Date of Birth
22 June 1949,
Summit, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name
Mary Louise Streep
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Mini Biography
Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress,
Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy
Award an astonishing 14 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..."
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