Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meryl Streep, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 • as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996 • as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 • as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 • as Self (archive footage)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 • as Self - Guest

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 • as Jessica Lovejoy (voice)

Filmography

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/27/2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/14/2025

2024

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding
Escape from Extinction: Rewilding
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/27/2024
Movie
Schindler Space Architect
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/20/2024
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 6/26/2024

2023

Extrapolations
Extrapolations
as Eve
TV - Released: 3/16/2023

2022

The U.S. and the Holocaust
The U.S. and the Holocaust
as Eleanor Roosevelt
TV - Released: 9/18/2022

2021

Stanislavski: Lust for Life
Stanislavski: Lust for Life
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/27/2021
Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up
as President Orlean
Movie - Released: 12/8/2021
Dear Elizabeth
Dear Elizabeth
as Elizabeth Bishop
Movie - Released: 6/17/2021
Hemingway
Hemingway
as Martha Gellhorn (voice)
TV - Released: 4/5/2021
Only Murders in the Building
Only Murders in the Building
as Loretta Durkin
TV - Released: 8/31/2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
TV - Released: 9/9/2021

2020

The Prom
The Prom
as Dee Dee Allen
Movie - Released: 12/2/2020
Let Them All Talk
Let Them All Talk
as Alice Hughes
Movie - Released: 12/10/2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/16/2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/16/2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Meryl Streep
Movie - Released: 10/30/2020

2019

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/13/2019
The Laundromat
The Laundromat
as Ellen Martin / Elena
Movie - Released: 9/27/2019
Little Women
Little Women
as Aunt March
Movie - Released: 12/25/2019
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/28/2019
Museum Town
Museum Town
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/10/2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/12/2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2018

Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns
as Cousin Topsy
Movie - Released: 12/13/2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Donna Sheridan-Carmichael
Movie - Released: 7/18/2018
Every Act of Life
Every Act of Life
as Maurine McElroy (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/23/2018
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/12/2018
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/8/2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/21/2018

2017

100 Years
100 Years
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/17/2017
The Post
The Post
as Kay Graham
Movie - Released: 12/22/2017
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/5/2017
Five Came Back
Five Came Back
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/31/2017
The Words That Built America
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Movie - Released: 7/4/2017
Five Came Back
Five Came Back
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 3/31/2017
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies
as Mary Louise Wright
TV - Released: 2/19/2017

2016

Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Florence Foster Jenkins
Movie - Released: 5/6/2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/29/2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/1/2016
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
as Elizabeth Murray (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/23/2016

2015

Suffragette
Suffragette
as Emmeline Pankhurst
Movie - Released: 10/16/2015
Ricki and the Flash
Ricki and the Flash
as Ricki Rendazzo
Movie - Released: 7/10/2015
Auschwitz
Auschwitz
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/27/2015
Movie
Shout Gladi Gladi
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/1/2015
Everything Is Copy
Everything Is Copy
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/29/2015
Movie
Emotional Uncertainties
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/11/2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
TV - Released: 3/23/2015

2014

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
as Witch
Movie - Released: 12/24/2014
The Giver
The Giver
as Chief Elder
Movie - Released: 8/13/2014
The Homesman
The Homesman
as Altha Carter
Movie - Released: 5/18/2014
The Concert for Valor
The Concert for Valor
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/11/2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/1/2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
TV - Released: 9/14/2014

2013

A Fierce Green Fire
A Fierce Green Fire
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/1/2013
August: Osage County
August: Osage County
as Violet Weston
Movie - Released: 12/26/2013
Girl Rising
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/7/2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/27/2013
Makers: Women Who Make America
Makers: Women Who Make America
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 2/26/2013
奥斯维辛集中营
奥斯维辛集中营
as 讲述
TV - Released: 11/15/2013

2012

Close Up
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/30/2012
Hope Springs
Hope Springs
as Kay
Movie - Released: 8/7/2012
To the Arctic 3D
To the Arctic 3D
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/20/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/4/2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/30/2012
Radioman
Radioman
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/7/2012

2011

The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady
as Margaret Thatcher
Movie - Released: 12/26/2011
Wings of Life
Wings of Life
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/16/2011
Web Therapy
Web Therapy
as Camilla Bowner
TV - Released: 7/19/2011

2010

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
as Jennie
Movie - Released: 3/2/2010
Sky Island
Sky Island
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us
as Self
TV - Released: 4/25/2010

2009

Doubt: Stage to Screen
Doubt: Stage to Screen
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/7/2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Felicity Fox (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/23/2009
It's Complicated
It's Complicated
as Jane Adler
Movie - Released: 12/23/2009
Julie & Julia
Julie & Julia
as Julia Child
Movie - Released: 8/6/2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/16/2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009

2008

Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
as Donna Sheridan
Movie - Released: 7/3/2008
Doubt
Doubt
as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Movie - Released: 12/12/2008
Dark Matter
Dark Matter
as Joanna Silver
Movie - Released: 4/24/2008
Ribbon of Sand
Ribbon of Sand
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/25/2008
Theater of War
Theater of War
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/28/2008
Movie
Birthing Mamma Mia!
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/31/2008
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/6/2008

2007

Lions for Lambs
Lions for Lambs
as Janine Roth
Movie - Released: 10/22/2007
Rendition
Rendition
as Corrine Whitman
Movie - Released: 9/7/2007
Evening
Evening
as Lila Ross
Movie - Released: 6/9/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
as Yolanda Johnson
Movie - Released: 6/1/2006
The Ant Bully
The Ant Bully
as Queen (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/28/2006
Hurricane on the Bayou
Hurricane on the Bayou
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/29/2006
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
as Miranda Priestly
Movie - Released: 6/29/2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/15/2006
The Music of Regret
The Music of Regret
as The Woman
Movie - Released: 5/24/2006

