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Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren Honored at Rome Film Festival

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October 23, 2009

Meryl Streep
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Meryl Streep
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Stage and screen star Meryl Streep was honored with the Golden Marc’Aurelio Acting Award at the International Rome Film Festival, which concluded on October 23.

In addition, stage veteran and Oscar winner Helen Mirren was named Best Actres for her depiction of Leo Tolstoy’s wife in Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station.

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 and 15-time Oscar nominee, whose numerous films include Manhattan, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, Silkwood, Out of Africa, The Devil Wears Prada, Mamma Mia!, Doubt, and Julie and Julia. In addition, she won the Emmy Award for HBO’s film version of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.

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