In the upcoming season, which will tackle the 2012 Presidential campaign, Gummer — the daughter of Oscar winner Meryl Streep — will play Hallie Shea, a reporter covering the Mitt Romney campaign. "The Newsroom," documenting the behind-the-scenes drama at a cable news program, features Tony nominee Jeff Daniels (God of Carnage), Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening), Alison Pill (Lieutenant of Inishmore), Jane Fonda (33 Variations, There Was a Little Girl), Sam Waterston (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), Emily Mortimer (The Merchant of Venice, The Light), Thomas Sadoski (The House of Blue Leaves, Other Desert Cities), Josh Pence ("The Social Network"), Olivia Munn and Dev Patel, among others.
Gummer has also been seen on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and guest-starred on NBC's "Smash."
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