About Meryl Streep
Born Mary Louise Streep, she is widely regarded by peers and critics as the greatest actress of her generation. She studied at Vassar College and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama. Streep often refines her characters’ dialogue to give them deep psychological motivation. She also speaks out for gender equality, workers’ rights, and challenges the male‑gaze influence in film criticism.
![“And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly and making a point in a way that you don't really know that this point is going to be made through several examples, and there will be not be a break in the speaking…” quote by Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/197/meryl-streep-1078_break_and-she-margaret-thatcher-also-had-a-sor_2115768.jpg)
