Meryl Streep

Q: What was Meryl Streep's first film?

Meryl Streep made her film debut in 'Julia' (1977), where she had a small role alongside Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Fonda, marking the beginning of her illustrious career.

Q: Which films are considered Meryl Streep's biggest box office successes?

Some of Meryl Streep's highest-grossing films include 'Mamma Mia!', 'The Devil Wears Prada', and 'Into the Woods', which have all been commercially successful worldwide.

Q: Has Meryl Streep ever won a Tony Award?

Yes, Meryl Streep won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in 'Happy End' in 1976, showcasing her talents in theater.

Q: What is Meryl Streep's estimated net worth?

Meryl Streep's estimated net worth is around $160 million, making her one of the wealthiest actresses in Hollywood.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Meryl Streep's acting style?

Meryl Streep is known for her ability to fully immerse herself in her characters, often adopting distinct accents and mannerisms, which adds depth to her performances.

Q: What is a memorable quote from Meryl Streep's films?

One memorable quote is from 'The Devil Wears Prada': 'That's all.' This line exemplifies her character's assertive personality and has become iconic.

Q: How many children does Meryl Streep have?

Meryl Streep has four children: Henry Wolfe, Mamie Gummer, Grace Gummer, and Louisa Gummer, all of whom have pursued careers in the arts.

Known for

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

2006 / Comedy, Drama / 109mins

Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she...

The Post (2017)

IMDb 7.2 / 10

2017 / Drama / 116 min

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between...

Mamma Mia! (2008)

IMDb 6.5 / 10

2008 / Comedy, Musical / 108 min

An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on a Greek island is about to marry off the spirited young daughter she's raised...

Name

Meryl Streep

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Born

22 June 1949, Summit, New Jersey, USA

Spouses

Don Gummer (1978–present)

Children

4 (Henry, Mamie, Grace, Louisa)

Parents

Mary Streep, Harry William Streep Jr.

