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Meryl Streep
A celebration of Meryl Streep, perhaps the greatest actress of modern times, using decades’ worth of interviews and appearances on the BBC to tell the story of her life and incredible career.\n\nFrom the early days of Kramer vs Kramer and Sophie’s Choice right up to Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady, these conversations reveal how she has approached her most important roles over the years, giving an insight into the woman who has received more Oscar nominations that any other star and remains as acclaimed now as she was in the 1970s, when she lit up our screens for the very first time
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