Tuesday, January 5th 2016. The synonym for excellence and versatility in Hollywood has a name, Meryl Streep; the 65-year-old actress, who is now a living legend thanks to her acting skills and broad appreciation of her work. Still considers she can give more of herself yet and, that with every new incarnation she shows more of herself as a woman.
Streep is capable of accepting any role and molding it to perfection, her alluring interpretation of Miranda Priestly is proof of this; the demanding fashion editor of the “Runway” magazine in the movie The Devil wears Prada. Her performance earned her a great number of nominations, an isolated case, since it’s a comedy piece and not a drama.
She owns three Oscar awards, the last one for her representation of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady; 29 years winning her first award for best actress. She also owns eight Golden Globe Awards, two Bafta and two Actors Guild awards; including the one for her unsettling performance in the movie Doubt.
She’s considered the second best actress of all times, a close second to Katharine Hepburn; who also has four academy awards under her belt, but it is Meryl who possesses the record for most number of nominations, up to a total of 17. Meryl represents the woman who has grown old accepting the changes of her time, but very determined in regards to the roles she develops for the big screen. Her roles are varied; there are no two instances in which she personifies a character in the same way.
Her trajectory has roles such as Francesca Johnson, the housewife tired of monotony in The Bridges of Madison County; the happy Donna Sheridan from “Mamma Mia” or the witch from “Into the Woods”. Her wide range of characters grant her an incredible freshness. We’ve recently enjoyed her performance in the movie “Ricky and the Flash”, in which she played Linda, a woman who rejects her family life for the dream of living like a Rock n’ Roll Star whose name is Ricky Rendazzo.
The story deals with topics such as dreams shared among a family and the individuality of the self, how we long to recover lost time and how family will always come first. Meryl plays Ricky flawlessly, getting inside the skin of a character different from anything she has ever done before; and connecting it with an audience that sees the face of the actress, yet recognizes a different person in it. She’s an acting world pro.
Soon, we’ll be able to enjoy her new movie Suffragette, in which she shares cast with two great artists, the exotic Helena Bonham Carter and the reserved Carey Mulligan. Meryl is a mother, actress, wife and woman; a great example of perseverance in Hollywood.
ALFA