Meryl Streep

Also known as: Meryl Louise Streep

Acting

Born:June 22, 1949(age 77)
Birthplace:Summit, New Jersey, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Vassar College, Yale University, Yale School of Drama, Bernards High School
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Biography

Meryl Streep ist eine der bekanntesten US-amerikanischen Schauspielerinnen seit Ende der 1970er Jahre. Sie gewann bislang zahlreiche Auszeichnungen und kann auf eine zweistellige Anzahl von Oscarnominierungen blicken. BiografieMeryl Streep wurde am 22. Juni 1949 in Summit, New Jersey als Mary Louise Streep geboren. Im Jahr 1971 erhielt sie ihren Bachelor of Arts in Drama am Vassar College. Im selben Jahr gab Meryl Streep ihr Bühnendebut in The Playboy of Seville. Später vertiefte sie ihre Ausbildung an der Yale School of Drama. Zu Meryl Streeps frühen Bühnenerfolgen, während sie sich noch in der Ausbildung befand, gehören die Shakespeare-Stücke Heinrich V., Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung und Maß für Maß. Sie übernahm die Hauptrolle in der Broadway-Version von Brechts Happy End und gewann für ihre Darstellung in dem Off-Broadway Musical Alice at the Palace einen Obie. Meryl Streep begann Mitte der 1970er auch für Filmrollen vorzusprechen. So zum Beispiel für die Hauptrolle in der damaligen Verfilmung von King Kong, die schließlich an Jessica Lange ging. Meryl Streep erzählte später auf ihrer Homepage, wie Dino De Laurentiis sich bei dem Vorsprechen seinem Sohn zuwandte und auf italienisch ätzte: “Warum bringst Du dieses Ding rein? Die ist häßlich!” und war angemessen peinlich berührt, als Meryl Streep in perfektem Italienisch antwortete. 1976 übernahm Meryl Streep in Julia ihre erste, kleine Filmrolle. Zwei Jahre später übernahm sie eine größere Rolle in Die durch die Hölle gehen. Und als sie im selben Jahr die Hauptrolle in der TV-Miniserie Holocaust landete, besiegelte das ihre Karriere: Meryl Streep war nicht mehr länger eine Unbekannte. In ihrer langjährigen Karriere wurde Meryl Streep immer wieder ihrem viel gerühmten Ruf gerecht, sie könne jeden erdenklichen Akzent überzeugend nachmachen. Ihren ersten Oscar bekam Meryl Streep als Beste Nebendarstellerin in Kramer gegen Kramer. Auch in Sophies Entscheidung führte dieses Talent sie zum verdienten Oscar. Nach unzähligen weiteren Nominierungen und Auszeichnungen war diese Begabung in Die Eiserne Lady für die Juroren wieder das Zünglein an der Waage. Wie von meisten erwartet nahm Meryl Streep den Oscar für (die Beste Stimm-Imitation und) das Beste Spiel entgegen und zeigte sich dennoch sichtlich gerührt. In den 2000er Jahren war Meryl Streep außerdem als lesbische Karrierefrau in der Bestsellerverfilmung The Hours – Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit, als kratzbürstige Moderedakteurin in Der Teufel trägt Prada und mit Denzel Washington in Der Manchurian Kandidat zu sehen. 2008 begeisterte sie mir ihrer Gesangsstimme in der Musicalverfilmung Mamma Mia!. In den letzten Jahren konnte Meryl Streep durch ihre Rolle in Im August in Osage County überzeugen, das vom Theaterstück in einen Film verwandelt wurde. Ein Jahr später spielte sie eine Rolle im Science-Fiction-Film Hüter der Erinnerung – The Giver. Im Musical Into the Woods übernahm sie den Part der bösen Hexe, für den sie erneut zum Oscar als Beste Nebendarstellerin nominiert wurde. Bis heute ist Streep 15 mal für den Academy Award als Beste Hauptdarstellerin und viermal für den Oscar als Beste Nebendarstellerin nominiert worden.

Filmography (130 movies)

New York at the Movies movie poster
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New York at the Movies

2002

as Narrator (voice)

Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait movie poster
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Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait

1999

as Narrator (voice)

Stolen Childhoods movie poster
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Stolen Childhoods

2005

as Narrator (voice)

An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' movie poster
9.0
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An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'

2008

as Self

Chrysanthemum movie poster
9.0
9.0

Chrysanthemum

1999

as Narrator (voice)

The Concert for Valor movie poster
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The Concert for Valor

2014

as Self

Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit movie poster
8.3
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Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit

1984

as Narrator (voice)

Hoppers movie poster
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Hoppers

2026

as Insect Queen (voice)

A Song of Africa movie poster
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A Song of Africa

