Known for:	The Devil Wears Prada / Adaptation. / The Hours
Birth name:	Mary Louise Streep
Birthday:	22 June 1949, Summit, New Jersey, USA
Height:	5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Unlike some of her peers who float by on their reputations alone, Meryl actively challenges herself to create unique characters every time she accepts a new role. “I feel that I've been given this ability to translate a lot of different lives onto the screen,” she says. “I like to imagine doing that in the bodies of a lot of different kinds of women.” Two-time Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep is America’s most decorated actress. The multitalented star has been nominated for 13 Oscars and 20 Golden Globes, and she earned the prestigious American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. It’s little wonder that Diane Keaton has called her "my generation's genius" and that Robert Redford has raved, “There's simply no finer craftsman in the business. She's as good as it gets.”

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Meryl Streep and Amy Adams piled on the pounds while shooting "Julie and Julia."

The "Doubt" co-stars reunited for the forthcoming film - which is about world-famous chef Julia Child and writer Julie Powell, who challenged herself to cook Julia's recipes - and admit the amount of food they had to eat for their roles wasn't good for their waistlines.
Hayden Panettiere is inspired by Meryl Streep. The "Heroes" star insists she wants to be best known for her acting ability and not her private life, citing Meryl - who has been nominated for an Academy Award 15 times - as the person she most admires.

Hayden explained: "I love acting. It's something I respect. It's something that makes me want to be respected for what I do. I'm working toward being a respected actress. Meryl Streep is it for me."
MERYL STREEP is set to rule the Rome Film Festival - she will be honoured with the top award to mark her outstanding career.The Out of Africa star will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, which has previously been bestowed upon industry legends such as Sir Sean Connery and Al Pacino.Streep will reflect upon
Reuters - Oscar-winning American actress Meryl Streep will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year's Rome film festival, organizers said on Friday.
DOUBT stars MERYL STREEP and VIOLA DAVIS found a little light relief in between takes of their harrowing scenes in the film by talking about bad feet and food.Streep’s stern nun character had to break it to Davis’ worried mum that she thought her son was being abused by a priest - and the scenes
Actress Meryl Streep expresses her deepest regards for her recently deceased friend, Natasha Richardson. "Tash was the warm sun in the center of a large constellation of family, friends, all of those lucky enough to know her - she is irreplaceable in our lives; she gave us so much, so generously - her legacy is the love that connects us all," Meryl tells ET in a statement. Today, the New York City medical examiner's office determined Richardson's cause of death was from "epidural hematoma due to blunt impact to the head." The medical examiner ruled the death an accident. The 45-year-old actress, wife of Liam Neeson, died on Wednesday following a skiing accident on Monday.

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Reuters - Rita Wilson has joined Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in the next project from Nancy Meyers, the director of "Something's Gotta Give."
Hollywood icon Meryl Streep made sure she didn't stuff up her acting dreams - by padding out her bra in a bid to land roles.


Meryl Streep stuffed her bra to get film parts. The 59-year-old star used paper towels to boost her bust and win roles early on in her career when she was auditioning for theater roles in New York.

She said: "I have cheated to get a part. The first time was on Broadway years ago. Before the audition I filled my 32DD bra cups with paper towels. I got the part!"
Anne Hathaway's dress is a piece of jewelry and both her and Evan Rachel Wood are totally pulling off ivory dresses on pale skin-tones, while the amazing Meryl Streep deserved a better dress (and / or color).
TV style guru TIM GUNN is desperate to take MERYL STREEP shopping - to help the past Oscar winner and 2009 Best Actress nominee dress for success.The Project Runway mentor and chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne Inc. insists Streep should take her fashion choices more seriously - because she has a great body.Gunn, who
Meryl Streep was her regal self as she arrived at LAX yesterday, saying nothing but lookin' kinda cool. After losing out so many times, we're guessing it's more of a bore than an honor to be nominated....

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Reuters - This is the year when 10 actress nominees should be laying burned offerings on the shrine of "Slumdog Millionaire" for not boasting heavyweight leading ladies. In a year when "Slumdog" is heading locomotive-like to the top of the Oscars (unless a recent controversy about its child performers derails it), the two actress categories remain wide open. So who will win and why?
EMILY BLUNT was planning to haul all the designer clothes off the set of her movie THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - until co-star MERYL STREEP proposed a more charitable option.The actress, who played a fashion assistant in the 2006 comedy, couldn’t wait to inherit the racks of expensive outfits when filming wrapped.But her sneaky plan
Actress Meryl Streep is finally happy with her appearance at the age of 59 - after spending years envying the beauty of other Hollywood stars.


Oscar nominee Kate Winslet says it feels "unbelievable" to be mentioned in the same breath as fellow actress Meryl Streep, as "The Insider" is invited to the Oscar luncheon at the Beverly Hilton where 15 of the 20 Academy Award nominees are in attendance. "It's inconceivable to me that [this] would even happen in my lifetime at all. It's such a dream," Winslet says of being nominated in the same category as Streep -- both women are up to win the Oscar for Best Actress for their roles in 'The Reader' and 'Doubt.' "Thank God for Meryl because there are women of my generation and the generation coming up behind my generation who look up to her," says Winslet. The six-time Oscar nominee says about coping with award season, "I'm too emotional to lose and I'm too emotional to win." Other actors to attend the luncheon included Penelope Cruz, Anne Hathaway and Robert Downey Jr., along with all five nominees in the directing category. "There's no way I could've looked at this script and thought 'It's Oscar time,'" Downey Jr. says of his Supporting Actor nomination for his role in 'Tropic Thunder.' See who will take home an Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards airing on ABC, Sunday, February 22 in Los Angeles.