Estimated Net Worth

$160 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2028	Movie A Sleigh of One's Own One woman's journey of self-discovery and coming to terms with her husband's sexuality. That woman? Mrs. Claus.	Mrs. Claus	Not rated
2027	Movie Narnia: The Magician's Nephew The new upcoming film by Greta Gerwig.	Unknown character	Not rated
2026	Movie Marty, Life Is Short Martin Short looks back on a life fueled by joy in this documentary with classic clips, fresh interviews and star-studded,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2026	Movie The Devil Wears Prada 2 Andy Sachs returns to Runway as Miranda Priestly navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within. The duo reconnect...	Miranda Priestly	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2026	Movie Do We Know Each Other? A chance meeting at the elevator between Anna Wintour and Miranda Priestly.	Miranda Priestly	Not rated
2026	Movie Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau helped define modern environmentalism and nonviolent resistance, yet his life has been obscured by myth. The author...	Various Voices (voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2026	TV Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau helped define modern environmentalism and nonviolent resistance, yet his life has been obscured by myth. The author...	Various Characters (voice)	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2026	Movie Project Hail Mary Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is...	Rejected Rocky Voice (voice)	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2026	Movie Hoppers Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals....	Insect Queen (voice)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2025	TV The American Revolution The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world...	Mercy Otis Warren (voice)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2025	Movie SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lineup bringing together legendary Saturday...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2025	Movie Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2024	Movie Schindler Space Architect Architect R.M. Schindler, transformed the way we see space and laid the foundation for what is now considered the California...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2024	Movie Escape from Extinction: Rewilding The earth is rapidly approaching a sixth mass extinction event, with a quarter of all species under threat. However, there...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2024	TV Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2024	Movie Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep Rufus Wainwright has composed a requiem in memory of those lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. This ode to life uses...	Self	Not rated
2023	TV Extrapolations Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.	Eve	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	Movie Don't Look Up Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from...	President Orlean	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	TV Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy As he enters his eighth decade in the movies, Warner Bros. celebrates this cinematic icon - actor, producer, director, master...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	TV Only Murders in the Building Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.	Loretta Durkin	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2021	Movie Dear Elizabeth Based on the compiled letters between poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, Dear Elizabeth maps the relationship of the two...	Elizabeth Bishop	Not rated
2021	TV Hemingway The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has...	Martha Gellhorn (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	Movie Stanislavski: Lust for Life A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his powerful extraordinary talent he managed to stay...	Self	Not rated
2020	Movie Let Them All Talk A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew...	Alice Hughes	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2020	Movie The Prom After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang...	Dee Dee Allen	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2020	Movie In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover Follow Elvira as she searches for the Sanderson Sisters, interviewing various figures who claim to have encountered or been influenced...	Meryl Streep	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2020	Movie Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis Meryl Streep is one of the most versatile and successful actresses of all time and is still considered a superstar...	Self - Actress (archive footage)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2020	Movie Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth On the eve of Earth Day, a precocious seven-year-old learns about the wonders of the planet from his parents—and a...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2019	Movie Little Women Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.	Aunt March	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2019	Movie Alan Pakula: Going for Truth "Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie The Laundromat When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama...	Ellen Martin / Elena	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	Movie This Changes Everything An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie Museum Town A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2018	Movie Mary Poppins Returns Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.	Cousin Topsy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	Movie Paul McCartney: Live from NYC Paul McCartney performs an historic set live streamed from New York City celebrating the release of his album, Egypt Station.	Self	Not rated
2018	TV You Quiz on the Block Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2018	Movie Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal Examine the rise and fall of Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein following the scandal in 2017. Learn from exclusive interviews...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2018	Movie Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan...	Donna	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	Movie Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary Through interviews with key AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) stakeholders from over the years coupled with archival video footage culled from...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2018	Movie Every Act of Life The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for...	Maurine McElroy (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2017	Movie The Post A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join...	Kay Graham	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Words That Built America In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents...	Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	TV Five Came Back Five acclaimed contemporary directors tell the story of five legendary Hollywood filmmakers who enlisted in the armed forces to document...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2017	Movie Five Came Back The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2017	Movie The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits The interviews show these extraordinary women sharing their diverse journeys, personal stories, and perspectives, and the effect is both inspiring...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2017	TV Big Little Lies The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.	Mary Louise Wright	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2017	Movie 100 Years An animated history of American health care provider, Planned Parenthood.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	Movie Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds An intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty featuring Debbie Reynolds, Todd Fisher, and Carrie Fisher.	Suzanne Vale, Self (archive footage, uncredited)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie Mike Nichols: An American Master With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director.	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2016	Movie Florence Foster Jenkins The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a...	Florence Foster Jenkins	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray This tribute to the dynamic artist Elizabeth Murray, an intrinsic figure in New York's contemporary art landscape from the 1970s...	Elizabeth Murray (voice)	Not rated
2016	Movie Starring Austin Pendleton A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	Movie Aktorka A documentary about Elzbieta Czyzewska, one of Poland's greatest actresses, a beauty icon of the 1960s, who died in 2010....	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie Suffragette Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue...	Emmeline Pankhurst	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2015	Movie Shout Gladi Gladi Shout Gladi Gladi is a documentary about hope. It tells the story of one woman's quest to cure fistula and...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie Everything Is Copy A candid portrait of writer/director Nora Ephron, directed by her son, journalist Jacob Bernstein.	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Emotional Uncertainties In this short documentary, produced in 2015, actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep and editor John Bloom discuss director Karel...	Self	Not rated
