Meryl Streep Wins Best Actress: 1983 Oscars

Sylvester Stallone presenting Meryl Streep the Oscar® for Best Actress for her performance in "Sophie's Choice" at the 55th Academy Awards® in 1983.

[@modarXmodar]

I just love that she and her husband are still together. 40 years of marriage wow! That’s rare in Hollywood

[@ericandy88]

Usually marrying someone out of the business is key.

[@saumyapathak5865]

I gave you your 100th like :)

[@mateusgrijo5315]

Me and my husband will too.

[@Rash23215]

@@mateusgrijo5315 it's easier said than done...

[@mckavitt13]

@@ericandy88 Then there's George Burns & Gracie Allen. ❤

[@will.a.benjamin]

Possibly the most deserved Oscar ever.

[@fabianpatrizio2865]

+Benny Altair Jessica Lange was better....Streep won coz she used an accent :) period.

[@streetcar5114]

+Fabian Patrizio i believe even Ms. Lange herself would say your stupid if you think her performance was better than Meryl in Sophies choice. though sometimes i admit shes overrated but her performance in Sophies Choice is simply one the best performance ive ever seen done by any actor/actress.

[@fabianpatrizio2865]

No sorry...it's fine...but it's not great, if you know anything about acting....she's very calculated for effect, and more in love with achieving a perfect accent etc...also the subject matter is always a winner (holocaust)

[@will.a.benjamin]

Fabian Patrizio You don't even know what you're talking about. It's not just about speaking with an accent, she actually learned to speak Polish and German for the role just to get the proper accent. That alone is a lot of time and work to put into just one element of a performance. Did Jessica Lange do anything like that? No.

[@streetcar5114]

+Fabian Patrizio in the "choice" scene, when the guards took away her daughter she didnt utter any single words but her facial expression alone gave me chills, everything was all natural, gesture of shaky hand, her mouth wide open, for me shes no longer acting on that scene she really did become a mother whose daughter was taken away from to be burn alive. If that is not what you call great acting then i dont know what is.

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

One of the few times in Oscar history where there can be no doubt whatsoever that the right person took home the statue.

[@nsimpson76]

I definitely think Meryl did a great job and deserved the Oscar, but all those performances were amazing!

[@cpos13]

Have you never seen Jessica Lange in Frances?

[@MrLuis85698]

cpo2354 she was beyond amazing but Meryl did her best performance ever and perhaps the best performance seen on the screen

[@oceans80]

She was amazing, Jessica Lange would have won the Oscar in any other year.

[@apocalypseplough8089]

Pauline Kael didn't like her. She said Streep acted from the neck up. streepsophies.blogspot.ca/2005/04/pauline-kael.html

[@nsimpson76]

Julie Andrews looks gorgeous!!!!

[@DadCanDance]

Sissy Spacek too.

[@valeriazenoni6478]

When she didn't?

[@mckavitt13]

@@valeriazenoni6478 When didn't she? My thought exactly.

[@paolapaz1240]

Yeahhh!!

[@mckavitt13]

That's because she is.

[@Euroviking86]

Those are the luckiest group of 'losers' ever. They can always say, "Sure I didn't win, but hey, I was up against Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice", so I'm practically a winner."

[@johnchipol7716]

It was in 1939 the luckiest losers greta garbo bette Davis irene Dunne and Greer garson because vivien leigh won it by a country mile

[@joiopieopie]

EXACTLY!! they are all legends!

[@yoni5570]

@@johnchipol7716 Just watched Gone With the Wind last night. Vivien was just astonishing.

[@johnchipol7716]

@@yoni5570 people forget that it was her 1st film in america when everyone was dismissing her the book was brought by millions people at the time were saying vivien who before she was cast she only got a vote out of 100 when she got the part 13 for 213 against but she climb to the top in that film and got millions of adoring fans she was born to play scarlett I recommend you to see vivien leigh and her oscar win by rita wilson the wife of Tom Hanks you will be astonish believe me

[@yoni5570]

@@johnchipol7716 Will do. Yes Vivien was IT. Love Katharine Hepburn but it’s good she turned it down. Also Gary Cooper turned down Rhett Butler.

[@aboutjbe]

Julie Andrews looked absolutely breathtaking.

[@Neuroneos]

The single greatest performance in the history of cinema.

[@Neuroneos]

John Doe Really? It doesn't even compare. Meryl had to learn how to speak German with a Polish accent, and she still nailed it.

