Mary Willa Gummer was born on 3rd August 1983 in New York City, USA of part-Norwegian, English, German, Swiss and Irish ancestry and is an actress, probably best known for her work in the TV series “Emily Owens, MD” (2012 – 2013). She is also known for her family relations, as she is the daughter of the actress Meryl Streep and the sculptor Don Gummer, and the sister of the actresses Grace Gummer and Louisa Gummer, and the singer-songwriter Henry Wolfe. Mamie has been active in the entertainment industry since 1986.
How much is the net worth of Mamie Gummer?
It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $10 million, as of the data presented in late 2017. Film and television are the main sources of Gummer’s modest fortune.
What is her early life, education?
To begin with, the girl grew up in Salisbury in Connecticut, and was educated at Kent School. She then studied at Northwestern University in Chicago, graduating in 2005 with majors in communications and theatre.
How did Mamie Gummer become famous?
Concerning her professional career, Mamie Gummer first appeared on screens as a child actress, at the age of three starring in “Heartburn” directed by Mike Nichols, alongside her mother and Jack Nicholson, but not again until 2005 after graduation, when she landed the lead role opposite Michael C. Hall in the play “Mr. Marmalade”, an off-Broadway production, for which performance, she received a Theatre World Award. Then Mamie Gummer played with co-star Kate Burton in the play “The Water’s Edge”, and was nominated for Lucille Lortel Award in the category of Outstanding Featured Actress. In 2006, she had a small role as a secretary in “The Hoax” by Lasse Hallström, so her net worth was now well established.
In the film “Evening” released in 2007, she played Lila Wittenborn during the scenes set in the 1950s, with her mother Meryl playing the character when the action moves to the 2000s. In 2008, she starred as Sally Smith Adams in the mini – series “John Adams”, and thereafter landed roles in series including “A Gifted Man” (2011) and “The Big C” (2012), then played the lawyer Nancy Crozier in the series “The Good Wife” (2010 – 2015), meantime in 2012 starring in the series “Emily Owens, MD”. In 2015 she played Nora, a Russian spy in the second season of “Manhattan”, and later that year she was back on stage, playing Jess in “Ugly Lies the Bone” by Lindsey Ferrentino, an off-Broadway production, for which role she was nominated for the Drama Desk Awards 2016 in the category of the Best Actress in a play.
What she’s doing now?
Most recently, in 2017 Mamie played Alice in Michael Mitnick’s play “The Siegel” at the South Coast Repertory in Los Angeles, and appeared in the feature film “An Actor Prepares”, also in the main cast. Overall, all the above mentioned engagements in film, television and theatre have added significant sums to the size of Mamie Gummer’s net worth.
What is her personal life?
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, Gummer married Benjamin Walker in 2011, but the two divorced two years later, since when Mamie has been single.
I'd like to learn how to cook. I've hauled around this big, old, heavy Martha Stewart cookbook in my suitcase to Cape Cod, L.A., Paris. I don't know what possessed me.
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My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured, why not shoot it, too? So they threw me into a dress that didn't fit, gave me lines I hadn't seen, in a dialect I didn't know, and two screaming, arching infants.
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I watched a lot of old television growing up - a lot of Nick at Nite. I watched 'Rhoda', 'Mary Tyler Moore', and 'I Love Lucy.' Growing up, I loved 'My So Called Life' and was devastated when that went off the air.
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All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how or why that started, but I'm nicknamed after my great-grandmother, who was Mamie. No one ever calls me Mary, except only if my husband is very serious about something.
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Mamie and her ex-husband Ben Walker (m. 2011-2013) met when they were both cast in the play Les Liasions Dangereuses on Broadway in 2008. This Roundabout Theater Company production also starred actress (and Mamie's family friend) Laura Linney.
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Her father is of Norwegian, English, and some French, descent. Her mother has German, Swiss-German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and remote French, ancestry.
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Separated from her husband of 20 months Benjamin Walker. [March 2013]
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Married Benjamin Walker at her parents' home in Connecticut before 150 guests, wearing her maternal grandmother's wedding gown. Her guests included Claire Danes, Laura Linney and Tracey Ullman, and her two sisters Grace Gummer and Louisa Gummer were her bridesmaids.
Received her second Lucille Lortel Award nomination (for Outstanding Featured Actress) for her performance in an Off-Broadway production of "Uncle Vanya" (2009).
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Engaged to Benjamin Walker, having been in a relationship with him since April 2008. [October 2009]
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Mamie is a 2005 graduate of Northwestern University's School of Communications.
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Cast as "Cecile" in the 2008 Broadway production of Christopher Hampton's play "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". This is the play on which the movie Dangerous Liaisons (1988), starring Glenn Close, was based; Close played Gummer's mother in Evening (2007).
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Her mother, Meryl Streep, was pregnant with Mamie when she accepted her Best Actress Oscar for Sophie's Choice (1982) in 1983.
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Appeared as a Starbucks barista in a scene cut from The Devil Wears Prada (2006) that is included in the deleted scenes on the DVD.
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Played the same character, at a younger age, as her real-life mother, Meryl Streep, in the film Evening (2007).
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Won a Theatre World Award in 2006 for her performance in "Mr. Marmalade".
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Nominated for the 2007 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Featured Actress for her performance in "The Water's Edge".