Chronology: 2012
Gold season: Meryl Streep sweeps most of 2012’s awards season for her portrayal of Margaret Thatchter, including a Bafta in the United Kingdom and her third Academy Award. While most of the year is spent picking up trophies, 2012 also sees the release of David Frankel’s “Hope Springs”, co-starring Tommy Lee Jones.
For her portrayal of Margaret Thatchter, Meryl Streep won her career’s third Academy Award, as well as several other awards, including a Golden Globe, BAFTA Film Award and New York and London Film Critics Circle Awards. The film received a second Academy Award for her longtime companion Roy Helland’s makeup work with Mark Coulier. Commenting on her third Academy Award win, Streep said “I was a kid when I won this, like, 30 years ago. Two of the nominees were not even conceived. I thought I was so old and jaded, but they call your name and you just go into a sort of white light”.
In the Summer of 2012, Streep reunited with director David Frankel for the dramedy “Hope Springs”, co-starring Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell. Streep and Jones played a middle-aged couple attending a week-long marriage counseling to bring back intimacy to their relationship. Reviews and box office revenues were favorable, and it honored Meryl Streep with yet another Golden Globe nomination.
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