Streep has already been named Best Actress by the Boston Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Phoenix Film Critics Society, and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. She has also been nominated for the Golden Globe and SAG Award for her work in the film.

Streep's stage credits include Trelawny of the Wells, Secret Service, The Cherry Orchard, Happy End, The Seagull, and Mother Courage and Her Children.She is a two-time Oscar winner for Kramer Vs. Kramer and Sophie's Choice, In addition, she won the Emmy Award for HBO's film version of Tony Kushner's Angels in America.