First Movie - Julia 1977
Last Movie - Don't Look Up 2021
Total Movies - 66
Highest Grossing Movies
- UK: Mamma Mia! (2008) - £69,166,814
- US: Mary Poppins Returns (2018) - $171,819,132
- World: Mamma Mia! (2008) - $611,257,819
Combined grosses
- UK - £353.8 Million
- US - $2.2 Billion
- Global - $4 Billion
Highest Rated Movie - Its Complicated (2009) - 100%
Lowest rated movie - The Iron Lady (2011) - 20%

Acting credits By Year of release

By Year

By UK Gross

By US Gross

By Global Gross

Starring With

SEE SHORT LIST

Year

Don't Look Up

(Meryl Streep plays President Orlean)

Director(s):

Adam McKay

Starring:

Leonardo DiCaprio • Jennifer Lawrence • Meryl Streep • Cate Blanchett • Rob Morgan

2021

The Prom

(Meryl Streep plays Dee Dee Allen)

Director(s):

Ryan Murphy

Starring:

Meryl Streep • James Corden • Nicole Kidman • Keegan-Michael Key • Kerry Washington

2020

Let Them All Talk

(Meryl Streep plays Alice)

Director(s):

Steven Soderbergh

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Gemma Chan • Dianne Wiest • Christopher Fitzgerald • Candice Bergen

2020

Little Women

(Meryl Streep plays Aunt March)

Director(s):

Greta Gerwig

Starring:

Saoirse Ronan • Emma Watson • Florence Pugh • Eliza Scanlen • Laura Dern

2019

The Laundromat

(Meryl Streep plays Ellen Martin)

Director(s):

Steven Soderbergh

Starring:

Gary Oldman • Antonio Banderas • AJ Meijer • Arsenio Castellanos • Lucy Morningstar

2019

Mary Poppins Returns

(Meryl Streep plays Cousin Topsy)

Director(s):

Rob Marshall

Starring:

Emily Blunt • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Ben Whishaw • Emily Mortimer • Pixie Davies

2018

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

(Meryl Streep plays Donna)

Director(s):

Ol Parker

Starring:

Amanda Seyfried • Lily James • Alexa Davies • Jessica Keenan Wynn • Pierce Brosnan

2018

The Post

Director(s):

Steven Spielberg

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Tom Hanks • Sarah Paulson • Bob Odenkirk • Tracy Letts

2018

Florence Foster Jenkins

(Meryl Streep plays Florence Foster Jenkins)

Director(s):

Stephen Frears

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Hugh Grant • Simon Helberg • Rebecca Ferguson • Nina Arianda

2016

Suffragette

(Meryl Streep plays Emmeline Pankhurst)

Director(s):

Sarah Gavron

Starring:

Carey Mulligan • Helena Bonham Carter • Brendan Gleeson • Anne-Marie Duff • Ben Whishaw

2015

Ricki and the Flash

Director(s):

Jonathan Demme

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Rick Springfield • Rick Rosas • Joe Vitale • Bernie Worrell

2015

The Guardian Brother's

(Meryl Streep plays Narrator)

Director(s):

Gary Wang • Paulette Victor-Lifton

Starring:

Bai-Ke • Mike Birbiglia • Mel Brooks • Blanca Camacho • Blanca Camacho

2015

Into the Woods

(Meryl Streep plays Witch)

Director(s):

Rob Marshall

Starring:

Anna Kendrick • Daniel Huttlestone • James Corden • Emily Blunt • Christine Baranski

2014

The Homesman

(Meryl Streep plays Altha Carter)

Director(s):

Tommy Lee Jones

Starring:

Tommy Lee Jones • Hilary Swank • Grace Gummer • Miranda Otto • Sonja Richter

2014

The Giver

(Meryl Streep plays Chief Elder)

Director(s):

Phillip Noyce

Starring:

Jeff Bridges • Meryl Streep • Brenton Thwaites • Alexander Skarsgård • Katie Holmes

2014

August: Osage County

Director(s):

John Wells

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Julia Roberts • Ewan McGregor • Chris Cooper • Abigail Breslin

2014

Hope Springs

Director(s):

David Frankel

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Tommy Lee Jones • Steve Carell • Jean Smart • Ben Rappaport

2012

The Iron Lady

(Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher)

Director(s):

