Streep in the late 1970s Meryl Streep is an American actress who has had an extensive career in film, television, and stage. She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of Trelawny of the 'Wells' [ 3] Tony Award nomination for her role in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton [ 4] Jane Fonda in Julia The Deer Hunter Academy Award nomination for it. She won the award the following year for playing a troubled wife in the top-grossing drama Kramer vs. Kramer [ 7] Jewish man in Nazi Germany in the television miniseries Holocaust Primetime Emmy Award .
Streep established herself as a leading Hollywood actress in the 1980s.[ 10] The French Lieutenant's Woman [ 10] Sophie's Choice Best Actress Oscar for the latter. Streep portrayed the real-life character of Karen Silkwood in Mike Nichols ' drama Silkwood Out of Africa Karen Blixen .[ 14] She-Devil Death Becomes Her
In 1995, Streep starred opposite Clint Eastwood as an unhappily married woman in The Bridges of Madison County [ 14] [ 18] [ 19] One True Thing [ 20] Adaptation. The Hours Angels in America [ 22] The Devil Wears Prada [ 23] Mamma Mia! Julie & Julia Julia Child .[ 25] [ 26] Margaret Thatcher in the biopic The Iron Lady [ 27] August: Osage County Into the Woods Florence Foster Jenkins The Post [ 28]
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^ Streep played dual roles in the film.[ 10]
^ Streep played quadruple roles in the miniseries.[ 22]
^ Streep played separate characters in each episode.[ 116]
^ The two plays were part of a double-bill production.
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