Meryl Streep (born Mary Louise Streep; June 22, 1949)[1] is an American actor and producer. A three-time Academy Award winner, she is widely regarded as one of the greatest film actors of all time.[2][3][4]

Streep made her professional stage debut in The Playboy of Seville in 1971, and went on to receive a 1976 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for A Memory of Two Mondays/27 Wagons Full of Cotton. She made her screen debut in the 1977 television film The Deadliest Season, and made her film debut later that same year in Julia. In 1978, she won an Emmy Award for her role in the miniseries Holocaust, and received the first of her 18 Academy Award nominations for The Deer Hunter. She has more Academy Award nominations than any actor or actor in history, winning Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Best Actor for Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011).