Born on June 22, 1949, in Summit, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary W. Streep, a commercial artist, and Harry William Streep, Jr., a pharmaceutical executive. Streep's mother had Swiss, Irish, and English ancestry, and her father's family was of Dutch descent, with distant Sephardic Jewish ancestors from Spain (although Streep was raised Presbyterian). She has two younger brothers, Dana and Harry. Streep was raised in Bernardsville, New Jersey, where she attended and graduated from Bernards High School. She received her B.A. in Drama at Vassar College and earned an M.F.A. from Yale University.Her latest role is Donna in the film version of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!,which hit theaters in the US on July 18, 2008. For this role she won the award of Best Female Performance at the National Movie Awards (UK). She will play Sister Aloysius in the 2008 film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, which will come to theatres on December 12, 2008. Her future film project is Julie and Julia, where she will play the late Julia Child. As of August 2008, the film has wrapped and is in post-production. It will be released in theaters April 17, 2009 in the United States. She also will be staring in a new Nancy Meyers comedy, production for that film will begin this coming February. Alec Baldwin is also attached to this film.
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