Meryl Streep

Acting • 1949-06-22 • Summit, New Jersey, USA

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 adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations (winning three) and a record 32 Golden Globe Award nominations (winning eight). She has also received two British Academy Film Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and six Grammy Awards.

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2026
Project Hail MaryFilm
Rejected Rocky Voice (voice)
★ 8.6
2026
HoppersFilm
Insect Queen (voice)
★ 8.1
2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2Film
Miranda Priestly
★ 7.0
2026
Marty, Life Is ShortFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
2026
Henry David ThoreauFilm
Various Voices (voice)
★ 9.3
2026
Henry David ThoreauTV
Various Characters (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 5.0
2026
The Meryl Streep ProjectFilm
Self (archive footage)
2026
Do We Know Each Other?Film
Miranda Priestly
2025
The American RevolutionTV
Mercy Otis Warren (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 6.1
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertFilm
Self
★ 6.8
2024
Schindler Space ArchitectFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2024
Escape from Extinction: RewildingFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
2024
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?TV
Narrator (voice) • 8 episodes
2024
Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl StreepFilm
Self
2023
ExtrapolationsTV
Eve • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2021
Only Murders in the BuildingTV
Loretta Durkin • 11 episodes
★ 8.4
2021
Don't Look UpFilm
President Orlean
★ 7.0
2021
HemingwayTV
Martha Gellhorn (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacyTV
Self • 9 episodes
★ 7.0
2021
Stanislavski: Lust for LifeFilm
Self
★ 1.0
2021
Die Tom Hanks StoryFilm
Self
2021
Dear ElizabethFilm
Elizabeth Bishop
2020
The PromFilm
Dee Dee Allen
★ 6.1
2020
Let Them All TalkFilm
Alice Hughes
★ 5.6
2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.6
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverFilm
Meryl Streep
★ 7.1
2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and MetamorphosisFilm
Self - Actress (archive footage)
★ 6.5
2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
2019
Little WomenFilm
Aunt March
★ 7.9
2019
The LaundromatFilm
Ellen Martin / Elena
★ 6.0
2019
This Changes EverythingFilm
Self
★ 6.2
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for TruthFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2019
Museum TownFilm
Narrator (voice)
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainFilm
Donna
★ 7.1
2018
Mary Poppins ReturnsFilm
Cousin Topsy
★ 6.5
2018
You Quiz on the BlockTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.3
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein ScandalFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 5.4
2018
Every Act of LifeFilm
Maurine McElroy (voice)
★ 6.4
2018
Paul McCartney: Live from NYCFilm
Self
2018
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years DocumentaryFilm
Narrator (voice)
2017
The PostFilm
Kay Graham
★ 7.0
2017
Big Little LiesTV
Mary Louise Wright • 7 episodes
★ 7.9
2017
Five Came BackTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
2017
Five Came BackFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.9
2017
The Words That Built AmericaFilm
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
★ 6.0
2017
100 YearsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.0
2017
The Female Lead - A Selection of PortraitsFilm
Self
★ 1.0
2016
Florence Foster JenkinsFilm
Florence Foster Jenkins
★ 6.6
2016
Mike Nichols: An American MasterFilm
Self
★ 6.3
2016
Starring Austin PendletonFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2016
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth MurrayFilm
Elizabeth Murray (voice)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
2015
SuffragetteFilm
Emmeline Pankhurst
★ 7.2
2015
Ricki and the FlashFilm
Ricki Rendazzo
★ 5.8
2015
Everything Is CopyFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2015
AuschwitzFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.4
2015
AktorkaFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
2015
