Meryl Streep Playfully Reveals She’s an “Over-Involved” Grandma of 6

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Meryl Streep shared rare insight into her life as a grandmother of six, admitting she finds spending time with Henry Gummer, Mamie Gummer and Grace Gummer’s kids “divine.”

By Olivia Evans Apr 07, 2026 6:04 PM

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Meryl Streep isn’t letting her time as a grandmother go slippin’ through her fingers.

More than six years after the Mamma Mia! alum became a grandmother, she’s proclaimed it as one of the best roles she’s ever landed.

“It’s just grabbing seconds, just grabbing everything you can of them,” Meryl explained in a conversation with Vogue published April 7, “with the knowledge of how completely fleeting it all is and how rapidly time goes.”

Back in 2019, Meryl and ex Don Gummer assumed grandparent duties after daughter Mamie Gummer, welcomed Peter, now 6, in 2019, with ex Mehar Seth. Their daughter Mary, 4, arrived two years later.

Meanwhile, Henry Gummer and his wife Tamyrn Gummer added two more to Meryl and Don’s brood—daughter Ida in 2020 and son Quinn in 2022—with Grace Gummer and her husband Mark Ronson welcoming their own daughters in 2023 and 2025.

And though her eldest grandchild is barely in elementary school, Meryl—also mom to daughter Louisa Jacobson with Don—emphasized, “It’s the longest, shortest time.”

“You can’t get anything back,” the 76-year-old said. “So take as much as you can…. I find it divine. I have six grandchildren, six under six.”

And while Meryl joked she’s an “over-involved” grandmother, she couldn’t have it any other way.

“I can’t even talk about how much it means to me that my kids give me as much time as they do with their kids,” the Devil Wears Prada 2 star explained. “The only thing is that they’re on two coasts, so I’m in the airplane a lot.”

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As for whether Meryl would welcome more grandchildren? You can count on it.

“I hope we’re not done,” she added, “but we’ll see.”

Of course, Meryl will never really be done being a mom, either.

As she told Good Housekeeping in 2008 of raising her four kids in the spotlight, “It’s a challenge but the best kind of challenge.”

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