Meryl Streep

Acting

Meryl Streep

Born June 22, 1949Summit, New Jersey, USA201 credits

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

A Sleigh of One's Own

A Sleigh of One's Own

Movie

2028

Narnia

Narnia

Movie

2026

The Devil Wears Prada 2

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Movie

2026

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Movie

2026

Henry David Thoreau
1.0

Henry David Thoreau

TV

2026

Project Hail Mary
8.2

Project Hail Mary

Movie

2026

Filmography

A Sleigh of One's Own
2028A Sleigh of One's Ownas Mrs. ClausMovie
Narnia
2026Narniaas Aslan (voice)Movie
The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026The Devil Wears Prada 2as Miranda PriestlyMovie
Henry David Thoreau
2026Henry David Thoreauas Various Voices (voice)Movie
Henry David Thoreau
2026Henry David Thoreauas Various Characters (voice)TV
Project Hail Mary
2026Project Hail Maryas Rejected Rocky Voice (voice)Movie
Hoppers
2026Hoppersas Insect Queen (voice)Movie
The American Revolution
2025The American Revolutionas Mercy Otis Warren (voice)TV
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concertas SelfMovie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Musicas SelfMovie
Schindler Space Architect
2024Schindler Space Architectas Narrator (voice)Movie
Escape from Extinction: Rewilding
2024Escape from Extinction: Rewildingas Narrator (voice)Movie
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
2024Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?as Narrator (voice)TV
Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep
2024Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl StreepMovie
Extrapolations
2023Extrapolationsas EveTV
Sell/Buy/Date
2022Sell/Buy/DateExecutive ProducerMovie
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022The U.S. and the Holocaustas Eleanor RooseveltTV
Don't Look Up
2021Don't Look Upas President OrleanMovie
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacyas SelfTV
Only Murders in the Building
2021Only Murders in the Buildingas Loretta DurkinTV
Dear Elizabeth
2021Dear Elizabethas Elizabeth BishopMovie
Hemingway
2021Hemingwayas Martha Gellhorn (voice)TV
Stanislavski: Lust for Life
2021Stanislavski: Lust for Lifeas SelfMovie
Let Them All Talk
2020Let Them All Talkas Alice HughesMovie
The Prom
2020The Promas Dee Dee AllenMovie
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeoveras Meryl StreepMovie
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
2020Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosisas Self - Actress (archive footage)Movie
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earthas Narrator (voice)Movie
Little Women
2019Little Womenas Aunt MarchMovie
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truthas SelfMovie
The Laundromat
2019The Laundromatas Ellen Martin / ElenaMovie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019The Kelly Clarkson Showas Self (archive footage)TV
This Changes Everything
2019This Changes Everythingas SelfMovie
Museum Town
2019Museum Townas Narrator (voice)Movie
Mary Poppins Returns
2018Mary Poppins Returnsas Cousin TopsyMovie
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC
2018Paul McCartney: Live from NYCas SelfMovie
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandalas Self (archive footage)Movie
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go Againas Donna Sheridan-CarmichaelMovie
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary
2018Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentaryas Narrator (voice)Movie
Every Act of Life
2018Every Act of Lifeas Maurine McElroy (voice)Movie
The Post
2017The Postas Kay GrahamMovie
The Words That Built America
2017The Words That Built Americaas Self - Reader: Declaration of IndependenceMovie
Five Came Back
2017Five Came Backas Narrator (voice)Movie
Five Came Back
2017Five Came Backas Self - Narrator (voice)TV
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2017The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraitsas SelfMovie
Big Little Lies
2017Big Little Liesas Mary Louise WrightTV
100 Years
2017100 Yearsas Narrator (voice)Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016Florence Foster Jenkinsas Florence Foster JenkinsMovie
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
2016Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murrayas Elizabeth Murray (voice)Movie
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016Starring Austin Pendletonas SelfMovie
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016Mike Nichols: An American Masteras SelfMovie
Aktorka
2015Aktorkaas Self (archive footage)Movie
Suffragette
2015Suffragetteas Emmeline PankhurstMovie
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2015Shout Gladi Gladias Narrator (voice)Movie
Everything Is Copy
2015Everything Is Copyas SelfMovie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self - GuestTV
