TMI (Today’s Movie Info)
MERYL STREEP has been nominated for a record 16 Academy Awards for acting. She has two wins: Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Best Actress for Sophie’s Choice (1982). Katherine Hepburn, who was not a fan of Meryl, had 12 nominations (4 wins) and Bette Davis, who was a huge fan of Meryl, had 10 nominations.Ms. Streep graduated from Vassar and studied at Yale School of Drama. She is now 62 years old and has been married to sculptor Don Gummer for 33 years. Three of their four kids are actors.
Streep’s first feature film role was with Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave in Julia (1977) and her first Oscar nomination came the following year for The Deer Hunter (1978).
She often plays real life characters such as: Julia Child, Ethel Rosenberg, Karen Silkwood, Karen Blixen, Roberta Guasppari, Lindy Chamberlain and Susan Orlean. Once again, she is one of the leading contenders this year for another Oscar nomination for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011)
Streep studied opera as a teenager and is a very talented singer
Her next film is Great Hope Springs, a ComDram where she and Tommy Lee Jones co-star as a married couple in counseling. Their counselor? Steve Carell. The expected release date: December 12, 2012
And yes, I’m a proud “Streeper”!
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