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a bit more about MERYL STREEP Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is the most nominated actor in Academy Award history with 14 nominations. She is widely considered one of the most respected and talented actresses of her generation. Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy Of Seville and her screen debut came in 1977's made-for-television movie The Deadliest Season. She is also one of the selected actors that has won all three major motion picture acting awards (Oscars, Golden Globes, SAG Awards).

Streep made her film debut in 1977's Julia opposite Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer Hunter with Robert DeNiro and Kramer vs. Kramer with Dustin Hoffman, the former giving Streep her first Oscar anomination and the latter her first win.

Birth name Mary Louise Streep Born June 22, 1949 Summit, New Jersey, USA Spouse(s) Don Gummer

Academy Awards Best Actress 1982 Sophie's Choice Best Supporting Actress 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Emmy Awards Best Actress in a Mini-series 1978 Holocaust 2004 Angels in America Golden Globe Awards Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1982 The French Lieutenant's Woman 1983 Sophie's Choice Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer 2003 Adaptation. Best Actress – Mini-series 2004 Angels in America Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2007 The Devil Wears Prada BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role 1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Early life Streep was born Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey. Her father, Harry William Streep, Jr.,[1] was a pharmaceutical executive and her mother, Mary, was a commercial artist. Streep's mother had Swiss, Irish and English ancestry and her father's family was of Dutch descent with distant Sephardic Jewish roots.[2][3] Streep was raised in Bernardsville, New Jersey. She received her B.A. in Drama at Vassar College and earned a M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama at Yale University.

Early career In her first feature film, Julia (1977), she had a small but pivotal role during a flashback scene. The Deer Hunter (1978) was her second feature film and it earned Streep her first Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. The following year, she won an Academy Award for her role opposite Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer (Best Supporting Actress, 1979). In 1982, she would win again for Sophie's Choice (Best Actress, 1982).

In 1978, she won her first Emmy Award, for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie, for the miniseries Holocaust. A year later she appeared in her only Woody Allen film, Manhattan.

Streep was engaged to The Deer Hunter co-star John Cazale ("Fredo" in The Godfather) until his death from bone cancer on March 12th, 1978. In September 1978, she married sculptor Don Gummer. They have four children: Henry W. (Hank) (born in 1979), Mary Willa (Mamie)(born in 1983), Grace Jane (born in 1986), and Louisa Jacobson (born in 1991). Mamie Gummer has chosen acting as a career, and made her off-Broadway debut as Lucy in a 2005 production of Mr. Marmalade at the Laura Pels Theatre.

Later career and recent credits In the 1980s, Streep appeared in the acclaimed films The French Lieutenant's Woman, Silkwood (1982) with Kurt Russell and Cher, Out of Africa with Robert Redford, and Ironweed, with Jack Nicholson. In A Cry in the Dark Streep portrayed Lindy Chamberlain, the infamous Australian mother who was accused of being responsible for the death of her infant after claiming that a dingo took her baby. From 1984 to 1990, Streep won six People's Choice Awards for Favorite Motion Picture Actress and, in 1990, was named "World Favorite".

MOST OF MERYL STREEP'S MOVIES Julia (1977) The Deer Hunter (1978) The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Manhattan (1979) The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981) Still of the night (1982) Sophie’s Choice (1982) Silkwood (1983) Falling in love (1984) Plenty (1985) 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 (1991) Death becomes her (1992) The House of the Spirits (1993) The River Wild (1994) The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Before and After (1996) Marvin’s Room (1996) Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) One True Thing (1998) Music of the Heart (1999) Adaptation (2002) The Hours (2002) "Angels in America" (2003) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Lemony Snicket’s (2004) Prime (2005) A Praire Home Companion (2006) The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Darkmatter (2007) Evening (2007) Dirty Tricks (2007) First Man (2007)