Meryl Streep
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jun 22, 1949 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Summit, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For
| 2028 | A Sleigh of One's OwnMrs. Claus | |
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2Miranda Priestly | |
| 2026 | HoppersInsect Queen (voice) | |
| 2026 | NarniaAslan (voice) | |
| 2026 | Project Hail MaryRejected Rocky Voice (voice) | |
| 2026 | Henry David ThoreauVarious Voices (voice) | |
| 2026 | Henry David ThoreauVarious Characters (voice) | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf | |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf | |
| 2025 | The American RevolutionMercy Otis Warren (voice) | |
| 2024 | Escape from Extinction: RewildingNarrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep | |
| 2024 | Schindler Space ArchitectNarrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?Narrator (voice) | |
| 2023 | ExtrapolationsEve | |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the HolocaustEleanor Roosevelt | |
| 2021 | Stanislavski: Lust for LifeSelf | |
| 2021 | Don't Look UpPresident Orlean | |
| 2021 | Dear ElizabethElizabeth Bishop | |
| 2021 | HemingwayMartha Gellhorn (voice) | |
| 2021 | Only Murders in the BuildingLoretta Durkin | |
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacySelf | |
| 2020 | The PromDee Dee Allen | |
| 2020 | Let Them All TalkAlice Hughes | |
| 2020 | Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Meryl Streep: Mystery and MetamorphosisSelf - Actress (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverMeryl Streep | |
| 2019 | The LaundromatEllen Martin / Elena | |
| 2019 | Little WomenAunt March | |
| 2019 | This Changes EverythingSelf | |
| 2019 | Museum TownNarrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins ReturnsCousin Topsy | |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainDonna Sheridan-Carmichael | |
| 2018 | Every Act of LifeMaurine McElroy (voice) | |
| 2018 | Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years DocumentaryNarrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein ScandalSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Paul McCartney: Live from NYCSelf | |
| 2017 | 100 YearsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | The PostKay Graham | |
| 2017 | The Female Lead - A Selection of PortraitsSelf | |
| 2017 | Five Came BackNarrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence | |
| 2017 | Five Came BackSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | Big Little LiesMary Louise Wright | |
| 2016 | Florence Foster JenkinsFlorence Foster Jenkins | |
| 2016 | Mike Nichols: An American MasterSelf | |
| 2016 | Starring Austin PendletonSelf | |
| 2016 | Everybody Knows... Elizabeth MurrayElizabeth Murray (voice) | |
| 2015 | SuffragetteEmmeline Pankhurst | |
| 2015 | Ricki and the FlashRicki Rendazzo | |
| 2015 | AuschwitzNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | Shout Gladi GladiNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | Everything Is CopySelf | |
| 2015 | Emotional UncertaintiesSelf | |
| 2015 | AktorkaSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Into the WoodsWitch | |
| 2014 | The GiverChief Elder | |
| 2014 | The HomesmanAltha Carter | |
| 2014 | The Concert for ValorSelf | |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryEleanor Roosevelt (voice) | |
| 2013 | A Fierce Green FireNarrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | August: Osage CountyViolet Weston | |
| 2013 | Girl RisingNarrator - Ethiopia (voice) | |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf | |
| 2013 | Out of PrintNarrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Makers: Women Who Make AmericaNarrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | 奥斯维辛集中营讲述 | |
| 2012 | Close UpSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Hope SpringsKay | |
| 2012 | To the Arctic 3DNarrator | |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Joe Papp in Five ActsSelf | |
| 2012 | RadiomanSelf | |
| 2011 | The Iron LadyMargaret Thatcher | |
| 2011 | Wings of LifeNarrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Web TherapyCamilla Bowner | |
| 2010 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to LifeJennie | |
| 2010 | Sky Island(voice) | |
| 2010 | America: The Story of UsHerself | |
| 2010 | America: The Story of UsSelf | |
| 2009 | Doubt: Stage to ScreenSelf | |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. FoxFelicity Fox (voice) | |
| 2009 | It's ComplicatedJane Adler | |
| 2009 | Julie & JuliaJulia Child | |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleSelf | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest | |
| 2009 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia!Donna Sheridan | |
| 2008 | DoubtSister Aloysius Beauvier | |
| 2008 | Dark MatterJoanna Silver | |
| 2008 | Ribbon of SandNarrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | Theater of WarSelf | |
| 2008 | An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'Self | |
| 2007 | Lions for LambsJanine Roth | |
| 2007 | RenditionCorrine Whitman | |
| 2007 | EveningLila Ross | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home CompanionYolanda Johnson | |
