With more than 20 Oscar nominations to her name, Meryl Streep is synonymous with success in Hollywood. Since her breakthrough role in the 1978 drama The Deer Hunter, the decorated movie star has been one of Hollywood’s most beloved artists of all time. Born and raised in New Jersey, Streep grew up attending Catholic school and was, as author Karina Longworth wrote in a 2013 biography, a “gawky kid with glasses and frizzy hair.” Though she appeared in many school plays, the soon-to-be star didn’t take acting seriously until she attended Vassar College, where her acclaimed performance in a production of Miss Julie generated serious buzz on campus.
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