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From Meryl Streep and Sean Penn's surprise wins to another "30 Rock" sweep, the kudos were evenly distributed at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. The only awards show of the year in which actors in film and television honor their own, the Guild's unexpected winners provided some spice to this year's awards season odds. Click here for the Complete List of Winners! 'Slumdog Millionaire' continued to prove that it is the little movie that could this season, winning the award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast over 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Milk,' 'Doubt' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' But both 'Milk' and 'Doubt' had their day, with unexpected Best Actor and Best Actress wins respectively for screen vets Penn and Streep. Penn bested Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Brad Pitt and Mickey Rourke for his first SAG win ever after four total nominations as the late gay activist Harvey Milk. After joking about the "Actor" statuettes' "healthy packages," he got serious and said, "As actors we don't play gay, straight -- we play human beings. This is a story about equal rights for all human beings." Streep picked up her second SAG win out of a record 11 nominations, beating out competition in Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Melissa Leo and Kate Winslet. Shocked by her win, she kissed presenter Ralph Fiennes on the lips during her standing ovation, then said, "Can I just say, there is no such thing as the best actress. There is no such thing as the greatest living actress. … I am so in awe of the work of the women this year -- nominated, not nominated -- so proud of us girls, and everybody wins when we get parts like this." "What a year it has been in the movies; I really feel like everybody should be given a medal," agreed Kate Winslet after taking the stage to accept her statuette for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in 'The Reader,' adding, "Playing [the character of] Hanna Schmitz was a blessing, even though it made me completely insane." She was chosen over Amy Adams, Penelope Cruz, Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson. 'The Dark Knight' Joker Heath Ledger was awarded for Outstanding performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role over Josh Brolin, Robert Downey Jr., Philip Seymour Hoffman and Dev Patel, one year after his untimely death, and co-star Gary Oldman became emotional when he picked up the posthumous award for him: "It is a great honor to be asked to accept this on behalf of Heath," he said. "He was an extraordinary young man with an extraordinary talent." Hot off the heels of an Emmys and Golden Globes sweep, "30 Rock" continued its awards season winning streak with Outstanding Acting and Ensemble wins for a TV Comedy Series, besting "The Office," "Entourage," "Desperate Housewives" and "Weeds." Tina Fey walked away with the statuette for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, while Alec Baldwin earned another one for Best Actor. "I get to do the show with a bunch of people who are just the funniest and sweetest people," said Baldwin, and Fey thanked her daughter Alice "for being the funniest person in my family" and for her patience regarding her tough schedule as a mom: "I love you Alice," she said. "Take care of me when I'm old and broke!" "Mad Men" also retained its momentum with the win for Outstanding Ensemble in a Dramatic Television Series, beating out "Boston Legal," "The Closer," "Dexter" and "House." When thanking the Guild for their first win, show star Jon Hamm singled out show creator Matt Weiner: "Without what you do, what we do would be decidedly terrible." "House" doc Hugh Laurie nabbed his second consecutive statuette for Outstanding Male Actor in a Dramatic Television Series, while Sally Field won for Best Actress in "Brothers & Sisters," her first win after six nominations. "Acting and the Screen Actors Guild have been in my life always," she said, acknowledging her father's involvement as a stunt man. "I have been an actor for 45 years, and I am so proud to be an actor, and I am so proud that my fellow actors would give me this." Other honors of the night included Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney's SAG wins for Best Actor and Actress in a TV movie or Miniseries for "John Adams," and to James Earl Jones, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Guild's highest honor. During the telecast, some incredible actors who we lost over the year were remembered fondly, including Charlton Heston, Harvey Korman, Cyd Charisse, Sydney Pollack, Isaac Hayes, Ricardo Montalban, Van Johnson, Bernie Mac, George Carlin, Estelle Getty, Richard Widmark, Roy Scheider, Eartha Kitt and Paul Newman. And sparkly star presenters of the night included Katie Holmes, Anthony Hopkins, Forest Whitaker, Marisa Tomei, James Franco, Christina Applegate, Taye Diggs, Claire Danes, Rosario Dawson and Kiefer Sutherland. Watch "The Insider" for all the memorable moments of this year's SAG Awards!

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Reuters - Meryl Streep was named best actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday for her role as a vindictive nun in the Catholic Church drama "Doubt."
AP - Meryl Streep of the Roman Catholic drama "Doubt" and Sean Penn of the Harvey Milk film biography "Milk" won lead-acting honors Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Meryl Streep believes women have to wear make-up to be successful. The 59-year-old actress appears bare-faced in new movie "Doubt" - in which she stars as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun who is determined to prove a priest guilty of sexual abuse - and although she enjoyed the experience, she understands why women choose to paint their faces.

She said: "The really freeing thing about playing the role was that you throw away everything that woman normally waste a great number of hours of the day on - what you're going to wear, how your hair looks, how your face is."

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