Meryl Streep
Known for acting · Born 22 June 1949 · 77 · Summit, New Jersey, USA
214 credits
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.
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
2006
Don't Look Up
2021
Mamma Mia!
2008
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
The Post
2017
The Giver
2014
Into the Woods
2014
Death Becomes Her
1992
Adaptation.
2002
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
The Bridges of Madison County
1995
The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026
Acting (208)
2028A Sleigh of One's OwnMrs. ClausFilm
2027Narnia: The Magician's NephewAslan (voice)Film
2026Project Hail MaryRejected Rocky Voice (voice)Film
2026HoppersInsect Queen (voice)Film
2026The Devil Wears Prada 2MirandaFilm
2026Marty, Life Is ShortSelf (archive footage)Film
2026Henry David ThoreauVarious Voices (voice)Film
2026Henry David ThoreauVarious Characters (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2026Do We Know Each Other?Miranda PriestlyFilm
2025The American RevolutionMercy Otis Warren (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelfFilm
2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelfFilm
2024Escape from Extinction: RewildingNarrator (voice)Film
2024Schindler Space ArchitectNarrator (voice)Film
2024Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl StreepSelfFilm
2024The Meryl Streep ProjectSelf (archive footage)Film
2024Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?Narrator (voice) · 8 episodesSeries
2023ExtrapolationsEveSeries
2021Don't Look UpPresident OrleanFilm
2021Only Murders in the BuildingLoretta Durkin · 11 episodesSeries
2021HemingwayMartha Gellhorn (voice)Series
2021Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacySelf · 9 episodesSeries
2021Stanislavski: Lust for LifeSelfFilm
2021Dear ElizabethElizabeth BishopFilm
2021Die Tom Hanks StorySelfFilm
2020The PromDee Dee AllenFilm
2020Let Them All TalkAlice HughesFilm
2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthNarrator (voice)Film
2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverMeryl StreepFilm
2020Meryl Streep: Mystery and MetamorphosisSelf - Actress (archive footage)Film
2019Little WomenAunt MarchFilm
2019The LaundromatEllen Martin / ElenaFilm
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf (archive footage)Series
2019This Changes EverythingSelfFilm
2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelfFilm
2019Museum TownNarrator (voice)Film
2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainDonnaFilm
2018Mary Poppins ReturnsCousin TopsyFilm
2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein ScandalSelf (archive footage)Film
2018Every Act of LifeMaurine McElroy (voice)Film
2018You Quiz on the BlockSelfSeries
2018Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years DocumentaryNarrator (voice)Film
2018Paul McCartney: Live from NYCSelfFilm
2017The PostKay GrahamFilm
2017Big Little LiesMary Louise Wright · 7 episodesSeries
2017Five Came BackSelf - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2017Five Came BackNarrator (voice)Film
2017The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of IndependenceFilm
2017100 YearsNarrator (voice)Film
2017The Female Lead - A Selection of PortraitsSelfFilm
2016Florence Foster JenkinsFlorence Foster JenkinsFilm
2016Mike Nichols: An American MasterSelfFilm
2016Starring Austin PendletonSelfFilm
2016Everybody Knows... Elizabeth MurrayElizabeth Murray (voice)Film
2015SuffragetteEmmeline PankhurstFilm
2015Ricki and the FlashRicki RendazzoFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelfSeries
2015Everything Is CopySelfFilm
2015AuschwitzNarrator (voice)Film
2015Shout Gladi GladiNarrator (voice)Film
2015AktorkaSelf (archive footage)Film
2015Emotional UncertaintiesSelfFilm
2014The GiverChief ElderFilm
2014Into the WoodsWitchFilm
2014The HomesmanAltha CarterFilm
2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryEleanor Roosevelt (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
2014The Concert for ValorSelfFilm
2013August: Osage CountyViolet WestonFilm
2013Girl RisingNarrator - Ethiopia (voice)Film
2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelfFilm
2013A Fierce Green FireNarrator (voice)Film
2013Out of PrintNarrator (voice)Film
2013Makers: Women Who Make AmericaNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2013奥斯维辛集中营讲述 · 6 episodesSeries
2012Hope SpringsKayFilm
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)Film
2012To the Arctic 3DNarratorFilm
2012RadiomanSelfFilm
2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)Film
2012Joe Papp in Five ActsSelfFilm
2011The Iron LadyMargaret ThatcherFilm
2011Wings of LifeNarrator (voice)Film
2011Web TherapyCamilla Bowner · 2 episodesSeries
2010America: The Story of UsHerselfFilm
2010America: The Story of UsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2010Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to LifeJennieFilm
2010Sky Island(voice)Film
2010This Place Knows UsNarratorFilm
2009Fantastic Mr. FoxMrs. Fox (voice)Film
2009Julie & JuliaJulia ChildFilm
2009It's ComplicatedJane AdlerFilm
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - GuestSeries
2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleSelfFilm
2009Doubt: Stage to ScreenSelfFilm
