Meryl Streep
Acting·June 22, 1949 — 77 years old·Summit, New Jersey, USA
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
The Devil Wears Prada
2006·7.4
The Simpsons
1989·8.0
Don't Look Up
2021·7.1
Mamma Mia!
2008·7.0
Little Women
2019·7.9
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001·7.1
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009·7.8
Project Hail Mary
2026·8.7
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004·6.8
The Post
2017·7.0
The Giver
2014·6.6
Into the Woods
2014·5.8
Filmography · 207
—Useful IdiotsDiane Castle—Untitled Joni Mitchell BiopicJoni Mitchell—The CorrectionsTVExecutive Producer2028A Sleigh of One's OwnMrs. Claus2027Narnia: The Magician's Nephew2026Marty, Life Is ShortSelf (archive footage)2026The Devil Wears Prada 2Miranda Priestly2026Do We Know Each Other?Miranda Priestly2026Henry David ThoreauVarious Voices (voice)2026Henry David ThoreauTVVarious Characters (voice)2026Project Hail MaryRejected Rocky Voice (voice)2026HoppersInsect Queen (voice)2025The American RevolutionTVMercy Otis Warren (voice)2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf2024Schindler Space ArchitectNarrator (voice)2024Escape from Extinction: RewildingNarrator (voice)2024Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?TVNarrator (voice)2024Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl StreepSelf2023ExtrapolationsTVEve2022Sell/Buy/DateExecutive Producer2021Don't Look UpPresident Orlean2021Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacyTVSelf2021Only Murders in the BuildingTVLoretta Durkin2021Dear ElizabethElizabeth Bishop2021HemingwayTVMartha Gellhorn (voice)2021Stanislavski: Lust for LifeSelf2020Let Them All TalkAlice Hughes2020The PromDee Dee Allen2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverMeryl Streep2020Meryl Streep: Mystery and MetamorphosisSelf - Actress (archive footage)2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthNarrator (voice)2019Little WomenAunt March2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf2019The LaundromatEllen Martin / Elena2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowTVSelf (archive footage)2019This Changes EverythingSelf2019Museum TownNarrator (voice)2018Mary Poppins ReturnsCousin Topsy2018Paul McCartney: Live from NYCSelf2018You Quiz on the BlockTVSelf2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein ScandalSelf (archive footage)2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainDonna2018Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years DocumentaryNarrator (voice)2018Every Act of LifeMaurine McElroy (voice)2017The PostKay Graham2017The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence2017Five Came BackNarrator (voice)2017Five Came BackTVSelf - Narrator (voice)2017The Female Lead - A Selection of PortraitsSelf2017Big Little LiesTVMary Louise Wright2017100 YearsNarrator (voice)2017Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie ReynoldsSuzanne Vale, Self (archive footage, uncredited)2016Mike Nichols: An American MasterSelf2016Florence Foster JenkinsFlorence Foster Jenkins2016Everybody Knows... Elizabeth MurrayElizabeth Murray (voice)2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf2015AktorkaSelf (archive footage) · Thanks2015SuffragetteEmmeline Pankhurst2015Shout Gladi GladiNarrator (voice)2015Everything Is CopySelf2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTVSelf - Guest2015Emotional UncertaintiesSelf · Thanks2015Ricki and the FlashRicki Rendazzo2015The Late Late Show with James CordenTVSelf2015AuschwitzNarrator (voice)2014Into the WoodsWitch2014The Concert for ValorSelf2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryTVEleanor Roosevelt (voice)2014The GiverChief Elder2014The HomesmanAltha Carter2013August: Osage CountyViolet Weston2013奥斯维辛集中营TV讲述2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf2013Out of PrintNarrator (voice)2013Girl RisingNarrator - Ethiopia (voice)2013A Fierce Green FireNarrator (voice)2013Makers: Women Who Make AmericaTVNarrator (voice)2012RadiomanSelf2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)2012Hope SpringsKay2012Joe Papp in Five ActsSelf2012To the Arctic 3DNarrator2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)2011The Iron LadyMargaret Thatcher2011Web TherapyTVCamilla Bowner2011Wings of LifeNarrator (voice)2010America: The Story of UsHerself2010This Place Knows UsNarrator2010America: The Story of UsTVSelf2010Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to LifeJennie2010Sky Island(voice)2009It's