Meryl Streep: Short Biography, Net Worth & Career Highlights

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Considered to be one of the best actors in the history of cinema, Mary Louise Streep was born on 22 June 1949, in Summit, New Jersey USA, of Swiss-German descent through her father, and English, Irish and German through her mother. Meryl is known particularly for her appearances in such movies as “The Iron Lady”, “Sophie’s Choice”, “The Devil Wears Prada”, “Adaptation”, and “Julie & Julia”. The proof of her acclaim is that she has received numerous prestigious awards, including Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, AFI Life Achievement and BAFTA Awards among many others. In 2010 Meryl received the National Medal of Arts and four years later the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
So just how rich is Meryl Streep? Celebrity dot money estimates that Meryl’s net worth is over 80 million dollars as of early 2017, earned largely through her acting ability which has been on display since the early 1970s.
When Meryl was attending Bernards High School she began taking singing lessons, and participated in several school events. She continued her studies at Vassar College and there also acted in various plays; her talent was soon noticed by others in the college. In 1971 Meryl decided to attend Yale School of Drama, although in order to support herself, she had to work at casual jobs too. During her studies Meryl continued to appear in plays and improve her practical acting skills, then focused on the movie industry, but unfortunately her first audition for a movie was not successful and she came back to performing in plays. In 1977 Meryl finally got her first movie role in the film “Julia”. One year later, Meryl appeared in the movie entitled “The Deer Hunter”, which brought her to the attention of others in the movie industry, so she began receiving invitations to act in various projects, and was cast in the television show called “Holocaust”, which had a huge impact on the growth of Streep’s net worth and her popularity.
In 1983 Meryl appeared in another successful movie called “Silkwood”, and subsequently in such movies as “Falling in Love”, “Heartburn”, “Defending Your Life” and many others, all adding to Meryl’s net worth. In 2008 Streep became even more popular after appearing in the film adaptation of the musical “Mamma Mia!”, during the making of which Meryl worked with Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Walters and many others. This movie also added significantly to Streep’s net worth.
Confirming Meryl Streep’s talent and worth in the movie industry, during her lengthy career Meryl has appeared in almost 60 films, and has received 19 Oscar nominations, being one of only six actors to win three or more. Additionally, she has been nominated for 29 Golden Globe Awards, more than any other actor, with eight wins also the most won.
As mentioned, Streep is also known for her appearances in television shows. These include “Web Therapy”, “Angels in America”, “Secret Service” and “Alice at the Palace” among others. Recently Meryl has been working on “Ricki and the Flash” and “Suffragette”; one can’t imagine Meryl Streep failing these days.
To talk about Meryl Streep’s personal life, she had a relationship for three years with John Cazale, but he died of cancer in 1978. In the same year, Meryl married Don Gummer and they still live together; the couple has four children, and currently live in Connecticut.
Meryl is also a very generous person, supporting the National Women’s History Museum, and The Public Theater, as well as having established scholarships awarded to deserving English and math students at the University of Massachusetts.

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