Meryl Streep: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Herself on Today
- Gender:
- Female
- Birthday:
- 6-22-1949
- Birthplace:
- Summit, New Jersey, USA
- Birth Name:
- Mary Louise Streep
Meryl Streep is considered by many film critics to be the best living actress of all time and her fourteen Academy Award nominations (2 wins), 21 Golden Globe nominations (6 wins) and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations (2 wins) certainly credit this.
Born as Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, USA, Meryl's first role was in the Academy Award winning movie Julia in 1977, playing a small yet pivotal part. Her next film role was alongside Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter (1978). Meryl won critical acclaim for her role and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her first Academy Award win however followed the next year for Kramer vs. Kramer in the form of a Supporting Actress. She continued to receive critical acclaim and in 1982 won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her heart-wrenching portrayal of a Holocaust survivor torn between two lovers in Sophie's Choice.
Meryl continued to go from strength to strength until 1990 when, after nine Academy Award nominations and six straight People's Choice Awards for Best Motion Picture Actress, she experienced a decline in her career which was regenerated in 1995 with an Oscar nominated performance opposite Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of Madison County.
More great movies such as Marvin's Room, One True Thing, and Music of the Heart followed and the n in 2003 with an Academy Award nomination for Adaptation she surpassed Katherine Hepburn, who ironically despised her, as the most nominated ever Academy Award actress. Her most recent movie was the box-office hit The Devil Wears Prada which is the highest grossing film of her career. It also earned Meryl the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical in a Motion Picture and her 14th Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
Meryl has had an equally successful career in the medium of television and has won two Primetime Emmy awards for Holocaust and Angels in America, in which she played the roles of four people.
Meryl has also been mildly successful in stage acting and has one Tony Award nomination for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton.
Her recent movies include Dark Matter, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Mamma Mia, and Doubt
Her upcoming movies include Julie & Julia and the Untitled Nancy Meyers project.
Meryl is the sister of Harry Streep and has been married to Don Gummer, a sculptor, since September, 1978. They have four children - Henry (Harry) Gummer (born 1979), Mary Willa (Mamie) Gummer (1983), Grace Jane Gummer (1986), and Louisa Jacobson Gummer (1991).
PRIMETIME EMMY WINS AND NOMINATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
Holocaust (1978) (win)
First Do No Harm (1997) (nomination)
Angels in America (2003) (win)
GOLDEN GLOBE WINS AND NOMINATIONS:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) (win)
Sophie's Choice (1982) (win)
Silkwood (1983) (nomination)
Out of Africa (1985) (nomination)
A Cry in the Dark (1988) (nomination)
The River Wild (1994) (nomination)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) (nomination)
Marvin's Room (1996) (nomination)
One True Thing (1998) (nomination)
Music of the Heart (199) (nomination)
The Hours (2002) (nomination)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy:
She-Devil (1989) (nomination)
Postcard from the Edge (1990) (nomination)
Death Becomes Her (1992) (nomination)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (win)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
The Deer Hunter (1978) (nomination)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (win)
Adaptation (2002) (win)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (nomination)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
First Do No Harm (1997) (nomination)
Angels in America (2003) (win)
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINS:
Supporting Actress:
The Deer Hunter (1978) (nomination)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (win)
Adaptation (2002) (nomination)
Lead Actress:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) (nomination)
Sophie's Choice (1982) (win)
Silkwood (1983) (nomination)
Out of Africa (1985) (nomination)
Ironweed (1987) (nomination)
A Cry in the Dark (1988) (nomination)
Postcards from the Edge (1990) (nomination)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) (nomination)
One True Thing (1998) (nomination)
Music of the Heart (1999) (nomination)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (nomination)
TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS:
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1976) Meryl Streep is considered by many film critics to be the best living actress of all time and her fourteen Academy Award nominations (2 wins), 21 Golden Globe nominations (6 wins) and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations (2 wins) certainly credit this.
Born as Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, USA, Meryl's first role was in the Academy Award winning movie Julia...
Born as Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, USA, Meryl's first role was in the Academy Award winning movie Julia in 1977, playing a small yet pivotal part. Her next film role was alongside Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter (1978). Meryl won critical acclaim for her role and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her first Academy Award win however followed the next year for Kramer vs. Kramer in the form of a Supporting Actress. She continued to receive critical acclaim and in 1982 won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her heart-wrenching portrayal of a Holocaust survivor torn between two lovers in Sophie's Choice.
Meryl continued to go from strength to strength until 1990 when, after nine Academy Award nominations and six straight People's Choice Awards for Best Motion Picture Actress, she experienced a decline in her career which was regenerated in 1995 with an Oscar nominated performance opposite Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of Madison County.
More great movies such as Marvin's Room, One True Thing, and Music of the Heart followed and the n in 2003 with an Academy Award nomination for Adaptation she surpassed Katherine Hepburn, who ironically despised her, as the most nominated ever Academy Award actress. Her most recent movie was the box-office hit The Devil Wears Prada which is the highest grossing film of her career. It also earned Meryl the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical in a Motion Picture and her 14th Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
Meryl has had an equally successful career in the medium of television and has won two Primetime Emmy awards for Holocaust and Angels in America, in which she played the roles of four people.
Meryl has also been mildly successful in stage acting and has one Tony Award nomination for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton.
Her recent movies include Dark Matter, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Mamma Mia, and Doubt
Her upcoming movies include Julie & Julia and the Untitled Nancy Meyers project.
Meryl is the sister of Harry Streep and has been married to Don Gummer, a sculptor, since September, 1978. They have four children - Henry (Harry) Gummer (born 1979), Mary Willa (Mamie) Gummer (1983), Grace Jane Gummer (1986), and Louisa Jacobson Gummer (1991).
PRIMETIME EMMY WINS AND NOMINATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
Holocaust (1978) (win)
First Do No Harm (1997) (nomination)
Angels in America (2003) (win)
GOLDEN GLOBE WINS AND NOMINATIONS:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) (win)
Sophie's Choice (1982) (win)
Silkwood (1983) (nomination)
Out of Africa (1985) (nomination)
A Cry in the Dark (1988) (nomination)
The River Wild (1994) (nomination)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) (nomination)
Marvin's Room (1996) (nomination)
One True Thing (1998) (nomination)
Music of the Heart (199) (nomination)
The Hours (2002) (nomination)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy:
She-Devil (1989) (nomination)
Postcard from the Edge (1990) (nomination)
Death Becomes Her (1992) (nomination)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (win)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
The Deer Hunter (1978) (nomination)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (win)
Adaptation (2002) (win)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (nomination)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
First Do No Harm (1997) (nomination)
Angels in America (2003) (win)
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINS:
Supporting Actress:
The Deer Hunter (1978) (nomination)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (win)
Adaptation (2002) (nomination)
Lead Actress:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) (nomination)
Sophie's Choice (1982) (win)
Silkwood (1983) (nomination)
Out of Africa (1985) (nomination)
Ironweed (1987) (nomination)
A Cry in the Dark (1988) (nomination)
Postcards from the Edge (1990) (nomination)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) (nomination)
One True Thing (1998) (nomination)
Music of the Heart (1999) (nomination)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (nomination)
TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS:
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1976) Meryl Streep is considered by many film critics to be the best living actress of all time and her fourteen Academy Award nominations (2 wins), 21 Golden Globe nominations (6 wins) and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations (2 wins) certainly credit this.
Born as Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, USA, Meryl's first role was in the Academy Award winning movie Julia...
Red Carpet Fashion at the 81st Academy Awards: Meryl Streep
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep arrived with her daughter.
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