Meryl Streep’s daughter Louisa Jacobson announced she was queer (Picture: Schipper/FilmMagic)
Meryl Streep’s daughter Louisa Jacobson has come out as lesbian and revealed her girlfriend.
Louisa, 33, chose The Devil Wears Prada star’s 75th birthday weekend to reveal her sexuality and confirm the identity of her girlfriend as producer Anna Blundell.
On Instagram, Louisa shared a carousel of photos, which included one of her and Anna with their faces close together in moody red lighting/
She captioned the post: ‘Blessed to be entering the Joyful New Era bb (flame and Pride flag emojis).’
Among Louisa’s pictures was an online article with the headline: ‘We’re Entering a Joyful New Era of Lesbian Fashion.’
Fans flooded Louisa’s post with supportive comments, with @skymaddas saying: ‘COMING OUT (ON) YOUR MOM’S BIRTHDAY IS SO ICONIC (fire, Pride flag and couple emojis.)’
Louisa shared a picture of herself with girlfriend Anna (Picture: Instagram / Louisa Jacobson)
Louisa’s girlfriend Anna works as a producer (Picture: Instagram / Anna Blundell)
Louisa (far right) used her mother’s birthday weekend to announce she was queer (Picture: Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images)
@bacarones commented: ‘The lesbians keep winning!!!’
Actress Ariana DeBose, 33, who is queer, said: ‘LIVE queen!’
Louisa graduated from the Yale School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts in acting and is the youngest child of Meryl and her estranged husband Don Gummer.
The pair also have son Henry Wolfe Gummer, 44, daughter Mamie Gummer, 40, and 38-year-old daughter Grace Gummer – and are grandparents to five grandchildren.
Louisa is Don and Meryl’s youngest child (Picture: WireImage)
Louisa also shared an article celebrating lesbian fashion (Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)
It was revealed in October 2023 the couple – who got hitched in September 1978 – had been quietly separated for more than six years.
A representative for Kramer vs Kramer star, whose last high-profile public outing with her sculptor partner was at the 2018 Oscars, said at the time: ‘While they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart.’
Louisa works as an actress and is best known for starring in HBO period drama The Gilded Age.
This year she served as an assistant director for the Off-Broadway play Invasive Species. She has also filmed a role in upcoming rom-com Materialists, which stars Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans and Dakota Johnson.
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