Cineplex Magazine December2011

5 Best...
Meryl Streep
Transformations
Before her Margaret Thatcher
bio-pic The Iron Lady hits theatres
next month, we present our five
favourite incarnations of the
chameleon known as La Streep
The Iron Lady (2012) Is it a bouffant, a
beehive, or a hairstyle unique to former British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher…and now Meryl Streep, who
plays Maggie in next month’s The Iron Lady?
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JuLIe & JuLIa
(2009)
Not only did the
five-foot-six actor convince
us she was the six-foot-two
gentle giant of cookery, she
nailed Julia Child’s most
recognizable trait — one you
can’t even see here. Her voice.
doubT (2008)
Just five months after
Mamma Mia! hits
theatres with Streep playing a
relaxed, youthful earth mother,
she reappears as Doubt’s
harsh, steely nun in dire need
of some moisturizer.
MaMMa MIa!
(2008)
Streep lets her hair
(or is it a wig) down to play a
free-spirited American running
an inn on a Greek island in this
adaptation of the Broadway
musical. And she sings! ABBA!
The devIL
WearS Prada
(2006)
Intimidating, perfectly pulled
together and as tight as a
Herve Leger bandage dress.
But while Streep’s cruel fashion
magazine editor was as harsh
as her nun in Doubt the two
performances were polar
opposites in every other way.