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What is the connection between Anna Wintour and The Devil Wears Prada?

The fictional fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly in Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling novel The Devil Wears Prada (2004) is widely believed to be a caricature of Anna Wintour, for whom Weisberger once worked. Meryl Streep’s masterful portrayal of the character in the film adaptation (2006) garnered the actress an Academy Award nomination.