February 2020
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress and singer who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected actresses of the contemporary 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 17 Academy Award nominations, winning two, and 26 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight, 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, five New York Film Critics Circle Awards, five Grammy Award nominations, two BAFTA awards, an Australian Film Institute Award, and a Tony Award nomination, amongst others. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004.
Filmography Meryl Streep
December 2018
Mary Poppins Returns
Family, Fantasy Directed by: Rob MarshallWith: Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Colin FirthDecades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
July 2018
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Musical comedy Directed by: Ol ParkerWith: Lily James, Meryl Streep, Amanda SeyfriedIn this sequel to Mamma Mia!, Sophie learns about her mother's past while pregnant herself.
August 2016
November 2015
Suffragette
Drama Directed by: Sarah GavronWith: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff,...SUFFRAGETTE is a thrilling drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were... Read more...
September 2015
Ricki and the Flash
Drama Directed by: Jonathan DemmeWith: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Sebastian StanThree-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig - a hard-rocking singer/guitarist - for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy Ricki and the Flash. In a film loaded with music and... Read more...
January 2015
Into the Woods
Musical comedy, Comedy, Fantasy Directed by: Rob MarshallWith: Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine,...A witch conspires to teach important lessons to various characters of popular children's stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel.
June 2014
The Homesman
Drama Directed by: Tommy Lee JonesWith: Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, Hilary SwankWhen three women are driven insane on the edges of the American frontier, the task of delivering them back east falls to a pious spinster named Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank). The daunting challenge of driving a wagon loaded with madwomen four hundred miles compels her to employ a partner?a drifting... Read more...
March 2014
August : Osage County
Drama, Comedy Directed by: John WellsWith: Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia Roberts,...The Weston family overcomes certain differences when their alcoholic patriarch goes missing. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning comedic play by Tracy Letts.
The Giver
Science Fiction, Drama Directed by: Phillip NoyceWith: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep
October 2012
Hope Springs
Melodrama Directed by: David FrankelWith: Meryl Streep & Tommy Lee JonesAfter thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
February 2012
The Iron Lady
Biographical, Drama Directed by: Phyllida LloydWith: Meryl Streep, Harry Lloyd, Jim Broadbent,...A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
To the Arctic 3D
Documentary Directed by: Greg MacGillivrayWith: Meryl StreepA journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.
February 2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Comedy, Adventure, Animation (modern) Directed by: Wes AndersonFANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson's first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children's book by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach). Mr and Mrs Fox (Clooney... Read more...
December 2009
It's Complicated
Comedy, Romantic Directed by: Nancy MeyersWith: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin,...Writer/director Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want," "Something's Gotta Give," "The Holiday") directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in "It's Complicated," a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.
October 2009
Julie and Julia
Biographical, Drama Directed by: Nora EphronWith: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Vanessa FerlitoProject centers on a frustrated temp secretary who embarks on a yearlong culinary quest to cook all 524 recipes in Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd.
February 2009
Doubt
Drama Directed by: John Patrick ShanleyWith: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffmann, Amy Adams,...It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved... Read more...
September 2008
Mamma Mia !
Musical comedy Directed by: Phyllida LloydWith: Meryl Streep & Pierce BrosnanMeryl Streep will play the rebellious single mother of a bride-to-be who never met her father. The daughter invites three likely paternal candidates to her wedding, and the ensuing conflict triggers the performance of 22 Abba hits including "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner... Read more...
February 2008
Evening
Drama Directed by: Lajos KoltaiWith: Meryl Streep, Toni Collette, Claire Danes,...A dying woman reflects on the time in her youth when she met the love of her life, as her two daughters wrestle with their mother's impending death and their own personal issues.
January 2008