Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as being one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era. She made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, and her screen debut came in 1977's made- for-television movie, The Deadliest Season. Streep made her film debut in Julia (1977), starring opposite Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave.
Both critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer Hunter, with Robert De Niro, and Kramer vs. Kramer, with Dustin Hoffman, the former giving Streep her first Oscar nomination and the latter her first win. Streep's work has earned her two Academy Awards, a Cannes award, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG), four Grammy Award nominations, two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA award, and a Tony Award nomination. She has received 14 Academy Award nominations, more than any other actor or actress in the history of the awards, and is tied with Jack Nicholson for most Golden Globe Award wins, with six each. She has been nominated 21 times for a Golden Globe, second only to Jack Lemmon, who had 22.[1][2] She is also one of the few actors to have won all four major screen acting awards (Oscars, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA awards).
Awards
Main article: List of awards and nominations for Meryl Streep
Streep holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, having been nominated 14 times since her first nomination in 1979 for The Deer Hunter (11 for Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress).
Meryl Streep also holds the record for actress with the most Golden Globe Awards, with six wins. She is also the second-most nominated performer for a Golden Globe Award (she has 21 nominations to Jack Lemmon's 22). Streep is also tied with Jack Nicholson for most Golden Globes overall by an actor or actress (six wins). Streep has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2004 at the Moscow International Film Festival Meryl Streep was honored with the Stanislavsky Award for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school. In 2003, she was awarded an honorary César award by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema.
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Best Leading Actress nominations
1981: The French Lieutenant's Woman 1982: Sophie's Choice (won) 1984: Silkwood 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Ironweed 1988: A Cry in the Dark 1991: Postcards from the Edge 1996: The Bridges of Madison County 1999: One True Thing 2000: Music of the Heart 2007: The Devil Wears Prada
Best Supporting Actress nominations
1979: The Deer Hunter 1980: Kramer vs. Kramer (won) 2003: Adaptation.
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Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
1978: Holocaust (won) 1997: …First Do No Harm 2004: Angels in America (won)
[edit] National Movie Awards (UK)
2008 - Best Female Performance - Mamma Mia! The Movie (won)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl_Streep The Winner Takes It All
"The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's Super Trouper album on July 21, 1980, it is a ballad, reflecting the end of a romance. The single's B-side was the non-album track "Elaine".
History
"The Winner Takes It All", originally titled "The Story of My Life", was written by both Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with Fältskog singing the lead vocal. The lyrics to the song were thought to mirror the divorce between Ulvaeus and Fältskog in 1979. However, Ulvaeus himself denies this, saying the basis of the song "is the experience of a divorce, but it's fiction. There wasn't a winner or a loser in our case. A lot of people think it's straight out of reality, but it's not". [1]
In a 1999 poll for Channel Five, "The Winner Takes It All" was voted Britain's favorite ABBA song. In a 2006 poll for a Channel Five program, "The Winner Takes It All" was voted "Britain's Favourite Break-Up Song." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winner_Takes_It_All