Why Meryl Streep and Don Gummer Decided to Separate After 45 Years of Marriage

The Decades-Long Partnership: Strengths and Strains

For roughly 45 years, the couple navigated fame and privacy, art and awards. Yet in October 2023 it emerged that they had been separated for more than six years. Their spokesperson stated they “will always care for each other, and while they have chosen lives apart” the bond remains. The revelation reframed what their relationship had become: less headline-making couple, more lifelong allies.