Mamie Gummer
Mamie Gummer
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer is an American actress. She starred in the title role of the CW series Emily Owens, M.D., and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on The Good Wife. She has also appeared in the films Evening, Side Effects, Cake, and Ricki and the Flash. She was nominated for the 2016 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for the original production of Ugly Lies the Bone...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 August 1983
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
My eyes are too small, and they're too close together, and I have a pointy nose. But who cares? Who cares?!
I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.
I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork. I was not a cool kid in high school.
A lot of the scripts I read and the characters I get are 'the girl' in romantic films, and I don't know how comfortable I am, or the world is, with me being that.
L.A. is... I always feel sort of abducted when I'm there, like I've stepped onto another planet where everyone looks the same.
I was a theater major at Northwestern University and won a role in a play called 'Mr. Marmalade' after I graduated.
I went through so many phases because I moved schools a lot. I grew up primarily in Connecticut, but also here in L.A. for five years.
Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
I love the energy of an independent film set. No one is there for the money. Everyone is there 'cause they really want to be there. It makes all the difference in the world. It's without ego and agenda, other than just wanting to fulfill a creative dream.
I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
I have roles in plays that I hope that I'll be able to do one day. I might be doing them at, like, the East Wilton Playhouse in wherever. But I think that Edie Falco... to get something even resembling her type of roles, that would be amazing.
I don't think I'm ever really going to run the risk of disappearing into a Marvel franchise. I just don't know how I would fit into a catsuit.