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The emblematic and versatile actress, also recognized for her activist role in social, humanitarian, feminist and environmental work, has been awarded three Oscars -out of a total of 21 nominations- for “Kramer vs. Kramer” throughout her long career. (1979), “Sophie’s Decision” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011), and has nine Golden Globes, out of a total of 32 nominations, in addition to two Baftas from the British Academy.
The jury has praised “the honesty and responsibility” of the American actress when choosing her works “at the service of inspiring and exemplary narratives”, and “for dignifying the art of interpretation and ensuring that ethics and coherence transcend through her work, with the virtue of emphasizing that human beings, and specifically women, must beat and stand out from their singularity, from their difference”.
The candidacy of Streep, the second actress to be awarded the Princess of the Arts after Nuria Espert in 2016, and the fifth if her colleagues by profession Woody Allen (2002), Vittorio Gassmann (1997) and Fernando Fernán-Gómez are included (1995), was proposed by the director Pedro Almodóvar, who was awarded the same award in 2006.
Streep (1949, New Jersey) began her film career in the seventies and has represented in her more than sixty films some of the most remembered people in the history of the seventh art.
Beginnings in the theater with critical acclaim
Descendant of a family of Sephardic Jews, Streep is the daughter of a graphic designer and a top executive and studied music, drama and opera at Yale University.
After being discovered at the Yale School of Drama – where she was enjoying a three-year scholarship – by theater promoter Joe Papp for his New York Public Theater, Streep, praised by theater critics, performed works by Shakespeare, Arthur Millar or Tennessee Williams.
In 1977, the filmmaker Fred Zinnemann offered her a small role in “Julia”, which marked her film debut, but it was her character of “Inga Weis” in the TV series “Holocaust” (1978) that marked her worldwide launch and for which she won the first Emmy for Best Actress.
That same year, she starred with Robert de Niro in Michael Cimino’s “The Hunter,” which earned her the United States Critics Award and her first Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.
Two Oscars in just three years
After her collaboration in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” (1979), she won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979), a marital drama in which she co-starred with Dustin Hoffman.
Her first leading role was in “The French Lieutenant’s Wife” (1981), for which she received a Bafta, the Golden Globe for Best Actress and her first Oscar nomination for Best Leading Actress.
This film was followed by “Sophie’s Decision” (1982) for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress and the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama.
succession of successes and awards
Best actress of the eighties for film critics, this decade left behind many of her best performances: “Silkwood” (1983), a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar; “Out of Africa” (1985), by Sydney Pollack, together with Robert Redford and which gave him another Oscar nomination; “Plenty” (1985), by Fred Schepisi or “Tallo de Hierro” (1987) with Jack Nickolson, a superb performance for which she was once again nominated for an Oscar.
His filmography of the nineties includes “Postcards from the edge” (1990), for which he added another Oscar nomination; “The House of the Spirits” (1993), based on the novel by Isabel Allende, or the romantic “The Bridges of Madison” (1995), directed and co-starring Clint Eastwood, and which earned him another Oscar nomination. The decade ended with two more nominations for “Things That Matter” (1998) and “Music from the Heart” (1999).
For “The Hours” (2002) she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress, shared with her co-stars Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore, and for “The Orchid Thief”, 2002, she won her fourth Golden Globe (Best Actress). secondary) and a new Oscar nominee in the same category.
In 2004, she won her fifth Golden Globe (Best Actress in a Series) for “Angels in America” and three years later, for her iconic role as a relentless fashion editor in “The Devil Wears Prada,” she won her sixth Golden Globe ( Best Comedy Actress) as well as a new Oscar nomination.
Change of record and third Oscar
Streep surprised in 2008 in “Mamma Mia!”, by changing records, singing and dancing non-stop and triumphing in the film version of the stage musical.
In addition, she masterfully became former British Prime Minister Margaret Tachert in “The Iron Lady” (2011), a role for which she won a number of awards such as the New York Film Critics Circle for Best Actress, the Golden Bear of Honor at the Berlin Film Festival and her third Oscar, for best actress.
recognized activist
Cecil B. DeMille honorary award for her entire career, which she collected at the 2017 Golden Globes gala, the actress then charged against President Donald Trump, without mentioning him, for how badly he treats “Hollywood, the press and the foreign”.
The interpreter, an activist for social, humanitarian, feminist and environmental work, was a spokesperson for the Council for the Defense of Natural Resources.