| Meryl Streep  AKA Mary Louise Streep
Born: 22-Jun-1949
Birthplace: Summit, NJ
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Deer Hunter An awkward, uncomfortable, and not particularly attractive girl from Jersey, Streep says she had little confidence in herself until attending Vassar, an all-women's college. "How we looked was not important, instead how we thought was more important. How we argued, learned, discovered, laughed and joked mattered. I felt like a human being, not a woman or child, and felt the quality of my own character."
For Sophie's Choice, she learned Polish. For Music of the Heart, she learned the violin, and played five hours daily. She has been nominated for 13 Oscars, more than any other performer (Katharine Hepburn is in second place, with 12 nominations). In the 25 years from 1978 to 2002, she was Oscar-nominated more years than she wasn't. She has taken home two of the statuettes, for Kramer vs Kramer and Sophie's Choice. After winning her first Oscar, she accidentally left it on top of a toilet after the awards ceremony.
Streep has become more outspoken politically in recent years, taking public stands against domestic violence, water pollution, nuclear power, and George W. Bush. "What pushed me over the edge?" she asked. "Name a topic. Everything pushed me over the edge! The quiet dismantling of environmental regulations. The phoniness of No Child Left Behind. Everybody should be getting up and making a big fat noise... Yes, of course, I always question why anyone would listen to an actor. But it's not your profession that defines you so much as your personhood. I listen to all kinds of people whose qualifications to opine on anything are that they have a radio show or a degree in art history. Our most famous president of late was an actor. You don't jettison your citizenship because you're famous."
Father: Harry Streep, Jr. (pharmaceutical executive)
Mother: Mary Streep (commercial artist)
Brother: Harry Streep III (dancer-choreographer)
Brother: Dana Streep (stockbroker, b. 1957)
Boyfriend: John Cazale (actor, dated 1976-78, briefly engaged)
Husband: Donald J. Gummer (sculptor, m. Sep-1978, four children)
Son: Henry Gummer (b. 1979)
Daughter: Louisa Jacobson Gummer (b. 12-Jun-1991)
Daughter: Mamie Gummer (actress, b. 3-Aug-1983)
Daughter: Grace Jane Gummer (b. 1986)
High School: Bernards High School, Bernardsville, NJ
University: BA Drama, Vassar College (1971)
University: MFA Drama, Yale School of Drama (1975)
Equality Now Advisory Council
Healthy Child Healthy World Advisory Board
Emmy 1978 for Holocaust
Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar for Best Actress 1983 for Sophie's Choice
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 2004
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7020 Hollywood Blvd.
Parodied As A Muppet Meryl Sheep
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Lions for Lambs (22-Oct-2007)
Rendition (7-Sep-2007)
Evening (9-Jun-2007)
The Ant Bully (28-Jul-2006) [VOICE]
The Devil Wears Prada (29-Jun-2006)
A Prairie Home Companion (12-Feb-2006)
Prime (21-Sep-2005)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (17-Dec-2004)
The Manchurian Candidate (22-Jul-2004)
Angels in America (7-Dec-2003)
The Hours (18-Dec-2002)
Adaptation (6-Dec-2002)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (26-Jun-2001) [VOICE]
Music of the Heart (6-Sep-1999)
One True Thing (18-Sep-1998)
Dancing at Lughnasa (12-Sep-1998)
...first Do No Harm (16-Feb-1997)
Marvin's Room (18-Dec-1996)
Before and After (23-Feb-1996)
The Bridges of Madison County (2-Jun-1995)
The River Wild (30-Sep-1994)
The House of the Spirits (21-Oct-1993)
Death Becomes Her (31-Jul-1992)
Defending Your Life (22-Mar-1991)
Postcards from the Edge (12-Sep-1990)
She-Devil (8-Dec-1989)
A Cry in the Dark (4-Nov-1988)
Ironweed (Feb-1988)
Heartburn (25-Jul-1986)
Out of Africa (10-Dec-1985)
Plenty (10-Sep-1985)
Falling in Love (21-Nov-1984)
Silkwood (14-Dec-1983)
Still of the Night (26-Jan-1983)
Sophie's Choice (8-Dec-1982)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (18-Sep-1981)
Kramer vs. Kramer (19-Dec-1979)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (Aug-1979)
Manhattan (14-Mar-1979)
The Deer Hunter (8-Dec-1978)
Holocaust (16-Apr-1978)
Julia (1977)
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