Meryl Streep started her acting career in 1975. It was then that she appeared in a television film and later in the movie Julia. As soon as Meryl began acting, no one could stop her (or her talent). Everyone in the industry saw what she had to offer. Her innate ability to transform into any one of the roles she is meant to play, whether a role she can relate to or is very far from. She is able to be funny, sad, angry and villainous all at the same time. She can sing in addition to act and has shown us her skills in musicals like Mamma Mia! and Into the Woods.
Meryl is also a devoted mother of four children – Henry, Mamie, Grace, and Louisa. Each one of them is in some form of arts. Henry is a musician, Mamie and Grace are both actresses like their mom, and Louisa is a model and marketing professional. Their father, Meryl’s longtime husband, Don Gummer, is a sculptor. Art definitely runs in this family! Streep has won more Golden Globes and has been nominated for more Academy Awards than any other individual in the history of the awards. She has won three Academy Awards and eight Golden Globe Awards; needless to say, she has been recognized for her talent.
Meryl is also a highly educated woman, she attended Vassar College for her Bachelors of Arts as well as Yale University for her Masters of Fine Arts. She always had her eye on acting, she knew she wanted to be a performer (except for that small blip of time that she thought about being an environmental lawyer). Her mother was the one to push her to act and we are so glad she listened and followed her dreams!
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Meryl has been nominated a mind blowing 20 times for an Academy Award – more than any other person in the history of cinema. She has also won three of the 20 times, for her role in Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, and The Iron Lady. Meryl has a very unique ability to bring such powerful characters to life in the most genuine and emotional way. Portraying a Holocaust survivor, a British politician and a mother are all just small parts of her own makeup.
