Meryl Streep

Born:

June 22, 1949

Born as:

Mary Louise Streep

There are some days when even I think I'm overrated, but not today

Biography:

Born in Summit, New Jersey (USA), Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She started voice training at age 12 and took up acting in high school.

Streep made her Broadway debut in 1975 with Trelawny of the Wells and her screen debut in Julia (1977).

In 1978 she took the female lead in The Deer Hunter, picking up her first Academy Award nomination. That same year she also starred in the television miniseries Holocaust.

One year later Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) established her as a first-rank star. Streep's career continued to climb in the 1980s.

In the 1990s her fame declined a little. In spite of forays into comedy (Death becomes her (1992)), Streep was always considered a serious actress, her name typically associated with a serious, often depressing sort of film. In 1994 she tackled her first action film, The river wild and in 1995 she was back with The Bridges of Madison County (Directed by Clint Eastwood).

Meryl's reputation as an acting great remained, appearing in Marvin's Room , and completing another successful decade with Music of the Heart.

In the '00s, Streep made a triumphant return to her stage roots, appearing in the New York Public Theater's. She kept on winning awards.

Selected Movies:

Manhattan (1979)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Adaptation. (2002)
The Hours (2002)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

Academy awards:

2010 Nominated Best Actress for: Julie & Julia (2009)
2009 Nominated Best Actress for: Doubt (2008)
2007 Nominated Best Actress for: The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
2003 Nominated Best Actress for: Adaptation. (2002)
2000 Nominated Best Actress for: Music of the Heart (1999)
1999 Nominated Best Actress for: One True Thing (1998)
1996 Nominated Best Actress for: The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
1991 Nominated Best Actress for: Postcards from the Edge (1990)
1989 Nominated Best Actress for: A Cry in the Dark (1988)
1988 Nominated Best Actress for: Ironweed (1987)
1986 Nominated Best Actress for: Out of Africa (1985)
1984 Nominated Best Actress for: Silkwood (1983)
1983 Won Best Actress for: Sophie's Choice (1982)
1982 Nominated Best Actress for: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
1980 Won Oscar Best Actress for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
1979 Nominated Best Actress for: The Deer Hunter (1978)

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BBC - Mamma Mia! best musical
CNN - Another award for Meryl?
DVD Active - Meryl Streep Dark Matter
DVD Active - Julie & Julia & Meryl Streep
DVD Times - Doubt on Blu-ray and DVD
DVD Times - No Doubt for Meryl
DVD town - Mama Mia is for sale
Foprbes - Meryl earns a lot for the studios
Forbes - Meryl earned $24 million
High-Def Digest -
High-Def Digest - Out of Africa and out on Blu-ray
High-Def Digest - Meryl in HD
Hollywood reporter - Meryl’s lifetime award
IGN - It's complicated on Blu-ray
Los Angeles Times - Streep in talks to play Thatcher
Los Angeles Times - Two golden nominations
Los Angeles Times - Meryl wins a kiss
Oscar - Meryl did it again
Playbill - Meryl’s daughter

Rumors and new films

- Arthur -
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman, his family doesn't like.
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- Downsizing -
A man strapped for cash who decides his life would be much easier if he undergoes a process to shrink himself. Streep's part is yet unknown
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- Dewey -
A fact-based film about a kitten's impact on a town. Meryl will play the author, who works at the library
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- Great Hope Springs -
Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges will play a married couple that attend therapy, trying to figure out whether or not they want to continue their relationship.
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- The Ice at the Bottom of the World -
A retired Navy captain returns to his home in the Chesapeake Bay, where his long-time absence has taken a huge toll on his family.
Status: Maybe, maybe not

News

This week 3 years ago Rendition premiered (September 07, 2007)
A CIA analyst questions his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation at a secret detention facility outside the US. Meryl play’s a government official who approves the transfer -- the so-called rendition -- to a Middle East country.

This week 11 years ago Music of the Heart premiered (September 06, 1999)

This week 12 years ago Dancing at Lughnasa premiered (September 04, 1998)

This week 25 years ago Plenty premiered (September 10, 1985)

-September 01, 2010
Forbes magazine has published their annual list of actors in Hollywood who are the best investment for the movie studios greenlighting new projects. According to Forbes, each $1 studios spend Meryl for one of their films, returns an average $21 of profit.
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Trivia

With 16 Academy Award nominations (13 for Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress) Meryl's the most nominated actor ever. She got her first nomination in 1979 for The Deer Hunter (1978) and the last one in 2010 for Julie & Julia (2009)

Meryl learned to play the violin for her role in Music of the Heart (1999). She practiced 6 hours a day for 8 weeks.

Meryl Streep was Katharine Hepburn’s least favorite modern actress.
--Source: Kate Remembered, Page 176

Meryl has a star on Hollywood Boulevard. It’s located between Orange Drive and La Brea Avenue.

Meryl has her handprints set in cement on Hollywood Boulevard (Hollywood, USA, in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater).
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Early in her career, Streep received a letter from actress Bette Davis. Davis told Streep that she felt that she was her successor as the premier American actress.

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