Meryl Streep


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in Summit, New Jersey, The United States
June 22, 1949

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Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era.

Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, and her screen debut came in the made-for-television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with Julia. Both critical and commercial success came soon with roles in The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), the former giving Streep her first Oscar nomination and the latter her first win. She later won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Sophie's Choice (1982).

Streep has received 16 Academy Award nominatio
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Average rating: 3.9 · 9,565 ratings · 2,684 reviews · 53 distinct works
Charlotte's Web

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Tom Lake

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The Velveteen Rabbit

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4.31 avg rating — 270,502 ratings — published 1922 — 1037 editions
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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4.23 avg rating — 256,549 ratings — published 1902 — 1708 editions
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The Night Before Christmas

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4.40 avg rating — 126,757 ratings — published 1823 — 12 editions
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Heartburn

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3.62 avg rating — 82,207 ratings — published 1983 — 82 editions
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Share: The Cookbook that Ce...

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The Night Before Christmas

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“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.”
Meryl Streep

“Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.”
Meryl Streep

“I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.”
Meryl Streep

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