Meryl Streep Overview
Meryl Streep was a renowned American actress, who made history by receiving a record-breaking 21 Oscar nominations. The most classic example of beauty with talent, she was by far the most prolific and greatest living film actress. Ever since her debut in the 1970s, she has been ruling the stage and big screen alike with her tremendous performance and top-class acting capability. Her ability to bring to life the characters and the panache with which she deals with each of them is commendable. Beside her actingâ¢,⤠she also was known for using​ her platform to speak out on important social issues, including gender equality â¢in the entertainment industry and against sexual harassment.
Started Her Career
During her time in school, Meryl Streep participated in several theater productions and showcased her singing â¢talent in operas. â¤However, she did not initially consider acting â¤as a viable career option.⤠It⢠was only during her time â¢in college that her â£perspective shifted, and she began⣠to see acting as more than just a​ hobby. Her initial years were spent performing for several theater productions in New York and New Jersey. She worked for several productions including the New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew, and Measure for Measure.
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Career Record
Meryl Streep was next seen in the 1976 Broadway double bill of Tennessee Williams’ 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Arthur Miller's A Memory of Two Mondays, and Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. In 1977, she walked up to the big screen for a small yet significant role for the film, Julia. Same year, she was seen in the television miniseries Holocaust as a German woman married to a Jewish artist in Nazi era Germany. Not only that, in Deer Hunter which was released in 1978, although she played yet another small role, the movie was a super hit and earned her first ever Academy Award nomination. In 1979, her embedded talent which she carried in front of the camera was variably seen, which witnessed the release of three movies, each tangent apart from the other, wherein she played the role of a supporting actress. While, Manhattan was a romantic comedy, The Seduction of Joe Tynan was a political drama and Kramer vs. Kramer was a family drama.
Breaking Oscar Nominations
Meryl Streep’s outstanding ability was profoundly visible from the fact that she has 21 nominations at Academy Awards, winning 3 of them, and 33 nominations at Golden Globe Awards, winning 8 of them, which was the highest ever recorded nominations by an actor in the history of both the awards. Over her more than four decades long career, she has played a wide variety of roles, which has earned her the title of a chameleon, much unlike other actors who have preferred a singular identity in their films. What was interesting to note was that she has managed to play each of the roles convincingly and with perfection. Her meticulous and painstaking preparation, zealous nature and attention to minute detailing aiding in the effort. More than 50 films old and still going strong, she has garnered commercial and critical success all through her career.
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