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2015Emotional Uncertaintiesas SelfMovie
Ricki and the Flash
2015Ricki and the Flashas Ricki RendazzoMovie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015The Late Late Show with James Cordenas SelfTV
Auschwitz
2015Auschwitzas Narrator (voice)Movie
Into the Woods
2014Into the Woodsas WitchMovie
The Concert for Valor
2014The Concert for Valoras SelfMovie
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate Historyas Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)TV
The Giver
2014The Giveras Chief ElderMovie
The Homesman
2014The Homesmanas Altha CarterMovie
August: Osage County
2013August: Osage Countyas Violet WestonMovie
奥斯维辛集中营
2013奥斯维辛集中营as 讲述TV
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Storyas SelfMovie
Out of Print
2013Out of Printas Narrator (voice)Movie
Girl Rising
2013Girl Risingas Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)Movie
A Fierce Green Fire
2013A Fierce Green Fireas Narrator (voice)Movie
Makers: Women Who Make America
2013Makers: Women Who Make Americaas Narrator (voice)TV
Radioman
2012Radiomanas SelfMovie
Close Up
2012Close Upas Self (archive footage)Movie
Hope Springs
2012Hope Springsas KayMovie
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012Joe Papp in Five Actsas SelfMovie
To the Arctic 3D
2012To the Arctic 3Das NarratorMovie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemenas (archive footage)Movie
The Iron Lady
2011The Iron Ladyas Margaret ThatcherMovie
Web Therapy
2011Web Therapyas Camilla BownerTV
Wings of Life
2011Wings of Lifeas Narrator (voice)Movie
America: The Story of Us
2010America: The Story of Usas HerselfMovie
America: The Story of Us
2010America: The Story of Usas SelfTV
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Lifeas JennieMovie
Sky Island
2010Sky Islandas (voice)Movie
It's Complicated
2009It's Complicatedas Jane AdlerMovie
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009Fantastic Mr. Foxas Felicity Fox (voice)Movie
Julie & Julia
2009Julie & Juliaas Julia ChildMovie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenas Self - GuestTV
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brienas Self - GuestTV
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009Doubt: Stage to Screenas SelfMovie
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazaleas SelfMovie
Doubt
2008Doubtas Sister Aloysius BeauvierMovie
Mamma Mia!
2008Mamma Mia!as Donna SheridanMovie
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'as SelfMovie
Theater of War
2008Theater of Waras SelfMovie
Dark Matter
2008Dark Matteras Joanna SilverMovie
Ribbon of Sand
2008Ribbon of Sandas Narrator (voice)Movie
Lions for Lambs
2007Lions for Lambsas Janine RothMovie
Rendition
2007Renditionas Corrine WhitmanMovie
Evening
2007Eveningas Lila RossMovie
The Graham Norton Show
2007The Graham Norton Showas SelfTV
Hurricane on the Bayou
2006Hurricane on the Bayouas Narrator (voice)Movie
The Ant Bully
2006The Ant Bullyas Queen (voice)Movie
The Devil Wears Prada
2006The Devil Wears Pradaas Miranda PriestlyMovie
10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada
200610 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Pradaas SelfMovie
A Prairie Home Companion
2006A Prairie Home Companionas Yolanda JohnsonMovie
The Music of Regret
2006The Music of Regretas The WomanMovie
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushneras SelfMovie
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2005Stolen Childhoodsas Narrator (voice)Movie
The Colbert Report
2005The Colbert ReportTV
Karen Blixen: Out of This World
2005Karen Blixen: Out of This Worldas Self - HostMovie
Prime
2005Primeas Lisa MetzgerMovie
Unscripted
2005Unscriptedas Meryl StreepTV
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Eventsas Josephine AnwhistleMovie
The Manchurian Candidate
2004The Manchurian Candidateas Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)Movie
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
2004Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screenas SelfMovie
Stuck on You
2003Stuck on Youas Meryl Streep (uncredited)Movie
Angels in America
2003Angels in Americaas Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel AustraliaTV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Showas SelfTV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!as SelfTV
The Hours
2002The Hoursas Clarissa VaughanMovie
Adaptation.
2002Adaptation.as Susan OrleanMovie
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2002New York at the Moviesas Narrator (voice)Movie
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002There's Only One Paul McCartneyas SelfMovie
Vermeer Master of Light
2001Vermeer Master of Lightas Narrator (voice)Movie
School: The Story of American Public Education
2001School: The Story of American Public Educationas Narrator (voice)TV
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001A.I. Artificial Intelligenceas Blue Mecha (voice)Movie
