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Age: 75
Profession: Actress
Other Profession(s): Singer, Writer, Film Producer, Narrator
Famous For: Masterly Technique, Expertise With Dialects, And Subtly Expressive Face
Higher Education: Master of Fine Arts
About (Profile/Biography):
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep, an American actress, was born in 1949 in New Jersey to Mary Wolf (commercial artist) and Harry William Streep (pharmaceutical executive). Meryl's early performing goals were more focused on opera. As a Vassar student who developed an interest in performing, she went on to enroll at the Yale School of Drama after graduating.
Careers:
In 1976: The "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" featured her.
In 1977: In the movie Julia, opposite Jane Fonda, Streep played her first major motion picture role.
In 1978: Holocaust, in which Streep starred as the German woman, brought her great acclaim. She appeared in the war movie The Deer Hunter that same year.
In 1979: As a result of her work in “Kramer vs. Kramer”, she went on to win the Academy Award.
In 1983, In “Silkwood”, Streep portrayed her first real-life role.
In 1984: Next, Streep starred alongside Robert De Niro in the love story “Falling in Love”.
In 1986: She appeared in the drama “Heartburn” alongside Jack Nicholson.
In 1995: The love romance “The Bridges of Madison County” was Streep's most popular movie of the decade.
In 1997: Streep received a second nomination for an Emmy Award for her work in "First Do No Harm."
In 2001: Streep co-starred with Natalie Portman in The Seagull as Arkadina.
In 2002: Nicole Kidman and Streep co-starred in The Hours.
In 2003: Al Pacino and Meryl Streep both starred in "Angels in America."
In 2013: Julia Roberts and Streep co-starred in the drama black comedy August: Osage County.
Achievements and Awards:
Meryl Streep received Academy Award in 2016.
'Streep was inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame in 2008.
Unknown Facts:
She began training to be an opera singer at the age of 12.
Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded to her.
