What is Meryl Streep’s net worth?
SHE'S the adored American movie star who has grown to icon-status since her film debut in 1977.
And Meryl Streep continues to gracefully move from strength-to-strength.
Who is Meryl Streep?
Meryl was born in Summit, New Jersey, on June 22, 1949. She is 72 years old.
In 1975, at the age of 26, she completed her Master of Fine Arts in acting at The Yale School of Drama.
She paid her way through the school by waitressing and typing before hitting the New York theatre stage.
The prestigious qualification has paved the road of many to fame, but none compare to the Hollywood success Meryl has achieved.
After making her acting debut on stage in the comic play Trelawny Of The Wells in 1975, the starlet nabbed her first Tony Award nomination within a year.
She made her movie debut in 1976 alongside Jane Fonda in the critically-acclaimed Julia.
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What is Meryl Streep's net worth?
It is estimated Meryl has a net worth of $160million.
She was named as one of the highest-paid actors in 2020.
According to , she raked in a cool $24million in 2020 after appearing in Let Them All Talk which was sold to HBO for $33million - of which she reportedly took home $5million.
The balance was made up from her roles in The Prom and Little Women.
It is reported she is one of Hollywood's biggest earners, reaching figures as high as $20million.
It's a long way off her first film salary for Julia which reportedly scored her $35,000 which would be roughly $181,000 when adjusted to the current inflation rate.
Her most successful movie, Mamma Mia, grossed more than half a billion dollars worldwide.
What are Meryl Streep's best movies?
Meryl's first of many award wins came in 1978 when she won a Primetime Emmy Award for her leading role in the TV mini-series Holocaust.
In the same year she received her first Oscar nomination for The Deer Hunter.
She has gone on to star in countless roles, many prompting major award nominations and wins.
Performances notably include Sophie's Choice, Death Becomes Her, The Devil Wears Prada, Doubt, and The Iron Lady.
Meryl holds the record for Academy Award nominations with 21.
Seventeen of these are for Best Actress with four for Best Supporting Actress.
She has won three for her work in Kramer vs. Kramer (1980), Sophie's Choice (1983) and The Iron Lady (2012).
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She also boasts a record 32 Golden Globe nominations - winning eight for her roles in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), The French Lieutenants Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982), Adaption (2002), Angels in America (2003), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Julie & Julia (2009) and The Iron Lady (2011), as well as the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award (2016).
Meryl has also appeared on the small screen, starring in TV hit Big Little Lies and Web Therapy.