Meryl Streep commenting that she played it on "automatic pilot". She performed the role of Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" for Shakespeare in the Park, and also played a supporting role in "Manhattan" (1979) for Woody Allen. Streep later said that Allen did not provide her with a complete script, giving her only the six pages of her own scenes, and did not permit her to improvise a word of her dialogue. In the drama "Kramer vs. Kramer", Streep was cast opposite Dustin Hoffman as an unhappily married woman who abandons her husband and child. Streep thought that the script
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.