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Meryl Streep

There may be no living actor who is more respected by her colleagues, critics, the film industry, and audiences than Meryl Streep. Her body of work spans 40 years and has received the highest honors, critical acclaim, scholarly consideration, and audience favor. She believes in the transformative power of art and has been quoted to say, “the great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” And movies, she states, “have the power to change you.” The late film critic Roger Ebert, an avid admirer of Streep, made parallel remarks over the years, stating that, “empathy is the most essential quality of civilization” and “movies are the most powerful empathy machine in all the arts.”