Meryl Streep on screen and stage Deer Hunter" (1978) proved to be a breakthrough for Streep and she received her first Academy Award nomination for it. She won the award the following year for playing a troubled wife in the top-grossing drama "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979). Also in 1978, Streep played a German married to a Jew in Nazi Germany in the television miniseries "Holocaust", which earned her the Emmy Award for Best Actress. Streep established herself as a leading Hollywood actress in the 1980s. She played dual roles in the period drama "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981), and starred as a Polish Holocaust survivor in
Meryl Streep in the 2000s films "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events". In 2005, Streep starred in the film "Prime". Streep began 2006 with the film "A Prairie Home Companion", and that same year starred in "The Devil Wears Prada" and the stage production "Mother Courage and Her Children". In 2007, Streep appeared in the films "Dark Matter", "Rendition", "Evening", and "Lions for Lambs". In 2008, Streep starred in the films "Mamma Mia!" and "Doubt". In 2009, Streep starred in the films "Julie & Julia" and "It's Complicated", as well as loaning her voice to the animated film "Fantastic Mr.