Meryl Streep's first top-billing role in a movie ... Award nomination was for best supporting actress in 1978's "The Deer Hunter," one of the best movies about the Vietnam War.

Michael Schulman, author of Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, says that as a young theatre actress Streep “wasn't all that interested in movies…[and] joined The Deer Hunter, the 1978 Vietnam ...

How many Broadway shows has Meryl Streep been in? Meryl Streep has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows. How many West End shows has Meryl Streep been in? Meryl Streep has not appeared in the West End.