Mia Goth has been keeping busy with a slate of high-profile projects that place her firmly at the center of two very different cinematic worlds. She recently appeared in Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” the gothic reimagining of Mary Shelley’s novel starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, where Goth plays two roles closely tied to Victor Frankenstein’s past and emotional core.
She’s also part of the ensemble for “Star Wars: Starfighter,” the upcoming space opera set five years after “The Rise of Skywalker,” expanding her presence within one of cinema’s biggest franchises.
While discussing this busy stretch of work during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Goth unexpectedly veered into a personal memory that revealed just how far her admiration for Amy Winehouse once went.
A Fan Story That Escalated One Step at a Time
Goth didn’t shy away from how intense her admiration was, opening the story by plainly stating, “I was a complete fanatic.” She explained that once she found out where Winehouse lived, her reaction was immediate and unquestioning: “One day, I discovered where she lived, and I thought to myself, ‘Brilliant!’” What followed wasn’t a one-off visit, but years of returning to the same spot, driven by the hope of simply seeing the singer.
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As the obsession deepened, the visits escalated into something more deliberate. “It got to a point where I was so determined to see Amy Winehouse that I decided that we had to start camping outside the house,” Goth recalled, adding that it eventually became routine. “It was my hobby,” she said, framing the behavior as an oddly innocent outlet for devotion rather than something she questioned at the time.
The most surreal moment came when she went alone. “The one time that no one decided to come with me, I thought, ‘I’m just gonna do it on my own,’” she said. When she arrived and found no one else there, Goth made a spontaneous decision: she knocked. To her shock, Winehouse answered through a monitor, simply saying, “Hello.”
Caught completely off guard, Goth admitted she panicked. “I didn’t expect her to pick up,” she said, explaining that she blurted out, “Hi, Amy!… I’ve got your guitar.” The confusion on the other end was immediate. “She’s like, ‘What?’ and she hung up,” Goth remembered—but for her, the brief exchange was enough. “It was everything I ever needed.”
