Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Known for
Acting
Born
June 22, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Summit, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Useful Idiots

Useful Idiots

Movie · as Diane Castle

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Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic poster

Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic

Movie · as Joni Mitchell

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The Devil wears Prada 3

The Devil wears Prada 3

Movie · as Miranda Priestly

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The Corrections

The Corrections

TV · 1 ep

2028
A Sleigh of One's Own poster

A Sleigh of One's Own

Movie · as Mrs. Claus

2027
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew poster

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Movie · as Aslan (voice)

2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2 poster

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Movie · as Miranda Priestly

2026
Hoppers poster

Hoppers

Movie · as Insect Queen (voice)

2026
Project Hail Mary poster

Project Hail Mary

Movie · as Rejected Rocky Voice (voice)

2026
Henry David Thoreau poster

Henry David Thoreau

Movie · as Various Voices (voice)

2026
Do We Know Each Other? poster

Do We Know Each Other?

Movie · as Miranda Priestly

2026
Marty, Life Is Short poster

Marty, Life Is Short

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
The Meryl Streep Project poster

The Meryl Streep Project

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
Henry David Thoreau poster

Henry David Thoreau

TV · as Various Characters (voice) · 3 eps

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as Mercy Otis Warren (voice) · 3 eps

2024
Escape from Extinction: Rewilding poster

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep poster

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep

Movie · as Self

2024
Schindler Space Architect poster

Schindler Space Architect

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? poster

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

2023
Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations

TV · as Eve · 1 ep

2021
Stanislavski: Lust for Life poster

Stanislavski: Lust for Life

Movie · as Self

2021
Don't Look Up poster

Don't Look Up

Movie · as President Orlean

2021
Dear Elizabeth poster

Dear Elizabeth

Movie · as Elizabeth Bishop

2021
Die Tom Hanks Story poster

Die Tom Hanks Story

Movie · as Self

2021
Hemingway poster

Hemingway

TV · as Martha Gellhorn (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Only Murders in the Building poster

Only Murders in the Building

TV · as Loretta Durkin · 11 eps

2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy poster

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

TV · as Self · 9 eps

2020
The Prom poster

The Prom

Movie · as Dee Dee Allen

2020
Let Them All Talk poster

Let Them All Talk

Movie · as Alice Hughes

2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth poster

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis poster

Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover poster

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

Movie · as Meryl Streep

2019
The Laundromat poster

The Laundromat

Movie · as Ellen Martin / Elena

2019
Little Women poster

Little Women

Movie · as Aunt March

2019
This Changes Everything poster

This Changes Everything

Movie · as Self

2019
Museum Town poster

Museum Town

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth poster

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Movie · as Self

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2018
Mary Poppins Returns poster

Mary Poppins Returns

Movie · as Cousin Topsy

2018
Every Act of Life poster

Every Act of Life

Movie · as Maurine McElroy (voice)

2018
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary poster

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal poster

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC poster

Paul McCartney: Live from NYC

Movie · as Self

2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again poster

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Movie · as Donna

2018
You Quiz on the Block poster

You Quiz on the Block

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
100 Years poster

100 Years

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2017
The Post poster

The Post

Movie · as Kay Graham

2017
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

Movie · as Self

2017
Five Came Back poster

Five Came Back

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2017
The Words That Built America poster

The Words That Built America

Movie · as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2017
Five Came Back poster

Five Came Back

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2017
Big Little Lies poster

Big Little Lies

TV · as Mary Louise Wright · 7 eps

2016
Florence Foster Jenkins poster

Florence Foster Jenkins

Movie · as Florence Foster Jenkins

2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master poster

Mike Nichols: An American Master

Movie · as Self

2016
Starring Austin Pendleton poster

Starring Austin Pendleton

Movie · as Self

2016
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray poster

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

Movie · as Elizabeth Murray (voice)

