"Award-nominated role as a ruthless fashion magazine editor in the comedy-drama ""The Devil Wears Prada"". This late-period success led to starring roles in several high-profile films, including the US$609 million-grossing romantic comedy ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008), her highest-grossing release, and the comedy-drama ""Julie & Julia"" (2009), in which she played Julia Child. These roles re-established Streep's stardom in Hollywood. Her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the biopic ""The Iron Lady"" (2011) earned her another Academy Award for Best Actress. The starring role of Katharine Graham in the 2017 drama ""The Post"" garnered Streep her 21st Oscar nomination, more than any actor"
"ourselves. In love and hope and optimism - you know, the magic things that seem inexplicable. Why we are the way we are. I do have a sense of trying to make things better. Where does that come from?"" Meryl Streep 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 adaptation. Nominated for a record 21 Academy Awards, she has won three. Streep has received 31 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight - more nominations, and wins, than any other"
"Meryl Streep 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 adaptation. Nominated for a record 21 Academy Awards, she has won three. Streep has received 31 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight - more nominations, and wins, than any other actor. She has also won three Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for fifteen British Academy Film Awards, and seventeen Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning two each. Streep made her stage debut in ""Trelawny of the Wells"" in"
"Globe in 2004 for the HBO mini-series ""Angels in America"" (2003). Streep was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2008, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of Arts, and in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2003, the government of France made her a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. She was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2017. Mary Louise Streep was born"
"the past 50 years. In 2002, Graham was presented, posthumously, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. In 2002, Graham was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In 2017, Graham was portrayed by Meryl Streep in the Steven Spielberg film ""The Post"". Streep was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (among other awards) for her work. On July 14, 2001, Graham fell and struck her head while visiting Sun Valley, Idaho; she died three days later. Her funeral took place at the Washington National Cathedral. Graham is buried in historic Oak Hill"
"film adaptation of the Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim in which Streep plays a witch. A fantasy genre crossover inspired by the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales, it centers on a childless couple who set out to end a curse placed on them by Streep's vengeful witch. Though the film was dismissed by some critics such as Mark Kermode as ""irritating naffness"", Streep's performance earned her Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critic's Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In July 2014, it was announced that Streep would portray Maria Callas in ""Master Class"", but the"
"2012. While many confuse ""The Artist"" as a silent feature, it is actually a sound picture with an accompanying soundtrack. The 1927 film ""Wings"" is still the only silent film to win Best Picture, an honor received at the inaugural awards ceremony in 1929. Moreover, it was also the first black-and-white feature to win Best Picture since 1993's ""Schindler's List"". Best Actor winner Jean Dujardin became the first French actor to win an Oscar. With her latest win for Best Actress, Meryl Streep became the fifth performer to win at least three acting Oscars. At age 82, Best Supporting Actor"
"portrayed by Anthony Head. While the film was met with mixed reviews, Streep's performance was widely acclaimed, and considered to be one of the greatest of her career. She received her 17th Oscar nomination for her portrayal and ultimately won the award, 29 years after her first Best Actress win. She also earned her third Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama award (her eighth Golden Globe Award win overall), and her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and the BAFTA Award for"
"positive reviews with praise directed to the performances of the two leads. Manohla Dargis wrote that ""Streep creates an acutely moving portrait of a woman who in liberating herself helps instigate a revolution"". It earned over $177 million against a budget of $50 million. Streep received her 31st Golden Globe nomination and 21st Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2018, Streep briefly reprised the role of Donna Sheridan in the musical sequel ""Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again"". She played a supporting part in Rob Marshall's ""Mary Poppins Returns"", starring Emily Blunt in the title role. Streep will next"
"Streep's other Oscar-nominated roles were in ""The French Lieutenant's Woman"" (1981), ""Silkwood"" (1983), ""Out of Africa"" (1985), ""Ironweed"" (1987), ""Evil Angels"" (1988), ""Postcards from the Edge"" (1990), ""The Bridges of Madison County"" (1995), ""One True Thing"" (1998), ""Music of the Heart"" (1999), ""Adaptation"" (2002), ""The Devil Wears Prada"" (2006), ""Doubt"" (2008), ""Julie & Julia"" (2009), """" (2013), ""Into the Woods"" (2014), ""Florence Foster Jenkins"" (2016), and ""The Post"" (2017). She returned to the stage for the first time in over 20 years in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of ""The Seagull"", and won a second Emmy Award and a Golden"
"Academy Awards, winning five : Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Hoffman), Best Supporting Actress (for Streep), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) is a workaholic advertising executive who has just been assigned a new and very important account. Ted arrives home and shares the good news with his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) only to find that she is leaving him. Saying that she needs to find herself, she leaves Ted to raise their son Billy (Justin Henry) by himself. Ted and Billy initially resent one another as Ted no longer has time to carry his increased"