ComplicatedJane Adler2009Fantastic Mr. FoxFelicity Fox (voice)2009Julie & JuliaJulia Child2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTVSelf - Guest2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienTVSelf - Guest2009Doubt: Stage to ScreenSelf2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleSelf2008DoubtSister Aloysius Beauvier2008Mamma Mia!Donna Sheridan2008An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'Self2008Theater of WarSelf2008Dark MatterJoanna Silver2008Ribbon of SandNarrator (voice)2007Lions for LambsJanine Roth2007RenditionCorrine Whitman2007EveningLila Ross2007The Graham Norton ShowTVSelf2006Hurricane on the BayouNarrator (voice)2006The Ant BullyQueen (voice)2006The Devil Wears PradaMiranda Priestly200610 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears PradaSelf2006A Prairie Home CompanionYolanda Johnson2006The Music of RegretThe Woman2006Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerSelf2005Stolen ChildhoodsNarrator (voice)2005The Colbert ReportTV2005Karen Blixen: Out of This WorldSelf - Host2005PrimeLisa Metzger2005UnscriptedTVMeryl Streep2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsJosephine Anwhistle2004The Manchurian CandidateSenator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)2004Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the ScreenSelf2003Stuck on YouMeryl Streep (uncredited)2003Angels in AmericaTVHannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTVSelf2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!TVSelf - Guest · Self2002The HoursClarissa Vaughan2002Adaptation.Susan Orlean2002New York at the MoviesNarrator (voice)2002There's Only One Paul McCartneySelf2001Vermeer Master of LightNarrator (voice)2001School: The Story of American Public EducationTVNarrator (voice)2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceBlue Mecha (voice)2001Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'Self2000A Song of AfricaSelf1999Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known PortraitNarrator (voice)1999Music of the HeartRoberta1999ChrysanthemumNarrator (voice)1999The DirectorsTVSelf1998Vivement dimancheTVSelf1998One True ThingKate Gulden1998Dancing at LughnasaKate Mundy1997The ViewTVSelf1997Leute heuteTVSelf1997...First Do No HarmLori Reimuller · Executive Producer1997King of the HillTVAunt Esme Dauterive (voice)1996Marvin's RoomLee Wakefield Lacker1996The Daily ShowTVSelf1996Before and AfterCarolyn Ryan1995The Bridges of Madison CountyFrancesca Johnson1995The Halls of Vertebrate EvolutionNarrator1995The Living SeaSelf - Narrator (voice)1994The River WildGail Hartman1994Inside the Actors StudioTVSelf1994An Introduction to the Ketogenic DietSelf - Host1993The House of the SpiritsClara del Valle Trueba1993GMTVTVSelf1992Death Becomes HerMadeline Ashton Menville1991Age 7 in AmericaNarrator / Hostess1991Defending Your LifeJulia1991Voices That CareSelf - Choir Member1990Postcards from the EdgeSuzanne Vale1990The Earth Day SpecialConcerned Citizen1989The SimpsonsTVJessica Lovejoy (voice)1989She-DevilMary Fisher1988Evil AngelsLindy Chamberlain1988This MorningTVSelf - Guest1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkTVSelf - Guest1988Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of GloucesterNarrator1987IronweedHelen Archer1987Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter RabbitNarrator1986HeartburnRachel1985Out of AfricaKaren Christence Dinesen Blixen1985PlentySusan Traherne1984Little Ears: The Velveteen RabbitNarrator (voice)1984Falling in LoveMolly Gilmore1984Goldene KameraTVSelf1983SilkwoodKaren Silkwood1982Sophie's ChoiceZofia "Sophie" Zawistowski1982Still of the NightBrooke Reynolds1982Alice at the PalaceAlice1981The French Lieutenant's WomanSarah / Anna1981Kiss Me, PetruchioKatherine1979Kramer vs. KramerJoanna Kramer1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningTV1979The Seduction of Joe TynanKaren Traynor1979Uncommon Women and OthersLeilah1979ManhattanJill1978The Deer HunterLinda1978HolocaustTVInga Helms Weiss1978Ciné regardsTVSelf1977JuliaAnne Marie1977The Deadliest SeasonSharon Miller1977Secret ServiceEdith Varney1976Everybody Rides the CarouselStage 6 (voice)1975Saturday Night LiveTVSelf1974Spécial cinémaTVSelf1971Film '72TVSelf1971Great PerformancesTVLeilah · Self - Host196860 MinutesTVSelf1967Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteTVSelf1962The Merv Griffin ShowTVSelf1959The GrammysTVSelf1953The OscarsTVSelf1944Golden Globe AwardsTVSelf - Winner