Grace Gummer
| Grace Gummer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grace Jane Gummer May 9, 1986 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vassar College (2008) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Parent(s) | Don Gummer Meryl Streep |
| Relatives | Henry Wolfe Gummer (brother) Mamie Gummer (sister) Louisa Gummer (sister) |
Grace Jane Gummer (born May 9, 1986) is an American actress. She received a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of Arcadia. Her television work includes recurring roles on the HBO series The Newsroom (2013–14), and the FX series American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014–15), and a regular role on the CBS series Extant (2014–15).
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Early life
Gummer was born in New York City, New York.[1] The daughter of actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer, she grew up in Los Angeles and Connecticut with older brother Henry Wolfe Gummer, older sister Mamie Gummer and younger sister Louisa Gummer.
Career
Gummer (billed as Jane Grey) appeared with Streep in the 1993 film The House of the Spirits, as the younger version of her mother's character, Clara del Valle. After graduating from her mother's alma mater Vassar College with a degree in Art History and Italian, she made her stage debut in 2008 in Lukas Bärfuss's The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents.[2][3] From 2010-11, she starred as Anna Moore on the TeenNick show Gigantic,[4] which premiered October 8, 2010.
Gummer appeared in the 2010 film Meskada, in which she played the role of Nat Collins, before playing Abby in Bashert (2010) with Paulo Costanzo. She also had a small role as a student in Julia Roberts' class in Larry Crowne (2011), which was directed by Tom Hanks.[5]
In the spring of 2011 she performed the role of Chloe Coverly in the revival of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York.
Gummer appeared as Katie Rand on the hit NBC television series Smash on March 26, 2012, in the episode entitled "The Coup". The character Katie Rand is a humanitarian attempting to bring peace to her divorcing parents, including mother played by Anjelica Huston.
Gummer had a recurring role on the 2013 television series Zero Hour and joined the cast of the HBO series The Newsroom beginning in its second season, which premiered on July 14, 2013.
In 2014 Gummer starred alongside Halle Berry in her new show Extant.
Personal Life
Gummer is of Swiss-German, German-English-Irish through her mother actress Meryl Streep's side and Norwegian-German through her father sculptor Don Gummer's side.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Meskada | Nat Collins | |
| 2010 | Bashert | Abby | Short film |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Natalie Calimeris | |
| 2012 | Frances Ha | Rachel | |
| 2013 | The Homesman | Arabella Sours | |
| 2014 | Jenny's Wedding | Anne | |
| 2014 | Learning to Drive | Tasha |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2011 | Gigantic | Anna Moore | 18 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Smash | Katie Rand | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Zero Hour | FBI Agent Paige Willis | 6 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | The Newsroom | Hallie Shea | 10 episodes |
| 2013 | American Horror Story: Coven | Millie | Episode: "The Axeman Cometh" |
| 2014–2015 | Extant | Julie Gelineau | 21 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Penny | 6 episodes |
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