Facts about Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep’s first name is actually Mary. Meryl is a nickname her father gave her. Further,Meryl Streep’s full name is Mary Louise Streep. Meryl is her nickname and is a combination of her first and middle names.
Streep was a cheerleader and high school, and she was born and raised in New Jersey.
Streep has won multiple Grammy awards and has been nominated for 21 Oscars.
Streep’s first film role was opposite Jane Fonda in 1977’s Julia, an Oscar-winning film about two friends. Streep had a small role in a flashback sequence.
Robert de Niro spoted Streep in a stage production of Anton Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard and suggested she play a supporting role in The Deer Hunter (1978). Streep ended up getting an Academy Award nomination.
De Niro had always been an inspiration to Streep; his performance in Taxi Driver led Streep to say, “that’s the kind of actor I want to be when I grow up.”
Streep’s work in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer brought her her first Academy Award win, for Best Supporting Actress. She would win her first Best Actress Oscar for the film Sophie’s Choice in 1983.
Streep’s fans call themselves “Streepers.”
Streep accidentally left her Kramer vs. Kramer Oscar in the washroom during the Governor’s Ball held after the ceremony. Not quite the same as forgetting an umbrella.
Although Streep is known for serious ,sometimes depressing roles .Streep has also starred in many comedies, including Carrie Fisher’s Postcards from the Edge in 1990 and Death Becomes Her in 1992.
Meryl Streep is one of only 6 actors to win OSCAR at least 3 times. She shares this honor with Katharine Hepburn, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman, and Walter Brennan
She has applied to trademark her name.In 2018, Streep filed an application with the US Trademark Office to trademark her name, according to TMZ. It reportedly cost her $275 to file the application.
Meryl Streep married to a sculptor.Streep’s husband is sculptor Don Gummer. Streep and Gummer got married in 1978 after dating for six months.
Two of her daughters are also actresses.Streep and her husband have four kids. Their oldest, Henry Wolfe (who uses only his first and middle names), is a musician, and their youngest, Louisa, is a model. Their middle children, Mamie and Grace, are both actresses.
Streep, who has appeared in musical movies like “Mamma Mia” and “Into the Woods,” trained in opera as a teen.
Meryl Streep has been nominated for five Grammy Awards.Her most recent nomination was a 2008 nod for her contribution to the “Mamma Mia” soundtrack.
Streep has an advanced degree from an Yale university.After graduating from Vassar College, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from the prestigious Yale School of Drama in 1975.
Unknown facts about Meryl Streep
Streep’s net worth is estimated at a cool $90 million.
Before film Streep acted in many plays and musicals. She was last seen on the stage in 2006. She was starred in the Public Theater’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children” in New York City’s Central Park.
Meryl Streep first film role was in the 1977 movie “Julia.”She appeared in “Julia,” a Holocaust drama based on a book by Lillian Hellman.
The first major award she won was an Emmy for her performance in a 1978 miniseries.Streep earned the award for “Holocaust,” in which she portrayed a Christian German woman married to a Jewish man.
Meryl Streep also won two subsequent Emmy Awards ― one in 2004, for her performance in HBO’s adaptation of the Tony Kushner play “Angels in America,” and another in 2017, for narrating the Netflix documentary “Five Came Back.”