Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep, widely regarded as the finest living actress, has been nominated for the Academy Award 21 times and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to commercial artist Mary Wolf (Wilkinson) and pharmaceutical businessman Harry William Streep, Jr. Her father was German and Swiss-German, while her mother was English, Irish, and German.

Meryl's early interests in the performing arts gravitated toward opera. She grew interested in performing while attending Vassar College, and after graduation, she enrolled at the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and was nominated for her first Academy Award the following year for her role in K Săn Hu (1978). She went on to win an Academy Award for her roles in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she played an imprisoned mother in a Nazi death camp.

Meryl, a perfectionist in her craft and diligent in her preparation for her parts, delivered a succession of critically lauded performances over the next decade in films such as Silkwood (1983), Out of Africa (1985), Ironweed (1987), and Evil Angels (1989). (1988).

Detailed information:
Born: June 22, 1949, in Summit, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name: Mary Louise Streep
Height: 5' 6" (1,68 m)