Phyllida Lloyd

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Jim Broadbent • Susan Brown • Alice da Cunha • Phoebe Waller-Bridge

2011

Its Complicated

(Meryl Streep plays Jane Adler)

Director(s):

Nancy Meyers

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Steve Martin • Alec Baldwin • John Krasinski • Lake Bell

2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Director(s):

Wes Anderson

Starring:

George Clooney • Meryl Streep • Jason Schwartzman • Bill Murray • Wallace Wolodarsky

2009

Julie & Julia

Director(s):

Nora Ephron

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Amy Adams • Stanley Tucci • Chris Messina • Linda Emond

2009

Doubt

(Meryl Streep plays Sister Aloysius Beauvier)

Director(s):

John Patrick Shanley

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Amy Adams • Viola Davis • Alice Drummond

2009

Mamma Mia!

(Meryl Streep plays Donna)

Director(s):

Phyllida Lloyd

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Pierce Brosnan • Colin Firth • Stellan Skarsgård • Julie Walters

2008

Lions For Lambs

Director(s):

Robert Redford

Starring:

Robert Redford • Meryl Streep • Tom Cruise • Michael Peña • Andrew Garfield

2007

Rendition

Director(s):

Gavin Hood

Starring:

Jake Gyllenhaal • Reese Witherspoon • Peter Sarsgaard • Alan Arkin • Meryl Streep

2007

Evening

(Meryl Streep plays Lila Ross)

Director(s):

Lajos Koltai

Starring:

Claire Danes • Toni Collette • Vanessa Redgrave • Patrick Wilson • Hugh Dancy

2007

Dark Matter

Director(s):

Shi-Zheng Chen

Starring:

Ye Liu • Meryl Streep • Aidan Quinn • Sina Amedson • Erick Avari

2007

A Prairie Home Companion

(Meryl Streep plays Yolanda Johnson)

Director(s):

Robert Altman

Starring:

Marylouise Burke • Woody Harrelson • L.Q. Jones • Tommy Lee Jones • Garrison Keillor

2006

The Devil Wears Prada

Director(s):

David Frankel

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Anne Hathaway • Emily Blunt • Stanley Tucci • Simon Baker

2006

The Ant Bully

Director(s):

John A. Davis

Starring:

Julia Roberts • Nicolas Cage • Meryl Streep • Paul Giamatti • Zach Tyler

2006

Prime

Director(s):

Ben Younger

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Uma Thurman • Bryan Greenberg • Jon Abrahams • Adriana Biasi

2006

Lemony Snickets a Series of Unfortunate Events

Director(s):

Brad Silberling

Starring:

Jim Carrey • Liam Aiken • Emily Browning • Kara Hoffman • Shelby Hoffman

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

Director(s):

Jonathan Demme

Starring:

Jeffrey Wright • Pablo Schreiber • Anthony Mackie • Dorian Missick • Jose Pablo Cantillo

2004

Stuck On You

(Meryl Streep plays Meryl Streep)

Director(s):

Bobby Farrelly • Peter Farrelly

Starring:

Matt Damon • Greg Kinnear • Eva Mendes • Wen Yann Shih • Pat Crawford Brown

2003

Adaptation.

Director(s):

Spike Jonze

Starring:

Nicolas Cage • Tilda Swinton • Meryl Streep • Chris Cooper • Jay Tavare

2003

The Hours

Director(s):

Stephen Daldry

Starring:

Nicole Kidman • Julianne Moore • Meryl Streep • Stephen Dillane • Miranda Richardson

2003

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

(Meryl Streep plays Blue Mecha (voice))

Director(s):

Steven Spielberg

Starring:

Haley Joel Osment • Frances O'Connor • Sam Robards • Jake Thomas • Jude Law

2001

Music of the Heart

Director(s):

Wes Craven

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Cloris Leachman • Henry Dinhofer • Michael Angarano • Robert Ari

1999

Dancing At Lughnasa

Director(s):

Pat O'Connor

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Michael Gambon • Catherine McCormack • Kathy Burke • Sophie Thompson

1998

One True Thing

Director(s):

Carl Franklin

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Renée Zellweger • William Hurt • Tom Everett Scott • Lauren Graham

1998

...First Do No Harm

(Meryl Streep plays Lori Reimuller)

Director(s):

Jim Abrahams

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Fred Ward • Seth Adkins • Margo Martindale • Allison Janney