| 2006 | The Ant BullyQueen (voice) | |
| 2006 | Hurricane on the BayouNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears PradaMiranda Priestly | |
| 2006 | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerSelf | |
| 2006 | The Music of RegretThe Woman | |
| 2006 | 10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears PradaSelf | |
| 2005 | PrimeLisa Metzger | |
| 2005 | Stolen ChildhoodsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | Karen Blixen: Out of This WorldSelf - Host | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2005 | UnscriptedMeryl Streep | |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsJosephine Anwhistle | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian CandidateSenator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA) | |
| 2004 | Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the ScreenSelf | |
| 2003 | Stuck on YouMeryl Streep (uncredited) | |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf | |
| 2003 | Angels in AmericaHannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self | |
| 2002 | The HoursClarissa Vaughan | |
| 2002 | Adaptation.Susan Orlean | |
| 2002 | There's Only One Paul McCartneySelf | |
| 2002 | New York at the MoviesNarrator (voice) | |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial IntelligenceBlue Mecha (voice) | |
| 2001 | Vermeer Master of LightNarrator (voice) | |
| 2001 | Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'Self | |
| 2001 | School: The Story of American Public EducationNarrator (voice) | |
| 2000 | A Song of AfricaSelf | |
| 1999 | Music of the HeartRoberta | |
| 1999 | Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known PortraitNarrator (voice) | |
| 1999 | ChrysanthemumNarrator (voice) | |
| 1999 | The DirectorsSelf | |
| 1998 | Dancing at LughnasaKate Mundy | |
| 1998 | One True ThingKate Gulden | |
| 1998 | Vivement dimancheSelf | |
| 1997 | ...First Do No HarmLori Reimuller | |
| 1997 | King of the HillAunt Esme Dauterive (voice) | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1997 | Leute heuteSelf | |
| 1996 | Marvin's RoomLee Wakefield Lacker | |
| 1996 | Before and AfterCarolyn Ryan | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | The Bridges of Madison CountyFrancesca Johnson | |
| 1995 | The Living SeaNarrator (voice) | |
| 1994 | The River WildGail Hartman | |
| 1994 | An Introduction to the Ketogenic DietSelf - Host | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1993 | The House of the SpiritsClara del Valle Trueba | |
| 1993 | GMTVSelf | |
| 1992 | Death Becomes HerMadeline Ashton Menville | |
| 1991 | Defending Your LifeJulia | |
| 1991 | Voices That CareSelf - Choir Member | |
| 1991 | Age 7 in AmericaNarrator / Hostess | |
| 1990 | Postcards from the EdgeSuzanne Vale | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day SpecialConcerned Citizen | |
| 1989 | She-DevilMary Fisher | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsJessica Lovejoy (voice) | |
| 1988 | Evil AngelsLindy Chamberlain | |
| 1988 | Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of GloucesterNarrator | |
| 1988 | This MorningSelf - Guest | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest | |
| 1987 | IronweedHelen Archer | |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter RabbitNarrator | |
| 1986 | HeartburnRachel | |
| 1985 | Out of AfricaKaren Christence Dinesen Blixen | |
| 1985 | PlentySusan Traherne | |
| 1984 | Falling in LoveMolly Gilmore | |
| 1984 | Little Ears: The Velveteen RabbitNarrator (voice) | |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSelf | |
| 1983 | SilkwoodKaren Silkwood | |
| 1982 | Still of the NightBrooke Reynolds | |
| 1982 | Sophie's ChoiceZofia "Sophie" Zawistowski | |
| 1982 | Alice at the PalaceAlice | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's WomanSarah / Anna | |
| 1981 | Kiss Me, PetruchioKatherine | |
| 1979 | ManhattanJill | |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. KramerJoanna Kramer | |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe TynanKaren Traynor | |
| 1979 | Uncommon Women and OthersLeilah | |
| 1979 | Friday Night, Saturday Morning | |
| 1978 | The Deer HunterLinda | |
| 1978 | HolocaustInga Helms Weiss | |
| 1977 | JuliaAnne Marie | |
| 1977 | Secret ServiceEdith Varney | |
| 1977 | The Deadliest SeasonSharon Miller | |
| 1976 | Everybody Rides the CarouselStage 6 (voice) | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf | |
| 1974 | Spécial cinémaSelf | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesLeilah | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSelf - Host | |
| 1968 | 60 MinutesSelf | |
| 1967 | Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteSelf | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1959 | The GrammysSelf | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Winner | |
| - | Useful IdiotsDiane Castle | |
| - | Untitled Joni Mitchell BiopicJoni Mitchell | |
| - | The Halls of Vertebrate EvolutionNarrator | |
| - | The Corrections |
| 2022 | Sell/Buy/DateExecutive Producer | |
| 1997 | ...First Do No HarmExecutive Producer | |
| - | The CorrectionsExecutive Producer |
| 2015 | Emotional UncertaintiesThanks | |
| 2015 | AktorkaThanks |