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Meryl Streep

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Biography

Meryl Streep, original name Mary Louise Streep, (born June 22, 1949, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.), American film actress known for her masterly technique, expertise with dialects, and subtly expressive face.

Biography

Streep started voice training at age 12 and took up acting in high school. In 1971 she graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, with a degree in drama and costume design. Streep studied drama at Yale University, where she earned a master of fine arts degree in 1975. She then moved to New York City to begin a professional career as an actress.

Creativity

Streep made her Broadway debut in 1975 with Trelawny of the “Wells.” Two years later she appeared in her first feature film, Julia (1977), but it was her performance in The Deer Hunter (1978) that earned Streep widespread recognition. That same year she also starred in the television miniseries  Holocaust .

Creativity

Over the next 10 years, Streep confirmed her reputation as one of Hollywood’s finest dramatic actresses. Her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)—as a mother who leaves her young son and then fights to regain his custody—and Sophie’s Choice (1982)—as a Polish survivor of a Nazi concentration camp .

Creativity

She gave memorable performances in The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Marvin’s Room (1996), One True Thing (1998), and The Hours (2002). She also garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of famed American chef Julia Child in Julie & Julia (2009). Streep later provided the voice of Mrs. Fox in the animated Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), a film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book.

Creativity

In 2014 Streep appeared as the dispassionate leader of an ostensibly utopian community in The Giver, based on the novel for young readers by Lois Lowry; as a minister’s wife who cares for mentally ill women in the western The Homesman; and as a vengeful witch in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods.

Rewards

During her career, the actress received three Academy awards (the first in 1980 for her role in the film “Kramer vs. Kramer”), and became the record holder for the Number of Golden globe awards. She was nominated for an Academy award 21 times, and received numerous awards for best actress.

Rewards

In addition to receiving numerous acting awards, Streep was made Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters in 2002. In 2010 she was elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2017 she was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award (a Golden Globe for lifetime achievement).

Interesting facts

• Streep could have been an Opera singer or ... a lawyer .

• She's one of the smartest Actresses in Hollywood .

• She can speak with different accents.

• She is against fashion and expensive things.

• I learned to play the violin for the role.