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| By the early 1980s, Streep had progressed to leading roles, and the first of these was the ], '']'' (1981). A ], it paired Streep with ] as contemporary performers, telling their modern story as well as the ] drama they were performing. Streep was awarded her first ] for her work. | |||
| In the 1980s, Streep appeared in the acclaimed films '']''; '']'', with ] and ]; '']'', with Robert Redford; and '']'', with ] (in which Streep makes her singing debut). She received strong reviews and an ] nomination for ], portraying activist Karen Silkwood. In '']'' (titled ''Evil Angels'' in Australia), Streep portrayed ], the ] mother who was accused of being responsible for the death of her infant after claiming that a ] took her baby. For her performance, she was awarded ] at the ]. From 1984 to 1990, Streep won six ] for Favorite Motion Picture Actress and, in 1990, was named World Favorite. | |||
| Her next film, the ], '']'' reunited her with ], the director of ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', and co-starred ] and ]. ], writing for the '']'' noted that the film was an homage to the works of ], but that one of its main weaknesses was a lack of chemistry between Streep and Scheider, concluding that Streep "is stunning, but she's not on screen anywhere near long enough". <ref>{{cite news| last = Canby| first = Vincent| title = 'STILL OF THE NIGHT,' IN HITCHCOCK MANNER| publisher = New York Times| date = 1985-09-20| url = http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C02E2D8123BF93AA25752C1A964948260| accessdate = 2009-06-06 | |||
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| As the ] ] in '']'' (1982), Streep's emotional dramatic performance and her apparent mastery of a Polish accent, drew praise. Among several notable acting awards, Streep won the ]. She followed this success with a biographical film, '']'' (1983), in which she played her first real-life character, the ], ], the ], '']'' (1984), opposite ] and a British drama, '']'' (1985). ] said of Streep's performance in ''Plenty'', that she conveyed "great subtlety; it is hard to play an unbalanced, neurotic, self-destructive woman, and do it with such gentleness and charm... Streep creates a whole character around a woman who could have simply been a catalogue of symptoms." <ref>{{cite news| last = Ebert| first = Roger| title = '''Plenty'' review| publisher =Roger Ebert.com| date = 1982-11-19| url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19850920/REVIEWS/509200303/1023| accessdate = 2009-06-06 | |||
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| '']'' starred Streep as the Danish writer ], and co-starred ]. A significant critical success, the film won the ], and Streep was nominated for several awards. She co-starred with ] in her next two films, the dramas '']'' (1986) and '']'' (1987), in which she sang onscreen for the first time. She played the biographical role of ] who had been convicted of the murder of her infant daughter, in a sensational case, in which Chamberlain claimed her baby had been taken by a ]. Titled, '']'' (and ''Evil Angels'' in Australia where it was filmed), the film again brought Streep praise with a ] at the ], an ], ], and nominations for several notable awards. | |||
| In '']'' (1989), Streep played her first comedic role, opposite ] | |||
| From 1984 to 1990, Streep won six ] for Favorite Motion Picture Actress and, in 1990, was named World Favorite. | |||
| In the 1990s, Streep took a greater variety of roles, including a strung-out movie actress in a screen adaptation of ]'s novel '']'', with ] and ], and a farcical role in '']'', with ] and ]. Streep also appeared in the movie version of ]'s '']'', the screen adaptation of '']'' with ], '']'', '']'', '']'' (with ] and ]), '']'', and '']'', a role that required her to learn to play the ]. | In the 1990s, Streep took a greater variety of roles, including a strung-out movie actress in a screen adaptation of ]'s novel '']'', with ] and ], and a farcical role in '']'', with ] and ]. Streep also appeared in the movie version of ]'s '']'', the screen adaptation of '']'' with ], '']'', '']'', '']'' (with ] and ]), '']'', and '']'', a role that required her to learn to play the ]. | ||
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| Meryl Streep | |
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 Streep in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2004 | |
| Born | Mary Louise Streep |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse | Don Gummer (1978–present) |
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era.
She made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, and her screen debut came in the made-for-television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, Streep made her film debut with Julia. Both critical and commercial success came soon with roles in The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), the former giving Streep her first Oscar nomination and the latter her first win. She later won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Sophie's Choice (1982).
Streep has received 15 Academy Award nominations and 23 Golden Globe nominations (winning six), more than any other person in film history. Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, three New York Film Critics Circle Awards, four Grammy Award nominations, a BAFTA award, and a Tony Award nomination.
Early life
Streep was born Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary W. Streep, a commercial artist, and Harry William Streep, Jr., a pharmaceutical executive. Streep's mother was of Swiss, Irish, and English ancestry, and her father's family was of Dutch descent. Streep was raised Presbyterian; the name "Streep" means "straight line" in Dutch. She has two younger brothers, Dana and Harry. Streep was raised in Bernardsville, New Jersey, where she attended and graduated from Bernards High School. She received her B.A. in Drama at Vassar College in 1971 (where she briefly received instruction from Jean Arthur) but also enrolled as an exchange student at Dartmouth College for a semester before that school had become coeducational. She subsequently earned an M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama.
Early career
She performed in several theater productions in New York after graduating from Yale School of Drama, including the New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew with Raúl Juliá, and Measure for Measure opposite Sam Waterston and John Cazale, who became her fiancé. She starred on Broadway in the Brecht/Weill musical Happy End, and won an Obie for her performance in the all-sung off-Broadway production of Alice at the Palace.
Streep's first feature film was Julia (1976), in which she played a small but pivotal role during a flashback scene. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her next film, The Deer Hunter (1978), and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for her role in the miniseries Holocaust (1978).
During this time, John Cazale was ill with bone cancer and was nursed by Streep until his death on March 12, 1978. In September, 1978 she married sculptor Don Gummer.
Streep appeared in three films released in 1979, the Woody Allen romantic comedy Manhattan, the political drama, The Seduction of Joe Tynan and the courtroom drama, Kramer vs. Kramer, and drew critical acclaim for each performance. She was awarded the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her collective work in the three films. Among the awards won for Kramer vs. Kramer were the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
1980–present
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By the early 1980s, Streep had progressed to leading roles, and the first of these was the period drama, The French Lieutenant's Woman (film) (1981). A story within a story, it paired Streep with Jeremy Irons as contemporary performers, telling their modern story as well as the Victorian era drama they were performing. Streep was awarded her first BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work.
Her next film, the psychological thriller, Still of the Night reunited her with Robert Benton, the director of Kramer vs. Kramer, and co-starred Roy Scheider and Jessica Tandy. Vincent Canby, writing for the New York Times noted that the film was an homage to the works of Alfred Hitchcock, but that one of its main weaknesses was a lack of chemistry between Streep and Scheider, concluding that Streep "is stunning, but she's not on screen anywhere near long enough".
As the Polish holocaust survivor in Sophie's Choice (1982), Streep's emotional dramatic performance and her apparent mastery of a Polish accent, drew praise. Among several notable acting awards, Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She followed this success with a biographical film, Silkwood (1983), in which she played her first real-life character, the union activist, Karen Silkwood, the romantic comedy, Falling in Love (1984), opposite Robert De Niro and a British drama, Plenty (1985). Roger Ebert said of Streep's performance in Plenty, that she conveyed "great subtlety; it is hard to play an unbalanced, neurotic, self-destructive woman, and do it with such gentleness and charm... Streep creates a whole character around a woman who could have simply been a catalogue of symptoms."
Out of Africa starred Streep as the Danish writer Karen Blixen, and co-starred Robert Redford. A significant critical success, the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Streep was nominated for several awards. She co-starred with Jack Nicholson in her next two films, the dramas Heartburn (1986) and Ironweed (1987), in which she sang onscreen for the first time. She played the biographical role of Lindy Chamberlain who had been convicted of the murder of her infant daughter, in a sensational case, in which Chamberlain claimed her baby had been taken by a dingo. Titled, A Cry in the Dark (and Evil Angels in Australia where it was filmed), the film again brought Streep praise with a Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and nominations for several notable awards.
