Meryl Streep first. Jaffee and Hoffman later spoke of Streep's tirelessness, with Hoffman commenting: The film was controversial among feminists, but it was a role which film critic Stephen Farber believed displayed Streep's "own emotional intensity", writing that she was one of the "rare performers who can imbue the most routine moments with a hint of mystery". For "Kramer vs. Kramer", Streep won both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, which she famously left in the ladies room after giving her speech. She was also awarded the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting
Meryl Streep in the 2000s director Redford considered the movie "the tightest schedule I've ever worked with". Upon its release, "Lions for Lambs" received generally negative reviews from critics, with Wesley Morris from "The Boston Globe" writing: "It does not feel good to report that a movie with Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, and Tom Cruise makes the eyelids droop. But that's what "Lions for Lambs" does." In 2008, Streep found major commercial success when she starred in Phyllida Lloyd's "Mamma Mia!", a film adaptation of the 1999 West End musical of the same name, based on the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA. Shot