Meryl Streep (born Mary Louise Streep; June 22, 1949) is an American actress of theatre, film and television. She is widely regarded as the greatest living actress, as well as one of the greatest actresses of all time.
Streep made her professional stage debut in The Playboy of Seville (1971), before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season (1977). In that same year, she made her film debut in Julia (1977). Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), the first of which brought her an Academy Award nomination, and the second, her first win, for Best Supporting Actress. She later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles in Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011). With 18 Academy Award nominations in 35 years, Streep holds the record as being the most nominated actor (male or female) in film history.
Streep has also received 28 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight, more nominations and more competitive (non-honorary) wins than any other actress or actor.Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, five New York Film Critics Circle Awards, two BAFTA awards, two Australian Film Institute awards, five Grammy Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination, among several others. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts, the youngest actor in each award's history. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of Arts. In 2003, the government of France made her a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.
At the National Board of Review Awards in 2013, Streep labeled Walt Disney (d. 1966) as "anti-semitic" and a "gender bigot." Former actors, employees and animators who knew Disney during his lifetime rebuffed the comments as misinformed and selective. The Walt Disney Family Museum issued a statement rebuking Streep's allegations indirectly, citing, among others, Disney's contributions to Jewish charities and his published letters stating that women "have the right to expect the same chances for advancement as men." However, Disney's grandniece, Abigail Disney, wholeheartedly agreed with Streep's statements. Abigail Disney stated that he was an "anti-Semite," "misogynist," and "racist" who was also an exemplary filmmaker whose work "made billions of people happy." She admitted to having "mixed feelings" about her great-uncle but that her statements were about being "as honest as possible about those feelings, or else you are going to lead yourself into many a blind alley in life."
In 2013, Streep starred along with supporting actress Julia Roberts in the film August: Osage County, which was filmed on-site in Oklahoma. The film is based on Tracy Letts's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name and was directed by John Wells. Streep received Golden Globe, SAG, and Academy Award nominations for her role in this film. In September 2012, it was reported that Streep along with Hilary Swank will join the production of The Homesman, Tommy Lee Jones' sophomore directorial effort. In January 2013, numerous reports surfaced that Streep was cast as The Witch in a film adaptation of the Broadway musical Into the Woods. Also in 2013, Streep joined the motion picture adaptation of The Giver with Jeff Bridges and The Good House along with Robert De Niro. Streep agreed to play Emmeline Pankhurst, a supporting role in the film Suffragette, which started shooting during late February 2014
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