In She-Devil (1989), Streep played her first comedic role, opposite Roseanne Barr
From 1984 to 1990, Streep won six People's Choice Awards for Favorite Motion Picture Actress and, in 1990, was named World Favorite.
In the 1990s, Streep took a greater variety of roles, including a strung-out movie actress in a screen adaptation of Carrie Fisher's novel Postcards from the Edge, with Dennis Quaid and Shirley MacLaine, and a farcical role in Death Becomes Her, with Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. Streep also appeared in the movie version of Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, the screen adaptation of The Bridges of Madison County with Clint Eastwood, The River Wild, She-Devil, Marvin's Room (with Diane Keaton and Leonardo DiCaprio), One True Thing, and Music of the Heart, a role that required her to learn to play the violin.
Streep is adept with foreign accents, some of her best known roles have called for them. In The Bridges of Madison County, she played a woman from Bari, Italy, while in Sophie's Choice she adopted a Polish accent. She was a voice actor for the animated series The Simpsons and King of the Hill. She also voiced the Blue Fairy character in the Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence
In 2002, she costarred with Nicolas Cage in Spike Jonze's Adaptation. as real-life author Susan Orlean, and with Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore in The Hours. She also appeared with Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in the HBO adaptation of Tony Kushner's six-hour play, Angels in America, in which she had four roles. She received her second Emmy Award for Angels in America, which reunited her with director Mike Nichols (who directed her in Silkwood, Heartburn, and Postcards from the Edge). She also played Aunt Josephine in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events with Jim Carrey.
In addition, she appeared in Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate, costarring Denzel Washington, in which she played a role first performed by Angela Lansbury. Since 2002, Streep has hosted the annual event Poetry & the Creative Mind, a benefit in support of National Poetry Month and a program of the Academy of American Poets. Streep also co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert with Liam Neeson in Oslo, Norway in 2001.
In 2004, Streep was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award by the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute, which honors an individual for a lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television.
Streep's more recent film releases are Prime (2005); the Robert Altman film A Prairie Home Companion, with Lindsay Lohan and Lily Tomlin; and the box office success The Devil Wears Prada, with Anne Hathaway, which earned Streep the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and an Academy Award nomination.
In 2008 she appeared as Donna in the film version of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!, For this role she won the award of Best Female Performance at the National Movie Awards (UK), and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical. She played Sister Aloysius in the 2008 film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt. She received both an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama for that film. She also shared the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress with Anne Hathaway for the role, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
Her upcoming film, Julie & Julia, will have her playing the late Julia Child. She will also be starring in a new Nancy Meyers romantic comedy, which will also star Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, which began production in February, 2009.
Theatre
In New York City, she appeared in the 1976 Broadway double bill of Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Arthur Miller's A Memory of Two Mondays. For the former, she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Her other early Broadway credits include Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and the Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill musical, Happy End, in which she originally appeared off-Broadway at the Chelsea Theater Center. She received Drama Desk Award nominations for both productions. Once Streep's film career flourished, she took a long break from stage acting.
In July 2001, Streep returned to the stage for the first time in more than twenty years, playing Arkadina in the Public Theater's revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. The staging, directed by Mike Nichols, also featured Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Marcia Gay Harden, and John Goodman.
In August and September 2006, she starred onstage at The Public Theater's production of Mother Courage and Her Children at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. The Public Theater production was a new translation by playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America), with songs in the Weill/Brecht style written by composer Jeanine Tesori (Caroline, or Change); veteran director George C. Wolfe was at the helm. Streep starred alongside Kevin Kline and Austin Pendleton in this three-and-a-half-hour play, in which she sang several songs and was in nearly every scene.
Music
After appearing in Mamma Mia!, Streep's rendition of the song "Mamma Mia" rose to popularity in the Portuguese music charts, where it has so far peaked at #8, adding to Streep's many achievements in the entertainment industry.
At the 35th People's Choice Awards, her version of "Mamma Mia" won an award for "Favorite Song From A Soundtrack". In 2008, Streep was nominated for a Grammy Award (her 5th nomination) for her work on the Mamma Mia! soundtrack.
