Acting
Meryl Streep
Born 1949-06-22
Summit, New Jersey, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Prominent works featuring Meryl Streep
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The Devil Wears Prada
2006
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The Simpsons
1989
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Don't Look Up
2021
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Project Hail Mary
2026
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Mamma Mia!
2008
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Little Women
2019
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
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The Post
2017
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (216 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Sleigh of One's Own | Mrs. Claus | Movie | 2028 |
 | Narnia: The Magician's Nephew | Aslan (voice) | Movie | 2027 |
 | My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Marty, Life Is Short | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2026 |
 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Miranda | Movie | 2026 |
 | Do We Know Each Other? | Miranda Priestly | Movie | 2026 |
 | Henry David Thoreau | Various Voices (voice) | Movie | 2026 |
| Henry David Thoreau | Various Characters (voice) | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Project Hail Mary | Rejected Rocky Voice (voice) | Movie | 2026 |
 | Hoppers | Insect Queen (voice) | Movie | 2026 |
 | The American Revolution | Mercy Otis Warren (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Meryl Streep Project | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Schindler Space Architect | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Escape from Extinction: Rewilding | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Extrapolations | Eve | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Sell/Buy/Date | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Don't Look Up | President Orlean | Movie | 2021 |
 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy | Self | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Only Murders in the Building | Loretta Durkin | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Dear Elizabeth | Elizabeth Bishop | Movie | 2021 |
 | Hemingway | Martha Gellhorn (voice) | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Stanislavski: Lust for Life | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Let Them All Talk | Alice Hughes | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Prom | Dee Dee Allen | Movie | 2020 |
 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover | Meryl Streep | Movie | 2020 |
 | Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis | Self - Actress (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Little Women | Aunt March | Movie | 2019 |
 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Laundromat | Ellen Martin / Elena | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | This Changes Everything | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | Museum Town | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Mary Poppins Returns | Cousin Topsy | Movie | 2018 |
 | Paul McCartney: Live from NYC | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | You Quiz on the Block | Self | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Donna | Movie | 2018 |
 | Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Every Act of Life | Maurine McElroy (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Post | Kay Graham | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | Movie | 2017 |
 | Five Came Back | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Five Came Back | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2017 |
| The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits | Self | Movie | 2017 | |
 | Big Little Lies | Mary Louise Wright | TV Series | 2017 |
 | 100 Years | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds | Suzanne Vale, Self (archive footage, uncredited) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Mike Nichols: An American Master | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Florence Foster Jenkins | Movie | 2016 |
 | Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray | Elizabeth Murray (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Starring Austin Pendleton | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Aktorka | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2015 |
| Aktorka | Thanks | Movie | 2015 |
 | Suffragette | Emmeline Pankhurst | Movie | 2015 |
| Shout Gladi Gladi | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Everything Is Copy | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2015 |
| Emotional Uncertainties | Self | Movie | 2015 | |
| Emotional Uncertainties | Thanks | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Ricki and the Flash | Ricki Rendazzo | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Auschwitz | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Into the Woods | Witch | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Concert for Valor | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Giver | Chief Elder | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Homesman | Altha Carter | Movie | 2014 |
 | August: Osage County | Violet Weston | Movie | 2013 |
 | 奥斯维辛集中营 | 讲述 | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Out of Print | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Girl Rising | Narrator - Ethiopia (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | A Fierce Green Fire | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Makers: Women Who Make America | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Radioman | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Hope Springs | Kay | Movie | 2012 |
 | Joe Papp in Five Acts | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | To the Arctic 3D | Narrator | Movie | 2012 |
 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher | Movie | 2011 |
 | Web Therapy | Camilla Bowner | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Wings of Life | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2011 |
 | America: The Story of Us | Herself | Movie | 2010 |
 | This Place Knows Us | Narrator | Movie | 2010 |
 | America: The Story of Us | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Jennie | Movie | 2010 |
 | Sky Island | (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
 | It's Complicated | Jane Adler | Movie | 2009 |
 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Mrs. Fox (voice) | Movie | 2009 |
 | Julie & Julia | Julia Child | Movie | 2009 |
 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Doubt: Stage to Screen | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | Doubt | Sister Aloysius Beauvier | Movie | 2008 |
 | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan | Movie | 2008 |
