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Heidi Venable

Friends' Vet Jennifer Grey Gets Candid About Why She Never Returned As Mindy

Jennifer Grey as Mindy on Friends.

Jennifer Grey has been a part of some pretty iconic movies in her career, playing the jealous sister Jeannie in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the Baby that nobody puts in the corner in Dirty Dancing. She’s even made guest appearances on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, The Conners, and on Friends as Rachel Green’s former BFF Mindy. Grey only appeared on one episode of the Must-See TV sitcom, but it could have been more. The actress opened up about her anxiety, and the filming experience that caused her to turn down the opportunity to reprise the character.

Mindy showed up twice in the Friends-iverse. The first time was “The One With the Evil Orthodontist,” when she asked Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) to be her maid of honor when she became Mrs. Dr. Barry Farber, D.D.S., only to find out that Barry had cheated on both of them with each other. Jennifer Grey portrayed Mindy in that Season 1 episode, but she apparently didn't leave with memories of the experience, she told MediaVillage: 

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