Simply Streep is your premiere source on Meryl Streep's work on film, television and in the theatre - a career that has won her three Academy Awards and the praise to be one of the world's greatest working actresses. Created in 1999, we have built an extensive collection to discover Miss Streep's work through an archive of press articles, photos and video clips. Enjoy your stay.
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Oct
10
2021

There are some wonderful remaining pictures from the scans updates of the last couple of weeks, including clippings from public appearances in the 1980s and 1990s (including some lesser-known events worth a revisit) and some fantastic additional editorial photography. So, let’s wrap the Scan Sunday with this collection of “leftovers” :-)

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Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1993 – Session 02
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1992 – Session 06
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1981 – Session 06
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1999 – “Music of the Heart” Premiere
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1999 – 56th Venice Film Festival – Photocall
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1999 – 71st Annual Academy Awards – After-Party
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1998 – Motion Picture Club Luncheon
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1998 – Sighting at Walt Disney World Resort
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1998 – Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1994 – Chec Benefit Gala

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Oct
09
2021

A great batch of additional production and promotional stills from a great deal of Meryl Streep’s earlier films have been added. Many of those have been new to me, so I hope you’ll find some rarities for yourself among them. For a complete overview, have a look at the list below.

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Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Let Them All Talk – Production Stills
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Let Them All Talk – Posters & Key-Art
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Hours – On-Set Pictures
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Music of the Heart – On-Set Pictures
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Dancing at Lughnasa – Production Stills
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Bridges of Madison County – Stills
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Bridges of Madison County – On-Set Pictures
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Bridges of Madison County – Promotional Pictures
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The River Wild – On-Set Pictures
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The House of the Spirits – On-Set Pictures

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Oct
03
2021

We’ve come to our very last Scan Sunday – at least for now. Once again, many thanks to Alvaro for submitting all these fantastic articles and reviews. With this update, we cover everything between 2010’s box office hit “It’s Complicated”, the Oscar-winning “The Iron Lady” to the most recent “Let Them All Talk”. Among these updates are some fantastic new cover stories as well. As always, check the complete list below the images for all latest additions. Enjoy reading and have a wonderful Sunday.

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Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Premiere (France, May 2021)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Le Telegramme (France, April 20, 2021)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Madame Figaro (France, April 16, 2021)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Télé Cable Sat (France, June 17, 2019)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Liberation (France, January 24, 2018)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Mujer Hoy (Spain, January 02, 2018)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The Wall Street Journal (USA, August 16, 2016)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The New York Times (USA, August 15, 2014)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom, January 24, 2014)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The Guide (United Kingdom, January 18, 2014)

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Sep
26
2021

We’re at our second to last Scan Sunday, covering the “box office years” with lots of new articles and reviews on “Mamma Mia”, “Doubt”, “Julie & Julia” and “It’s Complicated”. For a complete list of added magazines, have a look at the previews below. Enjoy reading and have a great Sunday.

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Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – ES Magazine (Spain, December 20, 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Caras (Brasil, December 19, 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Entertainment Weekly (USA, December 18, 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The Hollywood Reporter (USA, December 08, 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – O Estado de Sao Palo (Brasil, October 08, 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Ciak Festival di Roma (Italy, October 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The Times (United Kingdom, September 11, 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Camden New Journal (United Kingdom, September 10, 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Rolling Stone (Spain, September 2009)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The Hollywood Reporter (USA, July 31, 2009)

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Sep
25
2021

Netflix brings us a first official clip from the upcoming “Don’t Look Up”. The comedy sees Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio teaming up as astronomy grad student, Kate Dibiasky, and her professor, Dr. Randall Mindy, who discover a comet is going to hit Earth. The two then embark on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet – but not many people seem to care. Directed by Adam McKay, “Don’t Look Up” features a slew of stars, including Timothée Chalamet, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry. Ariana Grande, Rob Morgan, Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman and Kid Cudi are also featured. A first teaser dropped earlier this month, with much awards season buzz surrounding it. “Don’t Look Up” will arrive in select theaters on Dec. 10 and on Netflix on December 24.

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Video Archive – Career Videos – Don’t Look Up – Film Scene 01

Sep
19
2021

In this week’s Scan Sunday, we’re still stuck in the “Summer of Streep” – that great time in 2006 when both “A Prairie Home Companion” and “The Devil Wears Prada” were released, while Meryl was simutlaneously starring in the Shakespeare in the Park production of “Mother Courage”. We’re also covering the equally busy (but less successful) 2007 with the releases of “Evening”, “Rendition” and “Lions for Lambs”. Enjoy reading.