 | An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Theater of War | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Dark Matter | Joanna Silver | Movie | 2008 |
 | Ribbon of Sand | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2008 |
 | Lions for Lambs | Janine Roth | Movie | 2007 |
 | Rendition | Corrine Whitman | Movie | 2007 |
 | Evening | Lila Ross | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Hurricane on the Bayou | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Ant Bully | Queen (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly | Movie | 2006 |
 | 10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | A Prairie Home Companion | Yolanda Johnson | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Music of Regret | The Woman | Movie | 2006 |
 | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | Self | Movie | 2006 |
| Stolen Childhoods | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2005 | |
 | The Colbert Report | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Karen Blixen: Out of This World | Self - Host | Movie | 2005 |
 | Prime | Lisa Metzger | Movie | 2005 |
 | Unscripted | Meryl Streep | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Josephine Anwhistle | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Manchurian Candidate | Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | Stuck on You | Meryl Streep (uncredited) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Angels in America | Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Hours | Clarissa Vaughan | Movie | 2002 |
 | Adaptation. | Susan Orlean | Movie | 2002 |
| New York at the Movies | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2002 | |
 | There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Vermeer Master of Light | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2001 |
 | School: The Story of American Public Education | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2001 |
 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Blue Mecha (voice) | Movie | 2001 |
 | Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | A Song of Africa | Self | Movie | 2000 |
| Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1999 | |
 | Music of the Heart | Roberta | Movie | 1999 |
 | Chrysanthemum | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Directors | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Vivement dimanche | Self | TV Series | 1998 |
 | One True Thing | Kate Gulden | Movie | 1998 |
 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Kate Mundy | Movie | 1998 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Leute heute | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | ...First Do No Harm | Lori Reimuller | Movie | 1997 |
| ...First Do No Harm | Executive Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | King of the Hill | Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice) | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Marvin's Room | Lee Wakefield Lacker | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Daily Show | Self | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Before and After | Carolyn Ryan | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Bridges of Madison County | Francesca Johnson | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Halls of Vertebrate Evolution | Narrator | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Living Sea | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1995 |
 | The River Wild | Gail Hartman | Movie | 1994 |
 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV Series | 1994 |
| An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet | Self - Host | Movie | 1994 | |
 | The House of the Spirits | Clara del Valle Trueba | Movie | 1993 |
 | GMTV | Self | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Death Becomes Her | Madeline Ashton Menville | Movie | 1992 |
| Age 7 in America | Narrator / Hostess | Movie | 1991 | |
 | Defending Your Life | Julia | Movie | 1991 |
 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | Movie | 1991 |
 | Postcards from the Edge | Suzanne Vale | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Earth Day Special | Concerned Citizen | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Simpsons | Jessica Lovejoy (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | She-Devil | Mary Fisher | Movie | 1989 |
 | Evil Angels | Lindy Chamberlain | Movie | 1988 |
 | This Morning | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1988 |
 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1988 |
| Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of Gloucester | Narrator | Movie | 1988 | |
 | Ironweed | Helen Archer | Movie | 1987 |
 | Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Narrator | Movie | 1987 |
 | Heartburn | Rachel | Movie | 1986 |
 | Out of Africa | Karen Blixen | Movie | 1985 |
 | Plenty | Susan Traherne | Movie | 1985 |
 | Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1984 |
 | Falling in Love | Molly Gilmore | Movie | 1984 |
| Goldene Kamera | Self | TV Series | 1984 | |
 | Silkwood | Karen Silkwood | Movie | 1983 |
 | Sophie's Choice | Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski | Movie | 1982 |
 | Still of the Night | Brooke Reynolds | Movie | 1982 |
 | Alice at the Palace | Alice | Movie | 1982 |
 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Sarah / Anna | Movie | 1981 |
 | Kiss Me, Petruchio | Katherine | Movie | 1981 |
 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Joanna Kramer | Movie | 1979 |
 | Friday Night, Saturday Morning | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Karen Traynor | Movie | 1979 |
 | Uncommon Women and Others | Leilah | Movie | 1979 |
 | Manhattan | Jill | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Deer Hunter | Linda | Movie | 1978 |
 | Holocaust | Inga Helms Weiss | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Ciné regards | Self | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Julia | Anne Marie | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Deadliest Season | Sharon Miller | Movie | 1977 |
 | Secret Service | Edith Varney | Movie | 1977 |
 | Everybody Rides the Carousel | Stage 6 (voice) | Movie | 1976 |
 | Saturday Night Live | Self | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV Series | 1974 |
| Film '72 | Self | TV Series | 1971 | |
 | Great Performances | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Leilah | TV Series | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Self - Host | TV Series | 1971 |
 | 60 Minutes | Self | TV Series | 1968 |
| Titel, Thesen, Temperamente | Self | TV Series | 1967 | |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Grammys | Self | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | TV Series | 1944 |
| Useful Idiots | Diane Castle | Movie | — | |
 | Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic | Joni Mitchell | Movie | — |
| The Corrections | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — | |
| The Corrections | Executive Producer | TV Series | — |