Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

188

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-06-22 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Summit, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

ميريل ستريب

Мэрил Стрип

메릴 스트립

メリル・ストリープ

เมอรีล สตรีป

梅麗·史翠普

მერილ სტრიპი

Μέριλ Στριπ

梅丽尔·斯特里普

Mary Louise Streep

梅里尔·斯特里普

梅莉·史翠普

مریل استریپ

Meryl Streep

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meryl Streep, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Doubt: Stage to Screen

2009

Doubt: Stage to Screen

as

Self

The Hours

2002

The Hours

as

Clarissa Vaughan

Out of Africa

1985

Out of Africa

as

Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as

Blue Mecha (voice)

The Bridges of Madison County

1995

The Bridges of Madison County

as

Francesca Johnson

Manhattan

1979

Manhattan

as

Jill

The House of the Spirits

1993

The House of the Spirits

as

Clara del Valle Trueba

Prime

2005

Prime

as

Lisa Metzger

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

as

Felicity Fox (voice)

Adaptation.

2002

Adaptation.

as

Susan Orlean

Lions for Lambs

2007

Lions for Lambs

as

Janine Roth

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998

Dancing at Lughnasa

as

Kate Mundy

She-Devil

1989

She-Devil

as

Mary Fisher

There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002

There's Only One Paul McCartney

as

Self

Rendition

2007

Rendition

as

Corrine Whitman

It's Complicated

2009

It's Complicated

as

Jane Adler

Evening

2007

Evening

as

Lila Ross

Postcards from the Edge

1990

Postcards from the Edge

as

Suzanne Vale

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

as

Josephine Anwhistle

The Deer Hunter

1978

The Deer Hunter

as

Linda

Mamma Mia!

2008

Mamma Mia!

as

Donna Sheridan

Julie & Julia

2009

Julie & Julia

as

Julia Child

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer

as

Joanna Kramer

Still of the Night

1982

Still of the Night

as

Brooke Reynolds

Defending Your Life

1991

Defending Your Life

as

Julia

The River Wild

1994

The River Wild

as

Gail Hartman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman

as

Sarah / Anna

A Prairie Home Companion

2006

A Prairie Home Companion

as

Yolanda Johnson

Silkwood

1983

Silkwood

as

Karen Silkwood

Death Becomes Her

1992

Death Becomes Her

as

Madeline Ashton Menville

Music of the Heart

1999

Music of the Heart

as

Roberta

Marvin's Room

1996

Marvin's Room

as

Lee Wakefield Lacker

...First Do No Harm

1997

...First Do No Harm

as

Lori Reimuller

The Ant Bully

2006

The Ant Bully

as

Queen (voice)

Heartburn

1986

Heartburn

as

Rachel

Evil Angels

1988

Evil Angels

as

Lindy Chamberlain

Ironweed

1987

Ironweed

as

Helen Archer

Plenty

1985

Plenty

as

Susan Traherne

Julia

1977

Julia

as

Anne Marie

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as

Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

Doubt

2008

Doubt

as

Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Before and After

1996

Before and After

as

Carolyn Ryan

Stanislavski: Lust for Life

2021

Stanislavski: Lust for Life

as

Self

An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

1994

An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

as

Self - Host

Hurricane on the Bayou

2006

Hurricane on the Bayou

as

Narrator (voice)

Sophie's Choice

1982

Sophie's Choice

as

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

2010

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

as

Jennie

Voices That Care

1991

Voices That Care

as

Self - Choir Member

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

as

Self

2012

Close Up

as

Self (archive footage)

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

as

Karen Traynor

Stolen Childhoods

2005

Stolen Childhoods

as

Narrator (voice)

The Living Sea

1995

The Living Sea

as

Narrator (voice)

Dark Matter

2008

Dark Matter

as

Joanna Silver

Falling in Love

1984

Falling in Love

as

Molly Gilmore

The Iron Lady

2011

The Iron Lady

as

Margaret Thatcher

One True Thing

1998

One True Thing

as

Kate Gulden

Hope Springs

2012

Hope Springs

as

Kay

Wings of Life

2011

Wings of Life

as

Narrator (voice)

A Fierce Green Fire

2013

A Fierce Green Fire

as

Narrator (voice)

To the Arctic 3D

2012

To the Arctic 3D

as

Narrator

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as

(archive footage)

Ribbon of Sand

2008

Ribbon of Sand

as

Narrator (voice)

Theater of War

2008

Theater of War

as

Self

August: Osage County

2013

August: Osage County

as

Violet Weston

Alice at the Palace

1982

Alice at the Palace

as

Alice

Joe Papp in Five Acts

2012

Joe Papp in Five Acts

as

Self

Girl Rising

2013

Girl Rising

as

Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)

New York at the Movies

2002

New York at the Movies

as

Narrator (voice)

Radioman

2012

Radioman

as

Self

Uncommon Women and Others

1979

Uncommon Women and Others

as

Leilah

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

as

Self

Into the Woods

2014

Into the Woods

as

Witch

The Giver

2014

The Giver

as

Chief Elder

The Devil Wears Prada

2006

The Devil Wears Prada

as

Miranda Priestly

Suffragette

2015

Suffragette

as

Emmeline Pankhurst

The Homesman

2014

The Homesman

as

Altha Carter

Ricki and the Flash

2015

Ricki and the Flash

as

Ricki Rendazzo

Birthing Mamma Mia!

