The three-time Oscar-winning actress has been married to the American sculptor since 1978.

But in a statement to Sky News, a spokesperson for Streep: "Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been separated for more than six years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart."

They have four children together - musician Henry, 43, and Mamie, 40, Grace, 37, and Louisa, 32 - who have all followed their mother into acting.

They also have five grandchildren, with daughter Grace most recently welcoming a daughter with Grammy-winning British musician Mark Ronson.

Streep, 74, and Gummer, 76, last appeared together at the 2018 Oscars. Streep was pictured on Friday at the Princesa de Asturias Awards 2023 wearing her wedding ring.

The couple met while the Oscar winner was mourning the death of her boyfriend and Deer Hunter co-star John Cazale, who had lung cancer.

In her 2012 acceptance speech after winning the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in The Iron Lady, Streep paid tribute to her husband.

"First, I'm going to thank Don because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech, they play him out with music," she said.

"I want him to know that everything I value most in our lives you've given me."

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The news was first reported by US outlet Page Six.

Streep has most recently had roles in comedy murder mystery series, Only Murders In The Building, drama Let Them All Talk and Netflix satire Don't Look Up.

The Mamma Mia! and The Devil Wears Prada star has been nominated for a total of 21 Academy Awards.

Her winning Oscar roles include the legal drama Kramer Vs Kramer in 1979 as Joanna Kramer, as the titular character in psychological film Sophie's Choice in 1982 and as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.