Early life and education

Gummer was born in New York City, New York, and is the daughter of actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer. She grew up in Salisbury, Connecticut, and also spent five years in Los Angeles, California, with her older brother, Henry Wolfe Gummer, and younger sisters, actress Grace Gummer and model Louisa Gummer.

Gummer attended Miss Porter's School, and graduated from the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, before continuing her studies in theater and communications at Northwestern University, graduating in 2005.

Career

As a young child, she appeared with her mother in Heartburn (credited under the name Natalie Stern to avoid press scrutiny). Twenty months old at the time of filming, she received a positive review in the New York Times. After graduating from college in 2005, she made her off-Broadway debut alongside Michael C. Hall in the premiere of Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade, for which she won a Theatre World Award. In 2007, she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for her performance in Theresa Rebeck's The Water's Edge.

Gummer made her motion-picture debut as an adult with a minor role in Lasse Hallström's The Hoax (2006), starring Richard Gere. In 2007, she starred with her mother in Michael Cunningham's film adaptation of Susan Minot's novel Evening, playing her mother as a young woman. The film, directed by Lajos Koltai, featured Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close, and Claire Danes.

She portrayed Sally Adams in the 2008 HBO mini series John Adams, which details the life of the second President of the United States. She made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-nominated revival of Les liaisons dangereuses in 2008, for which she received critical praise. She also guest-starred on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife in the season 1 episode "Bad" portraying Nancy Crozier. Her character returned again on season 2 episodes "Cleaning House" and "Getting Off".

In 2010, she starred in The Lightkeepers with Richard Dreyfuss, Tom Wisdom, Blythe Danner and Bruce Dern.

Starting in 2011, she starred in the ABC medical show Off the Map with Zach Gilford and Valerie Cruz. The show was created by Jenna Bans and Shonda Rhimes. In April, 2011, she starred with Hamish Linklater and Alison Fraser, in the Off-Broadway production of The School For Lies written by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, and produced by Classic Stage Company.

In 2012, she starred in the CW's Emily Owens, M.D.. The series was cancelled early during its first season, but the network continued to air the rest of its 13-episode order. Starting in 2015, she began a featured role in the WGN America series Manhattan.

From October to December 2015, she starred in the original production of the play Ugly Lies the Bone for the Roundabout Theater Company, and received a 2016 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her performance.

On February 1, 2016, it was announced that Gummer had joined the cast of the Amazon series The Collection as a series regular in the role of Helen Sabine.

Personal life

After a year and a half of dating, Gummer became engaged to actor Benjamin Walker in October, 2009. They married in July, 2011 at her parents' home in Connecticut, and resided in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City. In March, 2013, it was announced that Gummer and Walker had amicably separated and plan to divorce.

Gummer has been involved with charities such as Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi Network.

Her father is of Norwegian and English descent. Her mother has German, Swiss-German, English, and Irish ancestry.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Heartburn	Annie Forman	Credited as Natalie Stern
2003	Reservations	Hostess	Short film
2006	Hoax, TheThe Hoax	Dana
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	Starbucks employee	Deleted scene
2007	Evening	Lila Wittenborn
	All Saints Day	Lily	Short film
2008	Alabama Leaves		Short film
	Stop-Loss	Jeanie
	Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, TheThe Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Julie
2009	Taking Woodstock	Tisha
	Lightkeepers, TheThe Lightkeepers	Ruth
2010	Coach	Stella
2010	Twelve Thirty	Maura
	Ward, TheThe Ward	Emily
2012	He's Way More Famous Than You	Herself
2013	Lifeguard, TheThe Lifeguard	Mel
	Side Effects	Kayla
2014	Cake	Bonnie
2015	The End of the Tour	Julie
2015	Ricki and the Flash	Julie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	John Adams	Sally Smith Adams	3 episodes
2010-15	Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife	Nancy Crozier	8 episodes
2011	Off the Map	Dr. Mina Minard	13 episodes
	Gifted Man, AA Gifted Man	Gemma	Episode: "In Case of Exposure"
2012	Big C, TheThe Big C	Maxine Cooper	3 episodes
2012-13	Emily Owens, M.D.	Emily Owens	13 episodes
2014	Elementary	Margaret Bray	Episode: "Terra Pericolosa"
2015	Manhattan	Nora	6 episodes
2016	The Collection	Helen Sabine

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Laramie Project, TheThe Laramie Project		Northwestern University Theater
2004	12 Volt Heart		Northwestern University Theater
2004	House of Blue Leaves, TheThe House of Blue Leaves		Northwestern University Theater
2005-2006	Mr. Marmalade	Lucy	Laura Pels Theatre, NYC
2006	Water's Edge, TheThe Water's Edge	Erica	Second Stage Theatre, NYC
2007	Autumn Garden, TheThe Autumn Garden	Sophie Tuckerman	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2007	Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief		Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theatre
2008	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Cécile Volanges	American Airlines Theatre
2008	Hunting and Gathering	Bess	Primary Stages, NYC
2009	Uncle Vanya	Sonya	Classic Stage Company, NYC
2015	Ugly Lies the Bone	Jess	Roundabout Theatre, NYC Pending - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Awards

• (2006) Theatre World Award
  • Winner: Best Supporting Actress for Mr. Marmalade
• (2007) Lucille Lortel Award
  • Nomination: Outstanding Featured Actress for The Water's Edge
• (2009) Lucille Lortel Award
  • Nomination: Outstanding Featured Actress for Uncle Vanya
• (2016) Drama Desk Award
  • Nomination: Outstanding Actress in a Play for Ugly Lies The Bone at Roundabout Underground

[ Source: Wikipedia ]