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ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

If you haven’t watched a movie by Meryl Streep then you honestly may not be human.

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

Meryl is a movie icon. She has starred in a number of hit movies and has won numerous awards for her work. Besides the fact that she’s a fabulous actress, she’s also a great mother and devoted philanthropist.

Because Meryl is the greatest, here are ENTITY’s seven facts to make you fall even more in love with her.

1 She’s an awards show veteran.

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

Meryl is no stranger to the awards show scene. Meryl started acting in high school, and has had a long and fabulous career in the entertainment industry since.

“This is the 20th nomination for Streep, adding to her tally of most acting Oscar nominations for a single person. Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson follow with 12 nominations each,” the LA Times reported. She has won more than 40 awards altogether from various awards shows.

If you want more information on her expertise with awards shows, read this ENTITY article on her time at the Golden Globes.

2 How cool would it be to have Meryl Streep for a mom?

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

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We all know how awesome Meryl is, but can we just take a second and think about how cool it would be to have her as a mom? Meryl has four children and they are all as talented as their mother. Her only son, Henry Wolfe Gummer, is a musician who has solo music as well as music with his band, Bravo Silva.

Meryl also has three daughters. Mamie and Grace Gummer are Meryl’s second and third children, respectfully. The two are both actresses like their mother. Mamie has focused more on television, while Grace has focused more on theater. Lastly, there is Louisa Gummer, who is a professional model with IMG Models agency.

3 She’s been in countless classic movies.

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

Meryl is a film star. She has been in countless movies. In fact, she has over 80 acting credits on IMDB. Some of our favorite Meryl movies are “The Devil Wears Prada (duh),” “Mama Mia,” “Julie & Julia” and “The Iron Lady.”

But we could sit here for hours and write about our favorite Meryl movies because she’s Meryl. She’s movie royalty — let’s be real.

4 Her net worth shows she’s a baller.

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

With all of her work in the entertainment industry, Meryl is balling in money. The actress has a net worth of $65 million dollars according to COED. However, Meryl is also an active philanthropist, which we loveeeeeee.

“In addition to her accomplishments in acting, Ms. Streep is a passionate champion of causes as diverse as education, the environment, gender equality, poverty, healthcare and human rights,” reports the Creativity Foundation.

Additionally, Meryl has helped co-found her own charity, Mothers & Others, and has worked tirelessly with the environment, protecting journalists and a number of other causes.

5 She’s married to an artist.

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

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Not only is Meryl a successful artist herself, but she is also married to an artist (probably why all of her children are so artistically inclined). Meryl was first involved with John Cazale, who died in early 1978. A short while after this she met her current husband, Don Gummer, and the two later married in 1978.

“The pair first met after her partner John Cazale — of “The Godfather” and “The Deer Hunter” — died of bone cancer. She was invited to move into the vacant apartment of her brother’s friend Don, who was traveling abroad, and when Don returned, she ended up staying, and they were married within six months,” reports POPSUGAR. Don is a successful sculptor and artist.

6 Acting was not her first career choice.

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

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Even though we would all probably guess that Meryl literally came out of the womb acting, this is not the case. Although Meryl was interested in acting, she did not see it as a full-time career.

Instead she wanted to be an environmental lawyer. “Then I slept through the law school admission test, so I took it as a sign from heaven to stay in drama school,” Meryl stated. Thus she’s been winning our hearts over with her acting ever since.

7 She’s extremely dedicated to her roles.

ENTITY reports on Meryl Streep and the actress's extensive career.

Meryl couldn’t be the talented actress that she is without lots of dedication. For her 1999 film “Music of the Heart,” Meryl actually learned how to play the violin so she could play it in the film.

“Streep was given just two months to learn to play the violin,” Director Wes Craven later commented: “If you put an isolated microphone on her it wouldn’t have sounded great, but her form, her fingering – everything was perfect.” reported The Strad.

Ultimately, Meryl is basically the queen of the movie industry. She can do no wrong. Not only is she an amazing actress, she is a great mother, wife and philanthropist. We should all aspire to be like Meryl because she’s literally fabulous beyond words.

Edited by Kayla Caldwell
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