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| File:Meryl333.jpg Meryl Streep is widely regarded as the greatest actress of all time. | |
| Born | June 22, 1949 |
| Occupation | Film Actress |
| Spouse | Don Gummer |
Meryl Streep (born Mary Louise Streep on June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress who has received numerous accolades for her work in movies and television and who, from the 1980s to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field. She is the most Oscar-nominated actor in history, with thirteen nominations.
Early life and career
Streep was born Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, USA. Her father, Harry Streep Jr., was a pharmaceutical executive; her mother, Mary, was a commercial artist of Irish, Swiss, and English descent. Streep has said that her father's family is of Dutch descent, and that the family's original surname, Messerschnitz, was changed to Streep in the Netherlands by her Sephardic Jewish ancestors,[1][2] although census records indicate that Streep's ancestry is German, rather then Dutch.[3]
Streep was raised in Bernardsville, New Jersey. She received her A.B. in Drama at Vassar College and earned a M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama at Yale University. She appeared in her first films, Julia and The Deer Hunter, in 1977 and 1978, the latter of which would earn her her first Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress; she subsequently won Academy Awards for her roles in Kramer vs. Kramer (Best Supporting Actress, 1979), and Sophie's Choice (Best Actress, 1982).
At the time of his death (March 12th, 1978) Streep was engaged to The Deer Hunter co-star John Cazale, who died of bone cancer. In September 1978, she married sculptor Don Gummer; they have four children: Henry (born in 1979), Mamie (born in 1983), Grace (born in 1986), and Louisa (born in 1991).
Streep's integrity in keeping her personal life personal is well known within the industry; she refers to herself as "an actress who goes home to her family when I'm finished working".
Later career and recent work
Streep's career continued to climb throughtout the 1980s, appearing in Woody Allen's Manhattan, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Silkwood, Out of Africa, Ironweed, Postcards from the Edge, and playing Lindy Chamberlain in A Cry in the Dark, the movie telling of one of the greatest Australian mysteries ever—the disappearance of Chamberlain's baby daughter Azaria at Uluru (aka, Ayers Rock), and her claims (later substantiated in court) that a dingo had taken the child.
From 1984 to 1990, Streep won six People's Choice Awards for Favorite Motion Picture Actress and, in 1990, was named "World Favorite". Having been named on so many "greatest movie actress" lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy personal life, and by her truthful approach toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting her Emmy Award for Angels in America, "There are some days when even I think I'm overrated . . . but not today!"
In the 1990s Streep took to playing roles with greater variety, including farce in Death Becomes Her alongside Goldie Hawn, the movie version of Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, 1995's The Bridges of Madison County (largely regarded as her great comeback role), The River Wild — her first and only action film to date — and her noted comic turn in She-Devil. That is not to say that Streep did not continue with her tradition of choosing "serious" roles — appearing in Marvin's Room, and completing another successful decade with Music of the Heart, for which she learned to play the violin.
Among her other recent work are guest voices in episodes of The Simpsons and King of the Hill. She also voiced the Blue Mecha in the Steven Spielberg-Stanley Kubrick film, A.I.; appeared alongside Nicolas Cage in Adaptation; played four different roles in the HBO adaptation of Tony Kushner's six-hour play Angels in America; starred alongside Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore in The Hours; and in 2004 took on two additional roles, playing the character originated by Angela Lansbury in the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, and taking a role alongside Jim Carrey, Emily Browning and Jude Law in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
That same year, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields proclaimed May 27 "Meryl Streep Day".
In July 2001, Streep returned to the stage for the first time in more than twenty years, playing Arkadina in the Public Theatre's revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. The staging, directed by Mike Nichols, also featured Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Marcia Gay Harden and John Goodman. She is scheduled to return to the New York stage in August of 2006, starring in the Delacorte Theater's production of Mother Courage and Her Children. This production of the Brecht play features a new translation by Tony Kushner.
Streep's most recent film releases are Prime in 2005, in which she has a comic role alongside Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg; Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion in June 2006, and The Devil Wears Prada (a comedy co-starring another former Vassar student, Anne Hathaway).
Awards
Streep has received countless awards, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, all of which can be seen at numerous sites, including her page at the Internet Movie Database (link below). Summarized below are her awards from some of the best recognized institutions:
Academy Awards
She currently holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, having been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards since her first nomination in 1979 for The Deer Hunter.
Golden Globes
Meryl Streep is also currently the second most nominated performer for a Golden Globe Award (she has twenty nominations to Jack Lemmon's twenty-two).
