Meryl Streep on Being a Grandmother, Personal Life Comments

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.”