A recognition of his entire career
American stage, film and television actress and singer Mary Louise Streep, known as Meryl Streep, has been awarded the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts. (SOURCE: EUROPA PRESS)
It was proposed by Pedro Almodóvar
This award marks the beginning of the forty-third edition of the Princess of Asturias Awards. This candidacy was proposed by Pedro Almodóvar, 2006 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. A total of 44 candidates of 20 nationalities were nominated for this award.
Streep began acting at the age of 12
Born in Summit, USA, on June 22, 1949, Meryl Streep began her artistic studies at the age of twelve with singing lessons and in high school she added acting classes. A graduate of Vassar College (1971) and the Yale School of Drama (1975), Streep began her career in New York theaters and performed in several Broadway productions.
One of the best contemporary actresses
With three Oscars, eight Golden Globes, two BAFTAs and three Emmys, after more than forty years of acting career, Meryl Streep is considered one of the best contemporary actresses.
Meryl’s versatility has propelled her to the top of her game.
Best known for her film roles, she has stood out for her characteristic versatility, which is supported, according to critics, by an extraordinary ability to play a wide variety of characters and reproduce different accents.
Record number of nominations at the Oscar Awards
She holds the absolute record of nominations for Oscars (21) and Golden Globes (32) and is one of the two living actresses to have won the U.S. Academy Award three times. The first time was as best supporting actress for ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ (1979), for which she also won the Golden Globe in the same category.
It was in the early 1980s that he began to receive major roles
In the early eighties she had her first leading roles, for which she was especially recognized: »The French Lieutenant’s Woman» (1981), for which she received a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, an award she repeated with »Sophie’s Choice» (1982), with which she also won her second Oscar.
To this day, the actress continues to star in major films.
Algunos de sus últimos trabajos son: »Florence Foster Jenkins» (2016), »The Post» (2017), »Little Women» (2019), »Let Them All Talk» (2020) y »Don’t Look Up» (2021).
Committed to the defense of women’s rights
A philanthropist and committed to the defense of women’s rights and gender equality, she has been a member of the advisory board of the organization Equality Now and in 2018 participated in the documentary »This Changes Everything», about gender discrimination in Hollywood.
Meryl has received numerous honorary awards
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, Streep has received numerous honorary awards such as the César (France, 2003), the Donostia of the San Sebastian Festival (Spain, 2008), the Golden Bear of the Berlin Film Festival (Germany, 2012), the Stanley Kubrick Britannia (United Kingdom, 2015) and the Cecil B. DeMille (USA, 2017), among others, and was awarded the 2010 National Medal of Arts and the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The actress receives the Princess of Asturias Award for her work as an actress.
The Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts is granted to «the work of creation, cultivation and improvement of cinematography, theater, dance, music, photography, painting, sculpture, architecture and other artistic manifestations».
Recognition of his career
Each Princess of Asturias Award is endowed with a sculpture by Joan Miró, a representative symbol of the award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of fifty thousand euros.
