The famous actress was born Mary Louise Streep to his father, Harry Streep Jr., pharmaceutical officer, and his mother, Mary, a commercial artist. Harry enjoyed playing the piano and Mary loved to sing, so Streep and her two younger siblings grew up surrounded by music.He was raised in suburban Bernardsville, New Jersey and in his youth, he dreamed of becoming an opera singer, taking singing lessons at the age of 12 years. She attended Bernardsville High School where she was a cheerleader and prom queen, before graduating in 1967. Streep became interested in acting and has continued to specialize in theater and English at Vassar College. After graduating in 1971, he enrolled at Yale University School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1975. She went on to study costume design and playwriting at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.At 22, Streep has her professional stage debut in "The Playboy of Seville" (1971) and her Broadway debut was in "Trelawney of the" Wells (1975).He was involved in theater in 1975-1981, when his film career really began to flourish. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress to play their role in the Broadway production of Tennessee William's''27 wagons full of cotton "(1976). He also received a Drama Desk Award nominations for her roles in" The Cherry Orchard "(1976) and" Happy End "(1977).Her screen debut was in the little things-television movie "The Deadliest Season" (1977) and its big screen debut in "Julia" (1977), where she gave an excellent performance in a small role in a flash sequence -back. The following year, September 15, 1978, she married sculptor Don Gummer on. The couple has four children, Henry (b. 1979), Mary (aka Mamie) (born 1983), Grace (b. 1986) and Louisa (b. 1991).Wasting no time in making awards, Meryl Streep was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter second film "(1978), one of the most powerful films of all time. She won her first Emmy best supporting actress in a miniseries or special for television for her role in "Holocaust" (1978). Then, he won two Academy Awards, the first for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), Dustin Hoffman and the second for Best Actress in Sophie Zawistowski in "Sophie's Choice" (1982).She continued to do shows in several acclaimed films in the rest of the 1980s. These include his first role in a feature film, "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) with Jeremy Irons, "Silkwood" (1983) with Kurt Russell and Cher, "Out of Africa" (1985) co-starring Robert Redford, "Heartburn" (1986) and "Ironweed" (1987), both starring Jack Nicholson, and since Lindy Chamberlain, with Sam Neill in "bad angels" (1988), the fact based on the film, theater, known in America as "A Cry in the night," she won the 1989 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She won six Choice Awards for Favorite Actress Motion Picture from 1984 to 1990 , when she was named world's most popular.Some saw career Streep has slightly decreased in the early 1990's, because there is no recognizable parts. It was "Postcards from the Edge" (1990), with Shirley MacLaine and Dennis Quaid, and ridicule black comedy "Death Becomes Her" (1992), with Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. The romantic drama "The House of the Spirits" (1993) was the all-star cast including Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Winona Rider, Antonio Banderas, and Vanessa Redgrave, and set before the Second World War in South America. Streep was again in top form with "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995), for which she received an Oscar nomination and "Marvin's Room" (1996), Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro .Streep returned to work on television as executive producer on "... First do no harm "(1997), a story based on facts which it has played. On September 16, 1998, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "Music of the Heart" (1999) was a role that required him to learn to play the violin, which she did by practicing six hours a day for eight weeks.Returning to step in July 2001, for the first time in more than 20 years, Anton Chekov played Arkadina in "Seagull". It 'was a production of New York, which also featured Natalie Portman, Kevin Kline, Chrisopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marcia Gay Harden and John Goodman. Five years later he played the title role of "Mother Courage and Her Children."She gave voice Blue Mecha in Steven Spielberg "Artificial Intelligence: AI" (2001) before playing the real life author Susan Orlean, with Nicolas Cage, the eccentric "Adaptation" (2002). Next was "The Hours" (2002) with Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep was nominated for BAFTA for her portrayal of the first plan. She won her second Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for the television miniseries "Angels in America" (2003) where she played several roles opposite Al Pacino, Emma Thompson and Mary-Louise Parker."The Manchurian Candidate" (2004) Streep plays a more comical than his usual intense performances and was a film that really liked to do, for this reason. "Primer" (2005), a romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg, cast Streep in the role of psychoanalyst Lisa Metzger, the client falls for his son. She has been the editor of the inimitable, Miranda Priestly in "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006), which won the SAG and Golden Globe for Best Actress.She was cast as a country singer Yolanda Johnson, Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion" (2006) and continued to play in 2007 in several films, including "Dark Matter", "Evening,''Rendition" and " Lions for Lambs. " The latter saw his team with Tom Cruise and Robert Redford, who directed the feature of American politics and wars in the Middle EastStreep took the role of Donna Sheridan in the film version of West End musical "Mamma Mia!" Based on the songs of ABBA. Co-star Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, the film has earned critical acclaim and led to a Golden Globe nominee and satellite. He also became the most successful musical film ever.After the success of the musical, Streep went to attract even more praise for her role as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Scott Rudin "Doubt," which landed an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She has won several major awards for the film, which opened the way for the triumph even more critical with his next project."Julie & Julia (2009) has not only earned a second Academy Award nomination, but he helped raise more than a dozen other gongs, including the Golden Globe for Best Actress. Then came a voice role in" Fantastic Mr. Fox "and the appearance of 'E' complicated 'both of which led to greater recognition. Streep versatility led to her landing the role of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the" Iron Lady "(2011) .I have worked extensively with theater, television and film for more than three decades, Streep is considered by many to be one of the most respected and talented actors of his generation. He is certainly a perfectionist when it comes to his work, carefully preparing a new role and is known for its ability to manage a variety of accents. It 'a way of immersing himself so completely in his character that indicates the intensity of love and work. With the many ongoing and scheduled for release in the coming years, Streep is showing signs of slowing down. We are certainly blessed with a lot more presentations, is injected into the magic of Streep.
