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 Play. Streep's other Broadway credits include Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" and the Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill musical "Happy End", in which she had originally appeared off-Broadway at the Chelsea Theater Center. She received Drama Desk Award nominations for both productions. Streep's first feature film role came opposite Jane Fonda in the 1977 film "Julia", in which she had a small role during a flashback sequence. Most of her scenes were edited out, but the brief time on screen horrified the actress: However, Streep cites Fonda as having a lasting influence on her as an actress, and has credited her as