Since she turned 38, Meryl Streep has been waiting for her career to collapse. Instead, at 60, she’s a box-office powerhouse – most recently, she has been energetically pursued by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin in the romantic comedy It’s Complicated.
In one of the more curious plot twists of recent industry history, Hollywood has a new box-office queen. She’s certainly not new to the industry, nor is she young. While she is fabulous by any measure, she is a babe primarily by the standards of the older set.
And yet, at an age when women have traditionally been relegated to playing old crones, Meryl Streep has become a powerhouse at the box office. She is still sexy at sixty! Read more about Meryl here.
Meryl Streep in Fred Leighton at the 2010 Academy Awards
In 2004 Meryl was the Emmy Award winner of Outstanding Lead Actress for *Angels in America*
In 2004 Meryl was the Emmy Award winner of Outstanding Lead Actress for Angels in America
Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Mary J. Blige and Oprah at the 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Meryl with Kate Winslet (and her Academy Award) at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
At the Golden Globes in 2010 with her award for *Julie & Julia*
At the Golden Globes in 2010 with her award for Julie & Julia
On the red carpet in January this year
Meryl with her daughter Louisa Jacobson Gummer at the 81st Annual Academy Awards
Meryl with Don Gummer, her husband of 32 years
On the red carpet in 2008
Making a statement at the 2004 AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards
Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and Dominic Cooper pose in Sydney for a *Mamma Mia* photo call
Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and Dominic Cooper pose in Sydney for a Mamma Mia photo call
With *Julie & Julia* co-star Amy Adams
With Julie & Julia co-star Amy Adams
Sandra Bullock gets close to Meryl at the 15th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
Meryl with Queen Elizabeth in 1980
Effortlessly cool in 1989
Studio portrait of a young Meryl Streep
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