Actress
Meryl Streep American Actress Known for A Century of Cinema
Meryl Streep · film actor and stage actor · American
77years old
88credits listed
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Biography
Meryl Streep was born on 22 June 1949 in Summit. She is an American actress. Today she is 77 years old. She is recognised as President Janie Orlean in Don't Look Up (2021).
The earliest of her listed screen credits is Everybody Rides the Carousel, from 1975. In total, 83 films and 5 TV series are listed from 1975 to 2026. Listed parts include Aunt March in Little Women (2019), Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada (2006). The list ends, for now, with The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026).
On the music side, the records list The Velveteen Rabbit (1984).
She has collected 42 awards, with 28 nominations also listed. The first recorded win came with Theatre World Award in 1976. More recently, she won New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2024.
Filmography
88 credits| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Film | |
| 2023 | Extrapolations | TV series | |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up | President Janie Orlean | Film |
| 2020 | Let Them All Talk | Film | |
| 2020 | The Prom | Film | |
| 2019 | Little Women | Aunt March | Film |
| 2019 | The Laundromat | Film | |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Donna Sheridan | Film |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Topsy | Film |
| 2017–2019 | Big Little Lies | TV series | |
| 2017 | The Post | Katharine Graham | Film |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Florence Foster Jenkins | Film |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Film | |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Emmeline Pankhurst | Film |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | Film |
Show all 88 credits
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Giver | Film | |
| 2014 | The Homesman | Film | |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Film | |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | Film | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher | Film |
| 2011 | Wings of Life | Film | |
| 2010 | America: The Story of Us | TV series | |
| 2010 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Film | |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You | Film | |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | Film | |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Film | |
| 2009 | The Magic 7 | Film | |
| 2008 | Doubt | Film | |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan | Film |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Film | |
| 2007 | Dark Matter | Film | |
| 2007 | Evening | Film | |
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs | Film | |
| 2007 | Ocean Voyagers | Film | |
| 2007 | Rendition | Film | |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Film | |
| 2006 | Hurricane on the Bayou | Film | |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly | Film |
| 2006 | The Music of Regret | Film | |
| 2005 | Karen Blixen - Out of This World | Film | |
| 2005 | Prime | Film | |
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness | Film | |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Josephine Anwhistle | Film |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Film | |
| 2003 | Stuck on You | Film | |
| 2002 | Adaptation | Susan Orlean | Film |
| 2002 | The Hours | Film | |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Film | |
| 2001 | Vermeer: Master of Light | Film | |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Film | |
| 1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Film | |
| 1998 | One True Thing | Film | |
| 1997 | ...First Do No Harm | Film | |
| 1996 | Before and After | Film | |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Lee Lacker | Film |
| 1995 | The Bridges of Madison County | Film | |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Film | |
| 1994 | The River Wild | Film | |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Film | |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Madeline Ashton | Film |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Film | |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Film | |
| 1989 | Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife | Film | |
| 1989 | She-Devil | Film | |
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton | Film |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Film | |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | Film | |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Film | |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Film | |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Film | |
| 1985 | Plenty | Film | |
| 1984 | Falling in Love | Film | |
| 1984–1995 | Rabbit Ears Productions | TV series | |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Karen Silkwood | Film |
| 1982 | Alice at the Palace | Film | |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice | Zofia Sophie' Zawistowski' | Film |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | Film | |
| 1981 | Kiss Me, Petruchio | Film | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Film | |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Film | |
| 1979 | Manhattan | Film | |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Film | |
| 1978– | Holocaust | TV series | |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Linda | Film |
| 1978 | Uncommon Women and Others | Film | |
| 1977 | Julia | Film | |
| 1977 | The Deadliest Season | Film | |
| 1975 | Everybody Rides the Carousel | Film |
Awards and nominations
42 won, 28 nominated| Year | Award | For | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Jersey Hall of Fame | Won | |
| 2023 | Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts | Won | |
| 2017 | Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award | Won | |
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator | Five Came Back | Won |
| 2015 | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain | Into the Woods | Won |
