The actors actor Meryl Streep, the star that a lot of female acting students yearn to be like one day, was born in Summit, New Jersey on 6/22/1949. Graduated from Yale Drama School.

Streep is remembered for her exquisite acting in 58 movies, including Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)", "Sophie's Choice (1982)", "The Deer Hunter (1978)", "Out of Africa (1985)", and "Silkwood (1983)".

Meryl Streep was nominated for the Academy Award for a total of 13 times in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2003 and won it in 1980 and 1983 for "Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)" and "Sophie's Choice (1982)".

Here are some trivia facts about Meryl Streep:

1) She is scared of helicopters.

2) Before becoming a famous movie star, she worked as a waitress at The Hotel Somerset in Somerville, New Jersey.

3) She holds the record for Academy Award nominations -- 13.

My favorite Streep quote is: "Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road." (Karen Blixen in Out of Africa, 1985).

What I like most about Streeps acting is her total technical mastery over her craft that still somehow allows room for free exploration and improvisation. Rare is the actor that does not look like acting in a movie and Streep is one of them.