Meryl Streep
Birthday: 1949-06-22 | Place of Birth: Summit, New Jersey, USAMary 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
Known For
Acting
Role
as Elizabeth Bishop
as President Orlean
as Self
as Alice Hughes
as Dee Dee Allen
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
as Ellen Martin / Elena
as Mary Louise Wright
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Cousin Topsy
as Kay Graham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Elizabeth Murray (voice)
as Florence Foster Jenkins
as Emmeline Pankhurst
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Ricki Rendazzo
as Self
as Chief Elder
as Eleanor Roosevelt
as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
as Witch