2015
Suffragette poster

Suffragette

Movie · as Emmeline Pankhurst

2015
Ricki and the Flash poster

Ricki and the Flash

Movie · as Ricki Rendazzo

2015
Auschwitz poster

Auschwitz

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Shout Gladi Gladi

Shout Gladi Gladi

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Everything Is Copy poster

Everything Is Copy

Movie · as Self

2015
Emotional Uncertainties

Emotional Uncertainties

Movie · as Self

2015
Aktorka poster

Aktorka

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Into the Woods poster

Into the Woods

Movie · as Witch

2014
The Giver poster

The Giver

Movie · as Chief Elder

2014
The Homesman poster

The Homesman

Movie · as Altha Carter

2014
The Concert for Valor poster

The Concert for Valor

Movie · as Self

2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History poster

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

TV · as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) · 7 eps

2013
A Fierce Green Fire poster

A Fierce Green Fire

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
August: Osage County poster

August: Osage County

Movie · as Violet Weston

2013
Girl Rising poster

Girl Rising

Movie · as Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)

2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story poster

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Movie · as Self

2013
Out of Print poster

Out of Print

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Makers: Women Who Make America poster

Makers: Women Who Make America

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2013
奥斯维辛集中营 poster

奥斯维辛集中营

TV · as 讲述 · 6 eps

2012
Close Up poster

Close Up

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Hope Springs poster

Hope Springs

Movie · as Kay

2012
To the Arctic 3D poster

To the Arctic 3D

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie · as (archive footage)

2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts poster

Joe Papp in Five Acts

Movie · as Self

2012
Radioman poster

Radioman

Movie · as Self

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Margaret Thatcher

2011
Wings of Life poster

Wings of Life

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Camilla Bowner · 2 eps

2010
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life poster

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Movie · as Jennie

2010
Sky Island poster

Sky Island

Movie · as (voice)

2010
America: The Story of Us poster

America: The Story of Us

Movie · as Herself

2010
This Place Knows Us poster

This Place Knows Us

Movie · as Narrator

2010
America: The Story of Us poster

America: The Story of Us

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Doubt: Stage to Screen poster

Doubt: Stage to Screen

Movie · as Self

2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox poster

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Movie · as Mrs. Fox (voice)

2009
It's Complicated poster

It's Complicated

Movie · as Jane Adler

2009
Julie & Julia poster

Julie & Julia

Movie · as Julia Child

2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale poster

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Movie · as Self

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Mamma Mia! poster

Mamma Mia!

Movie · as Donna Sheridan

2008
Doubt poster

Doubt

Movie · as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

2008
Dark Matter poster

Dark Matter

Movie · as Joanna Silver

2008
Ribbon of Sand poster

Ribbon of Sand

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2008
Theater of War poster

Theater of War

Movie · as Self

2008
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' poster

An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'

Movie · as Self

2007
Lions for Lambs poster

Lions for Lambs

Movie · as Janine Roth

2007
Rendition poster

Rendition

Movie · as Corrine Whitman

2007
Evening poster

Evening

Movie · as Lila Ross

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2006
A Prairie Home Companion poster

A Prairie Home Companion

Movie · as Yolanda Johnson

2006
The Ant Bully poster

The Ant Bully

Movie · as Queen (voice)

2006
Hurricane on the Bayou poster

Hurricane on the Bayou

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
The Devil Wears Prada poster

The Devil Wears Prada

Movie · as Miranda Priestly

2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner poster

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

Movie · as Self

2006
The Music of Regret poster

The Music of Regret

Movie · as The Woman

2006
10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada poster

10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada

Movie · as Self

2005
Prime poster

Prime

Movie · as Lisa Metzger

2005
Stolen Childhoods

Stolen Childhoods

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Karen Blixen: Out of This World poster

Karen Blixen: Out of This World

Movie · as Self - Host

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · 1 ep

2005
Unscripted poster

Unscripted

TV · as Meryl Streep · 3 eps

2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Movie · as Josephine Anwhistle

2004
The Manchurian Candidate poster

The Manchurian Candidate

Movie · as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

2004
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen poster

Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen

Movie · as Self

2003
Stuck on You poster

Stuck on You

Movie · as Meryl Streep (uncredited)

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2003
Angels in America poster

Angels in America

TV · as Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia · 6 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
The Hours poster

The Hours

Movie · as Clarissa Vaughan

2002
Adaptation. poster

Adaptation.

