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Mamie Gummer Cast on CW Doctor Show

Mamie Gummer attends the opening night of
Mamie Gummer attends the opening night of “Richard III” at the BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building on January 18, 2012 in New York City. Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images

Mamie Gummer will star in the CW’s upcoming medical pilot, Deadline reports. The First Cut, from new 90210 co-executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, is about a new doctor who tries to ditch her “nerdy” past, only to discover that “life at the hospital where she works is no different than high school.” Hey, that’s a straight-up plot from the third season of Grey’s Anatomy! (Callie: “It’s high school with scalpels.”) This is Gummer’s second doctor show — she was a regular on the similarly Grey’s-ish Off the Map — and she’s recurred on The Good Wife as recently as this week as faux-ditzy opposing counsel, but she probably looks familiar because of her resemblance to her madre, Meryl Streep. Prediction: In the pilot, Gummer’s geeky character (puh-leeze) will deal with putdowns and snide remarks from the gorgeous queen bees of the hospital, only to show them up by embracing her undercover loveliness in a slo-mo post-makeover scene that shows her purposefully marching down a hallway, hair aflouncing, confidence abrewing.

Mamie Gummer Cast on CW Doctor Show