Meryl Streep.. “The greatest actress alive”

American star Meryl Streep, who celebrates her seventy-sixth birthday today, Monday, June 22, has a high artistic status among her Hollywood star counterparts. The artist, born in 1949, is considered “the greatest actress alive,” a title chosen by international film critics, given the qualitative roles she performed during her artistic career. She is the only artist who was nominated for an “Oscar” in the Best Actress category, and won it three times. She is also the only artist who was also nominated for the “Golden Globe” awards 32 times, and won eight times.

Mary Louise Streep was born in New Jersey. Her mother is Mary Wilkinson Streep, a commercial artist and art critic, and her father is Harry William Streep Jr., a pharmaceutical executive. She has two younger brothers: Harry William Streep III and Dana David Streep, who are also actors.

Meryl Streep is considered “the greatest living actress”; As a result of her psychological and performative unity with the characters she presents, she is distinguished by her ability to embody the characters and embody them brilliantly. No negative criticism was directed at her regarding the characters she presents, due to her unity with the above, to the point that the viewer almost imagines that he sees the character of flesh, blood, and soul. Meryl’s personality does not overshadow the artistic works she presents, as she played various roles in films, such as: “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979) and “Sophie’s Choice” (1982). “The Iron Lady” (2011), and “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006).

The most famous Hollywood critics agree on the importance of Meryl Streep, as an artist whose roles are engraved in the memory of world cinema, stressing that it is easy for any beautiful girl to belong to the acting profession, as beauty is a good qualification to appear in front of the camera, but she needs talent if she wants to perform a real role in the artistic work, and she will need talent and study; If she wants to play a role opposite the hero. But if she wants to become the queen of the screen and a Hollywood icon; It has to be Meryl Streep.

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The international star, Meryl Streep, owes her artistic longevity to her mother, who compared her in appearance and style to Dame Judi Dench, as she strongly encouraged her daughter and strengthened her self-confidence from a young age. Meryl says about her mother in her book, which narrates passages from her life: “My mother was a true mentor; She used to say to me: Meryl, you are amazing, you are amazing and capable, you can achieve anything you want; If you are determined to do it, and if you are lazy, you will never achieve it, but if you are determined, you will achieve what you want, whatever it is, and I believed her.”

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