These Are The 30 Greatest Performances of Meryl Streep’s Iconic Career

12. The Post (2017)

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In this timely biographical drama, Streep perfectly captures the gender bias Katharine Graham endured as the publisher of the Washington Post in the 1970s. A socialite still grieving the suicide of her husband, she becomes the editor of the newspaper just as the board is about to face a crisis. Graham didn’t consider herself cut out to be a hard-charging journalist, but she found the courage to stand up to the many men around her who doubted her ability as a leader. With Tom Hanks by her side as the Post’s confident former editor Ben Bradlee, it’s no wonder the film received an Oscar nomination for best picture.