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My Take
What I admire about Mamie Gummer is her refusal to coast. Trained at Northwestern and honored with a Theatre World Award in 2006, she built her craft on stage before television came calling. Her Nancy Crozier on The Good Wife is, to me, a small masterclass: an opposing counsel you should despise but somehow enjoy every second she is on screen. That takes precision. Whether leading Emily Owens, M.D. or stealing scenes in films like Ricki and the Flash, she strikes me as an actor who values texture over spotlight, and those are the careers that quietly last.
Overview
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer (born August 3, 1983) is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series Emily Owens, M.D. (2012–2013), and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on The Good Wife (2010–2015) and its spin-off, The Good Fight (2018). She has also appeared in the films Evening (2007), Side Effects (2013), Cake (2014), and Ricki and the Flash (2015).
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mamie Gummer
- Name (Japanese)
- メイミー・ガマー
- Reading
- めいみー・がまー
- Born
- August 3, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Northwestern University
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Theatre World Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.