Meryl Streep

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. In 2002, she returned to the forefront with two critically acclaimed performances. In the offbeat comedy Adaptation and in The Hours, in which she played a New York book editor throwing a party for a longtime friend dying of AIDS.

Meryl received her second Emmy Award for Angels in America. She delivered a triple role: Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, and Rabbi Isador Chemelwitz.

Streep keeps on winning awards. She holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, having been nominated 17 times since her first nomination in 1979.

Meryl married Donald Gummer in 1978. They have four children. Before her marriage to Gummer, Streep was engaged to actor John Cazale, who played Fredo in The Godfather (1972).

  1. The deer hunter (1978)
  2. Manhattan (1979)
  3. Angels in America (2003)
  4. Adaptation (2002)
  5. Doubt (2008)
  6. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  7. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
  8. The bridges of Madison County (1995)
  9. Silkwood (1983)
  10. Out of Africa (1985)

  • Julia (1977)
  • The deer hunter (1978)
  • Manhattan (1979)
  • The seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
  • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  • The French lieutenant’s woman (1981)
  • Still of the night (1982)
  • Sophie’s Choice (1982)
  • Silkwood (1983)
  • Falling in love (1984)
  • Plenty (1985)
  • Out of Africa (1985)
  • Heartburn (1986)
  • Ironweed (1987)
  • A cry in the dark (1988)
  • Postcards from the edge (1990)
  • Defending your life (1991)
  • Death becomes her (1992)
  • The house of the spirits (1993)
  • The river wild (1994)
  • The bridges of Madison County (1995)
  • Before and after (1996)
  • Marvin’s room (1996)
  • Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
  • One true thing (1998)
  • Music of the Heart (1999)
  • Adaptation (2002)
  • The hours (2002)
  • Angels in America (2003)
  • Lemony Snicket’s a series of unfortunate eve (2004)
  • Prime (2005)
  • A prairie home companion (2006)
  • The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  • The Ant Bully (2006)
  • Dark Matter (2007)
  • Evening (2007)
  • Rendition (2007)
  • Doubt (2008)
  • Julie & Julia (2009)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  • It’s Complicated (2009)
  • The iron Lady (2011)
  • Great Hope Springs (2012)
  • Arthur (2012)
  • Downsizing (2012)
  • Mommy & Me (2012)
  • Dewey (2012)
  • The Ice at the Bottom of the World (2012)
  • August: Osage County (2013)
  • The Homesman (2013)
  • Into the woods (2014)

Academy awards:

2012 Won Best Actress for: The Iron Lady (2011)
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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Associated press - Berlin film fest to honor Meryl Streep
BBC - Meryl got another Oscar nomination
BBC News - Mamma Mia! best musical
CNN - Meryl wins Golden Globe
CNN - Another award for Meryl?
Collider - Meryl attached to August: Osage County
Deadline - Meryl may be in August: Osage County
Deadline - Meryl Streep in web show
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
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High-def digest - Out of Africa and out on Blu-ray
High-def digest - Meryl in HD
Hollywood reporter - Uproar over Meryl Streep
Hollywood reporter - Meryl’s lifetime award
Hollywood reporter - Meryl Streep nominated for Bafta
IGN - It's complicated on Blu-ray
Los Angeles Times - Streep in talks to play Thatcher
Los Angeles Times - Berlin film fest to honor Meryl Streep
Los Angeles Times - Two golden nominations
Los Angeles Times - Meryl wins a kiss
Oscar - Meryl did it again
Oscars.org - Meryl Streep wins third Oscar
Playbill - Meryl’s daughter
SAG - Meryl and Julie & Julia
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Telegraph - Meryl Streep wins for role as Thatcher
The Playlist - Mike Nichols to direct Streep
The Sun - Meryl “too ugly” for role
Theater mania - Meryl and the Academy of Arts and Letter
TMR zoo - The Iron Lady dated and for Blu-ray
Variety - Meryl’s Rome award
Variety - Meryl in talks to join into the woods
Volkskrant (Dutch) - A new film for Marilyn
Washington post - Streep to receive Kennedy center honor