Meryl Streep

American actress Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep born June 22, 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, 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. Streep followed up 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's more recent film releases are Prime (2005); the Robert Altman film A Prairie Home Companion, with Lindsay Lohan and Lily Tomlin; and the box office success The Devil Wears Prada, with Anne Hathaway, which earned Streep the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and an Academy Award® nomination.
In 2008 she appeared as Donna in the film version of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!, For this role she won the award of Best Female Performance at the National Movie Awards (UK), and received a Golden Globe ® nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical. She played Sister Aloysius in the 2008 film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt. She received both an Academy Award ® nomination for Best Actress and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama for that film. She also shared the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress with Anne Hathaway for the role, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
In Julie & Julia, she plays the late Julia Child. She stars in Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy, It's Complicated, with Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. The film began production in February 2009.
Streep has received 15 Academy Award nominations and 23 Golden Globe® nominations (winning six), more than any other actor in the history of either award. Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards®, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, three New York Film Critics Circle Awards, five Grammy Award® nominations, a BAFTA award, and a Tony Award® nomination.