Meryl Streep Crashed Her Daughter's Gilded Age Party In The Most Charming Way

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Just when you thought you couldn't love Meryl Streep any more, a video leaks of her crashing a party in the most charming way. Cynthia Nixon, who's in the cast of HBO's new period drama The Gilded Age, threw a party to celebrate the premiere this week, and shared some delightful footage of Meryl via Instagram.

Louisa Jacobson, Meryl's youngest daughter, stars in the series, and appears in the video alongside Nixon. As the pair raise glasses of champagne, a beaming Meryl sneaks past the camera, looking every inch the proud parent.

"Hi Meryl! Last night’s little @GildedAgeHBO hang with @Louisa_Jacobson, @DeneeBenton and @BenAhlers (and crashed by Louisa’s mom)," Nixon wrote in her caption to the post, which is unfortunately no longer available to watch.

The Gilded Age is the newest project from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. Set in the late 19th century, the show stars Jacobson as Marian Brook, a young woman who relocates from rural Pennsylvania to New York City to live with her wealthy aunts (Nixon and Christine Baranski), after the death of her father. She's accompanied by a young aspiring writer (Denée Benton) who's also seeking a fresh start.

As Marian is seduced by the promise of the city, she's also caught up in her aunts' battle with a railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife. Per the official synopsis, "exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?"

The show's been in the works for almost a decade—Fellowes started working on the first iteration of it way back in 2012, and was at the time developing it for NBC. It ended up on the back burner for several years, and was finally greenlit in 2018 before ultimately moving to HBO.

The Gilded Age premiered this past Monday, January 24, on HBO and HBO Max.

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