2015	Movie Ricki and the Flash Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams...	Ricki Rendazzo	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2015	TV The Late Late Show with James Corden Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2015	Movie Auschwitz Auschwitz is synonymous with the Holocaust, but it’s also a place on the map with a surprising history preceding World...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2014	Movie Into the Woods In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the...	Witch	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie The Concert for Valor A live HBO concert honoring United States veterans in Washington DC.	Self	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2014	TV The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American...	Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2014	Movie The Giver In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from...	Chief Elder	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	Movie The Homesman When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task...	Altha Carter	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie August: Osage County An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a...	Violet Weston	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	TV 奥斯维辛集中营	讲述	Not rated
2013	Movie Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2013	Movie Out of Print Out of Print, narrated by Meryl Streep, draws us into the topsy-turvy world of words, illuminating the turbulent and exciting...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	Movie Girl Rising Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of...	Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	Movie A Fierce Green Fire It is the largest movement the world has ever seen, it may also be the most important - in terms...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	TV Makers: Women Who Make America The story of the modern American women’s movement and its impact on work fields once largely closed to women.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2012	Movie Radioman The extraordinary story of 'Radioman', a New York film set mascot who overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	Movie Close Up More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2012	Movie Hope Springs After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.	Kay	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	Movie Joe Papp in Five Acts Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2012	Movie To the Arctic 3D A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing...	Narrator	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	Movie Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so...	(archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2011	Movie The Iron Lady A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on...	Margaret Thatcher	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2011	TV Web Therapy Fiona Wallice is a therapist with little patience for her patients. Tired of hearing about people's problems for fifty long...	Camilla Bowner	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	Movie Wings of Life A beautiful love story in danger. Our future depends on an amazing love story between the flowers and fauna consisting...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie America: The Story of Us A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed...	Herself	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2010	Movie This Place Knows Us The official film of Bandelier National Monument, shown daily in its Visitor Center. "We have learned from our ancestors how...	Narrator	Not rated
2010	TV America: The Story of Us From wagon trains crossing the untamed frontier to man's first steps on the moon, this series offers a compelling look...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2010	Movie Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves...	Jennie	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Sky Island The desert wilderness of New Mexico's Jemez Mountains	(voice)	Not rated
2009	Movie It's Complicated Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping...	Jane Adler	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Fantastic Mr. Fox The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired...	Felicity Fox (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2009	Movie Julie & Julia Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time...	Julia Child	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	TV The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the fifth...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2009	Movie Doubt: Stage to Screen A look at how the cast and crew brought "Doubt" from the stage to the screen.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Doubt In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.	Sister Aloysius Beauvier	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2008	Movie Mamma Mia! A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's...	Donna Sheridan	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' Follow the difficult birth and full realization of this beautifully told romance through its many twists and turns. Through interviews...	Self	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2008	Movie Theater of War A behind-the-scenes look at The Public Theater's production of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" that examines the playwright's life and ideas.	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2008	Movie Dark Matter Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of...	Joanna Silver	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2008	Movie Ribbon of Sand At once exaltation and elegy, this documentary profiles the natural history of North Carolina's Outer Banks, a seascape of transitory...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2007	Movie Lions for Lambs Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long...	Janine Roth	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2007	Movie Rendition When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA...	Corrine Whitman	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2007	Movie Evening As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn...	Lila Ross	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	Movie Hurricane on the Bayou The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2006	Movie The Ant Bully Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his...	Queen (voice)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2006	Movie The Devil Wears Prada A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become...	Miranda Priestly	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	Movie 10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada Behind the scenes look at the making of The Devil Wears Prada.	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie A Prairie Home Companion A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys...	Yolanda Johnson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2006	Movie The Music of Regret Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake,...	The Woman	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2005	Movie Stolen Childhoods Narrated by Meryl Streep and filmed in eight countries, Stolen Childhoods is the story of 246 million children for whom...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie Karen Blixen: Out of This World This is the story of the incredible life of Karen Blixen/ Isak Dinesen − a story just as dramatic as...	Self - Host	Not rated
2005	Movie Prime A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of...	Lisa Metzger	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	TV Unscripted A dryly humorous insider's look at the all-too-earnest, frequently raucous, often disillusioning lives of several young actors trying to make...	Meryl Streep	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2004	Movie Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out...	Josephine Anwhistle	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie The Manchurian Candidate Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins...	Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	Movie Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen Comments from the Farrellys, Thomas, Wessler, Damon, Kinnear, and actors Ray “Rocket” Valliere, Wen Yan Shih, Lawyer Milloy and Tom...	Self	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2003	Movie Stuck on You In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt and Bob Tenor make the best of their handicap by being the fastest...	Meryl Streep (uncredited)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2003	TV Angels in America God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS....	Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie The Hours The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place,...	Clarissa Vaughan	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions...	Susan Orlean	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie New York at the Movies Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century,...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2002	Movie There's Only One Paul McCartney An affectionate portrait of the man and the musician in a week that sees the ex-Beatie playing at the Buckingham...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2001	Movie Vermeer Master of Light Vermeer: Master of Light, is a visual quest in search of what makes a Vermeer a Vermeer. It is a...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	TV School: The Story of American Public Education A history of the American public education systems, beginning in the late 1700s and working up to the present day.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2001	Movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee...	Blue Mecha (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2001	Movie Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' A behind-the-scenes look at this Oscar-winning classic about a man who finds himself a single parent after his wife walks...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	Movie A Song of Africa An impressively done new documentary taking a look back at the making of this picture. Interviews with everyone from director...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1999	Movie Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait Solving the mysteries of Leonardo DA Vinci's first known portrait, the first of only three women he ever painted.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1999	Movie Music of the Heart After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a...	Roberta	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1999	Movie Chrysanthemum A little mouse named Chrysanthemum starts going to school and realizes she is the only kid with the longest name....	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	TV The Directors Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1998	TV Vivement dimanche	Self	TMDB 3.6 / 10
