Madrid (EFE).- Winner of three Oscars, Meryl Streep (New Jersey, USA, 1949) is possibly the living actress most admired and respected by the public and her fellow professionals, thanks to a career full of titles that They have become classics and have combined good reviews and box office success.
These are ten of his most outstanding roles.
“Holocaust”, 1978
The series with which NBC set out and managed to stand up to the success of “Raíces” on rival television, ABC, was a global phenomenon since its premiere in April 1978, with more than half a million viewers worldwide. the world.
For Meryl Streep it meant her first important role and the loss of anonymity. The actress put herself in the shoes of Inga, an Aryan German married to a Jew (James Woods) to whom she remains faithful despite anti-Semitic laws and her family’s repudiation. She won the Emmy for best leading actress.
“The Hunter”, Michael Cimino, 1978
The same year that she won her first Emmy, she was nominated for the first time for the Oscar for best supporting actress for this war drama and friendship, Michael Cimino’s masterpiece.
The film recounts how the Vietnam War changes the life and relationship between three friends -Robert de Niro, Christopher Walken and John Cazale- lovers of hunting and workers in a steel foundry factory. Streep plays Linda, the partner of De Niro’s character.
“Kramer contra Kramer”, Robert Benton, 1979
His first Oscar came just a year later thanks to Joanna from “Kramer vs. Kramer”, a film about the breakdown of a marriage and the dispute over the custody of his son that was a hit with the public and marked an era.
A biography of the actress published in 2016 revealed that the filming was plagued by tense situations between Streep and Dustin Hoffman, who played her husband in fiction, including an unscripted slap from him.
“Sophie’s Decision”, Alan J. Pakula, 1982
His second Oscar, this time as a lead, was thanks to this heartbreaking story about a Polish woman who lives tormented by her past in the Auschwitz death camp during World War II.
The story, based on the novel by William Styron, takes place in Brooklyn in the summer of 1947. An aspiring writer sees his life turned upside down as a result of a terrible argument upstairs with his neighbors, Sophie, and her husband. couple, a Jewish scientist.
“Memories of Africa”, Sydney Pollack, 1985
Classic among the classics, full of memorable scenes with the African landscape in the background, the film based on the memoirs of the writer Karen Blixen won seven Oscars, but Streep was not among the winners this time.
Set in Kenya during British colonial times, it narrates the love triangle between Karen, her husband and a local hunter (Robert Redford), and the protagonist’s internal debate, torn between commitment, conventions and her free spirit.
“The pastel is gone”, Mike Nichols, 1986
Streep puts herself in the shoes of the writer Nora Ephron in this romantic comedy in which the author points out her relationship and the infidelities of her husband, the journalist Carl Bernstein, played by Jack Nicholson.
The film, directed by Mike Nichols (“The Graduate”, “Closer”) is a bittersweet story where humor serves as a tool to get through complicated situations and has been claimed in recent years by authors such as Phoebe Waller Bridge or Lena Dunham.
“The Bridges of Madison”, Clint Eastwood, 1995
Another unforgettable love story, for which he earned his tenth Oscar nomination.
Set in Iomwa in 1965, it tells the love story between a married housewife whose family has gone away for a few days and a photographer (Eastwood) who comes to her town to shoot a series for National Geographic.
“The Devil Wears Prada”, David Frankel, 2006
Iconic romantic comedy about the world of fashion and journalism. Meryl Streep was inspired by the iconic editor of Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour, to compose her perfidious and all-powerful Miranda Presley.
With echoes of classic tales such as “Cinderella” and “The Ugly Duckling”, the film narrates the first professional steps of a young recent graduate (Anne Hathaway) who gets a job as assistant editor of the most prestigious fashion magazine.
“¡Mamma Mia”, Phyllida Lloyd, 2008
She was in her late sixties when she embarked on this greatest hits Abba musical comedy in which she shows off her top form by singing and dancing as well as acting.
The film, with Julie Walters, Christine Baranski and Pierce Brosnan in the cast, entered the podium of the best musicals in film history and the highest grossing of all time.
“The Iron Lady”, Phillida Lloyd, 2011
The third Oscar is due to Margaret Thatcher. The actress spent months watching videos and researching the personality of the woman who was British Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990 to recreate her gestures and her way of speaking with extraordinary precision.
It is a biographical film about a woman of humble origins who managed to break down all barriers of gender and class to become one of the most powerful and relentless leaders of her time. EFE
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