We’re only three weeks away from the season premiere of “Only Murders in the Building”. As Hollywood is on strike and actors will not participate in any kind of promotion for their recent work, it will be interesting to see how the studios will generate buzz for their recent shows without star power. For “Only Murders”, the official poster for season 3 has been revealed by Hulu, alongside a first production still of Meryl and Martin Short. Details have been kept tight on Meryl’s character or the duration of her performance throughout the season. Edit: Additional stills and character posters have been released, alongside the season’s official synopsis:

Season 3 of “Only Murders in the Building” follows Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) as they dig deeper into a murder that takes place behind the scenes of a Broadway show. Ben Glenroy’s (Paul Rudd) Broadway debut is shortened after his sudden death, in which Charles, Oliver and Mabel band together to investigate. With the help of Ben’s co-star Loretta Durkin (Meryl Streep), the trio embarks on their toughest case yet as Oliver battles to keep this show on the road.

Remember “Extrapolations”? Scott Z. Burns’ highly anticipated anthology series for Apple TV+ on climate change with a galaxy of famous faces sat on the shelves for two years until it was released in March this year with zero promotion and just as much public interest. Meryl Streep’s top billing for the series turned out to be a two-scene cameo in the show’s second episode. It was a very disappointing affair for a show that tackles most of the most important issues of our time. It would have been great to learn more on why exactly this prestige project went so under the radar and why its topped billed stars chose not to speak about it ahead of its release. Maybe we have to wait a couple of years for this. In the meantime – better late than never – enjoy screencaptures of Meryl’s appearance, with many thanks to David for sending them in. Much appreciated.

With the recently announced actor’s strike, we’re not going to see any promotional appearances in the coming weeks or months, which will definately affect next month’s premiere of “Only Murders in the Building”. We’ll see how this turns out. So in the meantime, let’s get used to our “From the Archives” category, which is keeping the site active throughout the year. A great big batch of additional public appearances pictures from 2001-2003 have been added – covering the timespan of Meryl’s “comeback” in the early 2000s with both “Adaptation” and “The Hours”. Can’t believe this is already more than 20 years ago. Enjoy the new additions and have a wonderful weekend.

We’re exactly one month away from the premiere of “Only Murders in the Building”‘s third season, so fingers crossed there’ll be some new promotion ahead of us. In the meantime, a couple of past television appearances and promotional interviews have been updated with better resolution screencaptures, including most of her visits to “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. There are also screencaptures from her early appearances on “The View” – in various degrees of quality. They all came from compilations to celebrate the show’s recent anniversary, I’m afraid we’ll never be able to see those interviews in full. Some great finds to complete the archives nevertheless. A complete list of updates can be found below. Enjoy your weekend.

Meryl Streep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jennifer Lawrence and hundreds of other high-profile actors have signed on to a pointed letter telling SAG-AFTRA leadership that they are prepared to strike in order to achieve a “transformative deal.” In the message sent to union leadership and its negotiating committee, the A-lister coalition — also including Lena Waithe, Laura Linney, Sarah Polley and Quinta Brunson — said that “a strike brings incredible hardships to so many, and no one wants it. But we are prepared to strike if it comes to that.” Calling 2023 an “unprecedented inflection point in our industry,” the group said, “what might be considered good in any other years is simply not enough.” Rolling Stone was the first to report on the letter. The letter, which made the rounds Tuesday, aired concerns that “SAG-AFTRA members may be ready to make sacrifices that leadership is not.” The group added, “We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom, and the power of our union have all been undermined in the last decade. We need to reverse those trajectories.” The full article and letter can be read over at The Hollywood Reporter.

Many thanks to everybody for the lovely comments about the new layout, much appreciated. As not much else is happening, we continue with another “From the Archives” post, this time with some lovely public appearances additions from 1997’s “Marvin’s Room” promotion to 2000’s awards circuit for “Music of the Heart”. All updates can be found below. Enjoy your weekend.