Awards
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Meryl StreepStreep holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, having been nominated 15 times since her first nomination in 1979 for The Deer Hunter (12 for Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress).
Meryl Streep also holds the record for actress with the most Golden Globe Awards, with six wins. She is the most nominated performer for a Golden Globe Award (she has 23 nominations) and is also tied with Jack Nicholson and Angela Lansbury for most Golden Globes overall by an actor or actress (six wins). Streep has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2003, she was awarded an honorary César Award by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema. In 2004 at the Moscow International Film Festival, Meryl Streep was honored with the Stanislavsky Award for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school.
In 2009, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Princeton University.
Work
Filmography
Television
| Year | Television | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Holocaust | Inga Helms Weiss | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1994 | The Simpsons | Jessica Lovejoy | Episode: "Bart's Girlfriend" |
| 1999 | King of the Hill | Aunt Esme Dauterive | Episode: "A Beer Can Named Desire" |
| 1997 | …First Do No Harm | Lori Reimuller | Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Film |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Ethel Rosenberg The Rabbi Hannah Pitt Angel Australia |
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Special Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries |
Stage
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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| 1975 | Trelawny of the Wells | Miss Imogen Parrott | |
| 1976 | 27 Wagons Full of Cotton | Flora Meighan | Theatre World Award - Debut performance, Broadway/Off-Broadway Nominated — Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Nominated - Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
| A Memory of Two Mondays | Patricia | ||
| Secret Service | Edith Varney | ||
| Henry V | Katherine | ||
| Measure for Measure | Isabella | ||
| 1977 | Happy End | Lieutenant Lillian Holiday | |
| The Cherry Orchard | Dunyasha | ||
| 1978 | Alice at the Palace | Alice | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Kate | ||
| 1979 | Taken in Marriage | Andrea | |
| 1980-81 | Alice at the Palace | Alice | |
| 2001 | The Seagull | Irina Nikolayevna | Nominated — Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play |
| 2006 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Mother Courage | Drama League Award — Distinguished Performance Award Nominated — Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play |
References
- Santas, Constantine (2002). Responding to Film. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 187. ISBN 0830415807.
- Hollinger, Karen (2006). The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star. CRS Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0415977924.
- The Middle East. Library Information and Research Service. 2005. p. 204.
- "Meryl Streep". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- "Meryl Streep Biography (1949-)". Film Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- "Meryl Streep". Inside the Actors Studio. Season 5. Episode 1. 1998-11-22. Bravo.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - Horowitz, Joy (1991-03-17). "That Madcap Meryl. Really!". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- "Press Archive". Simply Streep.com.
- "Meryl Streep Biography". Yahoo! Movies.
- "N.J. Teachers Honor 6 Graduates". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1983-11-12. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
Streep is a graduate of Bernards High School in Bernardsville...
- Canby, Vincent (1985-09-20). "'STILL OF THE NIGHT,' IN HITCHCOCK MANNER". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- Ebert, Roger (1982-11-19). "'Plenty review". Roger Ebert.com. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- Hetrick, Adam (2009-01-09). "Winners of the 2009 Critics' Choice Awards, announced". Playbill. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- "Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep Eying Romantic Comedy". Pop Critics. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- "Mother Courage and Her Children". New York Times. 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- "People Choice Awards Results".
- Eric Quiñones (2009-06-02). "Princeton awards five honorary degrees". Princeton. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- "Meryl Streep voicing a role in Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'". Entertainment Weekly. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
Bibliography
- Napoleon, Davi. Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater. Includes discussion of Streep's performance in Robert Kalfin's production of Happy End at the Chelsea Theater and on Broadway. Iowa State University Press. ISBN-0-8138-1713-7, 1991.
- Finding Herself: The Prime of Meryl Streep by Molly Haskell, Film Comment, May/June 2008.
External links
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- Meryl Streep at the TCM Movie Database
- merylstreeponline.net- official website
- Meryl Streep at BAFTA 40 minute webcast, January 2009
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