Biography: life and films
Meryl Streep is an American actress. She was born in Summit, New Jersey, USA on 22nd June 1949.Her best films as an actor include Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice (1982), Spike Jonze's Adaptation. (2002), Stephen Daldry's The Hours (2002) and John Patrick Shanley's Doubt (2008).
Meryl Streep has so far appeared in 48 films.
She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Mike Nichols (3 films), Robert Benton (2), Phyllida Lloyd (2), Fred Schepisi (2) and David Frankel (2).
Her most frequent genres include: drama (28 films), romance (10), comedy-drama (8), comedy (8), comedy-romance (7), Thriller (7), Fantasy (4), Biography (4), War (2) and Animation (2).
Our average rating for Meryl Streep over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975) [a]
Julia (1977) [a]
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) [a]
Manhattan (1979) [a]
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) [a]
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) [a]
Sophie's Choice (1982) [a]
Still of the Night (1982) [a]
Silkwood (1983) [a]
Falling in Love (1984) [a]
In Our Hands (1984) [a]
Out of Africa (1985) [a]
Plenty (1985) [a]
Heartburn (1986) [a]
Ironweed (1987) [a]
Evil Angels (1988) [a]
She-Devil (1989) [a]
Postcards from the Edge (1990) [a]
Defending Your Life (1991) [a]
Death Becomes Her (1992) [a]
The House of the Spirits (1993) [a]
The River Wild (1994) [a]
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) [a]
Before and After (1996) [a]
Marvin's Room (1996) [a]
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) [a]
One True Thing (1998) [a]
Music of the Heart (1999) [a]
Adaptation. (2002) [a]
The Hours (2002) [a]
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) [a]
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) [a]
Prime (2005) [a]
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) [a]
The Ant Bully (2006) [a]
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) [a]
Dark Matter (2007) [a]
Evening (2007) [a]
Lions for Lambs (2007) [a]
Rendition (2007) [a]
Doubt (2008) [a]
Mamma Mia! (2008) [a]
It's Complicated (2009) [a]
Julie & Julia (2009) [a]
The Iron Lady (2011) [a]
Hope Springs (2012) [a]
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