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Meryl Streep

Born 1949 · American actress

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress. Widely regarded by peers and critics as the greatest actress of her generation, and by many with the affectionate epitaph "Greatest of All Time", she is recognized as one of the most versatile performers in cinema, noted for her technical precision, nuanced emotional depth, command of dialects, and professional longevity. Streep is an alumna of Vassar College and the Yale School of Drama, holding a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts. Her artistic process often includes refining her characters' dialogue so that their motivations possess a psychological depth and agency that transcend traditional archetypes. Beyond her creative work, she is a prominent advocate for gender parity, labor protections, and challenging the influence of the male gaze in film criticism and production.

Meryl Streep, in order

  1. 1975 Everybody Rides the Carousel: acted · directed by John Hubley
  2. 1977 Julia: acted · directed by Fred Zinnemann · critics 75%, audiences 70% · streaming on Hoopla
  3. 1977 The Deadliest Season (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Markowitz
  4. 1978 Holocaust (TV series): acted · directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
  5. 1978 The Deer Hunter: acted · directed by Michael Cimino · critics 86%, audiences 91% · streaming on Netflix
  6. 1978 Uncommon Women and Others (TV movie): acted
  7. 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer: acted · directed by Robert Benton · critics 90%, audiences 89% · streaming on Fawesome
  8. 1979 Manhattan: acted · directed by Woody Allen · critics 93%, audiences 92% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  9. 1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan: acted · directed by Jerry Schatzberg · critics 75%, audiences 36%
  10. 1981 Kiss Me, Petruchio (TV movie): acted
  11. 1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman: acted · directed by Karel Reisz · critics 83%, audiences 67% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, MGM+
  12. 1982 Alice at the Palace (TV movie): acted · directed by Emile Ardolino
  13. 1982 Sophie's Choice: acted · directed by Alan J. Pakula · critics 74%, audiences 85% · streaming on fuboTV, Peacock, Roku Channel
  14. 1982 Still of the Night: acted · directed by Robert Benton · critics 67%, audiences 45% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  15. 1983 Silkwood: acted · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 78%, audiences 79% · streaming on Hoopla
  16. 1984 Falling in Love: acted · directed by Ulu Grosbard · critics 50%, audiences 63% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  17. 1984 Rabbit Ears Productions (TV series): acted
  18. 1985 Out of Africa: acted · directed by Sydney Pollack · critics 62%, audiences 82%
  19. 1985 Plenty: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi · critics 56%, audiences 51%
  20. 1986 Heartburn: acted · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 48%, audiences 46% · streaming on Kanopy
  21. 1987 Ironweed: acted · directed by Héctor Babenco · critics 58%, audiences 58% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  22. 1987 Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher: acted
  23. 1987 Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit: acted
  24. 1988 Evil Angels: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi · critics 94%, audiences 74% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  25. 1989 Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife: acted
  26. 1989 She-Devil: acted · directed by Susan Seidelman · critics 46%, audiences 49% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  27. 1990 Postcards from the Edge: acted · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 83%, audiences 67% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free)
  28. 1991 Defending Your Life: acted · directed by Albert Brooks · critics 91%, audiences 83%
  29. 1992 Death Becomes Her: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 58%, audiences 62% · streaming on Prime Video
  30. 1993 The House of the Spirits: acted · directed by Bille August · critics 34%, audiences 71% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  31. 1994 A Century of Cinema: acted · directed by Caroline Thomas
  32. 1994 The River Wild: acted · directed by Curtis Hanson · critics 67%, audiences 52% · streaming on Prime Video
  33. 1995 The Bridges of Madison County: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 90%, audiences 87%
  34. 1996 Before and After: acted · directed by Barbet Schroeder · critics 37%, audiences 35% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla
  35. 1996 Marvin's Room: acted · directed by Jerry Zaks · critics 81%, audiences 63% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  36. 1997 ...First Do No Harm (TV movie): acted · directed by Jim Abrahams · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Tubi
  37. 1998 Dancing at Lughnasa: acted · directed by Pat O'Connor · critics 58%, audiences 58% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free)
  38. 1998 One True Thing: acted · directed by Carl Franklin · critics 85%, audiences 71%
  39. 1999 Music of the Heart: acted · directed by Wes Craven · critics 64%, audiences 72% · streaming on Hoopla
  40. 2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 76%, audiences 64% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+
  41. 2001 Vermeer: Master of Light: acted
  42. 2002 Adaptation: acted · directed by Spike Jonze · critics 90%, audiences 85% · streaming on Tubi