Movie · as Susan Orlean

2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney poster

There's Only One Paul McCartney

Movie · as Self

2002
New York at the Movies

New York at the Movies

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence poster

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Movie · as Blue Mecha (voice)

2001
Vermeer Master of Light poster

Vermeer Master of Light

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' poster

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

Movie · as Self

2001
School: The Story of American Public Education poster

School: The Story of American Public Education

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2000
A Song of Africa poster

A Song of Africa

Movie · as Self

1999
Music of the Heart poster

Music of the Heart

Movie · as Roberta

1999
Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait

Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1999
Chrysanthemum poster

Chrysanthemum

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1999
The Directors poster

The Directors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Dancing at Lughnasa poster

Dancing at Lughnasa

Movie · as Kate Mundy

1998
One True Thing poster

One True Thing

Movie · as Kate Gulden

1998
Vivement dimanche poster

Vivement dimanche

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
...First Do No Harm poster

...First Do No Harm

Movie · as Lori Reimuller

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1997
Leute heute poster

Leute heute

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Marvin's Room poster

Marvin's Room

Movie · as Lee Wakefield Lacker

1996
Before and After poster

Before and After

Movie · as Carolyn Ryan

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
The Bridges of Madison County poster

The Bridges of Madison County

Movie · as Francesca Johnson

1995
The Living Sea poster

The Living Sea

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1995
The Halls of Vertebrate Evolution poster

The Halls of Vertebrate Evolution

Movie · as Narrator

1994
The River Wild poster

The River Wild

Movie · as Gail Hartman

1994
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

Movie · as Self - Host

1994
A Century of Cinema poster

A Century of Cinema

Movie · as Self

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
The House of the Spirits poster

The House of the Spirits

Movie · as Clara del Valle Trueba

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Death Becomes Her poster

Death Becomes Her

Movie · as Madeline Ashton Menville

1992
Age 7 in America

Age 7 in America

Movie · as Narrator / Hostess

1991
Defending Your Life poster

Defending Your Life

Movie · as Julia

1991
Voices That Care poster

Voices That Care

Movie · as Self - Choir Member

1990
Postcards from the Edge poster

Postcards from the Edge

Movie · as Suzanne Vale

1990
The Earth Day Special poster

The Earth Day Special

Movie · as Concerned Citizen

1989
She-Devil poster

She-Devil

Movie · as Mary Fisher

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Jessica Lovejoy (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Evil Angels poster

Evil Angels

Movie · as Lindy Chamberlain

1988
Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of Gloucester

Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of Gloucester

Movie · as Narrator

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1987
Ironweed poster

Ironweed

Movie · as Helen Archer

1987
Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit poster

Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Movie · as Narrator

1986
Heartburn poster

Heartburn

Movie · as Rachel

1985
Out of Africa poster

Out of Africa

Movie · as Karen Blixen

1985
Plenty poster

Plenty

Movie · as Susan Traherne

1984
Falling in Love poster

Falling in Love

Movie · as Molly Gilmore

1984
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit poster

Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1984
Goldene Kamera

Goldene Kamera

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1983
Silkwood poster

Silkwood

Movie · as Karen Silkwood

1982
Still of the Night poster

Still of the Night

Movie · as Brooke Reynolds

1982
Sophie's Choice poster

Sophie's Choice

Movie · as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

1982
Alice at the Palace poster

Alice at the Palace

Movie · as Alice

1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman poster

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Movie · as Sarah / Anna

1981
Kiss Me, Petruchio poster

Kiss Me, Petruchio

Movie · as Katherine

1979
Manhattan poster

Manhattan

Movie · as Jill

1979
Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Movie · as Joanna Kramer

1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan poster

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Movie · as Karen Traynor

1979
Uncommon Women and Others poster

Uncommon Women and Others

Movie · as Leilah

1979
Friday Night, Saturday Morning poster

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

TV · 1 ep

1978
The Deer Hunter poster

The Deer Hunter

Movie · as Linda

1978
Holocaust poster

Holocaust

TV · as Inga Helms Weiss · 4 eps

1978
Ciné regards poster

Ciné regards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Julia poster

Julia

Movie · as Anne Marie

1977
Secret Service poster

Secret Service

Movie · as Edith Varney

1977
The Deadliest Season poster

The Deadliest Season

Movie · as Sharon Miller

1976
Everybody Rides the Carousel poster

Everybody Rides the Carousel

Movie · as Stage 6 (voice)

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Spécial cinéma poster

Spécial cinéma

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Leilah, Self - Host · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1968
60 Minutes poster

60 Minutes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente poster

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1959
The Grammys poster

The Grammys

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep