Photos: Meryl Streep through the years
Iconic actor Meryl Streep turns 72 on June 22. Here's a look back at her life and career in photos.
Actress Meryl Streep, center, is accompanied by Jamie Haynes, left, and Jon Ballucci, right, as she arrives at the Hasty Pudding Club in Cambridge, Mass., to receive the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award, February 13, 1980. (AP Photo)
Actor Al Pacino and actress Meryl Streep, both nominated for this years Academy Awards, are seen at the party for New York's nominees at Central Park's Tavern on the Green in New York, on April 14, 1980. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)
Actress Meryl Streep and husband Don Gummer arrive for the party for the film "Sophie's Choice", Dec. 5, 1982. (AP Photo/Mark Elias)
Oscar winners Jessica Lange, left, and Meryl Streep pose backstage at the 55th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., Monday night, April 11, 1983. Lange was named best supporting actress for her role in "Tootsie." Streep won best actress for her role in "Sophie's Choice." (AP Photo)
Actress Meryl Streep autographs a clay print of her hand at her hotel in Antibes on the French Riviera, May 13, 1989. Streep's latest film "A Cry In The Dark," will be seen later today at the 42nd Cannes Film Festival. (AP Photo/Gilbert Tourte)
Actress Meryl Streep poses backstage with the award she received at the People's Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif., on March 10, 1990. (AP Photo/Doug Sheridan)
Actresses Meryl Streep, left, and Barbra Streisand applaud on stage during a reunion of past Oscar winners during the 75th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 23, 2003, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Meryl Streep accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie for her work on "Angels In America" at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Cast and producers including Al Pacino, third from left, Meryl Streep, third from right, and Mike Nichols, second from right, hold the award for outstanding miniseries for their work on "Angels In America," at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Actress Meryl Streep accepts her award for best actress in a television movie for her work in "Angels in America" at the 10th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Actress Meryl Streep arrives for the world premiere of the Manchurian Candidate in New York, Monday, July 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
U.S. actor Denzel Washington, left, and actress Meryl Streep gesticulate during a photocall at the 61st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, northern Italy, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004. Washington and Streep are in Venice to present their latest movie "The Manchurian Candidate" which will be shown out of competition. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Die U.S. Schaupieler Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Lindsay Lohan und Regisseur Robert Altman, von rechts, waehrend eines Photocalls zum Film 'A Prairie Home Companion' bei der 56. Berlinale in Berlin am Sonntag, 12. Februar 2006. 19 Filme sind bei dem Internationalen Filmfestival bis zum 19. Februar 2006 im Wettbewerb um die Goldenen und Silbernen Baeren. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer) --- U.S. actress Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Lindsay Lohan and director Robert Altman, from right, attend a photocall to present film 'A Prairie Home Companion' will be shown in the competition of the 56th Berlin Film Festival 'Berlinale' on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006. A total of 19 films from around the world compete for the festival's top Golden Bear award. The Berlin film festival takes place from Feb. 9 to Feb. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer)
Director, Producer and Writer Robert Altman, center, holds the honorary Oscar as he poses with actresses Meryl Streep, left, and Lily Tomlin, right, during the 78th Academy Awards telecast Sunday, March 5, 2006, in Los Angeles. Altman received the honorary Oscar from the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Lily Tomlin, left, and Meryl Streep introduce Robert Altman, a director, producer and writer as the recipient of an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the 78th Academy Awards Sunday, March 5, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Cast members from left to right, Stanley Tucci, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Daniel Sunjata, pose for photographers during the red carpet arrivals for the New York premiere of the film titled The Devil Wears Prada, Monday, June 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
US actress Meryl Streep, right, and US actress Anne Hathaway walk the red carpet prior to the screening of the movie 'The Devil wears Prada' by US director David Frankel at the 63rd edition of the Venice film festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept.7, 2006. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Meryl Streep poses with the award she won for best actress in a musical or comedy for her work in "The Devil Wears Prada," at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Charles, Prince of Wales, left, is presented the Global Environmental Citizen Award by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and actress Meryl Streep at the Harvard Club in New York, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Mike Segar, Pool)
U.S. actress Meryl Streep smiles in Rome Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, during the presentation of her latest movie "Mamma Mia!" (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Actress Meryl Streep poses with her award where she was honored at the 35th Annual Lincoln Center Film Society Tribute on Monday, April 14, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Abba members Agnetha Faltskog (L) and Anni-Frid Lyngstad-Reuss (C) improvise a dance with cast member Meryl Streep (R) at the premiere of the movie version of the musical 'Mamma Mia' in Stockholm Friday July 4, 2008. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo / Leif R Jansson)
Cast member Meryl Streep arrives at the premiere of "Doubt" during the AFI Fest 2008 opening night gala in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis and Tracey Ullman at Miramax' Los Angeles Special Screening of 'Doubt' at the AMPAS on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 in Beverly Hills. (Eric Charbonneau/AP Images for Miramax)
U.S actress Meryl Streep poses during a photocall for the movie " Julie and Julia" at the 35th American Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, in Deauville, Normandy, France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
U.S. actress Meryl Streep waves to photographer during a promotion of the movie ' Mamma mia' in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Cast member Meryl Streep arrives at the premiere of "Julie and Julia" in Los Angeles on Monday, July 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Director and writer Nora Ephron, left, cast members Meryl Streep, center, and Amy Adams pose together at the premiere of "Julie and Julia" in Los Angeles on Monday, July 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Meryl Streep, center left, and Sandra Bullock get ready to kiss as they tie for the award of best actress on stage at the 15th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, in Los Angeles. Looking on in background right is Bradley Cooper. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
From left, Best Original Screenplay winner Mark Boal, Best Director winner Kathryn Bigelow, Best Adapted Screenplay winner Geoffrey Fletcher and Meryl Streep at the Governors Ball following the the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
In this photo provided by StarPix, from left to right, Ingrid Betancourt, designer Diane von Furstenberg, actress Meryl Streep, and Christiane Amanpour pose at the DVF Awards Saturday, March 13, 2010 at United Nations headquarters in New York. Betancourt, a French-Colombian who was running for president of Colombia when she was kidnapped in 2002 by leftist FARC guerrillas, was one of four women honored at the event. (AP Photo, StarPix, Amanda Schwab)
From left, actress Meryl Streep and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter speak after Streep was presented with an honorary degree, as the two were among those presented with honorary degrees during Harvard University Commencement, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
CORRECTS NAME - Actress Meryl Streep poses for the photo call of the film The Iron Lady at the 62 edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Meryl Streep will be awarded with the the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Meryl Streep arrives before the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Meryl Streep poses with her award for best actress for "The Iron Lady" during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Meryl Streep, right, hugs Sandra Bullock at the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Actress Meryl Streep uses her iPhone to get a photo of her and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton following the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Meryl Streep gives her autograph for a Japanese fan upon her arrival for the Japan premiere of "Into the Woods" in Tokyo Wednesday, March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
From left, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff and Carey Mulligan pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film Suffragette, which is also the opening gala of the London film festival in London, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. The festival runs from Oct. 7 until Oct. 18. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
Actress Meryl Streep accepts the 2014 Monte Cristo Award at the Edison Ballroom, on Monday, April 21, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Luiz C. Ribeiro/Invision/AP)
Meryl Streep stands for applause at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, left, and feminist icon Gloria Steinem appear before an audience, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, during the 13th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women, in Boston. The conference opened Thursday against a backdrop of expanding allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent men in Hollywood, politics and the media. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Director Steven Spielberg, from left, actors Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Post ' in London, Wednesday, Jan. 10th, 2018. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)