Meryl Streep is a Hollywood superstar and stage performer who has been referred to as the greatest living actress. Since 1975 she's been gracing our stages and screens with a talent that only gets better!
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Join MemoriesMary Carr Streep was born, and named Mary Louise Streep.
Mary Carr Streep moved to New York, following a highschool and college acting career that saw her achieve a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.
Mary Carr Trelawny of the Wells marked Streep's stage debut. She played Miss Imogen Parrott.
Mary Carr Streep's performance as Patricia Flora Meighan in two Broadway plays, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and A Memory of Two Mondays, earned her a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
Mary Carr Streep's first role on television was as a voice actor in the animated film Everybody Rides the Carousel.
Mary Carr Streep made her film debut with a small part opposite Jane Fonda in the movie Julia.
Mary Carr In The Deer Hunter, Streep played the girlfriend of lead actor, Robert De Niro, who had suggested her for the part. It was De Niro's performance in Taxi Driver that inspired Streep to pursue a career in film acting. Her role earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the film won the Academy Award for best picture.
Mary Carr Kramer vs. Kramer was released, starring Streep as the unhappy wife who abandons her husband (Dustin Hoffman) and child. She received a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Actress for the part. The film also won the Academy Award for best picture.
Mary Carr Streep played her first leading film role, in The French Lieutenant's Woman. She was awarded a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance.
Mary Carr After the release of the psychological thriller, Still of the Night, Streep starred in Sophie's Choice, in which she played a Holocaust survivor. Not only did she earn an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, her portrayal was named the third-greatest movie performance of all time by Premiere magazine.
Mary Carr Silkwood wa released, starring Streep in the title role as an activist investigating suspicions of wrongdoing at a plutonium plant. Again, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in this role.
Mary Carr Out of Africa established Streep as a superstar, as she played Dutch author Karen Blixen in a role that would earn Streep another Academy Award for Best Actress. The film also won Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture.
Mary Carr In Evil Angels, Streep adopted an Australian accent to play Lindy Chamberlain, who had been accused of murdering her infant daughter. She won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for her portrayal.
Mary Carr Streep's performance in Carrie Fisher's screenplay for the comedy-drama Postcards from the Edge earned her an Academy Award nomination.
Mary Carr Death Becomes Her, a black comedy, was released, starring Streep alongside Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. It was an immediate commercial success, despite failing to impress critics.
Mary Carr Streep starred in romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County opposite Clint Eastwood, who also directed the film. The film was arguably Streep's greatest success of the decade.
Mary Carr Marvin's Room, in which Streep plays the sister of a woman suffering leukemia, earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
Mary Carr Streep co-hosted the Nobel Peace Prize concert with Liam Neeson in Oslo, Norway, honouring laureate Kofi Annan.
Mary Carr The Hours, in which Streep appears alongside Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore, was released. It earned the three actresses Silver Bear for Best Actress awards at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Mary Carr In Spike Jonez's film Adaptation, which starred Nicholas Cage, Streep played journalist Susan Orlean — a portrayal which won her her fourth Golden Globe award, for Best Supporting Actress.
Mary Carr Streep played Aunt Josephine in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, supporting Jim Carrey. This black comedy for younger viewers received good reviews.
Mary Carr Streep received an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mary Carr In The Devil Wears Prada, Streep played tough boss Miranda Priestly — a role that earned numerous award nominations and critical acclaim, even if the film itself didn't. The film was Streep's biggest commercial success, grossing more than $326 million worldwide.
Mary Carr Doubt, in which Streep portrays an austere nun alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis and Amy Adams, was released, and described by critics as one of the best films of the year. Streep, alongside the other lead actors, received an Academy Award nomination.
Mary Carr Romantic comedy Mamma Mia!, the film adaptation of a musical, grossed more than $600 million when it was released. Streep's performance as an ex-girl-group member whose daughter who doesn't know her father, earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She revisited the role in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again in 2018.
Mary Carr Playing late-blooming American chef Julia Child in Julie and Julia, Streep earned a Golden Globe award for Best Actress, and eventually, an Oscar nomination for it — her 16th!
Mary Carr Streep's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, the ex-PM of the United Kingdom, in Iron Lady, earned her critical acclaim. For the role, she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress, a BAFTA for Best Actress, and an Academy Award.
Mary Carr August: Osage County was a black comedy-drama that featured Streep as the matriarch of a dysfunctional family. The performance attracted Academy, Screen Actors' Guild and Golden Globe award nominations.
Mary Carr As the wicked witch in Into the Woods, a Disney fantasy film, Streep earned Academy, Golden Globe, Screen Actor's Guild and Critic's Choice award nominations.
Mary Carr Streep was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barak Obama.
Mary Carr Streep played the title role in Florence Foster Jenkins, a comedy about a tone-deaf opera singer. She received the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy, along with Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA nominations for this role.
Mary Carr Political drama The Post, directed by Stephen Spielberg, saw Streep play America's first female newspaper publisher, Katharine Graham, once more to critical acclaim. She received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for the role, while the film grossed $177 million at the box office.
Mary Carr Streep's fist leading role in a television series was as Mary Louise Wright in the HBO drama Big Little Lies. Streep was so convinced about the role, she agreed to play it without reading the script. This year also saw Streep star in Netflix comedy film, The Laundromat, which focused on the Panama Papers.
Mary Carr Streep starred with Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest in the HBO comedy film Let Them All Talk, and in the Netflix adaptation of Broadway musical The Prom.