Meryl Streep is an Absolute Legend as the Most Honored Screen Icon

This absolute legend of an actress was proclaimed the most gifted film actress of the late 20th century and considered to the greatest living film actress. Meryl Streep (born Mary Louise Streep) is to-date the most honored actress of all time. As film actor, song performer, executive producer, narrator and voice actor she is known to be a perfectionist in her craft, meticulous and painstaking in preparing for her roles. Her ability to master almost any accent as called for in some roles she portrayed in her films is renowned as proven by her heartbreakingly realistic portrayal of a Polish holocaust survivor in Sophie’s Choice. Movie Critics then proclaimed her as the foremost contemporary dramatic screen actress. Streep has graced theater, television, film and music industry, acting in 61 films, participating in 8 soundtracks including the much acclaimed “Mama Mia”, 151 TV appearances. Her name consistently makes it to the Empire’s Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time, Entertainment Weekly’s Greatest Movie Stars of All Time and Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. She was even ranked 6th on EW’s The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. From 1984 to 1990, Streep won six People’s Choice Awards for Favorite Motion Picture Actress and, in 1990, was named World Favorite. As of 2009, Streep holds the record for the most acting Academy Award nominations received by any actor with 15, two of which she won as Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979 and Best Actress for Sophie’s Choice in 1982. Sharing the record of the most Golden Globe wins (six) with Angela Lansbury and Jack Nicholson, Streep has the most nomination with 23. Earning three Emmy, 5 Grammy, 11 Screen Actors Guild, 12 BAFTA, and 1 Tony Awards nominations, she has won for herself 2 Emmys, 1 BAFTA, 2 SAGs, one Cannes Film Festival and 3 New York Film Critics Awards. Fragile with her elegant facial bone structure, intelligent blue eyes and nearly translucent pale skin, Streep exudes intelligence, breeding, depth and versatility as an actress epitomizing a true screen icon, making her an absolute legend as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era.