Meryl Streep
American actress · United States · Actors · Born 1949 · age 77
Meryl Streep is read about 12,367 times a day, in 114 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?She holds more Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations than any performer in history - 21 and 34 respectively - not through luck or longevity alone, but through a technical precision and dialect command that made her the measuring stick for serious film acting.
A life in dates
HoppersFilm, Insect Queen (voice)The Devil Wears Prada 2, a new film, came out on 20 April 2026.20 April 2026, 2024“[On the situation for women in Afghanistan] Today in Kabul a female cat has more freedom than a woman.”In their words23 September 2024Speaking at the United Nations in New York (23 September 2024), as cited in "Cats have more freedom than Afghan women - Meryl Streep", BBCNew Jersey Hall of FameAward2021
Only Murders in the BuildingSeries, Loretta Durkin2019
Little WomenFilm, Aunt March2018
You Quiz on the BlockSeries2017Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille AwardAward
The PostFilm, 2017Kay Graham2015
SuffragetteFilm, Emmeline Pankhurst2014Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2013
August: Osage CountyFilm, Violet Weston2012“Half of me is Streep and the other half is Wilkinson from Lincolnshire so I come by it honestly, this part.”In their words14 February 2012Nick Britten, in "Baftas: Meryl Streep's British ancestor 'helped start war with Native Americans'", The Telegraph (14 February 2012)Academy Award for Best ActressAward2011
The Iron LadyFilm, Margaret Thatcher2009“Hollywood to me is what it is to you. It's something other than what I am. I sit outside it.”In their words24 January 2009James Mottram, "Meryl Streep: Movies, marriage, and turning sixty," The Independent (24 January 2009)“Well, aren't we all grateful to be alive? I just know lots of people … at my age, I've lost a lot of people in my life and I'm very grateful to be here. That's what I mean.”In their words24 January 2009Her comment when she was to turn 60“I don't really. In our business, you're not kicked out necessarily …”In their words24 January 2009When asked about her retirement.Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyAward
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeries, 20092008
DoubtFilm, Sister Aloysius Beauvier2006Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyAward2005
The Colbert ReportSeries2004Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a MovieAward2003Honorary CésarAward2002
Adaptation.Film, Susan Orlean1998Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward
Vivement dimancheSeries, 19981996“I am so daunted by [reputation] that I never think about it. It is a thing bigger than I am capable of perceiving.”In their words8 December 1996In: Louis Hobson (1996) "It's so Nice to be nasty," Calgary Sun, December 8, 1996; Cited in: Karen Hollinger The Actress: Hollywood Acting
Marvin's RoomFilm, 1996Lee Wakefield Lacker1994
The River WildFilm, Gail Hartman1993Rungstedlund AwardAward
GMTVSeries, 19931992
Death Becomes HerFilm, Madeline Ashton Menville1988
LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries1983Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaAward1982
Sophie's ChoiceFilm, Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski1981BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleAward1980Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward1978
The Deer HunterFilm, Linda1976Theatre World AwardAward1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1968
60 MinutesSeries1949Born22 June 1949Also in Deutsch
Photos 12
In their own words 10
, [On the situation for women in Afghanistan] Today in Kabul a female cat has more freedom than a woman.
Half of me is Streep and the other half is Wilkinson from Lincolnshire so I come by it honestly, this part.
I'm so sorry to hear this, but this is what it is.
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PMProject Hail Mary
TPThe Devil Wears Prada 2HOHoppers
DUDon't Look UpLWLittle Women
TLThe Laundromat
MRMary Poppins Returns
MAMamma Mia! Here We Go AgainTPThe Post
FJFlorence Foster JenkinsSUSuffragette
IWInto the Woods
TGThe Giver
THThe HomesmanACAugust: Osage County
HSHope SpringsTLThe Iron Lady
FFFantastic Mr. Fox
JJJulie & Julia
ICIt's Complicated
MMMamma Mia!DODoubt
LLLions for Lambs
TPThe Devil Wears Prada
TBThe Ant Bully
LELemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
TCThe Manchurian CandidateADAdaptation.
THThe Hours
AIA.I. Artificial IntelligenceMRMarvin's Room
TCThe Bridges of Madison CountyTWThe River Wild
TSThe House of the SpiritsDHDeath Becomes Her
OAOut of AfricaSCSophie's Choice
KKKramer vs. Kramer
MAManhattanTHThe Deer Hunter217 credits on file
Television 24
OBOnly Murders in the Building
TSThe Kelly Clarkson ShowYBYou Quiz on the Block
TCThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TCThe Late Late Show with James CordenWCWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TSThe Graham Norton ShowTRThe Colbert Report
JLJimmy Kimmel Live!
TSThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowVDVivement dimanche
TVThe View
KHKing of the Hill
LHLeute heute
TSThe Daily ShowGMGMTV
TSThe SimpsonsLMLIVE with Kelly and Mark
SLSaturday Night LiveSCSpécial cinéma
GPGreat PerformancesMI60 Minutes
TSThe Merv Griffin Show
GAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Streep came out of Yale Drama in 1975, earned a Tony nomination within a year, and landed her first Oscar nomination for The Deer Hunter in 1978. She won her first Academy Award for Kramer vs. Kramer after rewriting her courtroom testimony to center the character's autonomy rather than function as a narrative foil. The 1980s anchored her as a leading actress: The French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice, Out of Africa, and a Best Actress win at Cannes for A Cry in the Dark. After a genre-sprawling '90s, she reached a new commercial altitude in the 2000s with The Devil Wears Prada and Mamma Mia!, while her dramatic work in The Iron Lady brought a third Oscar. She has now appeared in over 64 films, 18 television projects, recorded more than 20 albums and 30 audiobooks, and in 2014 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In common with Meryl
Sydney SweeneyAround the same time: The Devil Wears Prada 2 released
Rachel BloomAround the same time: The Devil Wears Prada 2 released
Kenneth BranaghAround the same time: The Devil Wears Prada 2 released
Taylor SwiftAlso in The Giver (2014)
Hailee SteinfeldAlso in The Homesman (2014)
Ariana GrandeAlso in Don't Look Up (2021)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.