Meryl Streep’s youngest daughter, Louisa Jacobson, is opening about her sexual identification.
Jacobson, 33, who’s a star on HBO’s The Gilded Age, posted her first official Instagram pictures with accomplice Anna Blundell on Saturday, June 22. Taking their relationship public amid Satisfaction Month, the actress wrote, “Blessed to be coming into the Joyful New Period bb,” and added a string of coronary heart, fireplace and rainbow-flag emojis.
Jacobson’s caption alluded to a latest New York Instances story headlined “We’re Getting into a Joyful New Period of Lesbian Vogue,” which she screenshotted in her picture carousel alongside her selfie with Blundell, in addition to a solo shot of herself sporting a loose-fitting black swimsuit.
“LIVE queen!” Ariana DeBose wrote within the feedback, whereas Derek Blasberg added, “Completely satisfied satisfaction.”
Followers additionally gushed over the thrilling information, with one particular person writing, “COMING OUT AT YOUR MOM’S BIRTHDAY IS SO ICONIC.” (Streep turned 75 years outdated over the weekend.)
Blundell, who produces high-fashion photoshoots for Versace and Chloe, amongst different manufacturers, featured Jacobson on her personal Instagram account final December. Jacobson replied to her put up, writing, “OMFG ILYSM,” which prompted Blundell to reply “ily,” internet-speak for “I really like you.”
In late Might, Blundell posted a photograph of herself smiling at a social gathering. “Life is so enjoyable and funky & I’m the luckiest!!!” she gushed in her caption. Jacobson responded, “Should be good to be so attractive.”
Like her Oscar-winner mom, Jacobson graduated from the Yale Faculty of Drama and received her begin in theatrical productions earlier than pivoting to display roles. She has performed socially acutely aware socialite Marian Brook in The Gilded Age since 2022. Final 12 months, she and her co-stars, together with Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski, had been nominated for a Display screen Actors Guild award for his or her ensemble work on the sequence.
Earlier this 12 months, Jacobson solely spoke with Us Weekly about The Gilded Age’s upcoming third season, saying, “I feel season 3 is simply going to be a continuation of the identical scrumptious drama. However possibly with slightly extra energy and edge.”
She teased, “That’s what I’m hoping,” earlier than calling on creator Julian Fellowes to “take notes!”
Engaged on the present — which follows the nouveau-riche Russell household and their old-money neighbors, the Van Rhijns, in Eighteen Eighties New York Metropolis — had been a studying curve for Jacobson, the final of Streep and sculptor Don Gummer’s 4 kids. (Streep introduced in October 2023 that she and Gummer, who additionally share Henry, 44, Mamie, 40, and Grace, 38, had been separated and had been for greater than six years.)
“[I] selected to bury my want to behave,” Jacobson advised Self-importance Honest in February 2022. “I wanted to show to myself, my household, and my friends that someway I used to be completely different.”
Jacobson was drawn to her Gilded Age character due to their similarities.
“[Marian] doesn’t need her life handed to her. She desires to pave her personal path,” Jacobson mentioned, including, “She’s an individual who doesn’t let the shiny exterior idiot her.”