Meryl Streep: Oscar legend, "iron lady" of feminism and LGBT rights

It is no exaggeration to call Meryl Streep the "golden woman", because of her contributions to art and her struggle to share the message of honoring women's rights and the LGBT community.

Meryl Streep was born in 1949. After 45 years of pursuing an acting career, she was honored as "The best actress of the century". In 1975, Meryl Streep participated in her first play "Trelawny of the Wells" and quickly won the Tony Award for "Best Drama Actress".

Meryl Streep won 21 Oscar nominations, more than any other actor and won more than 3 Oscars for acting. The female star also set a record of 30 Golden Globe Award nominations and won 8 awards. The career of female star Meryl Streep is proof that ability is the loudest voice that no one can refute.

In addition to her "formidable" career in Hollywood, Meryl Streep is also admired and honored by people for always fighting for gender equality and disadvantaged communities in society.

Although Meryl Streep does not have a "sky-high" appearance, she is admired and respected by people thanks to her skillful acting ability, wonderfully transforming into each character. Many people have advised her to get beauty treatments, but the actress "Love Women from Brands" always frankly refused because she wanted to keep her original beauty. Instead of taking care of her appearance like many actresses of her time, she worked hard and lived her life to the fullest for each role. She declared: "For actresses, worrying about their appearance is a terrible trap. Appearance for me is 6 points, it is not a trump card." However, we cannot help but admit that at the age of 70, Meryl Streep looks surprisingly beautiful!

In addition to her nominations and numerous achievements, Meryl Streep also received four honorary doctorates. Three of them come from the world's leading universities such as Harvard, Princeton and Yale. In 2014, thanks to Streep's cinematic talent and positive contributions to campaigns for women's rights, the three Oscar winner received a doctorate in arts from Indiana University in Bloomington.

Meryl Streep's greatness did not stop there, when in the early 80s, the female star contributed a lot to university charity funds to train talented people in the field of art. Besides, she is also a pioneer in the movement to fight for equal rights for women. Meryl is a spokesperson for the Women's History Museum, to which she donated $1 million from the film "The Iron Lady." In addition, Meryl is also a gay rights campaigner. Her support for the LGBT community was awarded the "Ally for Equality Award" by the Human Rights Campain organization.

Regarding the most shocking event throughout her career, it must be mentioned the moment Meryl Streep did not hesitate to criticize US President - Donald Trump. In her acceptance speech at the 2017 Golden Globes, the actress "Love a Branded Lady" shocked Hollywood by cleverly turning the Film Awards Ceremony into a political "event" attacking President Donald Trump. at the time he first took office. Accordingly, Meryl Streep cleverly criticized Donald Trump, when participating in the election, he mocked disabled reporter Serge Kovaleski of the New York Times, and made many comments attacking women and minority communities.

She said: "There was a performance last year that shocked me. Not because it was good, there was nothing good about it. But it worked. It was funny. It was a moment that The man aiming for America's most respected position mocked a disabled reporter.

This person was inferior to him in power and had no ability to respond. My heart broke when I witnessed this behavior and I couldn't help but think about it, because this didn't happen in a movie but in real life." Although Meryl Streep did not mention Trump's name, everyone knows her. criticizing someone.

Meryl Streep's speech immediately received support from many Hollywood stars such as famous host Ellen DeGeneres, star Sharon Stone, actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star Julianne Moore... They admire Meryl Streep, they call her a strong woman and thank her for speaking the truth and winning rights for "voiceless" communities.

Despite being so brilliant on screen, Meryl's love life is very calm. Meryl once loved actor John Cazale (The Godfather). He is also my first love. The 29-year-old woman quickly fell in love with the 41-year-old actor when they both participated in the play Measure For Measure. Meryl said of him, "He was like no one I met."

During those years, they lived together in a penthouse at 146 Franklin Street in Manhattan and acted in The Deer Hunter. She stayed by his side until the moment John passed away in March 1978 from cancer. This is a huge loss in Meryl's life.

A few months later, Meryl had to leave the place that was once their home. She called her younger brother Harry Streep to help pack her things. The younger brother brought along his friend - sculptor Don Gummer to help.

As fate would have it, Don had a long vacation in Pakistan, so Meryl rented his room. The two began exchanging letters, then a car accident caused Don Gummer to end his vacation and return home earlier than planned. Even though her love affair with John ended tragically, Meryl did not allow that to stop her progress in work or love. Therefore, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to her work and instead of running away, Meryl decided to courageously open her heart again.

That same year, September 1978, Don proposed to Meryl and received a "Yes". Many people harshly judged this quick love affair. Even Meryl's mother did not agree. However, four decades have passed, the couple has four children together, and their relationship is still extremely passionate. They proved the old critics wrong. Don Gummer often attends Oscar ceremonies with his wife. He always looks at Meryl proudly. Don once said emotionally, "I never thought of myself as a star, I would even get angry and correct anyone who called me that. But I am truly a star. Not only in work but also in life." to me. You are the star that lights up my life."

In 1989, Bette Davis - who many critics recognize as the best American actress of all time - sent a letter of support to Meryl. Davis said she believes Meryl will continue her title. And yes, Meryl Streep has done it - a new Hollywood legend.

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