Meryl Streep

Height:	5' 6"
Birth Notes:	Summit, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name:	Streep, Mary Louise
Birth Date:	22 June 1949

Meryl Streep Trivia

Her performance as "Sophie Zawistowska" in Sophie's Choice (1982) is ranked #3 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
Considered for the role of Evita Peron in Evita (1996).
Acting career began on the stage.
She was ranked #87 in 'Ellen Degeneres''s s most sexy movie actors list. (2009).
Born and raised in suburban New Jersey.

Meryl Streep Mini Biography

Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, 'Meryl Streep' has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 15 times, and has won it twice. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and the next year she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978). She went on to win the Academy Award for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she gave a heart-wrenching portrayal of an inmate mother in a Nazi death camp. A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next 10 years in great films like Silkwood (1983); Out of Africa (1985); Ironweed (1987); and Evil Angels (1988). Her career declined slightly in the early 1990s as a result of her inability to find suitable parts, but she shot back to the top in 1995 with her performance as 'Clint Eastwood''s married lover in The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and as the prodigal daughter in Marvin's Room (1996). In 1998 she made her first venture into the area of producing, and was the executive producer for the moving ...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV). A realist when she talks about her future years in film, she remarked that "...no matter what happens, my work will stand..."

Meryl Streep Quotes

"I had it (smoking), it stinks". "Entertainment Tonight" (1981).
I don't want to spit in the eye of good fortune, but it was weird. I felt like I'd butted in line in front of 'Lucille Ball', 'Audrey Hepburn', 'Katharine Hepburn'. Hello? How did this happen? I was only the sixth woman to receive it, but they found 26 men to give it to. I thought that was embarrassing. [on her Lifetime Achievement Award from the AFI]
I hate the [Oscar] campaigning thing. It's unseemly. You should be honored for something. It shouldn't be for whose campaign was better.
My daughters had helped me to stop worrying about my appearance over the years. I wasted so many years thinking I wasn't pretty enough and why didn't I have 'Jessica Lange''s body or someone else's legs? What a waste of time. (February 2009 about her appearance.)
I think I was wired for family. You know how they say people are wired for religion, or wired for this or that? I always knew I would like to, if I could find the right person, have a family. I can't imagine living single.

Meryl Streep Movies

Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News (0) as The Rabbi, Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, The Angel of Australia
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) as ...
(#1.6) (2005) as Joanna Kramer
(2008-07-18) (1997) as Herself
Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving! (0) as The Rabbi, Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, The Angel of Australia
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999) as Herself
The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989) as Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
(#1.3) (2005) as Karen Dinesen Blixen
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008) as Herself
The Gathering Darkness (0) as Inga Helms Weiss
(2007-12-14) (1996) as Herself
Besser als mein Haus je war (1993) as Herself
The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) as Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie, Presenter: Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
(2008-06-30) (1981) as Herself
The House of the Spirits (1993) as Clara del Valle Trueba
(2008-07-17) (1981) as Herself
The Films of Wes Craven (1999) as Herself
Intersections: The Making of 'Rendition' (2008) as Herself
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) as Blue Mecha
The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990) as Herself