1997

Before and After

Director(s):

Barbet Schroeder

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Liam Neeson • Edward Furlong • Julia Weldon • Alfred Molina

1996

Marvins Room

Director(s):

Jerry Zaks

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Leonardo DiCaprio • Diane Keaton • Robert De Niro • Hume Cronyn

1996

The Bridges of Madison County

Director(s):

Clint Eastwood

Starring:

Clint Eastwood • Meryl Streep • Annie Corley • Victor Slezak • Jim Haynie

1995

The River Wild

Director(s):

Curtis Hanson

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Joseph Mazzello • Stephanie Sawyer • David Strathairn • Elizabeth Hoffman

1995

The House of the Spirits

(Meryl Streep plays Clara)

Director(s):

Bille August

Starring:

Maria Conchita Alonso • Antonio Assuncao • Julie Balloo • Frank Baker • Antonio Banderas

1994

Death Becomes Her

Director(s):

Robert Zemeckis

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Bruce Willis • Goldie Hawn • Isabella Rossellini • Ian Ogilvy

1992

Postcards From the Edge

Director(s):

Mike Nichols

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Shirley MacLaine • Dennis Quaid • Gene Hackman • Richard Dreyfuss

1991

Defending Your Life

Director(s):

Albert Brooks

Starring:

Albert Brooks • Michael Durrell • Meryl Streep • James Eckhouse • Gary Beach

1991

She Devil

(Meryl Streep plays Mary Fisher)

Director(s):

Susan Seidelman

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Roseanne Barr • Ed Begley Jr. • Linda Hunt • Sylvia Miles

1990

A Cry In the Dark

Director(s):

Fred Schepisi

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Sam Neill • Dale Reeves • David Hoflin • Jason Reason

1989

Ironweed

Director(s):

Hector Babenco

Starring:

Jack Nicholson • Meryl Streep • Carroll Baker • Michael OKeefe • Diane Venora

1987

Heartburn

Director(s):

Mike Nichols

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Jack Nicholson • Jeff Daniels • Maureen Stapleton • Stockard Channing

1986

Out of Africa

(Meryl Streep plays Karen)

Director(s):

Sydney Pollack

Starring:

Robert Redford • Meryl Streep • Klaus Maria Brandauer • Michael Kitchen • Malick Bowens

1985

Plenty

(Meryl Streep plays Susan)

Director(s):

Fred Schepisi

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Andre Maranne • Sam Neill • Charles Dance • Tristram Jellinek

1985

Silkwood

Director(s):

Mike Nichols

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Kurt Russell • Cher • Craig T. Nelson • Diana Scarwid

1984

Falling In Love

Director(s):

Ulu Grosbard

Starring:

Robert De Niro • Meryl Streep • Harvey Keitel • Jane Kaczmarek • George Martin

1984

Still of the Night

Director(s):

Robert Benton

Starring:

Roy Scheider • Meryl Streep • Jessica Tandy • Joe Grifasi • Sara Botsford

1982

Sophie's Choice

Director(s):

Alan J. Pakula

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Kevin Kline • Peter MacNicol • Rita Karin • Stephen D. Newman

1982

The French Lieutenants Woman

(Meryl Streep plays Sarah and Anna)

Director(s):

Karel Reisz

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Jeremy Irons • Hilton McRae • Emily Morgan • Charlotte Mitchell

1981

Kramer Vs. Kramer

(Meryl Streep plays Joanna Kramer)

Director(s):

Robert Benton

Starring:

Dustin Hoffman • Meryl Streep • Jane Alexander • Justin Henry • Howard Duff

1979

Manhattan

Director(s):

Woody Allen

Starring:

Woody Allen • Diane Keaton • Michael Murphy • Mariel Hemingway • Meryl Streep

1979

The Deer Hunter

Director(s):

Michael Cimino

Starring:

Robert De Niro • John Cazale • John Savage • Christopher Walken • Meryl Streep

1979

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

(Meryl Streep plays Karen Traynor)

Director(s):

Jerry Schatzberg

Starring:

Alan Alda • Barbara Harris • Meryl Streep • Rip Torn • Melvyn Douglas

1979

Julia

Director(s):

Fred Zinnemann

Starring:

Jane Fonda • Vanessa Redgrave • Jason Robards • Maximilian Schell • Hal Holbrook

1977