| 2014 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Won | |
| 2012 | Academy Award for Best Actress | The Iron Lady | Won |
| 2012 | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Iron Lady | Won |
| 2012 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | The Iron Lady | Won |
| 2010 | honorary doctor of Harvard University | Won | |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Julie & Julia | Won |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Doubt | Won |
| 2008 | Donostia Award | Won | |
| 2006 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | The Devil Wears Prada | Won |
| 2006 | London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year | The Devil Wears Prada | Won |
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| Year | Award | For | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Devil Wears Prada | Won |
| 2004 | AFI Life Achievement Award | Won | |
| 2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Angels in America | Won |
| 2003 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Angels in America | Won |
| 2003 | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Adaptation | Won |
| 2003 | Honorary César | Won | |
| 2003 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | The Hours | Won |
| 1998 | Crystal Award | Won | |
| 1993 | Rungstedlund Award | Won | |
| 1989 | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | Evil Angels | Won |
| 1989 | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress | Evil Angels | Won |
| 1983 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Sophie's Choice | Won |
| 1983 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Sophie's Choice | Won |
| 1982 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Won |
| 1981 | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Won |
| 1980 | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | Kramer vs. Kramer | Won |
| 1980 | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Kramer vs. Kramer | Won |
| 1980 | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year | Won | |
| 1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Holocaust | Won |
| 1976 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
| Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | Won | ||
| Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Won | ||
| honorary doctorate from Princeton University | Won | ||
| Kennedy Center Honors | Won | ||
| National Medal of Arts | Won | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Won | ||
| star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Won | ||
| 2019 | European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Nominated |
| 2018 | Academy Award for Best Actress | The Post | Nominated |
| 2017 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Florence Foster Jenkins | Nominated |
| 2015 | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | Into the Woods | Nominated |
| 2014 | Academy Award for Best Actress | August: Osage County | Nominated |
| 2012 | Academy Award for Best Actress | The Iron Lady | Nominated |
| 2012 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Hope Springs | Nominated |
| 2010 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Julie & Julia | Nominated |
| 2009 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Doubt | Nominated |
| 2007 | Academy Award for Best Actress | The Devil Wears Prada | Nominated |
| 2007 | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain | The Devil Wears Prada | Nominated |
| 2003 | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | Adaptation | Nominated |
| 2000 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Music of the Heart | Nominated |
| 1999 | Academy Award for Best Actress | One True Thing | Nominated |
| 1996 | Academy Award for Best Actress | The Bridges of Madison County | Nominated |
| 1992 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Death Becomes Her | Nominated |
| 1991 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Postcards from the Edge | Nominated |
| 1990 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Postcards from the Edge | Nominated |
| 1989 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Evil Angels | Nominated |
| 1989 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | She-Devil | Nominated |
| 1988 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Ironweed | Nominated |
| 1986 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Out of Africa | Nominated |
| 1984 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Silkwood | Nominated |
| 1983 | Academy Award for Best Actress | Sophie's Choice | Nominated |
| 1982 | Academy Award for Best Actress | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Nominated |
| 1980 | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | Kramer vs. Kramer | Nominated |
| 1979 | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | The Deer Hunter | Nominated |
| 1976 | Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play | Nominated |
Discography
1 release| Year | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Album |
Personal life
Former marriages on record are to Don Gummer (1978 to 2017, divorced). She is the mother of Grace Gummer, Henry Wolfe Gummer, Louisa Jacobson and Mamie Gummer. Education on record includes Yale University (Master of Fine Arts), finishing in 1975; Vassar College (Bachelor of Arts), finishing in 1971; and Yale School of Drama.
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Frequently asked questions
How old is Meryl Streep?
Meryl Streep is 77 years old, born on 22 June 1949 in Summit.
What is Meryl Streep known for?
Meryl Streep is known for playing President Janie Orlean in Don't Look Up (2021).
What is Meryl Streep’s nationality?
Meryl Streep is American, born in Summit.
Who has Meryl Streep been married to?
Meryl Streep’s marriages on record are to Don Gummer (1978 to 2017).
Has Meryl Streep won any awards?
Yes. 42 awards are on record, including New Jersey Hall of Fame (2024).
Sources
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- Follower counts: dated individually above
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