Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949, Summit, New Jersey) is an American actress widely regarded as the greatest of her generation - and by many critics, of all time. Across five decades she has built a body of work defined by technical precision, mastery of accents, and an uncanny ability to inhabit radically different characters. She holds the all-time record for Academy Award nominations with 21 nods and three wins, and has taken home eight Golden Globes from a record 32 nominations.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened on May 1, 2026, grossing $233.6 million worldwide in its opening weekend - the highest opening ever for Streep - and went on to earn $688 million globally.
Streep voiced Queen Butterfly in the Pixar film Hoppers, released March 6, 2026, which grossed approximately $372 million globally.
Streep and Sigourney Weaver were announced to star together in Useful Idiots, a New York-set thriller directed by Joseph Cedar, in which Streep plays a veteran investigative journalist.
A Joni Mitchell biopic was announced with Streep signed to play Mitchell in the present-day segments, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy portraying Mitchell in the 1960s and 1970s.
Streep returned for season 5 of the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building, alongside Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Renée Zellweger.
