Meryl Streep is called one of the greatest actresses of our time, and for good reason. She has about three hundred paintings on her account, and most of them deserve attention. We decided to write about the best roles of Meryl Streep, about her filmography, career, and also show photos of the film star in different images. Streep, using the example of her late Hollywood takeoff, managed to prove that after forty years life is just beginning.
Miranda Priestley - The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada) 2006
For the role of the oppressive and all-powerful Miranda Priestley, Streep received an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Her heroine is a strong and intelligent woman editor who does everything for her publication. She is completely indifferent to what her subordinates think of her, because it depends on Miranda how successful the fashion magazine she runs will be. After the release of the film, American critics decided that the image of the main character was copied from the editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour. After the release, she praised Meryl's performance and the picture as a whole.
Sophie Zawistovski - Sophie's Choice 1982
The adaptation of William Styron's novel Sophie's Choice earned Meryl her first Oscar. Meryl, however, as always approached her role seriously and began to learn Polish in order to catch her character's accent. After the melodrama about a woman who buried her family in concentration camps and trying to live on, came out on the screens, Streep's dramatic talent started talking all over the world. She managed to play Sophie in such a way that the audience forgot that they were just an actress, and not a Polish woman who escaped from Auschwitz.
Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady 2011
When Phyllida Lloyd decided to shoot a film about the great Margaret Thatcher, the director saw only Streep in the title role. The biographical drama was planned as the story of the life of the Iron Lady from her first steps in politics to the present. Thatcher reacted extremely negatively to the project and claimed that she did not want to watch the picture in which a TV show was made of her fate. Critics were delighted with how Meryl managed to bring the Iron Lady to life. According to them, the actress was able to show not only external, but also internal similarities. As for Margaret Thatcher herself, she still watched the film and said that Meryl could not fully feel the image. Film academics did not share the opinion of the ex-prime minister and gave Streep an Oscar for Best Actress.
Francesca Johnson - The Bridges of Madison County 1995
"The Bridges of Madison County" immediately after its release entered the golden piggy bank of world cinema, and all thanks to the brilliant performance of Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. The love story of two mature and established people melted the hearts of millions of viewers, in the heroine Meryl, Francesca, many women saw themselves and their lives. In order to recreate the image of a typical American housewife, the actress had to put on a few extra pounds. Streep was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for the role.
Linda - The Deer Hunter 1978
The Deer Hunter has a truly stellar cast - Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Casale and, of course, Meryl Streep. The film about three Americans with Russian roots, whose lives were completely turned upside down by the Vietnam War, in 1978 was more relevant than ever. Only five years had passed since the withdrawal of the American army from Vietnam, and the memory of what had happened was still fresh. Streep agreed to participate in the film for only one reason - she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her lover, John Cazale, who was dying of cancer.
Karen Silkwood - Silkwood 1983
Meryl got the main role in the biographical drama, and her partners on the set were Kurt Russell and Cher. Karen Silkwood is a complex and sometimes repulsive character who is capable of good deeds, but carefully hides it. Silkwood may abandon his three children with his father in another city, but he cannot live in peace while the administration of the plutonium production plant slowly kills its employees due to production violations. Streep fully integrated into the character of her character, despite the fact that less than a month had passed between filming in Silkwood and Sophie's Choice. The abrupt transition from the vulnerable and unhappy Sophie to the rude Karen did not at all affect the quality of the actress's performance.
Madeline Ashton - Death Becomes Her 1992
The elixir of eternal youth is the dream of every woman, and the heroine of the black comedy by Robert Zemeckis is no exception. The female star company in the film, consisting of Meryl Streep, Isabella Rossellini and Goldie Hawn, was diluted by Bruce Willis, who was at the peak of popularity at that time. It must be understood that at the time of filming the fantastic comedy there were no special computer special effects, and the creators were saving themselves as best they could. So, in the scene where Meryl Streep's chest rapidly jumps up, simple human strength was used - a make-up artist stood behind, who acted from behind the actress's back. The work of the makeup artist and the rest of the people responsible for the visual effects was rewarded - the comedy received a well-deserved Oscar.
Karen Blixen - Out of Africa 1985
Our photo selection about the best roles of Meryl Streep, her filmography and career ends with the biographical melodrama "From Africa". In the film, Streep plays a Danish baroness who, by the will of fate, ends up in Kenya in the early 20th century. There, she falls in love with the hunter, Dennis Hutten, who, unlike her, values and loves freedom the most. Streep perfectly reincarnated as a woman who met her true love, but did not have the opportunity to stay with her lover forever.