2000

as Self

Sell/Buy/Date movie poster
8.0
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Sell/Buy/Date

2022

Executive Producer

The Deer Hunter movie poster
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The Deer Hunter

1978

as Linda

Five Came Back movie poster
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Five Came Back

2017

as Narrator (voice)

Little Women movie poster
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Little Women

2019

as Aunt March

Fantastic Mr. Fox movie poster
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Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009

as Felicity Fox (voice)

Manhattan movie poster
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Manhattan

1979

as Jill

The Bridges of Madison County movie poster
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The Bridges of Madison County

1995

as Francesca Johnson

Kramer vs. Kramer movie poster
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Kramer vs. Kramer

1979

as Joanna Kramer

Vermeer Master of Light movie poster
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Vermeer Master of Light

2001

as Narrator (voice)

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth movie poster
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

2020

as Narrator (voice)

The Devil Wears Prada movie poster
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The Devil Wears Prada

2006

as Miranda Priestly

Auschwitz movie poster
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Auschwitz

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Everything Is Copy movie poster
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Everything Is Copy

2015

as Self

Adaptation. movie poster
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Adaptation.

2002

as Susan Orlean

Sophie's Choice movie poster
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Sophie's Choice

1982

as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

The Hours movie poster
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The Hours

2002

as Clarissa Vaughan

Suffragette movie poster
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Suffragette

2015

as Emmeline Pankhurst

Doubt movie poster
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Doubt

2008

as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Out of Africa movie poster
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Out of Africa

1985

as Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover movie poster
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In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

2020

as Meryl Streep

Wings of Life movie poster
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Wings of Life

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life movie poster
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

2010

as Jennie

The Living Sea movie poster
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The Living Sea

1995

as Narrator (voice)

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again movie poster
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

2018

as Donna Sheridan-Carmichael

Don't Look Up movie poster
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Don't Look Up

2021

as President Orlean

A.I. Artificial Intelligence movie poster
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

as Blue Mecha (voice)

Girl Rising movie poster
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Girl Rising

2013

as Narrator - Ethiopia (voice)

The Devil Wears Prada 2 movie poster
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The Devil Wears Prada 2

2026

as Miranda

The Post movie poster
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The Post

2017

as Kay Graham

Mamma Mia! movie poster
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Mamma Mia!

2008

as Donna Sheridan

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding movie poster
7.0
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Escape from Extinction: Rewilding

2024

as Narrator (voice)

Doubt: Stage to Screen movie poster
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Doubt: Stage to Screen

2009

as Self

The House of the Spirits movie poster
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The House of the Spirits

1993

as Clara del Valle Trueba

Silkwood movie poster
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Silkwood

1983

as Karen Silkwood

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale movie poster
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

as Self

Defending Your Life movie poster
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Defending Your Life

1991

as Julia

August: Osage County movie poster
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August: Osage County

2013

as Violet Weston

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events movie poster
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004

as Josephine Anwhistle

...First Do No Harm movie poster
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...First Do No Harm

1997

Executive Producer

Death Becomes Her movie poster
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Death Becomes Her

1992

as Madeline Ashton Menville

Evil Angels movie poster
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Evil Angels

1988

as Lindy Chamberlain

Julie & Julia movie poster
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Julie & Julia

2009

as Julia Child

Marvin's Room movie poster
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Marvin's Room

1996

as Lee Wakefield Lacker

Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis movie poster
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Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

2020

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Music of the Heart movie poster
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Music of the Heart

1999

as Roberta

Out of Print movie poster
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Out of Print

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Falling in Love movie poster
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Falling in Love

1984

as Molly Gilmore

Florence Foster Jenkins movie poster
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Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

as Florence Foster Jenkins

Age 7 in America movie poster
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Age 7 in America

1991

as Narrator (voice)

Postcards from the Edge movie poster
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Postcards from the Edge

1990

as Suzanne Vale

The Giver movie poster
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The Giver

2014

as Chief Elder

The Homesman movie poster
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The Homesman

2014

as Altha Carter

Mary Poppins Returns movie poster
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Mary Poppins Returns

2018

as Cousin Topsy

One True Thing movie poster
6.5
6.5

One True Thing

1998

as Kate Gulden

The Manchurian Candidate movie poster
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The Manchurian Candidate

2004

as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

It's Complicated movie poster
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It's Complicated

2009

as Jane Adler

To the Arctic 3D movie poster
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To the Arctic 3D

2012

as Narrator

Julia movie poster
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Julia

1977

as Anne Marie

The River Wild movie poster
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The River Wild

1994

as Gail Hartman

Rendition movie poster
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Rendition

2007

as Corrine Whitman

The French Lieutenant's Woman movie poster
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

as Sarah / Anna

America: The Story of Us movie poster
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America: The Story of Us

