Meryl Streep hevði sina fyrstu framførslu a palli i 1971 i leikinum 'The Playboy of Seville', aðrenn hennara fyrsta filmsleiklut i sjonvarpsfilminum 'The Deadliest Season' i 1977 . Hon hevur havt nogvar storar leiklutir, nakað ið eisini sæst aftur i hennara nogvu oscarnomineringum. Heilar 16 ferðir er hon nominerað (3 ferðir fyri besta kvinnuliga leiklut og 13 ferðir fyri besta kvinnuliga hjaleiklut) tvær ferðir hevur hon vunnið. Fyrstu ferð i einum hjaleikluti fyri Kramer vs. Kramer ( 1979 ), aðru ferð sum besti sjonleikari fyri Sophie's Choice ( 1982 ). Hon fekk eisini ein Life Achievement Award fra ti amerikanska filmsinstituttinum (AFI) i 2004 fyri umfatandi karrieru sina. Meryl Streep var nominerað til ein Oscar i Oscarhandanini i 2009 , fyri 'Besta kvinnuliga høvuðsleiklut', i filminum Doubt ( 2008 ), men vann hann ikki.

Sum heild vita folk litið um Meryl Streep, hon verjir sitt privatliv og er kend fyri at siga; "eg eri ein sjonleikarinna, ið fari heim aftana arbeiðstið".

• Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975)
• Julia (1977)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)
• Holocaust (1978)
• Uncommon Women and Others (1979)
• Manhattan (1979)
• The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
• Kramer mod Kramer (1979)
• The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
• Still of the Night (1982)
• Sophies valg (1982)
• Silkwood (1983)
• In Our Hands (1984)
• Falling in Love (1984)
• Mit Afrika ( Out of Africa , 1985)
• Plenty (1985)
• Heartburn (1986)
• Ironweed (1987)
• A Cry in the Dark (1988)
• She-Devil (1989)
• Postcards from the Edge (1990)
• Defending Your Life (1991)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Andernes hus (1993)
• A Century of Cinema (1994)
• The River Wild (1994)
• The Living Sea (1995)
• The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
• Before and After (1996)
• Marvin's Room (1996)
• Assignment: Rescue (1997)
• Eternal Memory: Voices from the Great Terror (1998)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
• One True Thing (1998)
• Chrysanthemum (1999)
• Music of the Heart (1999)
• Ginevra's Story (2000)
• Vermeer: Master of Light (2001)
• The Papp Project (2001)
• AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Orkidetyven ( Adaptation , 2002)
• The Hours (2002)
• Monet's Palate: A Gastronomic View from the Gardens of Giverny (2003)
• Stuck On You (2003)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• Lemony Snicket - En ulykke kommer sjældent alene (2004)
• Prime (2005)
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
• The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
• Dark Matter (2007)
• Evening (2007)
• Rendition (2007)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Mamma Mia (2008)
• Doubt (2008)
• Julie & Julia (2009)
• Its complicated (2010)

• Meryl Streep IMDb The Internet Movie Database.