Birthday: 06/22/1949
Place of Birth: Summit, New Jersey, USA
Biography: Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected actresses of the modern era. Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with Julia. Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), the former giving Streep her first Oscar nomination and the latter her first win. She later won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Sophie's Choice (1982). Streep has received 16 Academy Award nominations, winning two, and 25 Golden Globe nominations, winning seven, more nominations than any other actor in the history of either award. Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, four New York Film Critics Circle Awards, five Grammy Award nominations, a BAFTA award, an Australian Film Institute Award and a Tony Award nomination, amongst others. She was awarded the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meryl Streep, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Little Women (2019) as Aunt Josephine March |
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as Tatiana "Topsy" Topotrepolovsky |
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This Changes Everything (2018) as Herself |
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We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World (2018) as Herself |
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Paul McCartney: Live at Grand Central Station (2018) as Herself; Cameo |
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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018) as Herself (archive footage) |
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) as Donna Sheridan |
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Every Act of Life (2018) as Maurine McElroy (voice) |
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The Post (2017) as Kay Graham |
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The Words That Built America (2017) as Herself |
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Five Came Back (2017) as Narrator |
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The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits (2017) as |
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100 Years (2017) as Narrator (voice) |
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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) as Florence Foster Jenkins |
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Starring Austin Pendleton (2016) as |
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Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016) as |
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小门神 (2016) as Narrator (voice) |
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Suffragette (2015) as Emmeline Pankhurst |
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Shout Gladi Gladi (2015) as Narrator |
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Everything Is Copy (2015) as |
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Ricki and the Flash (2015) as Ricki Rendazzo |
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Auschwitz (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
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Into the Woods (2014) as Witch |
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The Concert for Valor (2014) as Herself |
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The Giver (2014) as Chief Elder |
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The Homesman (2014) as Altha Carter |
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August: Osage County (2013) as Violet Weston |
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013) as Herself |
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Out of Print (2013) as Narrator |
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Girl Rising (2013) as Narrator - Ethiopia (voice) |
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A Fierce Green Fire (2013) as Narrator |
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Hope Springs (2012) as Kay |
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To the Arctic (2012) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Iron Lady (2011) as Margaret Thatcher |
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Wings of Life (2011) as Narrator |
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010) as Jennie |
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It's Complicated (2009) as Jane Adler |
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Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia (2009) as |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) as Felicity Fox (voice) |
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Julie & Julia (2009) as Julia Child |
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) as Herself |
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Doubt (2008) as Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
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Mamma Mia! (2008) as Donna Sheridan |
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An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' (2008) as |
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Theater of War (2008) as Herself |
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Dark Matter (2008) as Joanna Silver |
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Lions for Lambs (2007) as Janine Roth |
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Rendition (2007) as Corrine Whitman |
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Evening (2007) as Lila Ross |
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Hurricane on the Bayou (2006) as Narrator |
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The Ant Bully (2006) as Queen (voice) |
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006) as Miranda Priestly |
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A Prairie Home Companion (2006) as Yolanda Johnson |
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The Music Of Regret (2006) as The Woman |
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Stolen Childhoods (2005) as Narrator |
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Prime (2005) as Lisa Metzger |
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Josephine Anwhistle |
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The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA) |
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Stuck on You (2003) as Meryl Streep |
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The Hours (2002) as Clarissa Vaughan |
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Adaptation. (2002) as Susan Orlean |
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Vermeer Master of Light (2001) as Narrator |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) as Blue Mecha (voice) |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) as Herself - Actor |
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Ginevra's Story: Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait (1999) as Narrator |
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Music of the Heart (1999) as Roberta Guaspari |
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One True Thing (1998) as Kate Gulden |
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Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) as Kate Mundy |
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...First Do No Harm (1997) as Lori Reimuller |
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Marvin's Room (1996) as Lee |
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Before and After (1996) as Dr. Carolyn Ryan |
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The Bridges of Madison County (1995) as Francesca Johnson |
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The Living Sea (1995) as Narrator (voice) |
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The River Wild (1994) as Gail Hartman |
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The House of the Spirits (1993) as Clara del Valle Trueba |
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Death Becomes Her (1992) as Madeline Ashton |
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Age 7 in America (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
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Defending Your Life (1991) as Julia |
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Postcards from the Edge (1990) as Suzanne Vale |
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The Earth Day Special (1990) as |
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She-Devil (1989) as Mary Fisher |
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A Cry in the Dark (1988) as Lindy Chamberlain |
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Ironweed (1987) as Helen Archer |
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Heartburn (1986) as Rachel Samstrat |
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Out of Africa (1985) as Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen |
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Plenty (1985) as Susan Traherne |
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The Velveteen Rabbit (1984) as Herself - Narrator (voice) |
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Falling in Love (1984) as Molly Gilmore |
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Silkwood (1983) as Karen Silkwood |
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Sophie's Choice (1982) as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski |
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Still of the Night (1982) as Brooke Reynolds |
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Alice at the Palace (1982) as Alice |
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The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) as Sarah |
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Kiss Me, Petruchio (1981) as Katherine |
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) as Joanna Kramer |
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) as Karen Traynor |
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Uncommon Women and Others (1979) as Leilah |
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Manhattan (1979) as Jill |
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The Deer Hunter (1978) as Linda |
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Julia (1977) as Anne Marie |
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The Deadliest Season (1977) as Sharon Miller |
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Secret Service (1977) as Edith Varney |
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Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975) as |
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The Laundromat () as |