2010

as Herself

The Iron Lady movie poster
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The Iron Lady

2011

as Margaret Thatcher

Ironweed movie poster
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Ironweed

1987

as Helen Archer

Mike Nichols: An American Master movie poster
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Mike Nichols: An American Master

2016

as Self

A Prairie Home Companion movie poster
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A Prairie Home Companion

2006

as Yolanda Johnson

The Earth Day Special movie poster
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The Earth Day Special

1990

as Concerned Citizen

Hope Springs movie poster
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Hope Springs

2012

as Kay

This Changes Everything movie poster
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This Changes Everything

2019

as Self

Theater of War movie poster
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Theater of War

2008

as Self

The Prom movie poster
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The Prom

2020

as Dee Dee Allen

The Laundromat movie poster
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The Laundromat

2019

as Ellen Martin / Elena

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story movie poster
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013

as Self

The Music of Regret movie poster
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The Music of Regret

2006

as The Woman

100 Years movie poster
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100 Years

2017

as Narrator (voice)

The Deadliest Season movie poster
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The Deadliest Season

1977

as Sharon Miller

Lions for Lambs movie poster
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Lions for Lambs

2007

as Janine Roth

Prime movie poster
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Prime

2005

as Lisa Metzger

Heartburn movie poster
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Heartburn

1986

as Rachel

She-Devil movie poster
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She-Devil

1989

as Mary Fisher

Dancing at Lughnasa movie poster
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Dancing at Lughnasa

1998

as Kate Mundy

Before and After movie poster
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Before and After

1996

as Carolyn Ryan

Evening movie poster
5.8
5.8

Evening

2007

as Lila Ross

Everybody Rides the Carousel movie poster
5.8
5.8

Everybody Rides the Carousel

1976

as Stage 6 (voice)

Hurricane on the Bayou movie poster
5.8
5.8

Hurricane on the Bayou

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Ricki and the Flash movie poster
5.8
5.8

Ricki and the Flash

2015

as Ricki Rendazzo

A Fierce Green Fire movie poster
5.8
5.8

A Fierce Green Fire

2013

as Narrator (voice)

The Ant Bully movie poster
5.8
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The Ant Bully

2006

as Queen (voice)

Into the Woods movie poster
5.8
5.8

Into the Woods

2014

as Witch

The Seduction of Joe Tynan movie poster
5.7
5.7

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979

as Karen Traynor

Plenty movie poster
5.7
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Plenty

1985

as Susan Traherne

Still of the Night movie poster
5.7
5.7

Still of the Night

1982

as Brooke Reynolds

Let Them All Talk movie poster
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Let Them All Talk

2020

as Alice Hughes

Dark Matter movie poster
5.5
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Dark Matter

2008

as Joanna Silver

Kiss Me, Petruchio movie poster
5.5
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Kiss Me, Petruchio

1981

as Katherine

Alice at the Palace movie poster
5.5
5.5

Alice at the Palace

1982

as Alice

Shout Gladi Gladi movie poster
5.0
5.0

Shout Gladi Gladi

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Joe Papp in Five Acts movie poster
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Joe Papp in Five Acts

2012

as Self

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' movie poster
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Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

2001

as Self

Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen movie poster
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Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen

2004

as Self

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner movie poster
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

2006

as Self

The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits movie poster
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The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

2017

as Self

An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet movie poster
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An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

1994

as Self - Host

Karen Blixen: Out of This World movie poster

Karen Blixen: Out of This World

2005

as Self - Host

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray movie poster

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

2016

as Elizabeth Murray (voice)

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary movie poster

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

2018

as Narrator (voice)

Ribbon of Sand movie poster

Ribbon of Sand

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Sky Island movie poster

Sky Island

2010

as (voice)

Museum Town movie poster

Museum Town

2019

as Narrator (voice)

Emotional Uncertainties movie poster

Emotional Uncertainties

2015

as Self

Uncommon Women and Others movie poster

Uncommon Women and Others

1979

as Leilah

Stanislavski: Lust for Life movie poster

Stanislavski: Lust for Life

2021

as Self

There's Only One Paul McCartney movie poster

There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002

as Self

Birthing Mamma Mia! movie poster

Birthing Mamma Mia!

2008

as Self

Dear Elizabeth movie poster

Dear Elizabeth

2021

as Elizabeth Bishop

Schindler Space Architect movie poster

Schindler Space Architect

2024

as Narrator (voice)

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep movie poster

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep

2024

Useful Idiots movie poster

Useful Idiots

TBA

as Diane Castle

Movie: The Movie movie poster

Movie: The Movie

2012

Secret Service movie poster

Secret Service

1977

as Edith Varney

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew movie poster

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

2027

as Aslan (voice)

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