2008

Birthing Mamma Mia!

as

Self

Everybody Rides the Carousel

1975

Everybody Rides the Carousel

as

Stage 6 (voice)

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

2006

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

as

Self

The Concert for Valor

2014

The Concert for Valor

as

Self

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

Florence Foster Jenkins

as

Florence Foster Jenkins

Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit

1984

Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit

as

Narrator (voice)

Auschwitz

2015

Auschwitz

as

Narrator (voice)

Kiss Me, Petruchio

1981

Kiss Me, Petruchio

as

Katherine

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

1999

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

as

Narrator (voice)

Vermeer Master of Light

2001

Vermeer Master of Light

as

Narrator (voice)

Secret Service

1977

Secret Service

as

Edith Varney

Mike Nichols: An American Master

2016

Mike Nichols: An American Master

as

Self

Shout Gladi Gladi

2015

Shout Gladi Gladi

as

Narrator (voice)

Everything Is Copy

2015

Everything Is Copy

as

Self

The Earth Day Special

1990

The Earth Day Special

as

Concerned Citizen

Stuck on You

2003

Stuck on You

as

Meryl Streep (uncredited)

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding

2024

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding

as

Narrator (voice)

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

as

Self (archive footage)

100 Years

2017

100 Years

as

Narrator (voice)

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

Mary Poppins Returns

as

Cousin Topsy

The Music of Regret

2006

The Music of Regret

as

The Woman

The Post

2017

The Post

as

Kay Graham

The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

2017

The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

as

Self

Five Came Back

2017

Five Came Back

as

Narrator (voice)

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

2018

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

as

Donna Sheridan-Carmichael

The Words That Built America

2017

The Words That Built America

as

Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

The Deadliest Season

1977

The Deadliest Season

as

Sharon Miller

The Laundromat

2019

The Laundromat

as

Ellen Martin / Elena

Little Women

2019

Little Women

as

Aunt March

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

Starring Austin Pendleton

as

Self

This Changes Everything

2019

This Changes Everything

as

Self

Every Act of Life

2018

Every Act of Life

as

Maurine McElroy (voice)

Age 7 in America

1991

Age 7 in America

as

Narrator (voice)

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World

2018

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World

as

Self

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

2008

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

as

Self

Museum Town

2019

Museum Town

as

Narrator (voice)

The Prom

2020

The Prom

as

Dee Dee Allen

Sky Island

2010

Sky Island

as

(voice)

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

2018

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

as

Narrator (voice)

Let Them All Talk

2020

Let Them All Talk

as

Alice Hughes

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as

Self (archive footage)

A Song of Africa

2000

A Song of Africa

as

Self

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

2018

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

as

Self (archive footage)

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

2020

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

as

Narrator (voice)

Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen

2004

Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen

as

Self

Emotional Uncertainties

2015

Emotional Uncertainties

as

Self

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

2001

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

as

Self

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

2016

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

as

Elizabeth Murray (voice)

Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

2020

Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

as

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Don't Look Up

2021

Don't Look Up

as

President Orlean

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

as

Self

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

2020

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

as

Meryl Streep

Chrysanthemum

1999

Chrysanthemum

as

Narrator (voice)

Dear Elizabeth

2021

Dear Elizabeth

as

Elizabeth Bishop

Karen Blixen: Out of This World

2005

Karen Blixen: Out of This World

as

Self - Host

Mamma Mia! 3

Mamma Mia! 3

as

Donna Sheridan

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep

as

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

as

Self

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

as

Self

Schindler Space Architect

2024

Schindler Space Architect

as

Narrator (voice)

Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1

2026

Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1

as

Aslan (voice)

This Morning

This Morning

as

Self - Guest

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

Jessica Lovejoy (voice)

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

as

Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as

Self

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

as

Self

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

as

Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as

Self - Guest

The View

The View

as

Self

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

as

60 Minutes

60 Minutes

as

Self

Angels in America

Angels in America

as

Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia

Holocaust

Holocaust

as

Inga Helms Weiss

The Oscars

The Oscars

as

Self

America: The Story of Us

America: The Story of Us

as

Self

Extrapolations

Extrapolations

as

Eve

GMTV

GMTV

as

Self

The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

as

Eleanor Roosevelt

Hemingway

Hemingway

as

Martha Gellhorn (voice)

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

as

Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as

Self

Only Murders in the Building

Only Murders in the Building

as

Loretta Durkin

Five Came Back

Five Came Back

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

School: The Story of American Public Education

School: The Story of American Public Education

as

Narrator (voice)

Makers: Women Who Make America

Makers: Women Who Make America

as

Narrator (voice)

Leute heute

Leute heute

as

Self

Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies

as

Mary Louise Wright

Web Therapy

Web Therapy

as

Camilla Bowner

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

as

Self

The Grammys

The Grammys

as

Self

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as

Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as

Self (archive footage)

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

as

Self

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

as

Self

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

as

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as

Self - Guest

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

as

Narrator (voice)

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

as

Self

Unscripted

Unscripted

as

Self

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Leilah

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Self - Host

The Corrections

The Corrections

as

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self

The View

The View

as

奥斯维辛集中营

奥斯维辛集中营

as

讲述

Production

Sell/Buy/Date

2022

Sell/Buy/Date

as

...First Do No Harm

1997

...First Do No Harm

as

Crew

Emotional Uncertainties

2015

Emotional Uncertainties

as

Directing