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Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Acting

Born: June 22, 1949Summit, New Jersey, USA

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.

Known For
Filmography
A Sleigh of One's Own

A Sleigh of One's Own

Mrs. Claus

2028
Narnia

Narnia

Aslan (voice)

2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Miranda Priestly

2026
Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Rejected Rocky Voice (voice)

2026
Hoppers

Hoppers

Insect Queen (voice)

2026
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Self

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self

2025
Schindler Space Architect

Schindler Space Architect

Narrator (voice)

2024
Escape from Extinction: Rewilding

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding

Narrator (voice)

2024
Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep

2024
Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

President Orlean

2021
Dear Elizabeth

Dear Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bishop

2021
Stanislavski: Lust for Life

Stanislavski: Lust for Life

Self

2021
Let Them All Talk

Let Them All Talk

Alice Hughes

2020
The Prom

The Prom

Dee Dee Allen

2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

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

Meryl Streep

2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Narrator (voice)

2020
Little Women

Little Women

Aunt March

2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Self

2019
The Laundromat

The Laundromat

Ellen Martin / Elena

2019
This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

Self

2019
Museum Town

Museum Town

Narrator (voice)

2019
Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

Cousin Topsy

2018
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC

Paul McCartney: Live from NYC

Self

2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Self (archive footage)

2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Donna Sheridan-Carmichael

2018
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

Narrator (voice)

2018
Every Act of Life

Every Act of Life

Maurine McElroy (voice)

2018
The Post

The Post

Kay Graham

2017
The Words That Built America

The Words That Built America

Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2017
Five Came Back

Five Came Back

Narrator (voice)

2017

The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

Self

2017
100 Years

100 Years

Narrator (voice)

2017
Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth Murray (voice)

2016
Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

Self

2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master

Mike Nichols: An American Master

Self

2016
Aktorka

Aktorka

Self (archive footage)

2015
Suffragette

Suffragette

Emmeline Pankhurst

2015

Shout Gladi Gladi

Narrator (voice)

2015
Everything Is Copy

Everything Is Copy

Self

2015

Emotional Uncertainties

Self

2015
Ricki and the Flash

Ricki and the Flash

Ricki Rendazzo

2015
Auschwitz

Auschwitz

Narrator (voice)

2015
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Witch

2014
The Concert for Valor

The Concert for Valor

Self

2014
The Giver

The Giver

Chief Elder

2014
The Homesman

The Homesman

Altha Carter

2014
August: Osage County

August: Osage County

Violet Weston

2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Self

2013
Out of Print

Out of Print

Narrator (voice)

2013
Girl Rising

Girl Rising

Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)

2013
A Fierce Green Fire

A Fierce Green Fire

Narrator (voice)

2013
Radioman

Radioman

Self

2012
Close Up

Close Up

Self (archive footage)

2012
Hope Springs

Hope Springs

Kay

2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts

Joe Papp in Five Acts

Self

2012
To the Arctic 3D

To the Arctic 3D

Narrator

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

2012
The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher

2011
Wings of Life

Wings of Life

Narrator (voice)

2011
America: The Story of Us

America: The Story of Us

Herself

2010
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Jennie

2010
Sky Island

Sky Island

(voice)

2010
It's Complicated

It's Complicated

Jane Adler

2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Felicity Fox (voice)

2009
Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

Julia Child

2009
Doubt: Stage to Screen

Doubt: Stage to Screen

Self

2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Self

2009
Doubt

Doubt

Sister Aloysius Beauvier

2008
Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia!

Donna Sheridan

2008
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'

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

Self

2008
Theater of War

Theater of War

Self

2008
Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Joanna Silver

2008
Ribbon of Sand

Ribbon of Sand

Narrator (voice)

2008
Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs

Janine Roth

2007
Rendition

Rendition

Corrine Whitman

2007
Evening

Evening

Lila Ross

2007
Hurricane on the Bayou

Hurricane on the Bayou

Narrator (voice)

2006
The Ant Bully

The Ant Bully

Queen (voice)

2006
The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada

Miranda Priestly

2006
10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada

10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada

Self

2006
A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

Yolanda Johnson

2006
The Music of Regret

The Music of Regret

The Woman

2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

Self

2006

Stolen Childhoods

Narrator (voice)

2005
Karen Blixen: Out of This World

Karen Blixen: Out of This World

Self - Host

2005
Prime

Prime

Lisa Metzger

2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Josephine Anwhistle

2004
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

2004
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen

Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen

Self

2004
Stuck on You

Stuck on You

Meryl Streep (uncredited)

2003
The Hours

The Hours

Clarissa Vaughan

2002
Adaptation.

Adaptation.

Susan Orlean

2002

New York at the Movies

Narrator (voice)

2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney

There's Only One Paul McCartney

Self

2002
Heart of the Festival

Heart of the Festival

Self (archive footage)

2002
Vermeer Master of Light

Vermeer Master of Light

Narrator (voice)

2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Blue Mecha (voice)

2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

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

Self

2001
A Song of Africa

A Song of Africa

Self

2000

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

Narrator (voice)

1999
Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

Roberta

1999
Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

Narrator (voice)

1999
One True Thing

One True Thing

Kate Gulden

1998
Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Kate Mundy

1998
...First Do No Harm

...First Do No Harm

Lori Reimuller

1997
Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

Lee Wakefield Lacker

1996
Before and After

Before and After

Carolyn Ryan

1996
The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County

Francesca Johnson

1995
The Living Sea

The Living Sea

Narrator (voice)

1995
The River Wild

The River Wild

Gail Hartman

1994

An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

Self - Host

1994
The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

Clara del Valle Trueba

1993
Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

Madeline Ashton Menville

1992

Age 7 in America

Narrator / Hostess

1991
Defending Your Life

Defending Your Life

Julia

1991
Voices That Care

Voices That Care

Self - Choir Member

1991
Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

Suzanne Vale

1990
The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special

Concerned Citizen

1990
She-Devil

She-Devil

Mary Fisher

1989
Evil Angels

Evil Angels

Lindy Chamberlain

1988

Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of Gloucester

Narrator

1988
Ironweed

Ironweed

Helen Archer

1987
Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Narrator (voice)

1987
Heartburn

Heartburn

Rachel

1986
Out of Africa

Out of Africa

Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen

1985
Plenty

Plenty

Susan Traherne

1985
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit

Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit

Narrator (voice)

1984
Falling in Love

Falling in Love

Molly Gilmore

1984
Silkwood

Silkwood

Karen Silkwood

1983
Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

1982
Still of the Night

Still of the Night

Brooke Reynolds

1982
Alice at the Palace

Alice at the Palace

Alice

1982
The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Sarah / Anna

1981
Kiss Me, Petruchio

Kiss Me, Petruchio

Katherine

1981
Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs. Kramer

Joanna Kramer

1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Karen Traynor

1979
Uncommon Women and Others

Uncommon Women and Others

Leilah

1979
Manhattan

Manhattan

Jill

1979
The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

Linda

1978
Julia

Julia

Anne Marie

1977
The Deadliest Season

The Deadliest Season

Sharon Miller

1977
Secret Service

Secret Service

Edith Varney

1977
Everybody Rides the Carousel

Everybody Rides the Carousel

Stage 6 (voice)

1976