Meryl Streep biography
Meryl Streep is an American actress, born on 22 June 1949 in Summit.
Meryl Streep's screen career began in 1976 with Everybody Rides the Carousel, playing Lover.
Meryl Streep has appeared in 96 films and 23 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), My Undesirable Friends: Part II , Exile (2026).
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actress (2 times), Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and National Medal of Arts.
Coming up next: Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027), Lincoln in the Bardo.
- Born
- 22 June 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Summit
- Work
- Film actor, Stage actor, Television actor, Voice actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1975 to present
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress (2 times)
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- National Medal of Arts
- Donostia Award
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture , Musical or Comedy
Meryl Streep filmography
98 films and 23 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln in the Bardo | Abigail Blass / Elizabeth Crawford / Angel / Demon | Upcoming | ||
| 2027 | Narnia: The Magician's Nephew | Aslan | Post-production | |
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Miranda Priestly | ||
| 2026 | Project Hail Mary | Rocky | Voice cameo | |
| 2026 | My Undesirable Friends: Part II , Exile | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2026 | Hoppers | The Insect Queen | Voice cameo | |
| 2024 | Schindler Space Architect | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2022 | Sell/Buy/Date | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up | President Janie Orlean | ||
| 2020 | The Prom | Dee Dee Allen | ||
| 2020 | Let Them All Talk | Alice Hughes | ||
| 2020 | Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Narrator | Voice; animated short film | |
| 2019 | Little Women | Aunt March | ||
| 2019 | The Laundromat | Ellen Martin / Elena / Herself | ||
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Topsy | ||
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Donna Sheridan | ||
| 2017 | The Post | Katharine Graham | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 2017 | We Rise | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2017 | Little Door Gods | Narrator | ||
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Florence Foster Jenkins | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Emmeline Pankhurst | ||
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Ricki Rendazzo | ||
| 2015 | Shout Gladi Gladi | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | The Witch | Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2014 | The Giver | Chief Elder |
Show all 98 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Homesman | Altha Carter | ||
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Violet Weston | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 2013 | Wings of Life | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2013 | Out of Print | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2013 | Girl Rising | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2013 | A Fierce Green Fire | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | Kay Soames | ||
| 2012 | To the Arctic 3D | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher | Academy Award win for Best Actress | |
| 2010 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Jennie | Voice; short film | |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | Jane Adler | ||
| 2009 | The Magic 7 | English | ||
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Julia Child | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You | English | ||
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Felicity Fox | Voice; animated film | |
| 2008 | Doubt | Sister Aloysius Beauvier | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan | ||
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | English | ||
| 2007 | Rendition | Corrine Whitman | ||
| 2007 | Dark Matter | Joanna Silver | ||
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs | Janine Roth | ||
| 2007 | Evening | Lila Ross | ||
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 2006 | The Music of Regret | The Woman | Short film | |
| 2006 | Hurricane on the Bayou | Narrator | Documentary short film | |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Yolanda Johnson | ||
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | Queen Ant | ||
| 2005 | Prime | Lisa Metzger | ||
| 2005 | Karen Blixen - Out of This World | |||
| 2005 | Stolen Childhoods | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Aunt Josephine | ||
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Sen. Eleanor Prentiss Shaw | ||
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness | English | ||
| 2003 | Stuck on You | English | ||
| 2002 | Adaptation | Susan Orlean | Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2002 | The Hours | Clarissa Vaughan | ||
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Blue Mecha | Voice | |
| 2001 | Vermeer: Master of Light | |||
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Roberta Guaspari | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1999 | Ginevra's Story | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1998 | One True Thing | Kate Gulden | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Kate Mundy | ||
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Lee | ||
| 1996 | Before and After | Dr. Carolyn Ryan | ||
| 1995 | The Bridges of Madison County | Francesca Johnson | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1995 | The Living Sea | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1994 | The River Wild | Gail Hartman | ||
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | English | ||
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Clara del Valle Trueba | ||
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Madeline Ashton | ||
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Julia | ||
| 1991 | Age 7 in America | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Suzanne Vale | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1989 | She-Devil | Mary Fisher | ||
| 1989 | Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife | English | ||
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Lindy Chamberlain | ||
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit | |||
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | |||
| 1987 | Ironweed | Helen Archer | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Rachel Samstat | ||
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Karen Blixen | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1985 | Plenty | Susan Traherne | ||
| 1984 | Falling in Love | Molly Gilmore | ||
| 1983 | Silkwood | Karen Silkwood | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | Brooke Reynolds | ||
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice | Sophie Zawistowski | Academy Award win for Best Actress | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Sarah Woodruff / Anna | Academy Award nomination for Best Actress | |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Joanna Kramer | Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Karen Traynor | ||
| 1979 | Manhattan | Jill Davis | ||
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Linda | Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1978 | Uncommon Women and Others | English | ||
| 1977 | Julia | Anne Marie |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Henry David Thoreau | Lidian Emerson / Margaret Fuller / Mary Merrick Brooks / Maria Thoreau | Voice; documentary | |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | Mercy Otis Warren | Voice; documentary; 3 episodes | |
| 2024 | Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? | Narrator | Documentary; 8 episodes | |
| 2023 | Only Murders in the Building | Loretta Durkin | Special guest (seasons 3 to 5); 11 episodes | |
| 2023 | Extrapolations | Eve Shearer | Episode: "2046: Whale Fall" | |
| 2019 | Big Little Lies | Mary Louise Wright | Main role (season 2); 7 episodes | |
| 2017 | Five Came Back | Narrator | Documentary; 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts | Eleanor Roosevelt | Voice; documentary; 7 episodes | |
| 2013 | Makers: Women Who Make America | Narrator | Documentary; 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | Web Therapy | Camilla Bowner | Guest star; 5 episodes | |
| 2007 | Ocean Voyagers | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of US | Abigail Adams / Mary Eastey / Mother Jones / Margaret Chase Smith | Voice; documentary; 4 episodes | |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |
| 1999 | King of the Hill | Aunt Esme Dauterive | Voice; Episode: "A Beer Can Named Desire" | |
| 1997 | First Do No Harm | Lori Reimuller | Television film; also producer | |
| 1994 | The Simpsons | Jessica Lovejoy | Voice; Episode: "Bart's Girlfriend" | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Concerned Citizen | Television special | |
| 1982 | Alice at the Palace | Alice | Television film | |
| 1981 | Kiss Me, Petruchio | Katherine | Documentary | |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Inga Helms Weiss | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
| 1977 | The Deadliest Season | Sharon Miller | Television film | |
| 1977 | Great Performances | Edith Varney | Episode: "Secret Service" | |
| 1976 | Everybody Rides the Carousel | Lover | Voice; television film |