Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 17 times, and has won it three times. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera....See full bio »
2008Mamma Mia!
(performer: "Money, Money, Money", "Mamma Mia", "Chiquitita", "Super Trouper", "Dancing Queen", "Our Last Summer", "SOS", "Slipping Through My Fingers", "The Winner Takes It All", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "When All Is Said And Done", "Waterloo")
2006A Prairie Home Companion
(performer: "Go Tell Aunt Gladys", "Softly And Tenderly", "My Minnesota Home", "Beboparebop Rhubarb Pie", "Gold Watch & Chain", "Goodbye To My Mama")
200915th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
(TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture & Nominee: Best Cast in a Motion Picture
2005The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV special documentary)
Herself - Presenter: Best Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie/Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
200410th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
2004The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a TV-Movie/Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
2003The 75th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role/Presenter: Honorary Award to Peter O'Toole/Past Winner
2003The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture & Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Her credits at New York's Public Theater include: Katherine in Shakespeare's "Henry V", Isabella in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" (1976), the title role in Shakespeare's "The Taming of The Shrew" opposite Raul Julia (1978), the title role in the...
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The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge. I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervor and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses - I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own. (On portraying Margaret Thatcher in
The Iron Lady)
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She frequently plays real-life characters: Julia Child, Ethel Rosenberg, Karen Silkwood, Karen Blixen, Roberta Guasppari, Lindy Chamberlain, Susan Orlean and Margaret Thatcher.
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,4,136,14,196,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "The Comic Strip Presents...: Season 4: Episode 1 -- Al Pacino (Peter Richardson) and Meryl Streep (Jennifer Saunders) star as Arthur Scargill and his wife in an overly dramatized Hollywood epic about the 1984 miners' strike.")
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