Did You Know Meryl Streep’s Daughter Is in ‘The Gilded Age’? Here’s Who She Plays
The actress’ character might be getting into the Russell family in The Gilded Age season 4.
It’s fair to say HBO’s The Gilded Age boasts of as many wealthy socialites as it has major movie and TV stars in its leading cast, but not many might have realised that one of its members is directly connected to Meryl Streep.
Louisa Jacobson, who is famous for the role of Marian Brook in The Gilded Age, is actually the youngest daughter of Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer.
The matter might have remained unknown to many fans of the show since Jacobson never used her parents’ last name, preferring her middle name because there already is an actress named Louisa Gummer.
You Could Also See Louisa Jacobson in Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’ This Year
Even though the actress doesn’t have many titles in her filmography yet, a major role in HBO’s The Gilded Age is now also joined by a role not less impactful in Celine Song’s controversial romantic comedy Materialists.
In the movie, Jacobson stars as Charlotte, a bride-to-be who starts having second thoughts about her upcoming wedding right before the ceremony.
Charlotte is one of the clients of Lucy, Dakota Johnson’s character who proceeds to console the former and later meets Pedro Pascal’s Harry during the later reception.
Louisa Jacobson Says She Altered Marian’s Character So That ‘The Gilded Age’ Wouldn’t “Write Her Off”
Marian and Larry’s major plot twist in the show’s third season was perceived as somewhat controversial, specifically because of Marian’s reaction to it.
In one of the episodes, she discovers that Larry went to a “house of ill repute” right after they became engaged, which immediately leads Marian to thinking that Larry was audacious enough to cheat on her even before getting married.
When Marian made an impulsive decision to call their engagement off, The Gilded Age’s viewers thought this was premature to say the least, especially since Marian had zero details about what exactly Larry was doing there.
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As Louisa Jacobson said in an interview with Deadline, both she and The Gilded Age’s writers did everything to not cause a negative reaction towards the character as a whole.
“The writers were very receptive to my thoughts. The scenes that I pushed for [gave] specific reasons as to why Marian did this and what the root of it is so that we don’t just write her off as a prudish, jealous person”, Jacobson said.
