Meryl Streep, an American actress, was born on June 22, 1949 in New Jersey, USA.
Biography and life story of celebrity in English.
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Name in English: Meryl Streep
Full real name: Mary Louise Streep
Nationality: United States
Language: English
Religion: Christianity (Catholic)
Residence: New York City, United States
Date of birth: June 22, 1949
Place of birth: New Jersey, United States
Age: 73 years old (in 2022)
Astrological Sign: Cancer
Secondary education: Vassar College
Undergraduate education: Yale University
University degree: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Fine Arts
Profession: Actress
Genre: Cinema, TV, Theatre
Years of activity: 1971 – present
Social status: Married
Current husband: Don Gummer (1978-present)
Mother: Mary Wilkinson Streep
Biography, Life story
Meryl Streep was born on June 22, 1949 in New Jersey, USA. She has attended Vassar College since 1971, and has attended Yale University since 1975. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree.
She started working in art in 1971. She is considered one of the best actresses alive today, and she has the amazing ability to master all dialects, and she states that she does this thanks to the help of the language trainers she deals with. She was distinguished in playing many roles, which made her worthy of the title of Living Legend. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
She had fallen in love with American actor John Cazale, who died of cancer.
List of works – Filmography
Films
Julia (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978), Manhattan, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), Still of the Night, Sophie’s Choice (1982), Silkwood (1983), Falling in Love (1984), Plenty, Out of Africa (1985), Heartburn (1986), Ironweed (1987), A Cry in the Dark (1988), She-Devil (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Defending Your Life, Age 7 in America (1991), Death Becomes Her (1992), The House Of the Spirits (1993), The River Wild (1994), The Living Sea, The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Before and After, Marvin’s Room (1996), Dancing at Lughnasa, One True Thing (1998), Music of the Heart, Ginevra’s Story (1999), AI Artificial Intelligence (2001), Adaptation, The Hours (2002), Stuck on You (2003), The Manchurian Candidate, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Prime, Stolen Childhoods (2005), A Prairie Home Companion, The Music of Regret, The Devil Wears Prada, The Ant Bully (2006), Dark Matter, Evening, Rendition, Lions for Lambs (2007), Mamma Mia!, Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia, Fantastic Mr. Fox, It’s Complicated (2009), Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), To the Arctic 3D, Hope Springs (2012), Wings of Life, Girl Rising, A Fierce Green Fire, Out of Print, August: Osage County ( 2013), The Giver, The Homesman, Into the Woods (2014), Ricki and the Flash, Suffragette, Shout Gladi Gladi (2015), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016).
Television
Everybody Rides the Carousel (1976), The Deadliest Season, Secret Service (1977), Holocaust (1978), Uncommon Women and Others (1979), Kiss Me- Petruchio (1981), Alice at the Palace (1982), The Earth Day Special (1990), The Simpsons (1994), First Do No Harm … (1997), King of the Hill (1999), Angels in America, Freedom: A History of the US (2003), Ocean Voyagers (2007), Web Therapy (2010–12), Makers: Women Who Make America (2013), The Roosevelts (2014).
Plays
Trelawny of the Wells (1975), A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Secret Service, Henry V, Measure for Measure (1976), The Cherry Orchard, Happy End (1977), The Taming of the Shrew (1978) ), Taken in Marriage (1979), Alice in Concert (1980–81), The Seagull (2001), Bridge and Tunnel (2004), Mother Courage and Her Children (2006).
Awards and Honors
She is the most nominated actress in the history of the Academy Awards with 19 nominations, including 15 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her first award nomination was in 1979 for her role in The Deer Hunter.
She won three awards from those nominations. The first was Best Supporting Actress in 1980 for her role in Kramer vs. Kramer. The second was the Best Leading Actress Award in 1983 for her role in Sophie’s Choice. And the third award for Best Leading Actress in 2012 for her role in the movie The Iron Lady. She has also been nominated for twenty-five Golden Globe Awards, winning eight of them. Thus, it is considered the first in the number of nominations for these two awards.
List of Oscar Nominations
List of Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress
1979: The Deer Hunter.
2003: Adaptation.
2015: Into the Woods.
List of Academy Award nominations for Best Actress
1982: The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
1984: Silkwood.
1986: Out of Africa.
1988: Ironweed.
1989: Evil Angels.
1991: Postcards from the Edge.
1996: The Bridges of Madison County.
1999: One True Thing
2000: Music of the Heart.
2007: The Devil Wears Prada.
2009: Doubt.
2010: Julie & Julia.
2014: August: Osage County.
List of awards Received
The Academy Award for Best Actress for the work (The Iron Lady) in 2011.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Doubt in 2009.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for (Julie and Julia) in 2009.
Donostia Prize in 2008.
London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year for (The Devil Wears Prada) in 2006.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for (The Devil Wears Prada) in 2006.
Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for the work (The Devil Wears Prada) in 2006.
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for “Evil Angels” in 1989.
Academy Award for Best Actress for the work (Sophie’s Choice) in 1983.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for (Kramer vs. Kramer) in 1980.
The World Theater Award in 1976.
The National Medal of Arts.