List of wins and nominations
| Year | Group | Award | Won? | Film/Play |
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| 1976 | Tony | Featured Actress in a Play | No | 27 Wagons Full of Cotton |
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series | Yes | Holocaust |
| 1979 | National Society of Film Critics Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yes | The Deer Hunter |
| Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | No | ||
| Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | No | ||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yes | Kramer vs. Kramer | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yes | ||
| 1980 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role | Yes | |
| National Society of Film Critics Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yes | ||
| Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yes | ||
| BAFTA | Best Actress | No | The Deer Hunter | |
| BAFTA | Best Supporting Actress | No | Manhattan | |
| Hasty Pudding Theatricals | Hasty Pudding Theatricals for Woman of the Year | Yes | ||
| 1981 | BAFTA | Best Actress | No | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award | Best Actress | Yes | The French Lieutenant's Woman | |
| 1982 | BAFTA | Best Actress | Yes | |
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | Yes | ||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award | Best Actress | Yes | Sophie's Choice | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | Best Actress | Yes | ||
| 1983 | Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | Yes | |
| National Society of Film Critics Award | Best Actress | Yes | ||
| Academy Award | Best Actress | Yes | ||
| 1984 | BAFTA | Best Actress | No | |
| People's Choice Awards | Favourite Motion Picture Actress | Yes | ||
| Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | Silkwood | |
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| 1985 | BAFTA | Best Actress | No | |
| People's Choice Awards | Favourite Motion Picture Actress | Yes | ||
| David di Donatello Award | Best Foreign Actress | Yes | Falling in Love | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award | Best Actress | Yes | Out of Africa | |
| 1986 | People's Choice Awards | Favourite Motion Picture Actress | Yes | |
| David di Donatello Award | Best Foreign Actress | Yes | Out of Africa | |
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | Out of Africa | |
| 1987 | BAFTA | Best Actress | No | Out of Africa |
| People's Choice Awards | Favourite Motion Picture Actress | Yes | ||
| 1988 | Academy Award | Best Actress | No | Ironweed |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | Best Actress | Yes | A Cry in the Dark | |
| 1989 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Actress | Yes | |
| Australian Film Institute | Best Actress | Yes | ||
| Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | ||
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| People's Choice Awards | Favourite Motion Picture Actress | Yes | ||
| 1990 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical | No | She-Devil |
| People's Choice Awards | Favourite Motion Picture Actress | Yes | ||
| World - Favourite Motion Picture Actress | Yes | |||
| 1991 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical | No | Postcards from the Edge |
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| American Comedy Awards | Funniest Actress | Yes | ||
| 1993 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical | No | Death Becomes Her |
| 1995 | Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | The River Wild |
| Screen Actors Guild | Best Actress | No | ||
| 1996 | Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | The Bridges of Madison County |
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| Screen Actors Guild | Best Actress | No | ||
| 1997 | Screen Actors Guild | Best Cast | No | Marvin's Room |
| Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | ||
| 1998 | Emmy | Best Actress in a Mini-series | No | ...First Do No Harm |
| Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Mini-series | No | ||
| 1999 | Gotham Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award | Yes | |
| Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | One True Thing | |
| Screen Actors Guild | Best Actress | No | ||
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| 2000 | Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | Music of the Heart |
| Screen Actors Guild | Best Actress | No | ||
| Academy Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| 2003 | Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Berlin Bear | Best Actress (shared with Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore) | Yes | The Hours |
| Prestige Award | Best Actress | No | ||
| Golden Globe | Best Actress, Drama | No | ||
| Screen Actors Guild | Best Cast | No | ||
| BAFTA | Best Actress | No | ||
| Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Yes | Adaptation. | |
| Prestige Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yes | ||
| Screen Actors Guild | Best Cast | No | ||
| BAFTA | Best Supporting Actress | No | ||
| Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | No | ||
| 2004 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Yes | Angels in America |
| Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Yes | ||
| Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Yes | ||
| American Film Institute | American Film Institute life achievement award | Yes | ||
| 2005 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | No | The Manchurian Candidate |
| BAFTA | Best Supporting Actress | No | ||
| Prestige Award | Best Supporting Actress | No |
Notes:
- 1997 SAG Nomination for Marvin's Room shared with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Dan Hedaya, Diane Keaton, Hal Scardino, Gwen Verdon and Hume Cronyn.
- 2003 SAG Nomination for Adaptation. shared with Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Cara Seymour and Tilda Swinton.
- 2003 SAG Nomination for The Hours shared with Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Miranda Richardson, Jeff Daniels, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Stephen Dillane, John C. Reilly and Allison Janney.
Filmography
- Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975) (voice)
- Julia (1977)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Holocaust (1978)
- Uncommon Women and Others (1979)
- Manhattan (1979)
- The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- Still of the Night (1982)
- Sophie's Choice (1982)
- Silkwood (1983)
- In Our Hands (1984) (documentary)
- Falling in Love (1984)
- Out of Africa (1985)
- Plenty (1985)
- Heartburn (1986)
- Ironweed (1987)
- A Cry in the Dark (1988)
- She-Devil (1989)
- Postcards from the Edge (1990)
- Defending Your Life (1991)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- The House of Spirits (1993)
- A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
- The River Wild (1994)
- The Living Sea (1995) (short subject) (narrator)
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
- Before and After (1996)
- Marvin's Room (1996)
- ...First Do No Harm (1997)
- Assignment: Rescue (1997) (short subject) (narrator)
- Eternal Memory: Voices from the Great Terror (1998) (documentary) (narrator)
- Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
- One True Thing (1998)
- Chrysanthemum (1999) (short subject) (narrator)
- Music of the Heart (1999)
- Ginevra's Story (2000) (documentary) (narrator)
- Vermeer: Master of Light (2001) (documentary) (narrator)
- The Papp Project (2001) (documentary)
- AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001) (voice only)
- Adaptation. (2002)
- The Hours (2002)
- Monet's Palate: A Gastronomic View from the Gardens of Giverny (2003) (documentary) (narrator)
- Stuck On You (2003) (Cameo)
- Angels in America (2003) (miniseries)
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Prime (2005)
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- The Ant Bully (2006) (voice)
Upcoming:
- Dirty Tricks (2006)
- Dark Matter (2007)
- Chaos (2007)
Other work
- Streep co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert with Liam Neeson in Oslo, Norway in 2001. The winner of the prize was United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan.
- She is a supporter of the US Democratic Party
External links
- merylstreeponline.net- official website
- simplystreep.com
- Meryl Streep at IMDb
- Template:Nndb name
- Meryl Streep info