Angie Harmon on Weathering Bad Times: “I Fed My Daughters Before Myself”

The 14th Women in Global Entertainment Power Lunch, co-hosted with A+E Global Media and The Hollywood Reporter, showcased keynote speaker and actress Angie Harmon in a conversation with bestselling author Elizabeth Day, and brought together senior female executives from across the international entertainment industry. Attendees included honorees that made THR’s power list of the most powerful women in international TV.

Harmon and Day had the room at the Hotel Majestic in Cannes, France, as part of the MIPCOM 2026 conference, enthralled as the actress detailed some hard times following a high-profile divorce during which she had little work and had to think about such challenges as feeding her daughters before herself. She also described her life-saving support system that she’d ended up building during that challenging era, joking about how “alcoholics make the best friends.”

Harmon, who recently marked her second time directing with Lifetime movie The Girl Who Disappeared, as part of the 2027 “Ripped From the Headlines” film series (the first was helming the 100th episode of Rizzoli & Isles), was introduced by Deborah Bradley, executive vp global content sales at A+E Global Media. Lucy Smith, head of MIPCOM and MIPjunior, opened the luncheon with welcoming remarks.