Meryl Streep was born in Summit, New Jersey on June 22, 1949.
Her mother, Mary Wolf (née Wilkinson; 1915–2001), was a commercial artist and an art editor, and her father, Harry William Streep, Jr. (1910–2003), was a pharmaceutical executive.
Meryl Streep had operatic lessons at the age of 12 from vocal coach Estelle Liebling, who performed in more than 1600 concerts with John Philip Sousa and his band. Later she played the title role in Florence Foster Jenkins, about an opera singer who was known for her painful lack of singing skill.
Streep originally applied to Law School but slept in on the morning of her interview and took it as a sign she was destined for other things.
In 1974 future screen queens Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver acted together as drama students in Aristophanes' Greek comedy, The Frogs, which was performed in Yale universities swimming pool.
She received her Master's degree in Fine Arts from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1975.
She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of Trelawny of the Wells.
Meryl Streep made her film début in The Deadliest Season, a 1977 movie about sports violence.
Meryl Streep took on the role of Linda in the 1978 war drama The Deer Hunter despite not liking the character, in part to be close to her boyfriend John Cazale, who was terminally ill with lung cancer at the time. Streep and Cazale had been dating since 1976 and when he was diagnosed with cancer, Streep wanted to support him as much as possible. She was also aware that his time was limited, and she wanted to make the most of their time together. Cazale died in March 1978, just a few months before The Deer Hunter was released.
Her mother, Mary Wolf (née Wilkinson; 1915–2001), was a commercial artist and an art editor, and her father, Harry William Streep, Jr. (1910–2003), was a pharmaceutical executive.
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Meryl Streep had operatic lessons at the age of 12 from vocal coach Estelle Liebling, who performed in more than 1600 concerts with John Philip Sousa and his band. Later she played the title role in Florence Foster Jenkins, about an opera singer who was known for her painful lack of singing skill.
Streep originally applied to Law School but slept in on the morning of her interview and took it as a sign she was destined for other things.
In 1974 future screen queens Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver acted together as drama students in Aristophanes' Greek comedy, The Frogs, which was performed in Yale universities swimming pool.
She received her Master's degree in Fine Arts from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1975.
She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of Trelawny of the Wells.
Meryl Streep made her film début in The Deadliest Season, a 1977 movie about sports violence.
Meryl Streep took on the role of Linda in the 1978 war drama The Deer Hunter despite not liking the character, in part to be close to her boyfriend John Cazale, who was terminally ill with lung cancer at the time. Streep and Cazale had been dating since 1976 and when he was diagnosed with cancer, Streep wanted to support him as much as possible. She was also aware that his time was limited, and she wanted to make the most of their time together. Cazale died in March 1978, just a few months before The Deer Hunter was released.
Her supporting role in The Deer Hunter proved to be a breakthrough for Streep and she received her first Academy Award nomination for it. She also won an Emmy Award that year for her role in the mini-series Holocaust.
Streep won the Academy Award the following year for playing a troubled wife in the top-grossing divorce drama Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). However, after the ceremony Streep absent-mindedly left the statue on top of the room in the ladies at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, where the awards were being held.
Streep established herself as a leading Hollywood actress in the 1980s. She played dual roles in the 1981 period drama The French Lieutenant's Woman, and starred the following year as a Polish holocaust survivor in Sophie's Choice, winning the Best Actress Oscar for the latter.
Her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 biopic The Iron Lady earned Streep another Academy Award for Best Actress.
Meryl Streep has received 21 Academy Award nominations, more than any other actor or actress in history.
The real-life characters Streep has played include: Julia Child, Ethel Rosenberg, Karen Silkwood, Karen Blixen, Roberta Guaspari, Lindy Chamberlain, Susan Orlean, Margaret Thatcher, Florence Foster Jenkins and Kay Graham.
Streep won the Academy Award the following year for playing a troubled wife in the top-grossing divorce drama Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). However, after the ceremony Streep absent-mindedly left the statue on top of the room in the ladies at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, where the awards were being held.
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Streep established herself as a leading Hollywood actress in the 1980s. She played dual roles in the 1981 period drama The French Lieutenant's Woman, and starred the following year as a Polish holocaust survivor in Sophie's Choice, winning the Best Actress Oscar for the latter.
Her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 biopic The Iron Lady earned Streep another Academy Award for Best Actress.
Meryl Streep has received 21 Academy Award nominations, more than any other actor or actress in history.
The real-life characters Streep has played include: Julia Child, Ethel Rosenberg, Karen Silkwood, Karen Blixen, Roberta Guaspari, Lindy Chamberlain, Susan Orlean, Margaret Thatcher, Florence Foster Jenkins and Kay Graham.
Streep learned to play the violin, by practicing six hours a day for eight weeks, for her role in Music of the Heart.
Streep married sculptor Don Gummer in the garden of her parent's home on September 30, 1978.
They have four children, son Henry Wolf Gummer (born November 13, 1979) and daughters Mary Willa Gummer (born August 3, 1983), Grace Jane Gummer (born May 9, 1986), and Louisa Jacobson Gummer (born June 12, 1991).
Streep married sculptor Don Gummer in the garden of her parent's home on September 30, 1978.
They have four children, son Henry Wolf Gummer (born November 13, 1979) and daughters Mary Willa Gummer (born August 3, 1983), Grace Jane Gummer (born May 9, 1986), and Louisa Jacobson Gummer (born June 12, 1991).
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