  43. 2002 The Hours: acted · directed by Stephen Daldry · critics 79%, audiences 84% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
  44. 2003 Stuck on You: acted · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly · critics 61%, audiences 35%
  45. 2004 Imaginary Witness: acted · directed by Daniel Anker · critics 88%, audiences 83%
  46. 2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: acted · directed by Brad Silberling · critics 72%, audiences 63% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  47. 2004 The Manchurian Candidate: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 79%, audiences 63% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
  48. 2005 Karen Blixen - Out of This World: acted · directed by Anna von Lowzow and Marcus Mandal
  49. 2005 Prime: acted · directed by Ben Younger · critics 50%, audiences 52%
  50. 2006 A Prairie Home Companion: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 81%, audiences 59% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Plex
  51. 2006 Hurricane on the Bayou: acted · directed by Greg MacGillivray · critics 84%, audiences 64% · streaming on Pluto TV
  52. 2006 The Devil Wears Prada: acted · directed by David Frankel · critics 75%, audiences 76% · streaming on Netflix, Hulu
  53. 2006 The Music of Regret: acted · directed by Laurie Simmons
  54. 2007 Dark Matter: acted · directed by Chen Shi-Zheng · critics 41%, audiences 40% · streaming on Plex
  55. 2007 Evening: acted · directed by Lajos Koltai · critics 27%, audiences 48%
  56. 2007 Lions for Lambs: acted · directed by Robert Redford · critics 28%, audiences 47% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  57. 2007 Ocean Voyagers: acted · directed by Joe Kennedy
  58. 2007 Rendition: acted · directed by Gavin Hood · critics 47%, audiences 62%
  59. 2008 Doubt: acted · directed by John Patrick Shanley · critics 79%, audiences 78% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
  60. 2008 Mamma Mia!: acted · directed by Phyllida Lloyd · critics 54%, audiences 66% · streaming on Roku Channel
  61. 2008 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired: acted · directed by Marina Zenovich · critics 85%, audiences 77%
  62. 2009 I Knew It Was You (short film): acted · directed by Richard Shepard · streaming on Tubi
  63. 2009 It's Complicated: acted · directed by Nancy Meyers · critics 59%, audiences 60% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  64. 2009 Julie & Julia: acted · directed by Nora Ephron · critics 76%, audiences 70% · streaming on Apple TV, YouTube (free)
  65. 2009 The Magic 7 (TV movie): acted · directed by Roger Holzberg
  66. 2010 America: The Story of Us (TV series): acted · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla
  67. 2010 Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (short film): acted · directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski · audiences 50% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy
  68. 2011 The Iron Lady: acted · directed by Phyllida Lloyd · critics 52%, audiences 51% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  69. 2011 Wings of Life: acted · directed by Louis Schwartzberg · audiences 79% · streaming on Disney+
  70. 2012 Hope Springs: acted · directed by David Frankel · critics 75%, audiences 55%
  71. 2013 August: Osage County: acted · directed by John Wells · critics 67%, audiences 65% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
  72. 2014 Into the Woods: acted · directed by Rob Marshall · critics 70%, audiences 49% · streaming on Disney+
  73. 2014 The Giver: acted · directed by Phillip Noyce · critics 35%, audiences 55% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  74. 2014 The Homesman: acted · directed by Tommy Lee Jones · critics 81%, audiences 53% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  75. 2015 Ricki and the Flash: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 64%, audiences 43% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  76. 2015 Suffragette: acted · directed by Sarah Gavron · critics 72%, audiences 68%
  77. 2016 Florence Foster Jenkins: acted · directed by Stephen Frears · critics 87%, audiences 68% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  78. 2017 Big Little Lies (TV series): acted · directed by Andrea Arnold and Jean-Marc Vallée · critics 89%, audiences 89% · streaming on HBO Max
  79. 2017 The Post: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 88%, audiences 74% · streaming on HBO Max
  80. 2018 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: acted · directed by Ol Parker · critics 80%, audiences 66%
  81. 2018 Mary Poppins Returns: acted · directed by Rob Marshall · critics 80%, audiences 65% · streaming on Disney+
  82. 2019 Little Women: acted · directed by Greta Gerwig · critics 95%, audiences 92% · streaming on Hulu
  83. 2019 The Laundromat: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh · critics 42%, audiences 40% · streaming on Netflix
  84. 2020 Let Them All Talk: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh · critics 87%, audiences 49% · streaming on HBO Max
  85. 2020 The Prom: acted · directed by Ryan Murphy · critics 54%, audiences 61% · streaming on Netflix
  86. 2021 Don't Look Up: acted · directed by Adam McKay · critics 56%, audiences 78% · streaming on Netflix
  87. 2023 Extrapolations (TV series): acted · directed by Scott Z. Burns · critics 43%, audiences 59% · streaming on Apple TV
  88. 2025 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
  89. 2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2: acted · directed by David Frankel · critics 78%, audiences 84% · streaming on Hulu
  90. 2027 Narnia: The Magician's Nephew: acted · directed by Greta Gerwig