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'as SelfMovie
A Song of Africa
2000A Song of Africaas SelfMovie
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1999Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portraitas Narrator (voice)Movie
Music of the Heart
1999Music of the Heartas RobertaMovie
Chrysanthemum
1999Chrysanthemumas Narrator (voice)Movie
The Directors
1999The Directorsas SelfTV
Vivement dimanche
1998Vivement dimancheas SelfTV
One True Thing
1998One True Thingas Kate GuldenMovie
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998Dancing at Lughnasaas Kate MundyMovie
The View
1997The Viewas SelfTV
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1997Leute heuteas SelfTV
...First Do No Harm
1997...First Do No Harmas Lori ReimullerMovie
King of the Hill
1997King of the Hillas Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice)TV
Marvin's Room
1996Marvin's Roomas Lee Wakefield LackerMovie
The Daily Show
1996The Daily Showas SelfTV
Before and After
1996Before and Afteras Carolyn RyanMovie
The Bridges of Madison County
1995The Bridges of Madison Countyas Francesca JohnsonMovie
The Living Sea
1995The Living Seaas Narrator (voice)Movie
The River Wild
1994The River Wildas Gail HartmanMovie
Inside the Actors Studio
1994Inside the Actors Studioas SelfTV
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1994An Introduction to the Ketogenic Dietas Self - HostMovie
The House of the Spirits
1993The House of the Spiritsas Clara del Valle TruebaMovie
GMTV
1993GMTVas SelfTV
Death Becomes Her
1992Death Becomes Heras Madeline Ashton MenvilleMovie
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1991Age 7 in Americaas Narrator / HostessMovie
Defending Your Life
1991Defending Your Lifeas JuliaMovie
Voices That Care
1991Voices That Careas Self - Choir MemberMovie
Postcards from the Edge
1990Postcards from the Edgeas Suzanne ValeMovie
The Earth Day Special
1990The Earth Day Specialas Concerned CitizenMovie
The Simpsons
1989The Simpsonsas Jessica Lovejoy (voice)TV
She-Devil
1989She-Devilas Mary FisherMovie
Evil Angels
1988Evil Angelsas Lindy ChamberlainMovie
This Morning
1988This Morningas Self - GuestTV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988LIVE with Kelly and Markas Self - GuestTV
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1988Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of Gloucesteras NarratorMovie
Ironweed
1987Ironweedas Helen ArcherMovie
Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit
1987Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbitas NarratorMovie
Heartburn
1986Heartburnas RachelMovie
Out of Africa
1985Out of Africaas Karen Christence Dinesen BlixenMovie
Plenty
1985Plentyas Susan TraherneMovie
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit
1984Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbitas Narrator (voice)Movie
Falling in Love
1984Falling in Loveas Molly GilmoreMovie
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1984Goldene Kameraas SelfTV
Silkwood
1983Silkwoodas Karen SilkwoodMovie
Sophie's Choice
1982Sophie's Choiceas Zofia "Sophie" ZawistowskiMovie
Still of the Night
1982Still of the Nightas Brooke ReynoldsMovie
Alice at the Palace
1982Alice at the Palaceas AliceMovie
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981The French Lieutenant's Womanas Sarah / AnnaMovie
Kiss Me, Petruchio
1981Kiss Me, Petruchioas KatherineMovie
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979Kramer vs. Krameras Joanna KramerMovie
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningTV
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979The Seduction of Joe Tynanas Karen TraynorMovie
Uncommon Women and Others
1979Uncommon Women and Othersas LeilahMovie
Manhattan
1979Manhattanas JillMovie
The Deer Hunter
1978The Deer Hunteras LindaMovie
Holocaust
1978Holocaustas Inga Helms WeissTV
Julia
1977Juliaas Anne MarieMovie
The Deadliest Season
1977The Deadliest Seasonas Sharon MillerMovie
Secret Service
1977Secret Serviceas Edith VarneyMovie
Everybody Rides the Carousel
1976Everybody Rides the Carouselas Stage 6 (voice)Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Liveas SelfTV
Spécial cinéma
1974Spécial cinémaas SelfTV
Great Performances
1971Great PerformancesTV
60 Minutes
196860 Minutesas SelfTV
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1967Titel, Thesen, Temperamenteas SelfTV
The Merv Griffin Show
1962The Merv Griffin Showas SelfTV
The Grammys
1959The Grammysas SelfTV
The Oscars
1953The Oscarsas SelfTV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awardsas Self - WinnerTV
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—Useful Idiotsas Diane CastleMovie
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic
—Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopicas Joni MitchellMovie
The Halls of Vertebrate Evolution
—The Halls of Vertebrate Evolutionas NarratorMovie
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—The CorrectionsTV