Meryl Streep: Touching Speech & Dramatic Reading

Meryl Streep's great empathy for her characters and the diversity of women she has chosen to portray has distinguished her work in film, television, and theatre for almost three decades. For this she has received an unmatched eighteen Academy Award nominations and won the Oscar three times. She was a co-founder of Mothers and Others, a consumer advocacy group that worked successfully for twelve years to change the way toxins in the environment were regulated, and to promote access to organic and sustainably grown food. She continues her advocacy work with the Women in the World Foundation and Partners in Health, among other organizations. Her husband, sculptor Don Gummer, and she are the parents of a son and three daughters.