Mamie Gammer is an American film, theater and television actress who was awarded the Lucille Lortel Prize in the nomination for Best Actress in the play “Near the Water's Edge” and the winner of the Theater World Prize as the best supporting actress for playing in a black comedy play “ Mr. Marmalade ”(by Noah Hadel).
Celebrity biography
Mamie (full name Mary Villa Hammer) was born on August 3, 1983 in New York, in the family of an Oscar-winning actress, an idol of several generations and millions of hearts, Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Hammer, now known for a large number of massive metal street and museum installations in abstract art style. Her mother was pregnant Mary when she played one of her best works in the movie "Sophie's Choice", for which she subsequently received an Oscar. Mamie Gummer has an older brother, musician Henry “Hank” Gammer and two younger sisters: Louise Jacobson Gammer and also actress Grace Jane Gummer. The celebrity, along with the rest of the children, grew up in Salisbury, a city in Lichfield County, Connecticut. She later spent five years in Los Angeles.
Hammer attended Miss Porter's private girls' preparatory school and Kent's private school in Kent, Connecticut. Then she was educated at Northwestern University with a degree in Theater and Communications. After training, she participated in the productions of “Laramie Project”, “12 Volt Heart” and “House of Blue Leaves”.
Carier start
Mamie Gummer's film debut took place at the age of three in the comedy melodrama "Jealousy" directed by Mike Nichols. She starred with her mother and Jack Nicholson. To avoid media hype, Mary was listed as Natalie Stern in the credits. Even then, the little actress received a positive review in the daily New York Times.
In 2005, on the stage of the Laura Pels Theater in New York, the premiere of the play Mr. Marmalade took place, in which the future star played with Michael S. Hall. This production brought Mamie worldwide theater popularity.
Movies with Mamie Gummer
The following year, the actress starred in small episodes: in the drama “The Mystification” with Richard Gere and in the tragicomedy “The Devil Wears Prada” with the barbarian “Starbucks”. True, this scene was subsequently deleted and was released along with the other cut episodes only on DVD.
Mamie Gummer, in the photo so similar to her famous mother, in 2007 played in the melodrama "Evening" by the bestselling writer Susan Mino, who also participated in the filming of this picture. The role of the young heroine Meryl Streep was so liked by the director Laioshi Koltai that he invited Mary to the cast of the film “All Saints Day”.
In 2007, the actress returned to the stage and played Sophie Tuckerman in Lilian Hellman's play Autumn Garden, and then took part in the production of Desdemona: A Play about a Scarf, which was held on the stage of the Horizon Dramatists theater. A year later, appeared on television in the role of Sally Smith Adams from the HBO series "John Adams" about the political life of the US President, performed by actor Paul Giamatti. The film won the Golden Globe and the Emmy Award. This was followed by shooting in the military drama Stop Loss and in the independent film directed by Jody Markell, The Loss of the Diamond Tear.
The following year, the biographical drama “Storming Woodstock” was released about the most famous rock festival of 1969, where the actress played the role of Tisha, Lang’s assistant. In parallel, Mamie Gummer performed at the theater, playing Sonia from the play “Uncle Vanya”, for which she was subsequently nominated for the Lucille Lortel Prize as “Outstanding Actress”.
In the legal drama series "The Good Wife", in the thirteenth episode of the first season, Mary played the lawyer Nancy Cruiser. Then this role was repeated in two more episodes of the second season.
In 2010, the horror film "Chamber" was released, where Mamie performed one of the main characters - Emily. Among the famous works of the actress and the image of Dr. Emily Owens in the eponymous series - after the release of 13 episodes, it was closed due to low ratings.
Personal life Mamie Gummer
With her ex-husband, actor Benjamin Walker, Mary met on the stage of the theater, playing in the Broadway production of Dangerous Liaisons. After months of relations, in October 2009, Walker made a proposal to Hammer. Two years later, they married at Mamie's parents' house. The couple settled in Brooklyn, New York. But the marriage did not last long: in 2013 they announced a divorce.
In August 2018, Mary became engaged to producer and screenwriter Mehar Sethi, and on December 7, it became known that the young were expecting their first child.