Sharp-tongued Meryl Streep – one of the most incredible actresses of modern cinema – recently celebrated her birthday: she turned 72 years old.
Meryl is imitated by her colleagues, her fans look up to her, and she herself lives as she sees fit and never puts her career above her family. However, no one else had as many Oscar nominations as the first lady of Hollywood!
ABOUT WORK
Meryl Streep Mary Louise Streep changed her name to Meryl at the age of 15, combining the first name with the first letter of the second.
Even then, the girl knew exactly what she wanted from life. And Meryl wanted to play in the theater.
Having brilliantly graduated from the drama department at Yale University, Streep went to conquer Broadway.
The actress received her first successes and awards as a star of the theater stage. Her roles caused delight.
And each performance with her participation was distinguished by incredible complexity and depth. Meryl’s film debut took place quite late and not at all due to her desire to act in Hollywood.
She was 28 years old, she shone in the play “The Cherry Orchard” in the role of Dunyasha, which Robert De Niro himself fell into by chance.
He was not only impressed with Streep’s performance, he was subdued and disarmed. Wasting no time, the actor called the blonde diva to play his girlfriend in the film ‘The Deer Hunter’.
The figurine was awarded to the rapidly rising star for her role in the film ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’, and Meryl was so upset that she almost left the award in the toilet.
‘Anyone who wants to achieve something has to work hard. When I work, I also give my best. And I can’t stand people who don’t care what they do.’
The actress also notes that, despite her serious attitude to work, she never produces films with her participation, preferring to be the very girl who is waiting for an invitation to dance somewhere in the corner.
Streep is called the mascot of the Oscars, because she gets into the number of nominees almost every year.
Meryl’s collection of awards, in addition to three Academy Awards, also includes eight Golden Globes, and she has more than 60 roles in films and television series. The actress had to leave the theater as soon as her career in Hollywood took off.
ABOUT BEAUTY
For many years, Meryl considered herself an ugly woman with a long nose. The actress was terribly complex because of her appearance.
However, over time, she was able to accept herself for who she is, and turn all her features into advantageous trump cards.
‘For an actress, worrying about how she looks is a terrible trap. Appearance for me is a six, not a trump card.
Here, as in cards, a bluff is possible: play in such a way that it is not clear whether you are beautiful or ugly.’
Streep is one of the few Hollywood actresses who does not do plastic surgery. The celebrity is sure that a woman is beautiful at any age.
When she was 40 years old, three film directors as soon as possible called her to the role of a witch, each in their own film.
The actress took this with irony, noting that stereotypes about the unsuitability of older actresses prevent many of her colleagues from living and enjoying themselves too much.
Meryl doesn’t spend a lot of time at the gym, doesn’t inject injections, and looks stunning. The Hollywood icon doesn’t even follow fashion.
Meryl compares fashion trends with football, making it clear that she is indifferent to both. The actress advises fans not to waste time thinking about whether their skin is perfect or whether there are extra folds on the body, because it is much more important to think about what you have achieved in life.
ABOUT FAMILY
There is and cannot be anything more important than family. Meryl believes this wholeheartedly and absolutely.
The actress has never donated an hour of personal time to the altar of her career. During pregnancy (and Streep had four of them), she did not act in film.
Then she managed to masterfully combine work and home life, admitting that on average, shooting lasts about four months.
After completing them, you can spend as much or even more time with your family and enjoy every minute before starting work on a new project.
‘Family has been and remains the main value for me. I don’t think that will change until they put me in a grave.’
In love, Meryl is very lucky. The 43-year-old actress has been married to sculptor Don Gummer. But before meeting her husband,Streep was already engaged.
She was engaged to actor John Cazale, with whom the wedding was never destined to take place. The actor died of cancer in 1978.
Streep supported her lover as best she could throughout the relationship. However, she managed to truly find female happiness with her husband.
The four children of the actress found themselves mainly in creativity, following in the footsteps of their mother.
Henry’s eldest son ‘Hank” Wolfe Gummer became a musician. The daughters of Mary Willa ‘Mamie’ Gummer and Grace Jane Gummer are actresses.
And only the youngest 30-year-old Louise Jacobson Gummer did not want to conquer Hollywood. Of course, Meryl and Don’s marriage isn’t perfect.
Like all spouses, they quarrel from time to time, but the ability to ‘shut your mouth in time’ and give in, the actress assures, helps to keep the family together.
It also happens that the actress has a really serious problem. Then she gets into her canoe and swims out into the middle of the lake, following the advice of the writer Kurt Vonnegut, who said: ‘Wrinkles in the brain smooth out at the water’s edge.’
‘I am incredibly grateful to God that I am still alive. Many of my friends are sick, many have died, but I’m still here. I have nothing to complain about.’