"of scene that makes your scalp tighten, but defter in a way is her handling of smaller, harder-to-grasp emotions"". Among several acting awards, Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, and her characterization was voted the third greatest movie performance of all time by ""Premiere"" magazine. Roger Ebert said of her delivery: Pauline Kael, on the contrary, called the film an ""infuriatingly bad movie"", and thought that Streep ""decorporealizes"" herself, which she believed explained why her movie heroines ""don't seem to be full characters, and why there are no incidental joys to be had from watching"
"wrote, ""Meryl Streep is back in top form. This means her performance in ""Out of Africa"" is at the highest level of acting in film today."" Longworth notes that the dramatic success of ""Out of Africa"" led to a backlash of critical opinion against Streep in the years that followed, especially as she was now demanding $4 million a picture. Unlike other stars at the time, such as Sylvester Stallone and Tom Cruise, Streep ""never seemed to play herself"", and certain critics felt her technical finesse led people to literally see her acting. Her next films did not appeal to"
"Meryl Streep on screen and stage Meryl Streep is an American actress who has had an extensive career in film, television, and stage. She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of ""Trelawny of the Wells"". She went on to perform several roles on stage in the 1970s, garnering a Tony Award nomination for her role in ""27 Wagons Full of Cotton"" (1976). In 1977, Streep starred in the television movie ""The Deadliest Season"", and made her film debut with a brief role alongside Jane Fonda in ""Julia"". A supporting role in the war drama ""The"
"or actress in history. Meryl Streep on screen and stage Meryl Streep is an American actress who has had an extensive career in film, television, and stage. She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of ""Trelawny of the Wells"". She went on to perform several roles on stage in the 1970s, garnering a Tony Award nomination for her role in ""27 Wagons Full of Cotton"" (1976). In 1977, Streep starred in the television movie ""The Deadliest Season"", and made her film debut with a brief role alongside Jane Fonda in ""Julia"". A supporting role in"
"to win this award and the third overall to receive an Academy Award after Simone Signoret in 1960 and Juliette Binoche in 1997. She is the first Best Actress winner in a non-English language performance since Sophia Loren's win in 1961. She is also the first and (as of 2018) only winner of an Academy Award for a performance in the French language. On 24 June 2008, Cotillard was one of 105 individuals invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, Cotillard starred alongside Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in the role of Billie Frechette"
"should be coming Streep's way; yet her brilliance rather overshadows the film itself."" Xan Brooks of ""The Guardian"" said Streep's performance ""is astonishing and all but flawless"". Critic Baz Bamigboye of the ""Daily Mail"" wrote: ""Only an actress of Streep's stature could possibly capture Thatcher's essence and bring it to the screen. It's a performance of towering proportions that sets a new benchmark for acting."" Richard Corliss of ""Time"" named Streep's performance one of the Top 10 Movie Performances of 2011. Streep's portrayal ultimately won her the Academy Award for Best Actress (her 17th nomination and third award overall), as"
"Meryl Streep. Davis received Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award nominations for the same performance. In 2012, ""Time"" magazine listed Davis as one of the most influential people in the world. Also in 2012, ""Glamour"" magazine named Davis Glamour's Film Actress of the year. On June 12, 2012, Davis was presented with the Women in Film's Crystal Award by her friend and Oscar rival that year, Meryl Streep. On June 25, 2012, the Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Davis was part of the new group of entertainment professionals who have been selected to"
"and commentary from comedian Kathy Griffin and the panelists from ""Football Night in America"". In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive Golden Globe wins with eight, while including her bestowment of the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award she has nine wins. Including honorary awards, such as the Henrietta Award, World Film Favorite Actor/Actress Award, or Cecil B. DeMille Award, Barbra Streisand tied this record with nine. Additionally, Streisand won for composing the song ""Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"", producing the Best Picture (Comedy/Musical) (""A Star Is Born"" in the ceremony held in"
"less polemical than it might have been, and a lot more wishy-washy ... This is too bad, because on other levels ""Silkwood"" is a strong and imaginative film. Meryl Streep gives the year's most astounding performance by an actress, adding vigor and complexity to almost every scene with her endlessly inventive portrayal of the eccentric heroine. The supporting players skillfully follow her lead."" The film holds a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews with the consensus: """"Silkwood"" seethes with real-life rage -- but backs it up with compelling characters and trenchant observations."" It also holds a 64/100"
"Sophie, its beautiful, complex, worldly heroine, gives Meryl Streep the chance at bravura performance and she is, in a word, incandescent."" Pauline Kael of ""The New Yorker"" wrote that it ""is, I think, an infuriatingly bad movie ... The whole plot is based on a connection that isn't there—the connection between Sophie and Nathan's relationship and what the Nazis did to the Jews. Eventually, we get to the Mystery—to Sophie's Choice—and discover that the incident is garish rather than illuminating, and too particular to demonstrate anything general."" The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Streep), and was nominated"
"greatest female performances of the year"". For her performance, Streep received Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. ""The Hollywood Reporter"" wrote that the film ""benefits from respect for the source material, enticing production values and a populous gallery of sharp character portraits from a delightful cast"". Stephen Holden of ""The New York Times"" lauded the film, writing; """"Into the Woods"", the splendid Disney screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical, infuses new vitality into the tired marketing concept of entertainment for 'children of all ages'""."
