Meryl Streep

Acting

Born 1949-06-22 Summit, New Jersey, USA 208 credits Academy Awards 3 Primetime Emmy Awards 3 Golden Globe Awards 9 BAFTA Awards 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 1 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1 Kennedy Center Honors 1

Awards

Won 3 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 3 won · 18 nominated

2018 Best Actress Nominated The Post
2017 Best Actress Nominated Florence Foster Jenkins
2015 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Into the Woods
2014 Best Actress Nominated August: Osage County
2012 Best Actress Won The Iron Lady
2010 Best Actress Nominated Julie & Julia
2009 Best Actress Nominated Doubt
2007 Best Actress Nominated The Devil Wears Prada
2003 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Adaptation
2000 Best Actress Nominated Music of the Heart
1999 Best Actress Nominated One True Thing
1996 Best Actress Nominated The Bridges of Madison County
1991 Best Actress Nominated Postcards from the Edge
1989 Best Actress Nominated Evil Angels
1988 Best Actress Nominated Ironweed
1986 Best Actress Nominated Out of Africa
1984 Best Actress Nominated Silkwood
1983 Best Actress Won Sophie's Choice
1982 Best Actress Nominated The French Lieutenant's Woman
1980 Best Supporting Actress Won Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 Best Supporting Actress Nominated The Deer Hunter

Primetime Emmy Awards 3 won

2017 Outstanding Narrator Won Five Came Back
2004 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Won Angels in America
1978 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Won Holocaust

Golden Globe Awards 9 won · 4 nominated

2017 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Won
2012 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated Hope Springs
2012 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Won The Iron Lady
2009 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won Julie & Julia
2006 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won The Devil Wears Prada
2003 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won Adaptation
2003 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Won Angels in America
1992 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated Death Becomes Her
1990 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated Postcards from the Edge
1989 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated She-Devil
1983 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Won Sophie's Choice
1982 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Won The French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice
1980 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won Kramer vs. Kramer

BAFTA Awards 3 won

2012 Best Actress in a Leading Role Won The Iron Lady
1982 Best Actress in a Leading Role Won The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 Best Actress in a Leading Role Won The French Lieutenant's Woman

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 won

2009 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Won Doubt
— Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Won

Tony Awards 1 nominated

1976 Best Featured Actress in a Play Nominated

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 1 won · 1 nominated

2015 Best Villain Won Into the Woods
2007 Best Villain Nominated The Devil Wears Prada

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1 won

— Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1 won

— Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Won

Kennedy Center Honors 1 won

— Kennedy Center Honors Won

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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.