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
The Devil Wears Prada
(2006)
Miranda Priestly
Mamma Mia!
(2008)
Donna Sheridan
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Josephine Anwhistle
Little Women
(2019)
Aunt Josephine March
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
Blue Mecha (voice)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
(2018)
Donna Sheridan-Carmichael
Death Becomes Her
(1992)
Madeline Ashton Menville
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Felicity Fox (voice)
The Bridges of Madison County
(1995)
Francesca Johnson
The Giver
(2014)
Chief Elder
Mary Poppins Returns
(2018)
Cousin Topsy
The Hours
(2002)
Clarissa Vaughan
Full Filmography
Acting
Everybody Rides the Carousel
(1975)
Stage 6 (voice)
Secret Service
(1977)
Edith Varney
Julia
(1977)
Anne Marie
The Deadliest Season
(1977)
Sharon Miller
The Deer Hunter
(1978)
Linda
Uncommon Women and Others
(1979)
Leilah
Kramer vs. Kramer
(1979)
Joanna Kramer
Manhattan
(1979)
Jill
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
(1979)
Karen Traynor
Kiss Me, Petruchio
(1981)
Katherine
The French Lieutenant's Woman
(1981)
Sarah / Anna
Sophie's Choice
(1982)
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Still of the Night
(1982)
Brooke Reynolds
Alice at the Palace
(1982)
Alice
Silkwood
(1983)
Karen Silkwood
Falling in Love
(1984)
Molly Gilmore
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit
(1984)
Narrator (voice)
Plenty
(1985)
Susan Traherne
Out of Africa
(1985)
Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen
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
Age 7 in America
(1991)
Narrator (voice)
Defending Your Life
(1991)
Julia
Voices That Care
(1991)
Self - Choir Member
Death Becomes Her
(1992)
Madeline Ashton Menville
The House of the Spirits
(1993)
Clara del Valle Trueba
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
(1994)
Self - Host
The River Wild
(1994)
Gail Hartman
The Bridges of Madison County
(1995)
Francesca Johnson
The Living Sea
(1995)
Narrator (voice)
Before and After
(1996)
Dr. Carolyn Ryan
Marvin's Room
(1996)
Lee Wakefield Lacker
...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
Chrysanthemum
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
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
A Song of Africa
(2000)
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(2000)
Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
(2001)
Self
Vermeer Master of Light
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
Blue Mecha (voice)
New York at the Movies
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Adaptation.
(2002)
Susan Orlean
The Hours
(2002)
Clarissa Vaughan
There's Only One Paul McCartney
(2002)
Self
Stuck on You
(2003)
Self (uncredited)
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004)
Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Josephine Anwhistle
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
(2004)
Self
Prime
(2005)
Lisa Metzger
Karen Blixen: Out of This World
(2005)
Self - Host
Stolen Childhoods
(2005)
Narrator (voice)
The Ant Bully
(2006)
Queen (voice)
A Prairie Home Companion
(2006)
Yolanda Johnson
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
(2006)
Self
The Devil Wears Prada
(2006)
Miranda Priestly
The Music of Regret
(2006)
The Woman
Hurricane on the Bayou
(2006)
Narrator (voice)
Lions for Lambs
(2007)
Janine Roth
Rendition
(2007)
Corrine Whitman
Evening
(2007)
Lila Ross
Theater of War
(2008)
Self
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
(2008)
Self
Birthing Mamma Mia!
(2008)
Self
Dark Matter
(2008)
Joanna Silver
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Doubt
(2008)
Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Mamma Mia!
(2008)
Donna Sheridan
Ribbon of Sand
(2008)
Narrator (voice)
Doubt: Stage to Screen
(2009)
Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
(2009)
Self
Julie & Julia
(2009)
Julia Child
It's Complicated
(2009)
Jane Adler
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Felicity Fox (voice)
Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia
(2009)
Self
Sky Island
(2010)
(voice)
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
(2010)
Jennie
Wings of Life
(2011)
Narrator (voice)
The Iron Lady
(2011)
Margaret Thatcher
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Joe Papp in Five Acts
(2012)
Self
Hope Springs
(2012)
Kay
To the Arctic 3D
(2012)
Narrator (voice)
La Classe américaine
(2012)
Self
Close Up
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Radioman
(2012)
Self
August: Osage County
(2013)
Violet Weston
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
(2013)
Self
A Fierce Green Fire
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
Girl Rising
(2013)
Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)
Out of Print
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
The Giver
(2014)
Chief Elder
Into the Woods
(2014)
Witch
The Homesman
(2014)
Altha Carter
The Concert for Valor
(2014)
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Everything Is Copy
(2015)
Self
Shout Gladi Gladi
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
Auschwitz
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
Suffragette
(2015)
Emmeline Pankhurst
Ricki and the Flash
(2015)
Ricki Rendazzo
Emotional Uncertainties
(2015)
Self
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
(2016)
Elizabeth Murray (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton
(2016)
Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master
(2016)
Self
Florence Foster Jenkins
(2016)
Florence Foster Jenkins
Five Came Back
(2017)
Narrator (voice)
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
(2017)
Self
100 Years
(2017)
Narrator (voice)
The Post
(2017)
Kay Graham
The Words That Built America
(2017)
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary
(2018)
Narrator (voice)
Every Act of Life
(2018)
Maurine McElroy (voice)
Paul McCartney | Live at Grand Central Station
(2018)
Self (Cameo)
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
(2018)
Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
(2018)
Donna Sheridan-Carmichael
Mary Poppins Returns
(2018)
Cousin Topsy
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Museum Town
(2019)
Narrator (voice)
This Changes Everything
(2019)
Self
Little Women
(2019)
Aunt Josephine March
The Laundromat
(2019)
Ellen Martin / Elena
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
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
(2020)
Self
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
(2020)
Self - Performer
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
(2020)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Stanislavski: Lust for Life
(2021)
Self
Don't Look Up
(2021)
President Orlean
Dear Elizabeth
(2021)
Elizabeth Bishop
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