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Also Known As	Mary Louise Streep
Born	June 22, 1949 (age 77) • New Jersey
Awards And Honors	Golden Globe Award (2017) • Cecil B. DeMille Award (2017) • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014) • Golden Globe Award (2012) • Academy Award (2012) • Kennedy Center Honors (2011) • National Medal of Arts (2010) • Golden Globe Award (2009) • Academy Award (1983) • Academy Award (1980) • Emmy Award (1978) • Academy Award (2012): Actress in a Leading Role • Academy Award (1983): Actress in a Leading Role • Academy Award (1980): Actress in a Supporting Role • Cecil B. DeMille Award (2017) • Emmy Award (2017): Outstanding Narrator • Emmy Award (2004): Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie • Emmy Award (1978): Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special • Golden Globe Award (2012): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama • Golden Globe Award (2010): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (2007): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (2004): Best Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (2003): Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1983): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama • Golden Globe Award (1982): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama • Golden Globe Award (1980): Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Married To	Don Gummer (1978–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Hope Springs" (2012) • "Mary Poppins Returns" (2018) • "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" (2018) • "Music of the Heart" (1999) • "Prime" (2005) • "Ricki and the Flash" (2015) • "Evening" (2007) • "Falling in Love" (1984) • "King of the Hill" (1999) • "The Deer Hunter" (1978) • "Lions for Lambs" (2007) • "Rendition" (2007) • "Still of the Night" (1982) • "She-Devil" (1989) • "The River Wild" (1994) • "Marvin's Room" (1996) • "Web Therapy" (2012) • "The Iron Lady" (2011) • "August: Osage County" (2013) • "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004) • "Ginevra's Story: Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait" (1999) • "Death Becomes Her" (1992) • "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995) • "Great Performances" (1977–1979) • "Mamma Mia!" (2008) • "Holocaust" (1978) • "It's Complicated" (2009) • "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979) • "Suffragette" (2015) • "Silkwood" (1983) • "Evil Angels" (1988) • "Big Little Lies" (2019) • "Julia" (1977) • "Everybody Rides the Carousel" (1976) • "The Homesman" (2014) • "Sophie's Choice" (1982) • "Julie & Julia" (2009) • "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) • "Before and After" (1996) • "Plenty" (1985) • "The Guardian Brothers" (2016) • "One True Thing" (1998) • "The Laundromat" (2019) • "Ironweed" (1987) • "Little Women" (2019) • "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (2004) • "The House of the Spirits" (1993) • "Florence Foster Jenkins" (2016) • "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" (1979) • "The Post" (2017) • "Postcards from the Edge" (1990) • "Into the Woods" (2014) • "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009) • "A Prairie Home Companion" (2006) • "The Hours" (2002) • "Heartburn" (1986) • "Manhattan" (1979) • "Out of Africa" (1985) • "Angels in America" (2003) • "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (2001) • "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006) • "Web Therapy" (2010) • "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1998) • "Adaptation." (2002) • "The Ant Bully" (2006) • "Dark Matter" (2007) • "The Simpsons" (1994) • "The Giver" (2014) • "Defending Your Life" (1991) • "Freedom: A History of US" (2003) • "Doubt" (2008)

Top Questions

When was Meryl Streep born?

Meryl Streep was born on June 22, 1949.

Is Meryl Streep married?

Don Gummer (1978–present)

Where was Meryl Streep born?

Meryl Streep was born in Summit, New Jersey, United States.

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Meryl Streep smiles on the red carpet in a long red gown with a deep V neckline, holding a silver clutch at the Academy Awards.

Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep embrace closely, wrapped in a patterned shawl, in a scene from the film The French Lieutenant's Woman.

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Meryl Streep as Hannah Pitt stands beside Al Pacino as Roy Cohn, who lies in a hospital bed with an oxygen tube, in a scene from HBO's Angels in America.

Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep stand facing each other in a lush vegetable garden, with Streep holding a basket and wearing a hat, in a scene from the film It's Complicated.

Meryl Streep as the Witch in Into the Woods crouches between large tree trunks, wearing a tattered black costume and wild gray hair, with a serious expression.

Meryl Streep wearing glasses, drop earrings, and a black and white embellished outfit at the UK premiere of Mary Poppins Returns.

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, both wearing sunglasses and business attire, walk together outdoors on the set of The Devil Wears Prada 2 in New York City.

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