Meryl Streep's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Simpsons Jessica Lov… Angels in America Hannah Pitt The Angel o… At the Movies (AU) Meryl Streep The Directors Meryl Streep

Main Movie Roles 2009 - It's Complicated 2009 - Julie & Julia 2009 - I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale 2009 - Fantastic Mr. Fox 2008 - Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 2008 - Mamma Mia! 2008 - Doubt 2007 - Lions for Lambs 2007 - Rendition 2007 - Evening 2006 - The Ant Bully 2006 - The Devil Wears Prada 2006 - A Prairie Home Companion 2006 - Hurricane on the Bayou 2005 - Prime 2004 - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004 - The Manchurian Candidate 2003 - Stuck on You 2002 - Adaptation. 2002 - The Hours 2001 - Artificial Intelligence: AI 1999 - Music of the Heart 1998 - Dancing at Lughnasa 1996 - Before and After 1996 - Marvin's Room 1995 - The Bridges Of Madison County 1995 - The Living Sea 1993 - The House of the Spirits 1992 - Death Becomes Her 1991 - Defending Your Life 1990 - Postcards from the Edge 1989 - She-Devil 1987 - Ironweed 1986 - Heartburn 1985 - Out of Africa 1985 - Plenty 1983 - Silkwood 1982 - Still of the Night 1982 - Sophie's Choice 1981 - The French Lieutenant's Woman 1979 - Manhattan 1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 - The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1978 - The Deer Hunter 1977 - Julia

BIOGRAPHY:

Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 15 times, and has won it twice. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and the next year she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978). She went on to win the Academy Award for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she gave a heart-wrenching portrayal of an inmate mother in a Nazi death camp.

A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next 10 years in great films like Silkwood (1983); Out of Africa (1985); Ironweed (1987); and Evil Angels (1988). Her career declined slightly in the early 1990s as a result of her inability to find suitable parts, but she shot back to the top in 1995 with her performance as Clint Eastwood's married lover in The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and as the prodigal daughter in Marvin's Room (1996). In 1998 she made her first venture into the area of producing, and was the executive producer for the moving ...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV). A realist when she talks about her future years in film, she remarked that "...no matter what happens, my work will stand..."


TRIVIA:

• British actress 'Julie Christie (I)' (qv) is one of her huge fans.
• Has a deviated septum, which she refuses to have fixed. Directors work around it by avoiding straight-on close-ups.
• She is the role model of 'Emily Blunt' (qv) , 'Anne Hathaway (I)' (qv) and 'Claire Danes' (qv).
• Graduated from Vassar College in 1971.
• Presented 'Paul McCartney' (qv) with the 1990 Grammy Lifetime Achievement award. Attended 'The Beatles' (qv) concert at Shea Stadium in 1965 with an "I love Paul" sign, which she mentioned when presenting the award to McCartney.
• Son 'Henry Gummer' (qv) is an actor, filmmaker and co-founder of a rock band. Daughter Mary Willa, whose stage name is 'Mamie Gummer' (qv), is an off-Broadway actress.
• Has only been turned down for four roles: Michelle Straton in _American Gigolo (1980)_ (qv), 'Patsy Cline' (qv) in _Sweet Dreams (1985)_ (qv), Miss Kenton in _The Remains of the Day (1993)_ (qv), and Elizabeth I in _Elizabeth (1998)_ (qv).
• Nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for "The One and Only Shrek" (Best Spoken Word Album For Children).