Mamie Gummer is a talented American actress. She portrayed the lead character in the CW series Emily Owens, M.D. from 2012 to 2013, and she also had a recurring role as Nancy Crozier on The Good Wife from 2010 to 2015, as well as its spin-off, The Good Fight, which aired in 2018.
Childhood & Family
Mamie Gummer was born on August 3, 1983. Her mother is the renowned actress Meryl Streep, while her father is the sculptor Don Gummer.
Mamie, along with her older brother and two younger sisters, spent her childhood in Los Angeles, California, and Salisbury, Connecticut. She received her education at Miss Porter’s School and subsequently graduated from Kent School.
She then pursued higher education at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she completed her degree in 2005.
Mamie Gummer’s Career
Mamie Gummer first graced the big screen as a toddler, credited as “Natalie Stern” in her mother’s 1986 film “Heartburn.”
As she transitioned into adulthood, she made her film acting debut with a minor role in Lasse Hallström’s 2006 dramedy “The Hoax,” which starred Richard Gere. The next year, Gummer was featured in the drama “Evening,” an adaptation of the work by Susan Minot.
Gummer later appeared in the war drama “Stop-Loss” and the adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ work, “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond,” both of which debuted in 2008.
She then participated in two films in 2009: the historical musical dramedy “Taking Woodstock” and the period romance “The Lightkeepers.”
In 2010, Mamie Gummer starred in the drama “Twelve Thirty” and also in John Carpenter’s supernatural horror film “The Ward.”
Following a three-year hiatus from cinema, Gummer made a comeback in 2013 with two films: “The Lifeguard,” featuring Kristen Bell and David Lambert, and Steven Soderbergh’s “Side Effects,” which starred Rooney Mara and Jude Law. Gummer subsequently appeared in the Jennifer Aniston drama “Cake” in 2014.
Mamie Gummer made her television debut in 2008, playing the character Sally Adams in the highly regarded HBO miniseries “John Adams.” Next, from 2010 to 2015, she took on the recurring role of Nancy Crozier in the CBS legal drama series “The Good Wife.”
From 2018 to 2021, Mamie Gummer resumed her portrayal of Nancy Crozier on “The Good Fight,” a spinoff of “The Good Wife.”
In 2018, she also guest-starred in the Hulu horror series “Castle Rock” and contributed her voice to an episode of the adult animated sketch comedy series “Robot Chicken.” The subsequent year, Gummer played a recurring character in the third season of the HBO crime anthology series “True Detective.”
Personal Life
In 2011, Mamie Gummer married her longtime partner, actor and comedian Benjamin Walker. The couple lived in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, until their divorce in 2013.
Afterward, Gummer began a relationship with writer Mehar Sethi, to whom she became engaged in 2018. They married early the following year and had a son shortly thereafter.
Net Worth
Mamie Gummer is an American actress with a net worth estimated at $10 million. She is recognized for her performances in television series such as “Emily Owens, M.D.,” “The Good Wife,” and “The Good Fight.” Additionally, she has featured in several films, including appearances with her mother in “Evening” and “Ricki and the Flash.”
