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Meryl Streep
Remarkable:
- Mamma Mia! -
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.
Born:
June 22, 1949
Born as:
Mary Louise Streep
Born in Summit, New Jersey (USA), Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She started voice training at age 12 and took up acting in high school.
Streep made her Broadway debut in 1975 with Trelawny of the Wells and her screen debut in Julia (1977).
In 1978 she took the female lead in The Deer Hunter, picking up her first Academy Award nomination. That same year she also starred in the television miniseries Holocaust.
One year later Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) established her as a first-rank star. Streep's career continued to climb in the 1980s.
In the 1990s her fame declined a little. In spite of forays into comedy (Death becomes her (1992)), Streep was always considered a serious actress, her name typically associated with a serious, often depressing sort of film. In 1994 she tackled her first action film, The river wild and in 1995 she was back with The Bridges of Madison County (Directed by Clint Eastwood).
Meryl's reputation as an acting great remained, appearing in Marvin's Room , and completing another successful decade with Music of the Heart.
Selected Movies:
- Manhattan (1979)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Adaptation. (2002)
- The Hours (2002)
- Sophie's Choice (1982)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Out of Africa (1985)
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Academy awards:
2003 Nominated Best Actress for: Adaptation. (2002)2000 Nominated Best Actress for: Music of the Heart (1999)
1999 Nominated Best Actress for: One True Thing (1998)
1996 Nominated Best Actress for: The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
1991 Nominated Best Actress for: Postcards from the Edge (1990)
1989 Nominated Best Actress for: A Cry in the Dark (1988)
1988 Nominated Best Actress for: Ironweed (1987)
1986 Nominated Best Actress for: Out of Africa (1985)
1984 Nominated Best Actress for: Silkwood (1983)
1983 Won Best Actress for: Sophie's Choice (1982)
1982 Nominated Best Actress for: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
1980 Won Oscar Best Actress for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
1979 Nominated Best Actress for: The Deer Hunter (1978)