Meryl Streep. A life in film. - Iain Johnstone

Meryl Streep has won more critical acclaim than any other actress of her generation. Known for her near-obsessive perfectionism in preparing for a part (to take the title role in Sophie's Choice, Streep learned polish), and a flawless ability to mimic any accent, Streep is considered by many reviewers to be the greatest living screen actor. In this first full-lenght biography for 20 years, Iain Johnstone, biographer of Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood, explores her meteoric rise through the New York Theatre to becoming one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.