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Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Birthday: 1949-06-22 | Place of Birth: Summit, New Jersey, USA

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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Dear Elizabeth

as    Elizabeth Bishop

2021
Don't Look Up

as    President Orlean

2021
Moments Within Moments

as    Self

2020
Let Them All Talk

as    Alice Hughes

2020
The Prom

as    Dee Dee Allen

2020
2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

as    Self - Actress (archive footage)

2019
Little Women

as    Aunt Josephine March

2019
The Laundromat

as    Ellen Martin / Elena

2019
Big Little Lies - Season 2

as    Mary Louise Wright

2019
Museum Town

as    Narrator (voice)

2019
This Changes Everything

as    Self

2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as    Cousin Topsy

2017
The Post

as    Kay Graham

2017
Five Came Back

as    Narrator (voice)

2016
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

as    Elizabeth Murray (voice)

2016
Florence Foster Jenkins

as    Florence Foster Jenkins

2015
Suffragette

as    Emmeline Pankhurst

2015
Shout Gladi Gladi

as    Narrator

2015
Auschwitz

as    Narrator (voice)

2015
Ricki and the Flash

as    Ricki Rendazzo

2015
Everything Is Copy

as    Self

2014
The Giver

as    Chief Elder

2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

as    Eleanor Roosevelt

2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

as    Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)

2014
Into the Woods

as    Witch