ACTOR

Meryl Streep

1949 - Today

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Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Known for her versatility and adept accent work, she has been described as "the best actress of her generation". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meryl Streep has received more than 36,781,765 page views. Her biography is available in 111 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 108 in 2019). Meryl Streep is the 55th most popular actor (down from 41st in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from United States (down from 99th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Actor.

Meryl Streep is an American actress who has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards, more than any other actor in history. She is best known for her roles in the films "The Deer Hunter" (1978), "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), "Sophie's Choice" (1982), "Out of Africa" (1985), "The Iron Lady" (2011), and "Florence Foster Jenkins" (2016).

Memorability Metrics

  • 37M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 111

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Meryl Streep ranks 55 out of 13,578. Before her are James Dean, Asta Nielsen, Chuck Norris, Katharine Hepburn, Dustin Hoffman, and Elizabeth Taylor. After her are Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Gambon, Will Smith, and Christopher Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Meryl Streep ranks 7. Before her are Pablo Escobar, Benjamin Netanyahu, António Guterres, Caitlyn Jenner, Haruki Murakami, and Niki Lauda. After her are Pedro Almodóvar, Mark Knopfler, Bernard Arnault, Lech Kaczyński, Anna Wintour, and Sigourney Weaver.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Meryl Streep ranks 126 out of 20,380. Before her are Ted Bundy (1946), Barack Obama (1961), Chuck Norris (1940), Katharine Hepburn (1907), Dustin Hoffman (1937), and Dr. Seuss (1904). After her are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Richard Feynman (1918), Michael Douglas (1944), William Faulkner (1897), Milton Friedman (1912), and Patti Smith (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Meryl Streep ranks 23. Before her are Debbie Reynolds (1932), Jack Nicholson (1937), James Dean (1931), Chuck Norris (1940), Katharine Hepburn (1907), and Dustin Hoffman (1937). After her are Michael Douglas (1944), Will Smith (1968), Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), and Kirk Douglas (1916).

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