Shout Gladi GladiFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 5.0
2015
Emotional UncertaintiesFilm
Self
2014
The GiverFilm
Chief Elder
★ 6.6
2014
Into the WoodsFilm
Witch
★ 5.8
2014
The HomesmanFilm
Altha Carter
★ 6.5
2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryTV
Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) • 7 episodes
★ 7.8
2014
The Concert for ValorFilm
Self
★ 8.6
2013
August: Osage CountyFilm
Violet Weston
★ 6.9
2013
Girl RisingFilm
Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)
★ 7.0
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold StoryFilm
Self
★ 6.1
2013
A Fierce Green FireFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 5.8
2013
Out of PrintFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.7
2013
Makers: Women Who Make AmericaTV
Narrator (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 4.5
2013
奥斯维辛集中营TV
讲述 • 6 episodes
2012
Hope SpringsFilm
Kay
★ 6.3
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenFilm
(archive footage)
★ 7.5
2012
To the Arctic 3DFilm
Narrator
★ 6.3
2012
RadiomanFilm
Self
★ 6.3
2012
Close UpFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 9.5
2012
Joe Papp in Five ActsFilm
Self
★ 4.5
2011
The Iron LadyFilm
Margaret Thatcher
★ 6.3
2011
Web TherapyTV
Camilla Bowner • 2 episodes
★ 6.7
2011
Wings of LifeFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
2010
America: The Story of UsTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 8.2
2010
America: The Story of UsFilm
Herself
★ 6.4
2010
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to LifeFilm
Jennie
★ 7.1
2010
Sky IslandFilm
(voice)
2010
This Place Knows UsFilm
Narrator
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.9
2009
Fantastic Mr. FoxFilm
Mrs. Fox (voice)
★ 7.8
2009
Julie & JuliaFilm
Julia Child
★ 6.7
2009
It's ComplicatedFilm
Jane Adler
★ 6.5
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2009
Doubt: Stage to ScreenFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2008
Mamma Mia!Film
Donna Sheridan
★ 7.0
2008
DoubtFilm
Sister Aloysius Beauvier
★ 7.2
2008
Dark MatterFilm
Joanna Silver
★ 5.6
2008
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'Film
Self
★ 8.4
2008
Theater of WarFilm
Self
★ 6.2
2008
Ribbon of SandFilm
Narrator (voice)
2007
The Graham Norton ShowTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
2007
Lions for LambsFilm
Janine Roth
★ 6.0
2007
RenditionFilm
Corrine Whitman
★ 6.4
2007
EveningFilm
Lila Ross
★ 5.8
2006
The Devil Wears PradaFilm
Miranda Priestly
★ 7.4
2006
The Ant BullyFilm
Queen (voice)
★ 5.8
2006
A Prairie Home CompanionFilm
Yolanda Johnson
★ 6.3
2006
Hurricane on the BayouFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 5.7
2006
The Music of RegretFilm
The Woman
★ 6.0
2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2006
10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears PradaFilm
Self
2005
The Colbert ReportTV
★ 7.0
2005
PrimeFilm
Lisa Metzger
★ 6.0
2005
UnscriptedTV
Meryl Streep • 3 episodes
★ 8.5
2005
Stolen ChildhoodsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2005
Karen Blixen: Out of This WorldFilm
Self - Host
2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsFilm
Josephine Anwhistle
★ 6.8
2004
The Manchurian CandidateFilm
Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
★ 6.5
2004
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the ScreenFilm
Self
★ 2.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 5.5
2003
Stuck on YouFilm
Meryl Streep (uncredited)
★ 5.4
2003
Angels in AmericaTV
Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia • 6 episodes
★ 7.6
2002
Adaptation.Film
Susan Orlean
★ 7.3
2002
The HoursFilm
Clarissa Vaughan
★ 7.2
2002
New York at the MoviesFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
2002
There's Only One Paul McCartneyFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2001
A.I. Artificial IntelligenceFilm
Blue Mecha (voice)
★ 7.1
2001
Vermeer Master of LightFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.7
2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'Film
Self
★ 5.0
2001
School: The Story of American Public EducationTV
Narrator (voice) • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
2000
A Song of AfricaFilm
Self
★ 8.5
1999
Music of the HeartFilm
Roberta
★ 6.7
1999
The DirectorsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1999
Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known PortraitFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
1999
ChrysanthemumFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
1998
Vivement dimancheTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.6
1998
One True ThingFilm
Kate Gulden
★ 6.5
1998
Dancing at LughnasaFilm
Kate Mundy
★ 6.0
1997
The ViewTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 4.3
1997
King of the HillTV
Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1997
Leute heuteTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
1997
...First Do No HarmFilm
Lori Reimuller
★ 6.8
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
Marvin's RoomFilm
Lee Wakefield Lacker
★ 6.7
1996
Before and AfterFilm
Carolyn Ryan
★ 5.9
1995
The Bridges of Madison CountyFilm
Francesca Johnson
★ 7.7
1995
The Living SeaFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
1995
The Halls of Vertebrate EvolutionFilm
Narrator
1994
The River WildFilm
Gail Hartman
★ 6.5
1994
A Century of CinemaFilm
Self
★ 8.3
1994
An Introduction to the Ketogenic DietFilm
Self - Host
★ 1.0
1994
Inside the Actors StudioTV
Self • 1 episodes
1993
The House of the SpiritsFilm
Clara del Valle Trueba
★ 6.9
1993
GMTVTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
1992
Death Becomes HerFilm
Madeline Ashton Menville
★ 6.8
1992
Age 7 in AmericaFilm
Narrator / Hostess
★ 6.7
1991
Defending Your LifeFilm
Julia
★ 6.9
1991
Voices That CareFilm
Self - Choir Member
★ 7.0
1990
Postcards from the EdgeFilm
Suzanne Vale
★ 6.6
1990
The Earth Day SpecialFilm
Concerned Citizen
★ 6.1
1989
The SimpsonsTV
Jessica Lovejoy (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1989
She-DevilFilm
Mary Fisher
★ 6.0
1988
LIVE with Kelly and MarkTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 5.6
1988
Evil AngelsFilm
Lindy Chamberlain
★ 6.8
1988
This MorningTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
1988
Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of GloucesterFilm
Narrator
1987
IronweedFilm
Helen Archer
★ 6.4
1987
Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter RabbitFilm
Narrator
1986
HeartburnFilm
Rachel
★ 6.0
1985
Out of AfricaFilm
Karen Blixen
★ 7.1
1985
PlentyFilm
Susan Traherne
★ 5.7
1984
Falling in LoveFilm
Molly Gilmore
★ 6.6
1984
Goldene KameraTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.7
1984
Little Ears: The Velveteen RabbitFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
1983
SilkwoodFilm
Karen Silkwood
★ 6.9
1982
Sophie's ChoiceFilm
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
★ 7.3
1982
Still of the NightFilm
Brooke Reynolds
★ 5.7
1982
Alice at the PalaceFilm
Alice
★ 6.2
1981
The French Lieutenant's WomanFilm
Sarah / Anna
★ 6.5
1981
Kiss Me, PetruchioFilm
Katherine
★ 6.0
1979
Kramer vs. KramerFilm
Joanna Kramer
★ 7.6
1979
ManhattanFilm
Jill
★ 7.7
1979
The Seduction of Joe TynanFilm
Karen Traynor
★ 5.9
1979
Friday Night, Saturday MorningTV
★ 7.5
1979
Uncommon Women and OthersFilm
Leilah
★ 8.0
1978
The Deer HunterFilm
Linda
★ 8.0
1978
HolocaustTV
Inga Helms Weiss • 4 episodes
★ 7.3
1978
Ciné regardsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
1977
JuliaFilm
Anne Marie
★ 6.5
1977
The Deadliest SeasonFilm
Sharon Miller
★ 6.2
1977
Secret ServiceFilm
Edith Varney
★ 8.0
1976
Everybody Rides the CarouselFilm
Stage 6 (voice)
★ 6.4
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1974
Spécial cinémaTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 9.5
1971
Great PerformancesTV
★ 6.1
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Leilah • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1971
Film '72TV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 5.1
1968
60 MinutesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1967
Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1959
The GrammysTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.6
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 6 episodes
★ 7.1
1944
Golden Globe AwardsTV
Self - Winner • 1 episodes
★ 7.0

Known For

Project Hail Mary

The Devil Wears Prada

Only Murders in the Building

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Mamma Mia!

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