. I think you should call them,'" Spencer tells Entertainment Weekly.

"At this point it was going into season 3 and it was the biggest show in town, so they go, ‘We don't call them, they call us.'"




"I'm not kidding, 10 minutes later, they call me back: ‘Oh my God, you're never going to believe it, they told me they literally just said your name for a part coming up and just stay tuned,'" she recalls.

“Staying tuned” turned into weeks, and Spencer thought her dream may have died — then, out of the blue, she got a call to meet with "Mad Men" mastermind Matt Weiner and a day later she was on set as Sally’s former teacher and Don’s mistress, Suzanne Farrell.

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