Meryl Streep
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The hugely talented Meryl Streep has been acting for nearly 40 years and shows no sign of stopping. The most nominated performer in Academy Award history, she is already a legend.
Meryl Streep
born: 22-06-1949
birth place: Summit, New Jersey, USA
- Height: 5’ 6” (1.68m).
- Appeared with Sigourney Weaver in a play called ‘The Frogs’, staged in a swimming pool, whilst a student at Yale Drama School.
- Was engaged to her co-star from ‘The Deer Hunter’ (1978), John Cazale, until he died of bone cancer on 12 March 1978.
- Earned $5 million for her role as Amanda Priestly in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (2006).
- Has a fear of helicopters.
- 27th May 2004 was declared Meryl Streep Day by Manhattan Borough President, C. Virginia Fields.
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 16 September 1998.
- ‘Sesame Street’ (1969), the children’s television series, named a character ‘Meryl Sheep’ in her honour.
- With 14 Academy Award nominations, Streep is the most nominated actor in Academy Award history (11 for Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress).
- She is tied with Rosalind Russell as the actress with the most Golden Globe Awards, with 5 wins, and is also the second most nominated actress for Golden Globe Awards, with 21 nominations. Streep is tied with Jack Nicholson for most Golden Globes overall by an actor/actress, with 6 wins.
- Her only Woody Allen film was ‘Manhattan’ (1979).
- Forgot her newly-claimed Oscar for ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ (1979) on the back of a toilet at the Oscar party. It was duly returned to her.
- Is called ‘my generation’s genius’ by fellow actress Diane Keaton.
- Received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Middlebury College during her nephew’s graduation in 2004.
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born: 22-06-1949
birth place: Summit, New Jersey, USA
- Height: 5’ 6” (1.68m).
- Appeared with Sigourney Weaver in a play called ‘The Frogs’, staged in a swimming pool, whilst a student at Yale Drama School.
- Was engaged to her co-star from ‘The Deer Hunter’ (1978), John Cazale, until he died of bone cancer on 12 March 1978.
- Earned $5 million for her role as Amanda Priestly in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (2006).
- Has a fear of helicopters.
- 27th May 2004 was declared Meryl Streep Day by Manhattan Borough President, C. Virginia Fields.
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 16 September 1998.
- ‘Sesame Street’ (1969), the children’s television series, named a character ‘Meryl Sheep’ in her honour.
- With 14 Academy Award nominations, Streep is the most nominated actor in Academy Award history (11 for Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress).
- She is tied with Rosalind Russell as the actress with the most Golden Globe Awards, with 5 wins, and is also the second most nominated actress for Golden Globe Awards, with 21 nominations. Streep is tied with Jack Nicholson for most Golden Globes overall by an actor/actress, with 6 wins.
- Her only Woody Allen film was ‘Manhattan’ (1979).
- Forgot her newly-claimed Oscar for ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ (1979) on the back of a toilet at the Oscar party. It was duly returned to her.
- Is called ‘my generation’s genius’ by fellow actress Diane Keaton.
- Received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Middlebury College during her nephew’s graduation in 2004.
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