"a wide audience; she co-starred with Jack Nicholson in the dramas ""Heartburn"" (1986) and ""Ironweed"" (1987), in which she sang onscreen for the first time since the television movie ""Secret Service"" (1977). In ""Evil Angels"" (1988), she played Lindy Chamberlain, an Australian woman who had been convicted of the murder of her infant daughter despite claiming that the baby had been taken by a dingo. Filmed in Australia, Streep won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, a Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best"
"and the BAFTAs, as well as her third win at the 84th Academy Awards. Former advisers, friends, and family of Thatcher criticized Streep's portrayal of her as ""inaccurate"" and ""biased"". The following year, after Thatcher's death, Streep issued a formal statement describing Thatcher's ""hard-nosed fiscal measures"" and ""hands-off approach to financial regulation"", while praising her ""personal strength and grit"". Streep re-united with ""Prada"" director David Frankel on the set of the romantic comedy-drama film ""Hope Springs"" (2012), co-starring Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell. Streep and Jones play a middle-aged couple, who attend a week of intensive marriage counseling to"
"cast and 4,000 extras. In his review in ""The New York Times"", Vincent Canby said the film ""has much of the manner of a television docudrama, ultimately being a rather comforting celebration of personal triumph over travails so dread and so particular that they have no truly disturbing, larger application. Yet ""A Cry in the Dark"" is better than that, mostly because of another stunning performance by Meryl Streep, who plays Lindy Chamberlain with the kind of virtuosity that seems to redefine the possibilities of screen acting ... Though Sam Neill is very good as Lindy Chamberlain's tormented husband, Miss"
"Oscar for Best Original Music Score and two BAFTAs, Best British Cinematography (Colour) and Best British Costume (Colour) (Alan Barrett). Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle's farm and decides to manage it herself. This engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. She employs a former neighbour, Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), to be her shepherd; rejected by her earlier as a suitor, Gabriel lost his own flock of sheep when they escaped from their enclosure, fled from a dog, and"
"film was nominated at both the Critics' Choice Awards and the Satellite Awards and garnered Meyers two Golden Globe nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Screenplay. Streep and Baldwin each were individually recognized with Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Golden Globe and BAFTA award ceremonies, respectively. Jane (Meryl Streep), who owns a successful bakery in Santa Barbara, California, and Jake Adler (Alec Baldwin), a successful attorney, divorced ten years earlier. They had three children together, two girls and a boy, who are grown. Jake, who was cheating on Jane, married the"
"impression that she was good at first and then to show that she was rebelling against the righteousness of her family. In the scene where Bart talks to Jessica outside her house, her baton playing was in the script but the exact choreography was not. Dietter liked its incorporation because it gave Jessica something else, other than Bart, to pay attention to. This was also done in the final scene when Jessica scrubs the church steps and plays with the scrub brush. Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep was called in to do the voice of Jessica. Nancy Cartwright, who"
"was released. It starred Meryl Streep as a successful bakery owner and single mother of three who starts a secret affair with her ex-husband, played by Alec Baldwin, ten years after their divorce – only to find herself drawn to another man: her architect Adam (portrayed by Steve Martin). The film was met with mixed to average reviews by critics, who declared it rather predictable despite fine work by an appealing cast, but became another commercial hit for Meyers upon its Christmas Day opening release in the United States. It played well through the holidays and into January 2012, ultimately"
"Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The Hours (film) The Hours is a 2002 British-American drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Julianne Moore. Supporting roles are played by Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, Jeff Daniels, Miranda Richardson, Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, and Eileen Atkins. The screenplay by David Hare is based on Michael Cunningham's 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title. The plot focuses"
"First Asian Woman to receive that title. Meryl Streep and other Hollywood actors have received awards from that prestigious festival. Her film Tears Of Ghost was launched together with Academy-Award winner’s film Philip Seymour Hoffman in Asia Pacific Filmmaker Festival. In late 2016, Natasha gets 5 Nominations for her film Tears Of Ghost one of the prestigious film festival, London International Film Festival. Natasha, once again being the only female director and youngest director on the list of Best Director nomination. In February 2017, the music film “Earth"" won the Gold Medal Best Soundtrack by one of the film festivals"
"film of the year. It was also the biggest hit in the history of 20th Century Fox. In 2018, it remains the third highest-grossing film of all time in the US, adjusted for inflation. For her performance as Maria von Trapp, Andrews won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She was nominated a second time for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, though in both awards she lost to Julie Christie, for ""Darling"". After completing ""The"
"Hope Springs (2012 film) Hope Springs is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama directed by David Frankel, written by Vanessa Taylor and starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell. The film was released on August 8, 2012. It received generally positive reviews, and the cast was praised for their performances. It was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a People's Choice Award. Although a devoted couple, empty nesters Kay and Arnold Soames (Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) are in need of (in Kay's opinion) help to reignite the spark in their marriage. They have slept in separate"