Meryl Streep

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00:00Meryl Streep.

00:23An iconic figure in the Hollywood film industry,

00:26Meryl Streep requires no introduction of any sort.

00:30The most classic example of beauty with talent,

00:33Streep has garnered commercial and critical success all through her career.

00:38Meryl Streep, born Mary Louise Streep on June 22, 1949,

00:44has a knack of delivering incredible performances no matter what role she takes up.

00:50She applied to law school, but she overslept on the day of her interview.

00:54The actress took that as a sign and decided to explore other career options.

01:00That is why Streep enrolled in the Vassar College,

01:03from where she obtained a BA in Drama.

01:05Streep made her Broadway debut in 1975 with Trelawney of the Wells.

01:11Two years later, she appeared in her first feature film, Julia.

01:14But it was her performance in The Deer Hunter that earned Streep widespread recognition.

01:31Over her five decades long career, Streep has played a wide variety of roles,

01:36which has earned her the title of a chameleon, much unlike other actors who have preferred a singular

01:42identity in their films. The most outstanding of them are Manhattan, Silkwood, A Cry in the Dark,

01:49Defending Your Life, Death Becomes Her, The Bridges of Madison County, One True Thing, Adaptation,

01:57The Devil Wears Prada, Mamma Mia, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Post.

02:04The seven-month shoot of the comedic film, Death Becomes Her,

02:07One night.

02:08Uh, it's a very, very select group, you understand.

02:14Sure.

02:15Was one of the longest of her career, and because of her allergies to numerous cosmetics,

02:23special prosthetics had to be made when making her appear older. Meryl Streep is an extremely

02:30talented student. During the filming of Sophie's Choice in Poland, the actress learned to speak the

02:36language and mastered the accent so well locals on the set thought she actually was Polish.

02:42Excuse me, who did he say wrote that poem?

02:46Dickens. Emily Dickens. Thank you.

02:53She also learned to play the violin for her role as a music teacher in The Music of the Heart.

02:58She then took classes from noted violinist Sandy Park and practiced six hours a day.

03:05Meryl began taking formal singing lessons at the age of 12 to become an opera singer.

03:10For the 2014 musical Into the Woods, the actress sang most of her songs live. Despite being trained in

03:19music, she delivered a perfectly imperfect off-key performance as a wannabe singer in Florence

03:25Foster Jenkins, earning her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. With 21 Oscar nominations dotting

03:34her career, Best Actress of Her Generation has more nominations than any other actor or actress in the

03:42history of the awards. Streep has three wins to her credit. One for Best Supporting Actress for

03:48Kramer vs. Kramer and two Best Actress awards for Sophie's Choice and The Iron Lady. Streep is also an

03:56eight-time Golden Globe winner. She holds the record for the highest number of wins and with 31 to date is the most

04:04nominated actor in the Golden Globe history. The actress won her first Emmy Award in 1978 for her

04:12role in the miniseries Holocaust. Since then she has won two more Emmy Awards and one nomination. The most

04:20recent was in 2017 for Outstanding Narration in the Netflix documentary Five Came Back. Streep married

04:27sculptor Don Goomer. They now have four kids. Ever since her debut in the 1970s, she has been ruling the

04:35stage and the big screen alike with her tremendous performance and top-class acting capability.

04:41In 2014, Streep was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the

04:47United States by then U.S. President Barack Obama. More than 50 films old and still going strong, Streep is

04:55by far the most prolific and the greatest living film actress.

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