Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 32 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight. She has also received two British Academy Film Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and six Grammy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meryl Streep, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Summit, New Jersey, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949-06-22 |
Movies
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Narrator (voice)
2023
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Don't Look Up
as President Orlean
2021
Dear Elizabeth
as Elizabeth Bishop
2021
Let Them All Talk
as Alice Hughes
2020
The Prom
as Dee Dee Allen
2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2020
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
as Self - Performer
2020
Little Women
as Aunt Josephine March
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
The Laundromat
as Ellen Martin / Elena
2019
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
Rose McGowan: Being Brave
as Self
2019
Museum Town
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
as Cousin Topsy
2018
Paul McCartney | Live at Grand Central Station
as Self (Cameo)
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Donna Sheridan-Carmichael
2018
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Every Act of Life
as Maurine McElroy (voice)
2018
The Post
as Kay Graham
2017
The Words That Built America
as Reader - Declaration of Independence
2017
Five Came Back
as Narrator (voice)
2017
100 Years
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
as Elizabeth Murray (voice)
2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
2016
Suffragette
as Emmeline Pankhurst
2015
Shout Gladi Gladi
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Everything Is Copy
as Self
2015
Emotional Uncertainties
as Self
2015
Ricki and the Flash
as Ricki Rendazzo
2015
Auschwitz
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Into the Woods
as Witch
2014
The Concert for Valor
as Self
2014
The Giver
as Chief Elder
2014
The Homesman
as Altha Carter
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
August: Osage County
as Violet Weston
2013
2013
Out of Print
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)
2013
A Fierce Green Fire
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Radioman
as Self
2012
La Classe américaine
as Self
2012
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Hope Springs
as Kay
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2012
To the Arctic 3D
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
The Iron Lady
as Margaret Thatcher
2011
Wings of Life
as Narrator (voice)
2011
2010
2010
It's Complicated
as Jane Adler
2009
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Felicity Fox (voice)
2009
Julie & Julia
as Julia Child
2009
Doubt: Stage to Screen
as Self
2009
2009
Birthing Mamma Mia!
as Self
2008
Mamma Mia!
as Donna Sheridan
2008
Theater of War
as Self
2008
Dark Matter
as Joanna Silver
2008
Doubt
as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
2008
Ribbon of Sand
as Narrator (voice)
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Lions for Lambs
as Janine Roth
2007
Rendition
as Corrine Whitman
2007
Evening
as Lila Ross
2007
Hurricane on the Bayou
as Narrator (voice)
2006
The Ant Bully
as Queen (voice)
2006
The Devil Wears Prada
as Miranda Priestly
2006
A Prairie Home Companion
as Yolanda Johnson
2006
The Music of Regret
as The Woman
2006
2006
Stolen Childhoods
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Karen Blixen: Out of This World
as Self - Host
2005
Prime
as Lisa Metzger
2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Josephine Anwhistle
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
2004
2004
Stuck on You
as Self (uncredited)
2003
The Hours
as Clarissa Vaughan
2002
Adaptation.
as Susan Orlean
2002
New York at the Movies
as Narrator (voice)
2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
2002
Vermeer Master of Light
as Narrator (voice)
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Blue Mecha (voice)
2001
2001
2000
A Song of Africa
as Self
2000
Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Music of the Heart
as Roberta
1999
Chrysanthemum
as Narrator (voice)
1999
One True Thing
as Kate Gulden
1998
Dancing at Lughnasa
as Kate Mundy
1998
...First Do No Harm
as Lori Reimuller
1997
Marvin's Room
as Lee Wakefield Lacker
1996
Before and After
as Dr. Carolyn Ryan
1996
The Bridges of Madison County
as Francesca Johnson
1995
The Living Sea
as Narrator (voice)
1995
The River Wild
as Gail Hartman
1994
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
as Self - Host
1994
The House of the Spirits
as Clara del Valle Trueba
1993
Death Becomes Her
as Madeline Ashton Menville
1992
Age 7 in America
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Defending Your Life
as Julia
1991
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
1991
Postcards from the Edge
as Suzanne Vale
1990
The Earth Day Special
as Concerned Citizen
1990
She-Devil
as Mary Fisher
1989
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
as Storyteller (voice)
1989
Evil Angels
as Lindy Chamberlain
1988
Ironweed
as Helen Archer
1987
Heartburn
as Rachel
1986
Out of Africa
as Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen
1985
Plenty
as Susan Traherne
1985
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit
as Narrator (voice)
1984
Falling in Love
as Molly Gilmore
1984
Silkwood
as Karen Silkwood
1983
Sophie's Choice
as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
1982
Still of the Night
as Brooke Reynolds
1982
Alice at the Palace
as Alice
1982
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Sarah / Anna
1981
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Katherine
1981
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Joanna Kramer
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Karen Traynor
1979
Uncommon Women and Others
as Leilah
1979
Manhattan
as Jill
1979
The Deer Hunter
as Linda
1978
Julia
as Anne Marie
1977
The Deadliest Season
as Sharon Miller
1977
Secret Service
as Edith Varney
1977
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Stage 6 (voice)
1975
The Evolution of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives
as Narrator (voice)
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Movies
Sell/Buy/Date
Executive Producer
2022
Emotional Uncertainties
Thanks
2015
...First Do No Harm
Executive Producer
1997
