Meryl Streep
Date of Birth: 22 June 1949 , Summit , New Jersey , USA
Birth Name: Mary Louise Streep
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Considered by a lot of critics to be the greatest living actress,
Meryl Streep has been nominated for the school Award an astonishing 18 times,
and has won it three period. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit , New Jersey Yale School
A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her
training for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances
over the next decade in large 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). A realist when she talks about her future years in film, she remarked
that "...no matter what happens, my work will stand…..."
