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BIO

Streep made her stage debut in Trelawny of the Wells and received a Tony Award nomination for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and A Memory of Two Mondays in 1976. In 1977, she made her film debut in Julia. In 1978, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for her leading role in the miniseries Holocaust, and received her first Oscar nomination for The Deer Hunter. Streep won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a troubled wife in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and went on to establish herself as a film actress in the 1980s. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as a Holocaust survivor in Sophie's Choice (1982) and had her biggest commercial success to that point in Out of Africa (1985). She continued to gain critical and awards recognition for her work in the late 1980s and 1990s, but commercial success was varied, with the comedy Death Becomes Her (1992) and the drama The Bridges of Madison County (1995) becoming her biggest earners in that period.


Streep reclaimed her stardom in the 2000s and 2010s with starring roles in The Hours (2002), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Mamma Mia! (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), It's Complicated (2009), and Into the Woods (2014). She also won her third Academy Award for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011). Her stage roles include The Public Theater's 2001 revival of The Seagull, and her television roles include two projects for HBO, the miniseries Angels in America (2003), for which she won another Emmy Award, and the drama series Big Little Lies (2019).
Streep has been the recipient of many honorary awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2008, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of Arts, and in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2003, the government of France made her a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. She was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2017.

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STAGE CREDITS

Alice in Concert
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1980
Performer
Wonderland in Concert
[Off-Broadway]
Showcase, 1978
Performer
Happy End
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 1977
Lieutenant Lillian Holiday
The Cherry Orchard
[Broadway]
1977
Dunyasha
Secret Service
[Broadway]
1976
Edith Varney
Trelawney of the 'Wells'
[Broadway]
1975
Miss Imogen Parrott
The Frogs
[College/University (US)]
World Premiere, 1974
Ensemble/Other Roles

Movies

Everybody Rides the Carousel
[ 1976 ] Stage 6
Julia
[ 1977 ] Anne Marie
The Deer Hunter
[ 1978 ] Linda
Manhattan
[ 1979 ] Jill
Kramer vs. Kramer
[ 1979 ] Joanna Kramer
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
[ 1979 ] Karen Traynor
The French Lieutenant's Woman
[ 1981 ] Sarah and Anna
Still of the Night
[ 1982 ] Brooke Reynolds
Sophie's Choice
[ 1982 ] Sophie
Silkwood
[ 1983 ] Karen Silkwood
Falling in Love
[ 1984 ] Molly Gilmore
Out of Africa
[ 1985 ] Karen
Plenty
[ 1985 ] Susan
Heartburn
[ 1986 ] Rachel
Ironweed
[ 1987 ] Helen
A Cry in the Dark
[ 1988 ] Lindy
She-Devil
[ 1989 ] Mary Fisher
Postcards from the Edge
[ 1990 ] Suzanne Vale
Defending Your Life
[ 1991 ] Julia
Death Becomes Her
[ 1992 ] Madeline Ashton Menville
The House of the Spirits
[ 1993 ] Clara
The River Wild
[ 1994 ] Gail Hartman
The Bridges of Madison County
[ 1995 ] Francesca Johnson
Before and After
[ 1996 ] Carolyn Ryan
Marvin's Room
[ 1996 ] Lee
One True Thing
[ 1998 ] Kate Gulden
Dancing at Lughnasa
[ 1998 ] Kate Mundy
Music of the Heart
[ 1999 ] Roberta
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
[ 2001 ] Blue Mecha
The Hours
[ 2002 ] Clarissa Vaughan
Adaptation.
[ 2002 ] Susan Orlean
A Series of Unfortunate Events
[ 2004 ] Aunt Josephine
The Manchurian Candidate
[ 2004 ] Eleanor Shaw
Prime
[ 2005 ] Lisa Metzger
The Devil Wears Prada
[ 2006 ] Miranda Priestly
The Ant Bully
[ 2006 ] Queen
A Prairie Home Companion
[ 2006 ] Yolanda Johnson
Rendition
[ 2007 ] Corrine Whitman
Lions for Lambs
[ 2007 ] Janine Roth
Dark Matter
[ 2007 ] Joanna Silver
Evening
[ 2007 ] Lila Ross
Mamma Mia!
[ 2008 ] Donna
Doubt
[ 2008 ] Sister Aloysius Beauvier
It's Complicated
[ 2009 ] Jane Adler
Julie & Julia
[ 2009 ] Julia Child
Fantastic Mr. Fox
[ 2009 ] Mrs. Fox
The Iron Lady
[ 2011 ] Margaret Thatcher
Hope Springs
[ 2012 ] Kay
August: Osage County
[ 2013 ] Violet Weston
The Homesman
[ 2014 ] Altha Carter
The Giver
[ 2014 ] Chief Elder
Into the Woods
[ 2014 ] Witch
Suffragette
[ 2015 ] Emmeline Pankhurst
The Guardian Brothers
[ 2015 ] Narrator
Ricki and the Flash
[ 2015 ] Ricki
Florence Foster Jenkins
[ 2016 ] Florence Foster Jenkins
The Post
[ 2017 ] Kay Graham
Mary Poppins Returns
[ 2018 ] Cousin Topsy
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
[ 2018 ] Donna
Little Women
[ 2019 ] Aunt March
The Laundromat
[ 2019 ] Ellen Martin
Let Them All Talk
[ 2020 ] Alice
The Prom
[ 2020 ] Dee Dee Allen
Don't Look Up
[ 2021 ] President Orlean

TV Shows

Only Murders in the Building
[ 2023-2024 ] Loretta Durkin

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2006 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Meryl Streep, Mother Courage and Her Children

The Lortels - 2004 - Outstanding Solo Show

Meryl StreepSarah Jones: bridge & tunnel


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2001 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Meryl Streep, The Seagull

Drama Desk Awards - 1977 - Outstanding Actress - Musical

Meryl Streep, Happy End

Drama Desk Awards - 1977 - Outstanding Featured Actress - Play

Meryl Streep, The Cherry Orchard

Drama Desk Awards - 1976 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Meryl Streep27 Wagons Full of Cotton/Memory of Two Mondays

Drama Desk Awards - 1976 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Meryl Streep, Secret Service

Drama Desk Awards - 1976 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Meryl Streep, Trelawny of the "Wells"


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1976 - Best Performances

Meryl StreepPhoenix Repertory Company


winner
Theatre World Awards - 1976 - Performance

Meryl Streep27 Wagons Full of Cotton

Tony Awards - 1976 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Meryl Streep, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Meryl Streep been in?

Meryl Streep has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.

How many West End shows has Meryl Streep been in?

Meryl Streep has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Meryl Streep been nominated for?

Outstanding Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Mother Courage and Her Children, Outstanding Solo Show (The Lortels) for Sarah Jones: bridge & tunnel, Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Seagull, Outstanding Actress - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Happy End, Outstanding Featured Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Cherry Orchard, Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton/Memory of Two Mondays, Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Secret Service, Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Trelawny of the "Wells", Best Performances (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Phoenix Repertory Company, Performance (Theatre World Awards) for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton.

What awards has Meryl Streep won?

Meryl Streep has won several prestigious awards, including Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for The Seagull, Best Performances at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Phoenix Repertory Company, and a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton.

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