Ricki and the flash mamie gummer biography

— -- Mamie Gummer didn’t just inherit great acting chops from her three-time Academy Award-winning mom, Meryl Streep.

In her new movie, “Ricki and the Flash,” you can see she looks just like her, too!

Gummer plays Julie, the troubled daughter of Streep’s rock-star character, Ricki. Gummer told ABC News it didn’t take long to realize that being a doppelganger to her superstar mom has both its perks and challenges.

“I remember trying to kind of fly under the radar when I first got out of school.

And I went to general casting meetings, like at soap operas,” Gummer said.

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“It didn’t’ fly. It does sort of precede every door that I walk into in this way.”

Gummer, 32, told Peter Travers she was a bit nervous about taking on the role in “Ricki and the Flash,” which called for her to lash out at Streep on screen.

“I didn’t want her to take it personally, to be wounded at all.

But after the first take,