The Iron Lady!

It is too early to write about her but it is difficult for me to ignore it for too long. If I recollect from the past then I had quite a few name from Hollywood in my A-list, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day. Jodie Foster is another name I always looked for but I think Meryl Streep is incomparable. Over thirty years, she portrayed one after another memorable characters with ease and it is difficult to judge which one is better than other. It was way back in 1980 when I saw ‘Kramer Vs Kramer’, that was the film  for which she got her first Oscar. In that movie she was sharing screen space with another greats and one of my favourite actor, Dustin Hoffman. Obvious the result was awesome. Every of her outing are breathtaking. Apart from appearing celluloid screen she also performed in stage and related with music. Record-setting, sixteen Oscar nomination in her kitty and won it twice,  once for ‘Kramer Vs Kramer’ and other for ‘Sophie’s Choice’ and nominated for sixteen times.

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep is an American actress and singer who has worked in theatre, television and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected actresses of the contemporary era. Streep made her professional screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with Julia. Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), the former giving Streep her first Oscar nomination and the latter her first win.

Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 16 times, and has won it twice. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and the next year she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978). She went on to win the Academy Award for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she gave a heart-wrenching portrayal of an inmate mother in a Nazi death camp.

A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next 10 years in great films like ‘Silkwood’ , ‘Out of Africa’, ‘Ironweed’ and ‘A Cry in the Dark’. Her career declined slightly in the early 1990s as a result of her inability to find suitable parts, but she shot back to the top in 1995 with her performance as Clint Eastwood's married lover in ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ and as the prodigal daughter in ‘Marvin's Room’.

Filmography :  The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, Kramer vs. Kramer, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice, Silkwood, Out of Africa, Ironweed, A Cry in the Dark, Postcards from the Edge, The Bridges of Madison County, One True Thing, Music of the Heart, Adaptation, The Hours, The Manchurian Candidate, The Devil Wears Prada, Doubt, Julie & Julia, The Iron Lady.

List of Movies of Meryl Streep that got her a Nomination for Academy Award

Year	Film
1978	The Deer Hunter	Nominated - Best Supporting Actress
1979	Kramer vs. Kramer	Won Best Supporting Actress
1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Nominated - Best Actress
1982	Sophie's Choice	Won - Best Actress
1983	Silkwood	Nominated - Best Actress
1985	Out of Africa	Nominated - Best Actress
1987	Ironweed	Nominated - Best Actress
1988	A Cry in the Dark	Nominated - Best Actress
1990	Postcards from the Edge	Nominated - Best Actress
1995	The Bridges of Madison County	Nominated - Best Actress
1998	One True Thing	Nominated - Best Actress
1999	Music of the Heart	Nominated - Best Actress
2002	Adaptation.	Nominated - Best Supporting Actress
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	Nominated - Best Actress
2008	Doubt	Nominated - Best Actress
2009	Julie & Julia	Nominated - Best Actress
2011	The Iron Lady	?

I know that these are not the final list, certainly, she is going to get many more meaty roles and awards, so I said it is too early to write about her.

!!!This toast of mine is for the one and only Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady!!!