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.
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Academy Awards
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
British Academy Film Awards
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actress
Known For
Manhattan
(1979)
Jill
The Post
(2017)
Kay Graham
Don't Look Up
(2021)
President Orlean
Silkwood
(1983)
Karen Silkwood
Mamma Mia!
(2008)
Donna Sheridan
Little Women
(2019)
Aunt Josephine March
The Devil Wears Prada
(2006)
Miranda Priestly
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
Blue Mecha (voice)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Josephine Anwhistle
The Giver
(2014)
Chief Elder
Suffragette
(2015)
Emmeline Pankhurst
The Prom
(2020)
Dee Dee Allen
Julie & Julia
(2009)
Julia Child
The Homesman
(2014)
Altha Carter
Hope Springs
(2012)
Kay
Mary Poppins Returns
(2018)
Cousin Topsy
Full Filmography
Acting
Everybody Rides the Carousel
(1975)
Stage 6 (voice)
Julia
(1977)
Anne Marie
Secret Service
(1977)
Edith Varney
The Deadliest Season
(1977)
Sharon Miller
The Deer Hunter
(1978)
Linda
Manhattan
(1979)
Jill
Kramer vs. Kramer
(1979)
Joanna Kramer
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
(1979)
Karen Traynor
Uncommon Women and Others
(1979)
Leilah
The French Lieutenant's Woman
(1981)
Sarah / Anna
Kiss Me, Petruchio
(1981)
Katherine
Still of the Night
(1982)
Brooke Reynolds
Sophie's Choice
(1982)
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Alice at the Palace
(1982)
Alice
Silkwood
(1983)
Karen Silkwood
Falling in Love
(1984)
Molly Gilmore
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit
(1984)
Narrator (voice)
Out of Africa
(1985)
Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen
Plenty
(1985)
Susan Traherne
Heartburn
(1986)
Rachel
Ironweed
(1987)
Helen Archer
Evil Angels
(1988)
Lindy Chamberlain
She-Devil
(1989)
Mary Fisher
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
(1989)
Storyteller (voice)
Postcards from the Edge
(1990)
Suzanne Vale
The Earth Day Special
(1990)
Concerned Citizen
Defending Your Life
(1991)
Julia
Age 7 in America
(1991)
Narrator (voice)
Voices That Care
(1991)
Self - Choir Member
Death Becomes Her
(1992)
Madeline Ashton Menville
The House of the Spirits
(1993)
Clara del Valle Trueba
The River Wild
(1994)
Gail Hartman
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
(1994)
Self - Host
The Bridges of Madison County
(1995)
Francesca Johnson
The Living Sea
(1995)
Narrator (voice)
Marvin's Room
(1996)
Lee Wakefield Lacker
Before and After
(1996)
Dr. Carolyn Ryan
...First Do No Harm
(1997)
Lori Reimuller
Dancing at Lughnasa
(1998)
Kate Mundy
One True Thing
(1998)
Kate Gulden
Music of the Heart
(1999)
Roberta
Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
(1999)
Self
Chrysanthemum
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(2000)
Self
A Song of Africa
(2000)
Self
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
Blue Mecha (voice)
Vermeer Master of Light
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
(2001)
Self
The Hours
(2002)
Clarissa Vaughan
Adaptation.
(2002)
Susan Orlean
There's Only One Paul McCartney
(2002)
Self
New York at the Movies
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Stuck on You
(2003)
Self (uncredited)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Josephine Anwhistle
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004)
Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
(2004)
Self
Prime
(2005)
Lisa Metzger
Stolen Childhoods
(2005)
Narrator (voice)
Karen Blixen: Out of This World
(2005)
Self - Host
The Devil Wears Prada
(2006)
Miranda Priestly
A Prairie Home Companion
(2006)
Yolanda Johnson
The Ant Bully
(2006)
Queen (voice)
Hurricane on the Bayou
(2006)
Narrator (voice)
The Music of Regret
(2006)
The Woman
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
(2006)
Self
Lions for Lambs
(2007)
Janine Roth
Rendition
(2007)
Corrine Whitman
Evening
(2007)
Lila Ross
Mamma Mia!
(2008)
Donna Sheridan
Doubt
(2008)
Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Dark Matter
(2008)
Joanna Silver
Theater of War
(2008)
Self
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
(2008)
Self
Birthing Mamma Mia!
(2008)
Self
Ribbon of Sand
(2008)
Narrator (voice)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Felicity Fox (voice)
It's Complicated
(2009)
Jane Adler
Julie & Julia
(2009)
Julia Child
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
(2009)
Self
Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia
(2009)
Self
Doubt: Stage to Screen
(2009)
Self
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
(2010)
Jennie
Sky Island
(2010)
The Iron Lady
(2011)
Margaret Thatcher
Wings of Life
(2011)
Narrator (voice)
Hope Springs
(2012)
Kay
To the Arctic 3D
(2012)
Narrator (voice)
La Classe américaine
(2012)
Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
(2012)
Self
Close Up
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Radioman
(2012)
Self
A Fierce Green Fire
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
August: Osage County
(2013)
Violet Weston
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
(2013)
Self
Girl Rising
(2013)
Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)
Out of Print
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
Into the Woods
(2014)
Witch
The Giver
(2014)
Chief Elder
The Homesman
(2014)
Altha Carter
The Concert for Valor
(2014)
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Ricki and the Flash
(2015)
Ricki Rendazzo
Suffragette
(2015)
Emmeline Pankhurst
Auschwitz
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
Shout Gladi Gladi
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
Everything Is Copy
(2015)
Self
Emotional Uncertainties
(2015)
Self
Florence Foster Jenkins
(2016)
Florence Foster Jenkins
Mike Nichols: An American Master
(2016)
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
(2016)
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
(2016)
Elizabeth Murray (voice)
100 Years
(2017)
Narrator (voice)
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
(2017)
The Post
(2017)
Kay Graham
Five Came Back
(2017)
Narrator (voice)
The Words That Built America
(2017)
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Mary Poppins Returns
(2018)
Cousin Topsy
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
(2018)
Donna Sheridan-Carmichael
Paul McCartney | Live at Grand Central Station
(2018)
Self (Cameo)
Every Act of Life
(2018)
Maurine McElroy (voice)
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
(2018)
Self
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary
(2018)
Narrator (voice)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Laundromat
(2019)
Ellen Martin / Elena
Little Women
(2019)
Aunt Josephine March
This Changes Everything
(2019)
Self
Museum Town
(2019)
Narrator (voice)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
(2019)
Self
Rose McGowan: Being Brave
(2019)
Self
The Prom
(2020)
Dee Dee Allen
Let Them All Talk
(2020)
Alice Hughes
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
(2020)
Self - Performer
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
(2020)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
(2020)
Self
Don't Look Up
(2021)
President Orlean
Dear Elizabeth
(2021)
Elizabeth Bishop
Stanislavski: Lust for Life
(2021)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
(2023)
Narrator (voice)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Production
Crew