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These are two of the best ever!
Both Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro are among the most beloved actors of all time. They have been nominated a whopping combined 29 times for Academy Awards and have won 5 between them. Their films have grossed an incredible $7.4 billion at the box office! They have played in some of the most iconic films ever and starred together in the highly acclaimed movie The Deer Hunter, for which they were both nominated for Best Actor and Actress.
Both Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro are among the most beloved actors of all time. They have been nominated a whopping combined 29 times for Academy Awards and have won 5 between them. Their films have grossed an incredible $7.4 billion at the box office! They have played in some of the most iconic films ever and starred together in the highly acclaimed movie The Deer Hunter, for which they were both nominated for Best Actor and Actress.
StreepMeryl Streep is a highly acclaimed and awarded actress in American film. She is the most nominated performer in history, with 21 Academy Award nominations, including 17 for Best Actress and 4 for Best Supporting Actress. She has also been nominated for 6 Grammy Awards, 1 Tony Award, 5 Emmy awards, including 3 wins, and 32 Golden Globe nominations, winning 8. She is one of the few people to be nominated for the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) and one of only 13 performers to win an Academy Award in both acting categories.
Born in 1949, she made her stage debut in 1976, receiving a Tony award nomination for her role in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. In 1977, her film debut was in Julia, in which she had a small role. She won an Emmy in 1978 for the TV mini-series Holocaust and got an Oscar nomination the same year for her role in The Deer Hunter. Her first Oscar win came in 1979 for Best Supporting Actress in Kramer vs. Kramer, co-starring Dustin Hoffman. Her other award winning film roles include Sophie’s Choice and The Iron Lady. She is well known for being able to imitate a wide range of accents in movies such as Out of Africa, French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Bridges of Madison County, Ironweed and more. In 2017, she was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement award at the Golden Globes. She is politically active, often espousing her views and supporting candidates she believes in.
Born in 1949, she made her stage debut in 1976, receiving a Tony award nomination for her role in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. In 1977, her film debut was in Julia, in which she had a small role. She won an Emmy in 1978 for the TV mini-series Holocaust and got an Oscar nomination the same year for her role in The Deer Hunter. Her first Oscar win came in 1979 for Best Supporting Actress in Kramer vs. Kramer, co-starring Dustin Hoffman. Her other award winning film roles include Sophie’s Choice and The Iron Lady. She is well known for being able to imitate a wide range of accents in movies such as Out of Africa, French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Bridges of Madison County, Ironweed and more. In 2017, she was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement award at the Golden Globes. She is politically active, often espousing her views and supporting candidates she believes in.
DeNiroBorn in 1943 in New York City, Robert De Niro is an award-winning American actor, producer, and film director. Long-time collaborator with film director Martin Scorsese, Robert first gained fame in the 1973 "Bang the Drum Slowly.". De Niro received global acclaim for his performance of young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 classic "The Godfather Part II", wherein he was awarded his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
This was followed by a stream of critically awarded performances, including the title character of Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He was once more nominated for his work in "The Deer Hunter" and won the 1980 Oscar for Best Actor for his physique-altering performance as boxer Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's "Raging Bull". This was followed by a succession of critical and commercial successes, including "Brazil", "Goodfellas", "Awakenings", and "Cape Fear". He made his debut as a film director in "A Bronx Tale" in 1993.
Throughout the following years, De Niro continued to act in diverse roles, like in comedies like "Meet the Parents". He earned his sixth Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for the film "Silver Linings Playbook" in 2012. He worked with Martin Scorsese and Joe Pesci once again in the 2019 crime epic "The Irishman", which earned him another Academy Award nomination. In 2023, he appeared in Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," for which he received his ninth Academy Award nomination, placing him in the company of actors like Spencer Tracy and Paul Newman.
De Niro has also been widely praised for his performances in films. He founded the production company TriBeCa Productions and co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival. He has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and two of those he has won, and two Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also won a Kennedy Center Honor and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. He received an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
This was followed by a stream of critically awarded performances, including the title character of Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He was once more nominated for his work in "The Deer Hunter" and won the 1980 Oscar for Best Actor for his physique-altering performance as boxer Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's "Raging Bull". This was followed by a succession of critical and commercial successes, including "Brazil", "Goodfellas", "Awakenings", and "Cape Fear". He made his debut as a film director in "A Bronx Tale" in 1993.
Throughout the following years, De Niro continued to act in diverse roles, like in comedies like "Meet the Parents". He earned his sixth Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for the film "Silver Linings Playbook" in 2012. He worked with Martin Scorsese and Joe Pesci once again in the 2019 crime epic "The Irishman", which earned him another Academy Award nomination. In 2023, he appeared in Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," for which he received his ninth Academy Award nomination, placing him in the company of actors like Spencer Tracy and Paul Newman.
De Niro has also been widely praised for his performances in films. He founded the production company TriBeCa Productions and co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival. He has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and two of those he has won, and two Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also won a Kennedy Center Honor and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. He received an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
