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Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep
Mary Louise Streep - born 22 June 1949, in Summit, New Jersey

Wise words: "I try to lead as ordinary a life as I can. You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing."


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Meryl Streep - news / articles


  • Streep Tease - 8 September 2009
    x;border:1px solid #ccc;} .best10 p{margin:3px 0 0 5px;} - -Fifteen Oscar nominations in 30 years! It’s no wonder that Meryl Streep takes award ceremonies in her stride these days. Seeing as how she’s lost on no less than 13 of those occasions she’


  • Streep's tribute to mum in new film - 5 August 2009
    -Meryl Streep honoured her late mother's memory in a new movie role - basing her portrayal of U.S. culinary queen Julia Child on her mum.- -The Doubt star plays Child in film Julie & Julia - but instead of just watching old tapes of the cookery icon at work, she decid


  • Streep blasts Pollack for unleashing lion in Out of Africa - 30 July 2009
    -Meryl Streep has blasted late director Sydney Pollack for unleashing a lion on her while shooting Oscar-winning film Out Of Africa - following years of denials from the filmmaker.- -Streep was assured the beast would be tethered while she fought it off with a whip, d

Meryl Streep - what members say


  • The Bridges Of Madison County
  • The Bridges Of Madison County review by from LIVERSEDGE
    Rated - 5 stars 28 October 2004
    ...This film is fantastic. Meryl Streep has passed away and her two children piece together a time in her life. How two people cross paths so unexpectantly and at once fate ...  
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Sophie's Choice review by A customer from london
    Rated - 4 stars Sophies World 28 July 2004
    ...g for THE most staggering performance from an actress then look no further than Meryl Streep as Sophie, a polish Aushwitz prisoner embroiled in a tumultuous and passionate ...  
  • Kramer vs Kramer
  • Kramer vs Kramer review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 4 stars Realism with the sound turned down 12 August 2004
    ...-high art director forced to bring up his son Billy alone when his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) walks out) is very rare. His performance does not indulge in over-sympathetic ...  

Meryl Streep - filmography


  • Julie and Julia - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Meryl Streep,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Nora Ephron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 11th January 2010
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  • Julie and Julia (2009)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Meryl Streep,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Nora Ephron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 153 members
    Due for release on 11th January 2010
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  • Rendition - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
    Starring: Omar Metwally,  Reese Witherspoon,  Aramis Knight
    Director: Gavin Hood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon star in this timely thriller about a woman whose husband is kidnapped and taken to a foreign prison because he is suspected of being a terrorist. Gavid Hood, director of Academy Award winner TSOTSI, helms this film that also features Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 347 members
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  • Evening on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Toni Collette,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Lajos Koltai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 4,104 members
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  • The Manchurian Candidate on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Liev Schreiber,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can’t sleep at night … and he doesn’t want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon’s ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco’s crew. But ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 63,686 members
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  • Angels In America (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Meryl Streep,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,302 members
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  • The Hours on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Allison Janney,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 20,298 members
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  • Adaptation on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Meryl Streep,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 26,309 members
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  • First Do No Harm on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Fred Ward,  Seth Adkins
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this alternately heartbreaking and uplifting drama inspired by actual events, a small town Midwest family discovers that their youngest son suffers from epilepsy. Left without hope after their insurance runs out, the mother presses on, studies everything she can find about the illness, and, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 310 members
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  • Before And After (1996)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Liam Neeson,  Edward Furlong
    Director: Barbet Schroeder
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The idyllic life of Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) is shattered in an instant when the girlfriend of their teenage son, Jacob (Edward Furlong), is found brutally murdered. Jacob was the last person to see her alive, and he quickly becomes the prime suspect in the case. Worse ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 13 members
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  • Defending Your Life (1991)
    Starring: Albert Brooks,  Michael Durrell,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Albert Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Daniel, is killed in a car accident, he finds himself in 'Judgement City' and at a hearing about his life. Will his defence attorney be able to convince the judges that Daniel has done enough to earn his place on a higher plain of existence - or will he be consigned to another stint on Earth?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 65% from 42 members
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  • A Cry In The Dark on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Sam Neill,  Nick Tate
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 970 members
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  • Silkwood on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Kurt Russell,  Cher
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mike Nichols's film is based on the tragic true story of Karen Silkwood, an employee of an Oklahoma plutonium plant who tries to raise public awareness about dangerous conditions at the site. Meryl Streep stars as the title character. The movie received five Academy Award nominations, including ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,351 member
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  • Manhattan on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Diane Keaton,  Mariel Hemingway
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MANHATTAN is Woody Allen's glorious love letter to the city that he was born to make films about. Woody plays Isaac Davis, a twice-divorced TV writer having a relationship with 17-year old Tracy, a high school student played by Mariel Hemingway. Isaac's best friend, Yale (Michael Murphy), is having ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 11,352 members
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  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
    Starring: Alan Alda,  Meryl Streep,  Barbara Harris
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Rising politician Joe ... Full DescriptionTynan (Alda) is having serious difficulty juggling his career and his family. In particular, he is experiencing a growing number of problems with his loving, neglected wife. An affair with beautiful lobbyist Karen Traynor (Meryl Streep) further ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 5 members
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  • Holocaust (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  James Woods,  Tom Bell
    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An original TV dramatisation of one of the most monstrous crimes in world history the slaughter of 6 million Jews by the Nazis. Dramatically and definitively, the story covers an entire decade, the eventful years from 1935 to 1945. HOLOCAUST focuses on the tragedy and triumph of a single family the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 587 members
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Meryl Streep - watch online


  • The Manchurian Candidate to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Meryl Streep,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 129 minutes
    Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate." As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 45 members
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Meryl Streep facts

5 most recent films

Julie and Julia - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Doubt - 3.5 stars
Julie and Julia - 3.5 stars
Doubt - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Deer Hunter, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
King Of The Hill - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
Kramer vs Kramer - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - 3.5 stars
Deer Hunter, The - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Julie and Julia - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Alice At The Palace - 1.5 stars
The Seduction of Joe Tynan - 2.5 stars
Before And After - 3.0 stars
Defending Your Life - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert De Niro - 7 times - show films
John Savage - 4 times - show films
Jon Voigt - 4 times - show films
Jon Voight - 4 times - show films
Amy Adams - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Cimino - 4 times - show films
Mike Nichols - 4 times - show films
Jonathan Demme - 4 times - show films
Fred Schepisi - 2 times - show films
David Frankel - 2 times - show films


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