Meryl Streep

Name: Meryl Streep
Date of Birth: June 22, 1949
Place of Birth: Summit, New Jersey

Mini-bio: Meryl Streep is a double Academy Award winning American actress who has performed in movies, television and the theater. She is the most nominated performer in Academy Award history with 13 nomination...( read more)

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Meryl Streep mini-bio: Meryl Streep is a double Academy Award winning American actress who has performed in movies, television and the theater. She is the most nominated performer in Academy Award history with 13 nominations. She is widely regarded as one of the most respected and talented actresses of her generation. Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville and her screen debut came in 1977's made-for-television movie The Deadliest Season. Streep made her movie debut in 1977's Julia. Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer Hunter and Kramer vs. Kramer, the former giving Streep her first Oscar nomination and the latter giving her her first win. In 1982, she would win again, for Sophie's Choice.

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Meryl Streep Information:

Eye color: Brown

Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Nickname(s): Mary Louise Streep (birth name)

Notable feature(s): perfectionnist when preparing for roles, known for her ability to master almost every accent

Education:Harding Township Middle School, Bernards High School, Vassar College, Dartmouth College (transfer student), Yale University (studied Drama)

Family: Harry Streep (father), Mary Streep (mother), Dana Streep (sister), Don Gummer (husband), Henry Gummer, Mary Willa Gummer, Grace Jane Gummer, Louisa Jacobson Gummer (children)

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Political affiliation: Democrats

Personal interests/hobbies: Took serious singing lessons. At age 12, she studied to become an opera singer.

Charities/Causes: Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Other: Uses music, most often Classical, to get into character.
Has said she is a great fan of actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Her favorite actresses working today are: Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Dame Helen Mirren, and Nicole Kidman.

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fildess

you are such a great actor and i luv u soooo much and my uncle thinks your so fit!!!!

posted 69 days ago
tfiroozi

Just I Love her.her acting is very beautiful. she is number one.

posted 76 days ago
divyanshu86

she is an everlasting beauty

posted 124 days ago
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How can she still be so beautiful after all these years.

posted 143 days ago
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39 Trailer Videos for Meryl Streep

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Evening (2007)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Heartburn (1986)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Dancing At Lughnasa (1998)
Out of Africa (1985)
Rendition (2007)
One True Thing (1998)
Plenty (1985)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Falling in Love (1984)
The Ant Bully (2006)
The Living Sea (1995)
The Velveteen Rabbit (1984)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
The River Wild (1994)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Wrestling with Angels: Playright Tony Kushner (2006)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Still of the Night (1982)
Prime (2005)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Manhattan (1979)
Angels in America (2003)
She-Devil (1989)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Adaptation (2002)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Holocaust (1978)
The Hours (2002)
Ironweed (1987)
The Deer Hunter (1978)

posted 241 days ago
ktsgal95

beautiful excellent in everything she does

posted 252 days ago