Gina Gershon To Recur on "New Amsterdam"

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"New Amsterdam" Casts Gina Gershon as Dr. Bloom's Alcoholic Mother
by Vlada Gelman
January 16, 2020


"New Amsterdam" is delving into Dr. Lauren Bloom’s troubled family history: Gina Gershon will recur during Season 2 of the NBC drama as the doc’s mother, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Jeanie Bloom was “a raging alcoholic throughout most of her daughter’s childhood,” per the official character description. “She would get mean and then sick, while Lauren was left to clean up the mess. This happened as early as age 7, which was the first time Lauren got drunk. She chugged half of Jeanie’s martini in the hopes it would keep her sober. It didn’t.”

The introduction of Bloom’s mother will force Lauren to “really be confronted with everything she hates about herself, reflected back at her, and why she makes the choices she makes,” cast member Janet Montgomery tells TVLine.

https://tvline.com/2020/01/16/new-am...ther-season-2/