2008Mamma Mia!Donna SheridanFilm
2008DoubtSister Aloysius BeauvierFilm
2008Dark MatterJoanna SilverFilm
2008An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'SelfFilm
2008Theater of WarSelfFilm
2008Ribbon of SandNarrator (voice)Film
2007Lions for LambsJanine RothFilm
2007RenditionCorrine WhitmanFilm
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2007EveningLila RossFilm
2006The Devil Wears PradaMiranda PriestlyFilm
2006The Ant BullyQueen (voice)Film
2006A Prairie Home CompanionYolanda JohnsonFilm
2006Hurricane on the BayouNarrator (voice)Film
2006The Music of RegretThe WomanFilm
2006Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerSelfFilm
200610 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears PradaSelfFilm
2005PrimeLisa MetzgerFilm
2005The Colbert ReportSeries
2005UnscriptedMeryl Streep · 3 episodesSeries
2005Stolen ChildhoodsNarrator (voice)Film
2005Karen Blixen: Out of This WorldSelf - HostFilm
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsJosephine AnwhistleFilm
2004The Manchurian CandidateSenator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)Film
2004Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the ScreenSelfFilm
2003Stuck on YouMeryl Streep (uncredited)Film
2003Angels in AmericaHannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia · 6 episodesSeries
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2002Adaptation.Susan OrleanFilm
2002The HoursClarissa VaughanFilm
2002New York at the MoviesNarrator (voice)Film
2002There's Only One Paul McCartneySelfFilm
2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceBlue Mecha (voice)Film
2001Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'SelfFilm
2001Vermeer Master of LightNarrator (voice)Film
2001School: The Story of American Public EducationNarrator (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2000A Song of AfricaSelfFilm
1999Music of the HeartRobertaFilm
1999The DirectorsSelfSeries
1999Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known PortraitNarrator (voice)Film
1999ChrysanthemumNarrator (voice)Film
1998One True ThingKate GuldenFilm
1998Dancing at LughnasaKate MundyFilm
1998Vivement dimancheSelfSeries
1997King of the HillAunt Esme Dauterive (voice)Series
1997The ViewSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1997...First Do No HarmLori ReimullerFilm
1997Leute heuteSelfSeries
1996The Daily ShowSelfSeries
1996Marvin's RoomLee Wakefield LackerFilm
1996Before and AfterCarolyn RyanFilm
1995The Bridges of Madison CountyFrancesca JohnsonFilm
1995The Living SeaSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1995The Halls of Vertebrate EvolutionNarratorFilm
1994The River WildGail HartmanFilm
1994A Century of CinemaSelfFilm
1994An Introduction to the Ketogenic DietSelf - HostFilm
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelfSeries
1993The House of the SpiritsClara del Valle TruebaFilm
1993GMTVSelfSeries
1992Death Becomes HerMadeline Ashton MenvilleFilm
1991Defending Your LifeJuliaFilm
1991Age 7 in AmericaNarrator / HostessFilm
1991Voices That CareSelf - Choir MemberFilm
1990Postcards from the EdgeSuzanne ValeFilm
1990The Earth Day SpecialConcerned CitizenFilm
1989The SimpsonsJessica Lovejoy (voice)Series
1989She-DevilMary FisherFilm
1988Evil AngelsLindy ChamberlainFilm
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1988This MorningSelf - GuestSeries
1988Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of GloucesterNarratorFilm
1987IronweedHelen ArcherFilm
1987Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter RabbitNarratorFilm
1986HeartburnRachelFilm
1985Out of AfricaKaren BlixenFilm
1985PlentySusan TraherneFilm
1984Falling in LoveMolly GilmoreFilm
1984Little Ears: The Velveteen RabbitNarrator (voice)Film
1984Goldene KameraSelfSeries
1983SilkwoodKaren SilkwoodFilm
1982Sophie's ChoiceZofia "Sophie" ZawistowskiFilm
1982Still of the NightBrooke ReynoldsFilm
1982Alice at the PalaceAliceFilm
1981The French Lieutenant's WomanSarah / AnnaFilm
1981Kiss Me, PetruchioKatherineFilm
1979ManhattanJillFilm
1979Kramer vs. KramerJoanna KramerFilm
1979The Seduction of Joe TynanKaren TraynorFilm
1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningSeries
1979Uncommon Women and OthersLeilahFilm
1978The Deer HunterLindaFilm
1978HolocaustInga Helms Weiss · 4 episodesSeries
1978Ciné regardsSelfSeries
1977JuliaAnne MarieFilm
1977The Deadliest SeasonSharon MillerFilm
1977Secret ServiceEdith VarneyFilm
1976Everybody Rides the CarouselStage 6 (voice)Film
1975Saturday Night LiveSelfSeries
1974Spécial cinémaSelfSeries
1971Great Performances, Leilah, Self - HostSeries
1971Film '72Self · 5 episodesSeries
196860 MinutesSelfSeries
1967Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteSelfSeries
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelfSeries
1959The GrammysSelfSeries
1953The OscarsSelf · 6 episodesSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - WinnerSeries
—Useful IdiotsDiane CastleFilm
—Untitled Joni Mitchell BiopicJoni MitchellFilm
—The CorrectionsSeries
Crew (2)
2015AktorkaThanksFilm
2015Emotional UncertaintiesThanksFilm
Production (4)
2026My Undesirable Friends: Part II - ExileExecutive ProducerFilm
2022Sell/Buy/DateExecutive ProducerFilm
1997...First Do No HarmExecutive ProducerFilm
—The CorrectionsExecutive ProducerSeries