17 Jan 2009

Meryl Streep: movies and Barack Obama

Samira Ahmed speaks to Meryl Streep about her new film and a new era in American politics.

How do you excite Meryl Streep, an actress who has won two Oscars and been nominated for 12 more? Tell her she is Barack Obama’s favourite actress.

The most renowned actress of her generation, Meryl Streep, turns 60 this year.

After the summer’s box office hit, Mamma Mia! her latest role is as the tough Catholic school nun who launches a crusade against a priest she believes is abusing a pupil.