1998	Movie One True Thing A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.	Kate Gulden	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie Dancing at Lughnasa Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.	Kate Mundy	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	TV Leute heute	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1997	Movie ...First Do No Harm When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff...	Lori Reimuller	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1997	TV King of the Hill Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident...	Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1996	Movie Marvin's Room A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.	Lee Wakefield Lacker	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Before and After Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.	Carolyn Ryan	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1995	Movie The Bridges of Madison County Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.	Francesca Johnson	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1995	Movie The Living Sea The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1994	Movie The River Wild Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana...	Gail Hartman	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1994	TV Inside the Actors Studio James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1994	Movie An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet An introduction to the Ketogenic Diet, a special high-fat diet used to treat seizures, as a treatment for childhood epilepsy...	Self - Host	TMDB 1.0 / 10
1993	Movie The House of the Spirits A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.	Clara del Valle Trueba	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1993	TV GMTV GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1992	Movie Death Becomes Her Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows...	Madeline Ashton Menville	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1991	Movie Age 7 in America An adaption of the British TV series, this documentary chronicles the lives of a group of economically, racially and socially...	Narrator / Hostess	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1991	Movie Defending Your Life Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City,...	Julia	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1991	Movie Voices That Care Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".	Self - Choir Member	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1990	Movie Postcards from the Edge A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her...	Suzanne Vale	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1990	Movie The Earth Day Special The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990....	Concerned Citizen	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Jessica Lovejoy (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie She-Devil A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.	Mary Fisher	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie Evil Angels Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia,...	Lindy Chamberlain	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1988	TV This Morning This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech,...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	Movie Rabbit Ears - The Tailor of Gloucester When a poor tailor has to make a lovely Christmas coat for the mayor on his wedding day, he gets...	Narrator	Not rated
1987	Movie Ironweed An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in...	Helen Archer	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1987	Movie Rabbit Ears - The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher/The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher: Mr. Jeremy Fisher, the frog, wants to go fishing for minnows for his dinner....	Narrator	Not rated
1986	Movie Heartburn She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't...	Rachel	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1985	Movie Out of Africa Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa...	Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1985	Movie Plenty David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her...	Susan Traherne	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1984	Movie Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit First published in 1922, Margery Williams' enchanting story about a toy rabbit is a classic of children's literature. This gentle...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1984	Movie Falling in Love During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their...	Molly Gilmore	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1984	TV Goldene Kamera	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1983	Movie Silkwood Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium....	Karen Silkwood	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1982	Movie Sophie's Choice Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly...	Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1982	Movie Still of the Night When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses...	Brooke Reynolds	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1982	Movie Alice at the Palace Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...	Alice	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1981	Movie The French Lieutenant's Woman In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their...	Sarah / Anna	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1981	Movie Kiss Me, Petruchio A documentary about the 1978 stage production of The Taming of the Shrew by the New York City Shakespeare company...	Katherine	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1979	Movie Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this...	Joanna Kramer	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1979	TV Friday Night, Saturday Morning Friday Night, Saturday Morning was a television chat show with a revolving guest host. It ran on BBC2 from 28...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1979	Movie The Seduction of Joe Tynan Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing...	Karen Traynor	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1979	Movie Uncommon Women and Others While at an impromptu reunion lunch, five women reminisce and relive their college days at Mount Holyoke, and weigh their...	Leilah	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1979	Movie Manhattan Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls...	Jill	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1978	Movie The Deer Hunter Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a...	Linda	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1978	TV Holocaust Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one...	Inga Helms Weiss	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie Julia At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into...	Anne Marie	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1977	Movie The Deadliest Season Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on...	Sharon Miller	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1977	Movie Secret Service Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the...	Edith Varney	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1976	Movie Everybody Rides the Carousel "Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the...	Stage 6 (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1974	TV Spécial cinéma Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye...	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1971	TV Film '72 The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the...	Self	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Leilah	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1968	TV 60 Minutes America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1967	TV Titel, Thesen, Temperamente	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1962	TV The Merv Griffin Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1959	TV The Grammys An awards show honoring the achievements of the members of the professional music recording industry. The members of the Recording...	Self	TMDB 8.6 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Winner	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic Described as an unconventional biopic, 'akin to an autobiography', telling the story of Joni Mitchell's life from her point of...	Joni Mitchell	Not rated
TBA	TV The Corrections After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband,...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Useful Idiots Covers the New York luxury property market, disillusioned with writing puff pieces about the wealthy elite, and feeling regretful that...	Diane Castle	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Halls of Vertebrate Evolution An introductory film played at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Orientation Center theater at the American Museum of Natural...	Narrator	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2022	Movie Sell/Buy/Date A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2015	Movie Aktorka A documentary about Elzbieta Czyzewska, one of Poland's greatest actresses, a beauty icon of the 1960s, who died in 2010....	Thanks Crew	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie Emotional Uncertainties In this short documentary, produced in 2015, actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep and editor John Bloom discuss director Karel...	Thanks Crew	Not rated
1997	Movie ...First Do No Harm When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	TV The Corrections After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband,...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated

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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

The Post (2017)

Mamma Mia! (2008)

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