Meryl
Streep made her professional
stage debut in The Playboy of Seville
(1971), before her screen debut in the television movie The
Deadliest Season (1977). In that same
year, she made her film debut with Julia
(1977). Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles
in The
Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer
vs. Kramer (1979) followed by, among
others, Sophie's
Choice (1982), Out
of Africa (1985), Mamma
Mia! (2008) and The
Iron Lady (2011). In 2013, she
appeared in the comedy
drama film
adaptation of Tracy Letts'
play of the same
name, August:
Osage County, with Julia
Roberts. In 2014, Streep will be seen in film
adaptations of Stephen
Sondheim's Into
the Woods and Lois
Lowry's The
Giver.
Streep has received 18 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and 28 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight, more nominations than any other actor in the history of either award. Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, five New York Film Critics Circle Awards, two BAFTA awards, two Australian Film Institute awards, five Grammy Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination, amongst several others. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts, the youngest actor in each award's history.