2005

Prime
Prime
as Lisa Metzger
Movie - Released: 9/21/2005
Movie
Stolen Childhoods
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/31/2005
Karen Blixen: Out of This World
Karen Blixen: Out of This World
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 10/2/2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
TV - Released: 10/17/2005
Unscripted
Unscripted
as Self
TV - Released: 1/9/2005

2004

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Josephine Anwhistle
Movie - Released: 12/16/2004
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Movie - Released: 7/30/2004
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/20/2004

2003

Stuck on You
Stuck on You
as Meryl Streep (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/10/2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2003
Angels in America
Angels in America
as Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
TV - Released: 12/7/2003

2002

The Hours
The Hours
as Clarissa Vaughan
Movie - Released: 12/27/2002
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
as Susan Orlean
Movie - Released: 12/6/2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/2/2002
Movie
New York at the Movies
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/7/2002

2001

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Blue Mecha (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/29/2001
Vermeer Master of Light
Vermeer Master of Light
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/11/2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/20/2001
School: The Story of American Public Education
School: The Story of American Public Education
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 9/3/2001

2000

A Song of Africa
A Song of Africa
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/29/2000

1999

Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart
as Roberta
Movie - Released: 10/29/1999
Movie
Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1999
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/12/1999

1998

Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa
as Kate Mundy
Movie - Released: 9/4/1998
One True Thing
One True Thing
as Kate Gulden
Movie - Released: 9/18/1998
Vivement dimanche
Vivement dimanche
as Self
TV - Released: 9/20/1998

1997

...First Do No Harm
...First Do No Harm
as Lori Reimuller
Movie - Released: 2/16/1997
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
as Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice)
TV - Released: 1/12/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997
TV
Leute heute
as Self
TV - Released: 7/23/1997
The View
The View
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

Marvin's Room
Marvin's Room
as Lee Wakefield Lacker
Movie - Released: 12/18/1996
Before and After
Before and After
as Dr. Carolyn Ryan
Movie - Released: 2/23/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996

1995

The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County
as Francesca Johnson
Movie - Released: 6/2/1995
The Living Sea
The Living Sea
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/1/1995

1994

The River Wild
The River Wild
as Gail Hartman
Movie - Released: 9/30/1994
Movie
An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/1994

1993

The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
as Clara del Valle Trueba
Movie - Released: 10/21/1993
GMTV
GMTV
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1993

1992

Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her
as Madeline Ashton Menville
Movie - Released: 7/30/1992

1991

Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life
as Julia
Movie - Released: 3/22/1991
Voices That Care
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
Movie - Released: 2/28/1991
Age 7 in America
Age 7 in America
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/24/1991

1990

Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge
as Suzanne Vale
Movie - Released: 9/14/1990
The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special
as Concerned Citizen
Movie - Released: 4/22/1990

1989

She-Devil
She-Devil
as Mary Fisher
Movie - Released: 12/8/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Jessica Lovejoy (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

Evil Angels
Evil Angels
as Lindy Chamberlain
Movie - Released: 11/3/1988
This Morning
This Morning
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 10/3/1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1987

Ironweed
Ironweed
as Helen Archer
Movie - Released: 12/18/1987

1986

Heartburn
Heartburn
as Rachel
Movie - Released: 7/25/1986

1985

Out of Africa
Out of Africa
as Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen
Movie - Released: 12/20/1985
Plenty
Plenty
as Susan Traherne
Movie - Released: 9/20/1985

1984

Falling in Love
Falling in Love
as Molly Gilmore
Movie - Released: 11/21/1984
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/31/1984
TV
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
TV - Released: 2/3/1984

1983

Silkwood
Silkwood
as Karen Silkwood
Movie - Released: 12/14/1983

1982

Still of the Night
Still of the Night
as Brooke Reynolds
Movie - Released: 11/19/1982
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Movie - Released: 12/8/1982
Alice at the Palace
Alice at the Palace
as Alice
Movie - Released: 1/16/1982

1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Sarah / Anna
Movie - Released: 8/28/1981
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Katherine
Movie - Released: 1/7/1981

1979

Manhattan
Manhattan
as Jill
Movie - Released: 4/25/1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Joanna Kramer
Movie - Released: 12/7/1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Karen Traynor
Movie - Released: 8/17/1979
Uncommon Women and Others
Uncommon Women and Others
as Leilah
Movie - Released: 6/20/1979

1978

The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter
as Linda
Movie - Released: 12/8/1978
Holocaust
Holocaust
as Inga Helms Weiss
TV - Released: 4/16/1978

1977

Julia
Julia
as Anne Marie
Movie - Released: 10/1/1977
Secret Service
Secret Service
as Edith Varney
Movie - Released: 1/12/1977
The Deadliest Season
The Deadliest Season
as Sharon Miller
Movie - Released: 3/16/1977

1975

Everybody Rides the Carousel
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Stage 6 (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/8/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

Spécial cinéma
Spécial cinéma
as Self
TV - Released: 9/25/1974

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
TV - Released: 4/2/1973

1971

Great Performances
Great Performances
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Leilah
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1968

60 Minutes
60 Minutes
as Self
TV - Released: 9/24/1968

1967

TV
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
as Self
TV - Released: 12/4/1967

1959

The Grammys
The Grammys
as Self
TV - Released: 11/29/1959

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

Unknown

Movie
Mamma Mia! 3
as Donna Sheridan
Movie
Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep
Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep
Movie
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County
Movie
TV
The Corrections
TV