Meryl Streep
Born: 1949-06-22 in Summit, New Jersey, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- Hoppers as Insect Queen (voice)
- The Devil Wears Prada 2 as Miranda Priestly
- Narnia as Aslan (voice)
2025
- The American Revolution as Mercy Otis Warren (voice)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024
- Schindler Space Architect as Narrator (voice)
- Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? as Narrator (voice)
- Escape from Extinction: Rewilding as Narrator (voice)
- Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep
2023
- Extrapolations as Eve
2022
- The U.S. and the Holocaust as Eleanor Roosevelt
- Sell/Buy/Date ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Only Murders in the Building as Loretta Durkin
- Don't Look Up as President Orlean
- Stanislavski: Lust for Life as Self
- Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
- Hemingway as Martha Gellhorn (voice)
- Dear Elizabeth as Elizabeth Bishop
2020
- Let Them All Talk as Alice Hughes
- Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth as Narrator (voice)
- Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- The Prom as Dee Dee Allen
- In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Meryl Streep
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (archive footage)
- Little Women as Aunt March
- The Laundromat as Ellen Martin / Elena
- This Changes Everything as Self
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- Museum Town as Narrator (voice)
2018
- Mary Poppins Returns as Cousin Topsy
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Donna Sheridan-Carmichael
- Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
- Every Act of Life as Maurine McElroy (voice)
- Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary as Narrator (voice)
2017
- Big Little Lies as Mary Louise Wright
- The Post as Kay Graham
- 100 Years as Narrator (voice)
- Five Came Back as Narrator (voice)
- The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- Five Came Back as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits as Self
2016
- Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins
- Mike Nichols: An American Master as Self
- Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
- Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray as Elizabeth Murray (voice)
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Emotional Uncertainties as Self
- Auschwitz as Narrator (voice)
- Suffragette as Emmeline Pankhurst
- Ricki and the Flash as Ricki Rendazzo
- Everything Is Copy as Self
- Shout Gladi Gladi as Narrator (voice)
2014
- The Homesman as Altha Carter
- The Giver as Chief Elder
- Into the Woods as Witch
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
- The Concert for Valor as Self
2013
- Girl Rising as Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)
- August: Osage County as Violet Weston
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- Makers: Women Who Make America as Narrator (voice)
- 奥斯维辛集中营 as 讲述
- Out of Print as Narrator (voice)
- A Fierce Green Fire as Narrator (voice)
2012
- Hope Springs as Kay
- Radioman as Self
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Joe Papp in Five Acts as Self
- Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- To the Arctic 3D as Narrator
2011
- Web Therapy as Camilla Bowner
- The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
- Wings of Life as Narrator (voice)
2010
- Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life as Jennie
- America: The Story of Us as Self
- America: The Story of Us as Herself
- Sky Island as (voice)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Fantastic Mr. Fox as Felicity Fox (voice)
- It's Complicated as Jane Adler
- Julie & Julia as Julia Child
- I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- Doubt: Stage to Screen as Self
2008
- Mamma Mia! as Donna Sheridan
- Dark Matter as Joanna Silver
- Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
- Theater of War as Self
- Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
- Ribbon of Sand as Narrator (voice)
- An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Evening as Lila Ross
- Rendition as Corrine Whitman
- Lions for Lambs as Janine Roth
2006
- The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly
- The Ant Bully as Queen (voice)
- Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner as Self
- A Prairie Home Companion as Yolanda Johnson
- Hurricane on the Bayou as Narrator (voice)
- The Music of Regret as The Woman
2005
- The Colbert Report
- Prime as Lisa Metzger
- Unscripted as Self
- Karen Blixen: Out of This World as Self - Host
- Stolen Childhoods as Narrator (voice)
2004
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Josephine Anwhistle
- The Manchurian Candidate as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
- Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Angels in America as Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
- Stuck on You as Meryl Streep (uncredited)
2002
- The Hours as Clarissa Vaughan
- Adaptation. as Susan Orlean
- New York at the Movies as Narrator (voice)
- There's Only One Paul McCartney as Self
2001
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Blue Mecha (voice)
- Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' as Self
- School: The Story of American Public Education as Narrator (voice)
- Vermeer Master of Light as Narrator (voice)
2000
- A Song of Africa as Self
1999
- Music of the Heart as Roberta
- The Directors as Self
- Chrysanthemum as Narrator (voice)
- Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait as Narrator (voice)
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- Dancing at Lughnasa as Kate Mundy
- One True Thing as Kate Gulden
1997
- King of the Hill as Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice)
- Leute heute as Self
- The View as Self
- ...First Do No Harm as Lori Reimuller
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Marvin's Room as Lee Wakefield Lacker
- Before and After as Carolyn Ryan
1995
- The Bridges of Madison County as Francesca Johnson
- The Living Sea as Narrator (voice)
1994
- The River Wild as Gail Hartman
- An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet as Self - Host
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- GMTV as Self
- The House of the Spirits as Clara del Valle Trueba
1992
- Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton Menville
1991
- Defending Your Life as Julia
- Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
- Age 7 in America as Narrator (voice)
1990
- Postcards from the Edge as Suzanne Vale
- The Earth Day Special as Concerned Citizen
1989
- The Simpsons as Jessica Lovejoy (voice)
- She-Devil as Mary Fisher
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Evil Angels as Lindy Chamberlain
- This Morning as Self - Guest
1987
- Ironweed as Helen Archer
1986
- Heartburn as Rachel
1985
- Out of Africa as Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen
- Plenty as Susan Traherne
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- Falling in Love as Molly Gilmore
- Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit as Narrator (voice)
1983
- Silkwood as Karen Silkwood
1982
- Sophie's Choice as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
- Still of the Night as Brooke Reynolds
- Alice at the Palace as Alice
1981
- The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sarah / Anna
- Kiss Me, Petruchio as Katherine
1979
- Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer
- The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Karen Traynor
- Uncommon Women and Others as Leilah
- Manhattan as Jill
1978
- The Deer Hunter as Linda
- Holocaust as Inga Helms Weiss
1977
- Julia as Anne Marie
- Secret Service as Edith Varney
- The Deadliest Season as Sharon Miller
1976
- Everybody Rides the Carousel as Stage 6 (voice)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
1971
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self
1967
- Titel, Thesen, Temperamente as Self
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1959
- The Grammys as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner