1980s Actresses: Then and Now

Meryl Streep

An adaptive and resourceful personality is what drove Meryl Streep to fame. During her roles she was able to embody the character’s life which caught director’s attention, winning her three Academy Awards and nine Golden Globe Awards. During the beginning of her career, she debuted in the stage production Trelawny of the Wells and 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. In addition to continuing her acting career throughout her entire life she accumulated many awards, some of which being the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by Barack Obama.