The daughter of Meryl Streep Grace Gummer has joined Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama The Newsroom to play Hallie Shea, a reporter in the Mitt Romney campaign, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
This follows Rosemarie DeWitt and Patton Oswalt who also boarded the project in recurring roles.
TV-wise Gummer co-starred in Nickelodeon's Gigantic as well as have a guest-star spot in Smash from NBC, playing the daughter of Anjelica Huston's character.
In film, Gummer was last seen in J.C. Chandor's effective drama Margin Call, alongside Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore and Simon Baker