Mamie Gummer

Born Mary Willa Gummer on August 3, 1983, in New York City, Mamie Gummer is the eldest daughter of actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer. Growing up in Salisbury, Connecticut, and Los Angeles, she was exposed to the arts from an early age. She attended Miss Porter’s School and graduated from Kent School before pursuing higher education in theater and communications at Northwestern University, where she graduated in 2005. Her early exposure to the film industry included an uncredited appearance at 20 months old in her mother’s film “Heartburn” (1986), under the name Natalie Stern, to minimize media attention.

Gummer began her professional acting career shortly after college, making her off-Broadway debut in Noah Haidle’s “Mr. Marmalade” (2005), which earned her a Theatre World Award. Her career steadily progressed with a minor film role in “The Hoax” (2006) and a significant role playing the younger version of her mother’s character in “Evening” (2007). She expanded into television with the HBO miniseries “John Adams” (2008) and made her Broadway debut in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” (2008), receiving critical acclaim for her performance. Her recurring role as Nancy Crozier in “The Good Wife” (2010-2015) and its spin-off “The Good Fight” (2018, 2021) became a notable part of her television work.

Throughout her career, Gummer has balanced roles in independent films, major motion pictures, and television series. Key film appearances include “Side Effects” (2013), “Cake” (2014), and “Ricki and the Flash” (2015), where she again acted opposite her mother. In television, she took on titular roles such as “Emily Owens, M.D.” (2012-2013) and has had prominent roles in series like “Manhattan” (2015), “The Collection” (2016), “True Detective” (2019), and “Blood of Zeus” (2020-2025). Her theatrical achievements include a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her role in “Ugly Lies the Bone” (2015).