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Meryl Streep | |
Streep in 2008. | |
Born | Mary Louise Streep June 22, 1949 (age 63) Summit, New Jersey |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1971–present |
Title | Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary) of Princeton University |
Worked in | Adaptation. |
Characters portrayed | Susan Orlean |
Other works | The Deer Hunter Sophie's Choice The Devil Wears Prada Doubt |
Meryl Streep (born Mary Louise Streep; June 22, 1949) is an American actress who has worked in theater, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented actors of all time.[1][2][3]
Streep made her professional stage debut in The Playboy of Seville (1971), before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season (1977). In that same year, she made her film debut with Julia (1977). Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), the former giving Streep her first Academy Award nomination and the latter her first win. She later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Sophie's Choice(1982) and The Iron Lady (2011).
Streep has received 17 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and 26 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight, more nominations than any other actor in the history of either award. Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, five New York Film Critics Circle Awards, two BAFTA awards, an Australian Film Institute Award, five Grammy Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination, amongst others. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts, the youngest actor in each award's history. President Barack Obama awarded her 2010 National Medal of Arts.[4]
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- ↑ Santas, Constantine (2002). Responding to Film. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 187. ISBN 0-8304-1580-7.
- ↑ Hollinger, Karen (2006). The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star. CRS Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-415-97792-4.
- ↑ The Middle East. Library Information and Research Service. 2005. p. 204.
- ↑ Labrecque, Jeff (March 2, 2011). "Meryl Streep and James Taylor among recipients of National Medal of Arts". Entertainment Weekly. http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/03/02/national-medal-arts-meryl-streep-james-taylor/. Retrieved November 28, 2012.