Grace Gummer

Every time I hear the name Grace Gummer, my first thought is "yeah, Meryl Streep's daughter" — and I imagine Grace has spent her entire career quietly refusing to let that be the whole story. She went to Vassar, earned a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of Arcadia, and then built out a real television resume across The Newsroom, American Horror Story: Freak Show, Extant, and Mr. Robot — shows that are genuinely good, not vanity projects. What I respect is that she's doing the work: stage, film, television, no obvious shortcuts. The shadow of having the greatest living actress as your mom would crush most people, but Grace seems to treat it like fuel rather than a ceiling, and honestly that stubbornness reads right on screen.

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Name (English)

Grace Gummer

Name (Japanese)

グレイス・ガマー

Reading

ぐれいす・がまー

Born

May 9, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / stage actor

University

Vassar College

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Theatre World Award

• Xhttps://x.com/gracegummer
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20Gummer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3486444

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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