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This is Kathy Najimy...
... AKA one-third of the iconic Sanderson Sisters from the 90s classic Hocus Pocus.
She’s been acting in films since 1991 and has an absolutely prolific IMDB credits list.
In addition to lending her incredible comedic talents to the characters we love, like Sister Mary Patrick from Sister Act...
... and Bev, Jon Lovitz's poor, poor wife in Rat Race...
…She’s also a badass film producer and author.
So, basically she’s amazing.
Well, last night she took to Instagram to share her mother’s story and… I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying.
Najimy’s mother’s name was Samia and she was born in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut— a city Najimy calls “beautiful” in her post.
Here’s a closer look at the photo Najimy shared of Samia on her wedding day. Looking at this picture, you can just see the poise and presence Samia must have carried into a room.
Najimy’s mother, Samia, overcame incredible obstacles at a young age, including her own mother’s death when she was just six-years-old.
Nevertheless, Samia went on to graduate from college at 17 and was even able to speak five (FIVE!) languages. Then she emigrated to the United States to help her father and brothers start a business.
And all that was before the age of 20!
However, Najimy also shared that her mother never got to really share her gifts outside the home. Why?
Because she was instead expected to marry and have children, which Samia did.
Najimy says that almost SIX DECADES later, when Samia passed away at the age of 86, she had still never been given “an opportunity to use her education, skills, [or] languages, in a career or even [a job] outside [o]f the home.” She instead spent her life raising four children and outliving her two husbands.
Najimy concluded by saying that her mother’s story is “#whyimafeminist”, and asked others, “Why are you?”
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