Hello everybody and welcome to the latest version of Simply Streep. As this fansite enters its 24th anniversary this year, please bear with me for some personal words. The new look resembles what I most probably had in mind all these years ago – an online scrapbook with all information in one place. Of course, the internet has changed rapidly since then, and most of the action has moved to social media (which I’m not very good at, as you can tell by the accounts for this site). So, a fansite like Simply Streep feels very retro today, which, I think, only adds to its charm and effort in maintaining it. With the help and support of many friends and visitors, Simply Streep has become the titular archive that has exceeded my expectations time and again and of which I’m very proud of. Thanks to all of you, it means a lot. Meryl Streep’s work schedule has understandably decreased in recent years and there’s not much new to frequently report on, so we will continue to fill the archives and make it as complete as possible – while I will do my best to keep the site easy to browse and tidied up. I hope you enjoy your stay and check back soon.

Over the years, Simply Streep has amassed quite some pages of information, so it can be a little daunting finding exactly what you’re looking for. Or, on the flipside, you’ll probably find a lot of information you haven’t been aware of before. The sitemap will give you a good idea of the website’s structure. Alternatively, you can search for any keyword to browse all matching pages.

Home & Updates
On the main page, you will find all latest updates to the site and all latest news about recent and upcoming appearances.

The Archives
To learn more about Meryl Streep’s life off screen, you can browse the following subcategories. The chronology offers a year-by-year recount of Meryl Streep’s public life with film releases and appearances. In Conversation gives an more insight, quotes and videos on the many conversation panels and Q&A’s that Meryl has attended.

• Chronology
• Awards & Nominations
• Activism & Causes
• Bibliography
• In Conversation
• Real-Life Characters

Career
With over 300 projects to date, Meryl Streep’s career has been split into the following categories:

• Feature Films
• Television Films & Series
• Theatre Productions
• Theatre Readings
• Audio – Film, TV & Documentaries
• Audio – CDs, Podcasts, Radio
• Documentaries
• TV Presentations
• Online & Educational Videos

Press Library
Over 2.000 articles from around the world have been digitized over the years. They can be browsed by year, country, related film promotion and by cover stories.

• Browse by country
• Cover Stories 1970s
• Cover Stories 1980s
• Cover Stories 1990s
• Cover Stories 2000s
• Cover Stories 2010s
• Cover Stories 2020s

Photo Gallery
In the photo gallery, images are sorted in categories:

• Public Appearances
• Articles & Scans
• Feature Films
• Television Films & Series
• Theatre Productions
• Miscellaneous
• Editorial Photography
• TV & Online Appearances

You can also browse pictures by the following sorting options:

• Last uploaded pictures
• Last updated albums
• Most viewed pictures
• Top rated pictures

Video Archive
In the video archive, clips are sorted in categories:

• Career Videos
• Award Shows
• Talkshows
• Public Appearances
• Television Specials
• News Segments
• Miscellaneous

You can also browse pictures by the following sorting options:

• Most recent videos
• Most watched videos
• Random videos

Following two very quiet years, career-wise, 2023 brought two exciting new projects. AppleTV+’s “Extrapolations”, which was first announced in October of 2021, premiered on the streamer in March of 2023. While Meryl Streep received top-billing in the series’ rather odd marketing campaign (in which she didn’t participate), her role as Sienna Miller’s mother – and the voice of the Earth’s last humpback whale – was not more than a cameo in the series’ second episode. The series drew in dismal reviews and didn’t make a splash. In August, Meryl joined Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez for the third season of the highly popular “Only Murders in the Building” as a potential murder suspect – and Short’s love interest – Loretta Durkin. But Hollywood had other plans: A moth before the season’s premiere, actors went on strike over a labor dispute with the AMPTP, resulting in the longest strike in SAG-AFTRA history – and zero appearances, interviews or promotion of any kind during that time.

Meryl Streep recorded two audiobooks in 2023 – Ann Patchett’s “Tom Lake: A Novel” and Brian Selznick’s “Big Tree”, for which she received a Grammy nomination for Best Narration. In October, Streep traveled to Spain to accept the Princess of Asturias Award, presented by Leonor and the Princess of Asturias and the Princess of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs. In December, Streep was honored at the Academy Museum Gala, by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. She received the Icon Award, which celebrates an artist whose career has had a significant global cultural impact.

Audio: CDs, Podcasts & Radio

Tom Lake: A Novel

August 01, 2023

Television Films & Series

Only Murders in the Building

August 08, 2023

Audio: CDs, Podcasts & Radio

Big Tree

April 04, 2023

Television Films & Series

Extrapolations

March 17, 2023