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Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Empire Magazine (Australia, December 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Shanguide (Spain, December 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Entertainment Weekly (USA, November 16, 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Time Out London (United Kingdom, November 07, 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – El Periodico (Spain, November 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – The Guardian (United Kingdom, November 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Guia del Ocio BCN (Spain, November 09, 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Imagenes (Spain, November 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Empire Magazine (United Kingdom, October 2007)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Total Film (United Kingdom, October 2007)

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Sep
18
2021

On September 18, 1981, United Artists released “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”, in which a 32-year-old Meryl Streep played her first leading role in a motion picture. Two leading roles to be fair, since the story depicts John Fowles’ novel not only as a straight-forward adaptation, but as an embedded film within a film that portrays the lead actors’ laissez faire fling on a movie while performing the tightlipped Victorian romance between a palaeontologist and a social outcast – a contrast on how social perception or acceptance on infidelity has changed over the years, at least 40 years ago. “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” is a curious film, a drama for grown-ups, and a very odd choice for Streep’s first leading role. After her breakthrough years and an Academy Award in 1980, an All-American role like “Silkwood” would have seemed a more logical fit to hone a movie star image. But Streep, giving us a first taste of her transformative craft that would stun audiences in the many years to come, immersed herself into the British landscape and created two very unique performances in one film.

Instead of writing a long essay on the film’s anniversary I’ll rather guide you through the extensive collection of information, pictures and articles we have amassed over the last years. Have a look at the box on the left for shortcuts. I’ll give you my top takeaways anyway: The film was a critical and commercial success, receiving 11 BAFTA nominations with three wins, inlcuding Best Actress for Streep. She also won the Golden Globe as Best Actress Drama and received her third Academy Award nomination in four years, the first as Best Actress, which was awarded to Katharine Hepburn. Streep was not the first choice for the part – Fowles’ personal choice was Helen Mirren. But the studio deemed her unsuitable, thanks to the recent release of the notorious “Caligula”. Even more surprisingly, this was Jeremy Irons’ first leading role as well, and only his second motion picture.

If you want to treat yourself with an anniverary viewing today and don’t own the DVD, you can check out if it’s available to stream in your region. If you want to share your thoughts on the film, head over to Twitter for comments and selected pictures.

Sep
12
2021

On we go with another Scan Sunday – featuring new articles and review ranging from 2004 to 2006 and covering “The Manchurian Candidate”, “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”, “Prime”, “A Prairie Home Companion” and the first batch of a lot of “The Devil Wears Prada” articles. For a complete overview, have a look at the list below.

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Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Folha de Sao Palo (Brasil, September 22, 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Guia da Folha (Brasil, September 22, 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Veja (Brasil, September 20, 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Epoca (Brasil, September 18, 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – El Pais (Spain, September 08, 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Entertainment Weekly (USA, September 01, 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Viva Magazine (Argentina, September 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Set Magazine (Brasil, September 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Who (Australia, September 2006)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – Veja (Brasil, August 30, 2006)

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Sep
08
2021

In the first official look at the Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up, starring DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, the teaser trailer centers its story around DiCaprio’s character having a panic attack ahead of an Oval Office meeting after uncovering an Armageddon-like revelation. Don’t Look Up tells the story of two low-level astronomers, played by DiCaprio and Lawrence, who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth. The star-studded movie is written and directed by Adam McKay, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated movies Vice and The Big Short. Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Chiklis and Tomer Sisley round out the cast. The teaser trailer only runs for one minute and 18 seconds, but prompts several chuckles as Kate Dibiasky (Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (DiCaprio) set an infuriating White House meeting with a room of indifferent government officials, including those played by Hill and Meryl Streep, to explain their dire discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. Don’t Look Up hits select theaters Dec. 10 and releases on Netflix on Dec. 24. With the release of the trailer, three brand new production stills featuring Meryl have been published as well.

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Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Don’t Look Up – Production Stills
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Video Archive – Caeer Videos – Don’t Look Up – Teaser Trailer

Sep
05
2021

This week’s Scan Sunday ranges from 2003 to 2004 and features lots of articles on the international releases of “Adaptation”, “The Hours” and “Angels in America”. There are also various reports on her 2004 AFI Life Achievement Honor, including a great cover from The Sunday Telegram. There’s also a very nostalgic article among the updates: I vividly remember flipping through my grandparent’s tv guide in 2003 to find an article on Meryl with a link to this very website. I felt like a rock star :-) How time goes by. Anyway, enjoy all the new updates and your Sunday as well.


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Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – In Touch (USA, June 28, 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – People Magazine (USA, June 28, 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – The Sunday Telegram (USA, June 26, 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – Who Weekly (Australia, June 07, 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – The Telegraph on Sunday (Australia, June 06, 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – TV Week (Australia, June 04, 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – Who (Australia, June 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – Contigo (Brasil, May 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – Veja (Brasil, April 14, 2004)
Photo Gallery – Articles & Scans – 2004 – Foxtel Magazine (Australia, March 2004)

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