Meryl Streep is an American film, theatre and television actress who has an estimated net worth of $45 million.
Meryl Streep is one amongst the most internationally famous American Actress.
She was born on 22 June, 1949 in Summit, New Jersey. For under-graduation, she attended the Vassar College and then went to Yale School of Drama.
She has won three Academy Awards, two BAFTA and two EMMYs. Her debut movie was Julia in the year 1978. Meryl Streep’s second film was The Deer Hunter, which was released in the year 1978 and has won 5 Academy awards including the Best Picture Award. This movie was considered as one of the best movie of all times.
She won the Best Supporting Role Academy Award for the movie, Kramer Vs Kramer.
Till date she has won seven Golden Globe Awards, four New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 2 Oscar Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Cannes Film Festival Award.
She also has got 25 Golden Globe Award Nominations, sixteen nominations for Oscar Awards, as well as five nominations for Grammy Awards.
She was also awarded the Life Time Achievement Award by the American Film Institute in the year 2004. Thus she became the youngest person to receive such a prestigious award.
All these awards and recognitions have really helped to accelerate her net worth. She has earned $3 million for her movie Out of Africa in the year 1985. $4 million plus the profit for another movie, Death Becomes Her in 1992 and $5 million for The Devil Wears Prada in 2006.
She also earned $8 million dollar for the movie, Rom Com It’s Complicated in the year 2009. She had an extraordinary career with lots of recognitions for her work.
She also supports lots of charity deeds which include Prince’s Trust, Actor’s Fund of America, St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters, National Woman’s History Museum, Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.
She is married to Don Gummer and has four children. She has a Son named Hank, who is a Musician, and has three daughters, Louisa, Mamie, and Grace. She and her husband bought a posh loft situated at TriBeca in the year 2004 which costs about $ 8.95 million.
She also has bought homes in Los Angeles and New York. They reside primarily in their family home at Connecticut.
She has some of the great movies of the time which includes; The Devil wears Prada, The Iron Lady, Death Becomes Her, and Sophie’s Choice. These movies have greatly contributed in increasing the net worth of Meryl Streep.
Streep owns a Toyota Prius and a BMW Hydrogen 7, both of her cars are eco-friendly, thus she has done her part in contributing to a green environment.
Meryl Streep is a perfectionist and will take any step to keep up the perfection in her acting. In one instance, she learned to play the violin by practising the same for almost 6 hours a day for more than 8 weeks, just for her role in the film, Music of the heart.
Quick Summary:
Full name: Meryl Louise Streep
Date of birth: 22 June, 1949
Birth place: Summit, New Jersey, United States
Age: 67 Years
Profession: Theatre and Television actress
Height: 1.68 m
Weight: 63 Kg
Net worth:$45 million
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