Meryl Streep 1975. In 1976, she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "A Memory of Two Mondays". In 1977, she made her screen debut in the television film "The Deadliest Season", and also made her film debut in "Julia". In 1978, she won an Emmy Award for her role in the mini-series "Holocaust", and received her first Academy Award nomination for "The Deer Hunter". Streep went on to win Best Supporting Actress for "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), and Best Actress for "Sophie's Choice" (1982) and "The Iron Lady" (2011).
Meryl Streep of Skopelos. An instant box office success, "Mamma Mia!" became Streep's highest-grossing film to date, with box office receipts of US$602.6 million, also ranking it first among the highest-grossing musical films. Nominated for another Golden Globe, Streep's performance was generally well received by critics, with Wesley Morris of "The Boston Globe" commenting: "The greatest actor in American movies has finally become a movie star." "Doubt" (also 2008) features Streep with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. A drama revolving around the stern principal nun (Streep) of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 who brings accusations of pedophilia against