Simply Streep is your premiere source on Meryl Streep's work on film, television and in the theatre - a career that has won her three Academy Awards and the praise to be one of the world's greatest working actresses. Created in 1999, we have built an extensive collection to discover Miss Streep's work through an archive of press articles, photos and videos. Enjoy your stay and check back soon.
Apr
16
2016

Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant were guests on this week’s The Graham Norton Show to promote the upcoming theatrical release of “Florence Foster Jenkins”. The full episode can be watched in the video archive. Screencaptures from the broadcast and promotionals from the taping have been added to the photo gallery.


Apr
12
2016

The London premiere for “Florence Foster Jenkins” takes place as we speak, and the first batch of pictures, featuring Meryl and co-star Hugh Grant, have been added to the photo gallery. There’s more to come, so check back soon. American fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the film, as Paramount has set its release date for August 12. Edit: Hundreds of additional pictures have been posted, including many HQs submitted by my friend Lindsey. Enjoy the new additions.


Apr
10
2016

This week’s Scan Sunday features a bunch of great cover stories from Germany and one from Austria. Included is a 1986 of Quick (that’s how fast you forget their gossiping about a possible Streep/Nicholson affair for the release of “Heartburn”) and a lenghty Stern cover story on “The House of the Spirits and the return of romantic movies, also covering Sleepless in Seattle and The Piano. The fourth magazine, another beautiful cover, has been replaced with higher resolution scans. Many thanks to Fred and Alvaro for their contributions. To read all articles, click any of the previews below.


Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Frau im Spiegel (Germany, June 19, 1997)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Stern (Germany, November 04, 1993)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Fernseh und Radio Woche (Austria, March 07, 1992)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Quick (Germany, August 28, 1986)
Apr
08
2016

Meryl has been a steady visitor to Tina Brown’s Women in the World Summit ever since its inauguration and 2016 marks no difference. Today, she has taken the stage to talk about how far women have come in history and why they will no longer be marginalized. A first excerpt of her speech can be found on Youtube. Pictures have been added to the photo gallery with more information to come.


Apr
05
2016

Last night, New York City’s Webster Hall hosted an all-star fundraiser for legendary keyboardist Bernie Worrell, who is battling cancer. The “All The Woo In The World” show featured over four hours of funk. Worrell himself was on hand as was famed actress Meryl Streep and director Jonathan Demme. Pictures from the benefit have been added to the photo gallery. Next week will bring us the British promotion for “Florence Foster Jenkins”, for which Meryl will be a guest on The Graham Norton Show (airing next Friday, April 15).

Apr
03
2016

Scans from the April issue of Vanity Fair have been added to the photo gallery, featruing a lenghty excerpt of the upcoming book “Her Again” and some amazing pictures from Brigitte Lacombe. Many thanks to Alvaro and to Ann for helping me on this one. Enjoy your Sunday!


Apr
02
2016

A couple of new production stills for the upcoming “Florence Foster Jenkins” have been added to the photo gallery. There’s also news on public appearances this April. The London premiere will take place on April 12, and on April 13 Meryl Streep and Simon Helberg will attend a Q&A hosted by Telegraph Film Critic, Robbie Collin, including an exclusive preview screening of Florence Foster Jenkins at the Curzon Mayfair, 3 weeks before the film is released in cinemas on 6th May. Also this Monday, Meryl will attend the “All the Woo in the World” benefit in New York City to celebrate Legendary Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell. As you can see, there’s a lot to look forward to this April!

Mar
29
2016

Vanity Fair runs a cover story on Meryl Streep with its April issue, featuring a lenghty excerpt from the upcoming book, “Her Again”, (about which you read more this coming April), written by Michael Schulman. At 29, Meryl Streep was grieving for a dead lover, falling for her future husband, and starting work on Kramer vs. Kramer, the movie that would make her a star and sweep the 1980 Oscars. In an adaptation from his upcoming biography of the actress, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, Michael Schulman recounts the struggles—physical, emotional, and intellectual—that launched Streep’s legend.

Mar
28
2016

“Florence Foster Jenkins” will celebrate its world-premiere with a red carpet at London’s Odeon Leicester Square on April 12, 2016. The film, directed by Stephen Frears, will be shown at the Belfast Film Festival on April 23 before its theatrical release in the United Kingdom on May 06, 2016. A release date for the United States has not yet been set, but it will play throughout Europe starting in April. Check back for more release dates as news are being announced.

Mar
27
2016

A whopping ten magazine coverages have been added for this week’s Scan Sunday. All articles cover “Out of Africa” and include reports from the set, and interviews with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. Eight cover stories from the United States, Canada, Belgium and France are featured with some great new pictures (and have a look at France’s Confidence cover, that’s how Photoshop looked in 1986). Many thanks to Fred and Alvaro for their contributions. To launch all latest scans, click any of the previews below. And if you don’t know what to watch over this long Easter weekend, give “Out of Africa” a go.


Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Tele a la Une (France, October 27, 1993)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Le Soir Illustre (France, April 01, 1989)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Film Net 24 (Netherlands, November 1988)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Prime Time Magazine (Canada, February 1987)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Videomania (Canada, August 15, 1986)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Tele Moustique (Belgium, March 27, 1986)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Jeune Cinema (France, March 1986)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Weekend Magazine (Italy, March 1986)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Confidences (France, March 20, 1986)
Photo Gallery – Magazine Scans – Playgirl (USA, January 1986)