Meryl Streep | Miss Julie

Born in a family of artists, Meryl Streep must have inherited her natural talent in the art of acting. Her mom was a commercial artist, while her two brothers, Harry William and Dana David, are also actors. Streep performed in various school plays during her youth and took opera lessons from the renowned Estelle Liebling. She became seriously interested in theater when she performed in the play Miss Julie while studying at Vassar College.

In the ’70s, the actress performed in countless stage productions around New York City while making ends meet. Actor Robert de Niro saw her performance in The Cherry Orchard and suggested she audition as his lover in the movie The Deer Hunter. Since her first feature film, she would go on to carve out a highly acclaimed acting career, garner many acting awards, and amass high credit reports in Hollywood.