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Meryl Streep

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Recent Role:
Herself on Entertainment Tonight
Gender:
Female
Born:
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



More href="http://www.tv.com/robert-de-niro/person/87665/summary.html?q=Robert%20De%20Niro&tag=search_results;title;1">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.




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. The box-office hit, The Devil Wears Prada 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 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).

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  • the only one that saves the drama for the films

    not only is she the best actress of our time. but did you ever realize you never here about her in the news. most people don't even know she's got kids! she saves the drama for the screen and thats why she is put on such a igh pedestool and why shes one of the best and by far most respected womenMore in the industry. i also love how she doesn't have to flaunt her charity work, she does it solely for others not for publicity or just so people like her. have you ever noticed she doesn't attend all the events.she doesn't need the attention. she's a true women and actress. gotta love her

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    Maryl Streep is really great actress! I love her, and i enjoy watching her, 'cause she can really act! And she really did deserve all those rewards. I have nothing bad to say about her. In every movie she puts herself all into the project. She can play any kind of role. Very classy lady, really good looking for her age, and her down-to-earth during the interviews or while talking with the press, or meeting a fan is a real sing of a true star. She surely is one of the all-time greatest! I hope we will be able to see her a lot more in movies!

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    A well-known, classically beautiful actress. hide show

    Meryl Streep is definitely one of the most talented actresses in the country (perhaps even the world). Some of the Hollywood starlets that are so popular now should be lucky to be half as talented as her. She's one of the greats. That's all there is to it.

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    Meryl Streep is a classicly trained actress who has been around the business for a while. Her filmography is long and the breadth of the roles that she plays is amazing.

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    Great actress, and though she focuses most of the time on romantic comedies, I must say that I am impressed with her style. She is a great actress with a lot of talent, and that is why I think that she is one of the best ones that there is. I really like her, and I really like her style.

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    Classy, great, timeless, the BEST hide show

    What can I say about Meryl Streep that has not already been said. I have followed her since Kramer vs Kramer and gone back to watch Julia and The Deer Hunter and then everything else she has been in since. I am not one to be star struck but have to say I would probably stop still if I ever saw her in person. She is my favorite because her acting is of another world and so enjoyable to watch. I admire the fact that she gives 100 percent and more to her profession with the same work ethic as many other hard working people. At the same time her family is very important and her private life is valued. She is very very classy and I admire the work she has chosen throughout her career and not going for the big bucks right away. I was very happy that the world saw her for what she is and upset that everyone wanted to jump on the bandwagon after I have admired her for so long--haha. Well her is hoping that she continues to entertain us and I love her humor whenever she is accepting an award or being interviewed. You are the greatest.

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