Meryl Streep biography and movies
Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 16 times, and has won it twice. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and the next year she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978). She went on to win the Academy Award for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she gave a heart-wrenching portrayal of an inmate mother in a Nazi death camp.A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next 10 years in great films like Silkwood (1983); Out of Africa (1985); Ironweed (1987); and A Cry in the Dark (1988). Her career declined slightly in the early 1990s as a result of her inability to find suitable parts, but she shot back to the top in 1995 with her performance as Clint Eastwood's married lover in The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and as the prodigal daughter in Marvin's Room (1996). In 1998 she made her first venture into the area of producing, and was the executive producer for the moving ...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV). A realist when she talks about her future years in film, she remarked that '...no matter what happens, my work will stand...'

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Rate: 7.2 Julie & Julia

Year: 2009

Genres: Romance, Drama, Biography

Director: Nora Ephron

Artists: Stanley Tucci, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Linda Emond, Chris Messina, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Joan Juliet Buck, Crystal Noelle, George Bartenieff, Vanessa Ferlito, Casey Wilson, Jillian Bach, Andrew Garman


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Rate: 9.7 Julie & Julia

Year: 2009

Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Nora Ephron

Artists: Linda Emond, Chris Messina, Stanley Tucci, Amy Adams, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 9.7 Mamma Mia!

Year: 2008

Genres: Romance, Musical, Comedy

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Artists: Lisa, Tanya, Dominic Cooper, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth


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Rate: 9.7 Mamma Mia!

Year: 2008

Genres: Romance, Musical, Comedy

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Artists: Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Dominic Cooper, Tanya, Lisa


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Rate: 7.7 Doubt

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama, Mystery

Director: John Patrick Shanley

Artists: Frank Shanley, Haklar Dezso, Mike Roukis, Joseph Foster, Lloyd Clay Brown, John Costelloe, Carrie Preston, Susan Blommaert, Robert Ridgell, Alice Drummond, Viola Davis, Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Audrie Neenan


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Rate: 6.6 Mamma Mia!

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Artists: Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 6.6 Mamma Mia!

Year: 2008

Genres: Romance, Musical, Comedy

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Artists: Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 9.7 Doubt

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama, Mystery

Director: John Patrick Shanley

Artists: Alice Drummond, Viola Davis, Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 9.7 Lions For Lambs

Year: 2007

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Robert Redford

Artists: Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Andrew Garfield, Robert Redford, Michael Peña


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Rate: 9.7 Dark Matter

Year: 2007

Genres: Drama

Director: Shi-Zheng Chen

Artists: Blair Brown, Aidan Quinn, Peng Chi, Ye Liu, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 6.2 Dark Matter

Year: 2007

Genres: Drama

Director: Shi-Zheng Chen

Artists: Boris McGiver, Bill Irwin, Joe Grifasi, Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn


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Rate: 6.5 Evening

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Drama

Director: Lajos Koltai

Artists: Peach Howze, Cheryl Lynn Bowers, Lizzie Tull, Sarah Viccellio, Ralph Haverford, David Furr, Barry Bostwick, Luc, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Eileen Atkins, Mamie Gummer, Natasha Richardson, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Wilson, Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, Claire Danes


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Rate: 6.9 Rendition

Year: 2007

Genres: Thriller, Drama

Director: Gavin Hood

Artists: David Fabrizio, Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Driss Roukhe


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Rate: 6.8 The Devil Wears Prada

Year: 2006

Genres: Romance, Drama

Director: David Frankel

Artists: Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 6.2 The Ant Bully

Year: 2006

Genres: Fantasy, Family, Comedy, Adventure

Director: John A. Davis

Artists: Regina King, Bruce Campbell, Larry Miller, Lily Tomlin, Cheri Oteri, Ricardo Montalban, Allison Mack, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Zach Tyler, Myles Jeffrey, Creagen Dow


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Rate: 6.8 The Devil Wears Prada

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: David Frankel

Artists: Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Simon Baker


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Rate: 6.3 Prime

Year: 2005

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Director: Ben Younger

Artists: Jerry Adler, Zak Orth, Bryan Greenberg, Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 7.9 Adaptation

Year: 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Spike Jonze

Artists: Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Nicolas Cage, Doug Jones, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 9.7 Sophies Choice

Year: 1982

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Artists: Stephen D. Newman, Rita Karin, Peter MacNicol, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep


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Rate: 9.7 The Deer Hunter

Year: 1978

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Michael Cimino

Artists: John Cazale, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, John Savage, Christopher Walken


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Rate: 8.2 The Deer Hunter

Year: 1978

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Michael Cimino

Artists: George Dzundza, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale, Robert De Niro, Chuck Aspegren, Shirley Stoler, Rutanya Alda, Pierre Segui, Mady Kaplan, Amy Wright, Mary Ann Haenel, Richard Kuss, Joe Grifasi


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