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For about one hundred years, actors and actresses have been looked upon as more than human. They are just like every other person except they have a lot more money and they have their names in the newspaper with every step they take. Every few years a new generation of movie stars climbs to the top and are admired for their craft. They are a select few who manage to be admired for the way they live as well as the way they perform on the screen.Many use their fame as an excuse to misuse narcotics or abuse alcohol. Some even think that being famous gives them a free pass to say or do whatever they want and not have to pay the legal consequences for their actions. Many actors or actresses have gone down the wrong road with their fame, disappointing fans who feel they just got to know them. Meryl Streep has not disappointed her fans on screen or off. Whether picking a role in a movie or deciding how to raise her family, she has managed to rise above the temptations of fame and fortune.

Meryl Streep has been in films since 1977 and has not used her fame to break the law. Everyone from twelve year old girls to 50 year old women have looked up to her as a guide. Fansites, facebook fan pages, and fan clubs swarm the Internet. With 78 awards and another 82 nominations, and a loving family, Meryl Streep always seems to make time for helping causes such as the Stand Up to Cancer, Healthy Child Healthy World, and Elton John AIDS Foundation. There has been article after article speaking of Meryl Streep's talents. Some critics even consider her to be the best actress of all time, which is a complement considering how hard the critics can be. **Being famous can be difficult, but that has not stopped Meryl Streep from becoming one of the most well known actresses of our time, never choosing a bad role, while being the matriarch of a loving family.**

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For about one hundred years, actors and actresses have been looked upon as more than human. They are just like every other person except they have a lot more money and they have their names in the newspaper with every step they take. Every few years a new generation of movie stars climbs to the top and are admired for their craft. They are a select few who manage to be admired for the way they live as well as the way they perform on the screen. Many use their fame as an excuse to misuse narcotics or abuse alcohol. Some even think that being famous gives them a free pass to say or do whatever they want and not have to pay the legal consequences for their actions. Many actors or actresses have gone down the wrong road with their fame, disappointing fans who feel they just got to know them. Meryl Streep has not disappointed her fans on screen or off. Whether picking a role in a movie or deciding how to raise her family, she has managed to rise above the temptations of fame and fortune. Meryl Streep has been in films since 1977 and has not used her fame as an excuse to allow herself to break the law. Everyone from twelve year old girls to 70 year old women have looked up to her as a guide. Fan sites, facebook fan pages, and fan clubs swarm the Internet. With 78 awards and another 82 nominations, and a loving family, Meryl Streep always seems to make time for helping causes such as the Stand Up to Cancer, Healthy Child Healthy World, and Elton John AIDS Foundation. There has been article after article speaking of Meryl Streep's talents. Some critics even consider her to be the best actress of all time, which is a complement considering how hard the critics can be. **Being famous can be difficult, but that has not stopped Meryl Streep from becoming one of the most well known actresses of our time, never choosing a bad** **role, while being the matriarch of a loving family.** 

 In the world of Hollywood, Meryl Streep is an has made her way to the top. With over 80 awards for her well-known movies, Meryl Streep easily created a name for herself in the movie industry. Meryl Streep has been nominated for an outstanding fifteen Academy Awards, which is more than any actress in American history. She won two Oscars all together: Supporting Actress for 1979 // Kramer vs. Kramer // , and for Leading role in 1982 // Sophie's Choice // . 37th greatest Movie Star of all Time was what // Entertainment Weekly // named Meryl Streep. Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields showed his appreciation and respect to Meryl Streep by naming May 27, 2004 Meryl Streep Day. When it comes to acting, Meryl Streep is ready for hard work, and every minuet of it shows in her films. Meryl Streep is known for being able to master any accent, which showed in her Performance as Sophie Zawistowska in  // Sophie's Choice // . <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;"> This <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">won nine awards one of them being an Academy Award. It was also ranked number three on <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">// Premiere Magazine's // <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;"> 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. Meryl Streep was even acknowledged in the children's television show “Sesame Street”. A character named Meryl Sheep was made in her honor. //EW// named Meryl Streep number six of the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood, showing that she is not only famous for her acting. Meryl Streep stared in <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: arial;">// Mamma Mia // <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;"> at age 58, showing that just because she was not young anymore, does not mean she was going to stop acting. All of the singing done in <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">// Mamma Mia // <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;">was done by her, not a professional, proving again, that she is not even close to finishing her career.

Meryl Streep has been in over 70 movies with seven on the way, each one of them being unique in their own ways. Over, and over again, Meryl Streep is starring in a movie that gets great reviews. Some people will go see a movie just because she is in it and no other reason. Some movie critics have called her the best movie actress of all time, which is amazing to hear considering how harsh critics can be sometimes. Meryl Streep proves herself to be a professional actress by never choosing a bad role. She knows when a movie will, or will not be right for her acting style, which is a skill that some actors never developed. Some roles, such as Sophie Zawistowska in Sophie's Choice, have become so famous that has people referring to it in phrases like, “It was like Sophie's Choice all over again!” Referring to when Sophie Zawistowska had to decide which of her children gets taken to a Nazi concentration camp within a few seconds before the Nazi took both of her children away. Meryl Streep likes to have a challenging role so that her skills can grow. For the movie "Music of the Heart", Meryl Streep taught herself to play the violin in a few months before she started filming the movie in order that the movie her performance would be better. Also, when an accent is needed for her character, she will practice that accent until she masters it, something she is known for. Meryl Streep has a technique: listen to opera music while she gets into character. This was incorporated in the movie //The Hours// when her character, Mrs. Dalloway, is trying to prepare her house for a house party while also trying to ignore her depression. The opera music was originally not in the manuscript until Meryl Streep was preparing her character and the director thought that it would be a good idea to incorporate that into the movie. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;">

<span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;">Even though Meryl Streep is always working on another movie, she never forgets to make time for her family. Meryl Streep and her husband, Don Gummer, married on September 15, 1978 in Madison Island, Connecticut. <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-style: normal; font-family: Verdana;">Considered one of the more successful marriages in show business, the long lasting marriage of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer appears to continue to grow stronger. <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-family: arial;"> In 1979, Meryl and Don's first child was born, Harry W. Gummer. There were three more to come. Mary W. Gummer in 1983, Grace J. Gummer in 1986, and Louissa J. Gummer in 1991. All six grew up together in a happy family setting. Meryl Streep even said, “I try to lead as ordinary a life as I can. You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing".

Meryl Streep, who has been in over 70 movies, is a role model to many people because of her popularity, staying active on movie screens, and raising a loving family that is always there for each other.