[@leobergmiller873]

Neuroneos It is no doubt top 3, and I have no argument against it being #1. The only others I can think of being competitors at all are DDL in My Left Foot and RDN in Raging Bull

[@CoachingHigher]

Neuroneos Absolutely... She's beyond

[@bookfan5033]

Neuroneos Couldn't agree more. I've seen many great movies and I can see that their acting is good/great but it doesn't happen very often that acting takes my breath away. Like, yes, I subconsciusly (sorry if I spelled that wrong, this is not my mother tongue) know that acting is good but that doesn't often reach the surface as I focus on the plot. In my opinion, many great actors are on the same level as other great actors and therefore they can't leave me in awe. But Meryl did. It took my breath away how someone's acting can be so...perfect. From accents and facial expressions to that terrifying scene in which she showed the greatest understanding of human emotions ever. The greatest performance given by an actress or actor in movie history imo.

[@bigmassivebrid]

I love your profile pic! :)

[@shadysorkin9214]

Shes an American actress that had to learn to speak German whilst having a Polish accent, and with all those obstacles still managed to give one of the best performances ever. What an insanely talented woman.

[@heidinova6883]

My fiancé's family are Polish immigrants to the U.S., so I have tried to learn a little of the language, and that's not easy. She did an amazing job.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Totally deserved win. Her performance of Sophie was unmatched.

[@enricovankeeken1624]

*$he like wh00pi is a dIsgrace 2_women*

[@rogerjoseph8522]

unmatched. but the calibre of nominees is also astounding< Andrews, Lange, Spacek, Winger - anyone would be a winner, any other year.

[@shanswiss1216]

I died when she went back to pick up her speech, you're the best Meryl

[@01zegar]

so what she pick up ? is it strange ?

[@Mst3kfan1994]

So marvelous seeing how youthful Meryl and Don were 30 years ago and how much they've retained that spirit and radiance since. Wondrous couple.

[@mariaantonietaschiogazzi154]

C. ac

[@mariaantonietaschiogazzi154]

A d d

[@sharonjensen3016]

Was Meryl pregnant during this awards ceremony? I couldn't help wondering.

[@laisa7531]

@@sharonjensen3016 Yes she was pregnant. Mamie Gummer in 1983

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

@@sharonjensen3016 Yes she talks about it in Graham Norton show about how she was lactating during the Globes. You should check it out. It's hilarious.

[@morley247]

We have to admit it, Meryl deserved this win.

[@HovaNirvana]

Karl Vincent I have no problem admitting this. It's a pantheon performance. Hell it's arguably the greatest ever committed to film.

[@johnchipol7716]

Yes

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

@@HovaNirvana Yes it's my second best after Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind.

[@michelrodrigues5686]

@@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi It is my first.

[@linkbiff1054]

I WANT to admit she was amazing

[@lynnturman8157]

Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE is the best performance by an actor ever recorded on film, imo...

[@phoebedlrm]

***** I am sorry no disrespect to Hilary Swank but it does not come even close on both a technical and emotional level to the performance by Meryl Streep on Sophie's Choice, it is NOT SO HARD for a good actress to play a boy, yes she was great but it is just not comparable. Meryl Streep was perfect technically - including accents and languages, and on an emotional level she was far superior. I love Hilary Swank dont get me wrong but even she would agree to this

[@phoebedlrm]

***** I still love Hilary and Natalie but I think for any GOOD actress those performances would be much easier to obtain than the emotional depth and technical mastery of Meryl in Sophie's choice. I mean Natalie was EXCELLENT in black swan but honestly most good actresses can play crazy and vulnerable quite convincingly. Same with Hilary, she was VERY good but not so hard for an actress to play a girl acting like a man. Technically not as challenging. Still very good performances and definitely Oscar worthy but Meryl Streep on this is just too disturbing, and mastering German and Polish and doing the accents so perfectly while maintaining and conveying emotion is not very easy, not many can do it.

[@phoebedlrm]

x

[@phoebedlrm]

***** No Simon I speak 3 languages so I know how hard it is to express emotion accurately in a different language than your mother tongue

[@OzbisgreedImWicked]

In my opinion, Streep is incredible in 'Sophie's Choice'. I mean, I don't know how she actually made it, I was emotionally drained just watching it! But, in my opinion the best performance ever given in the history of cinema has to be by Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf in 'La Vie en Rose'. Not only did Cotillard completely inhabit the character of Edith Piaf (I honestly forgot I was watching an actress and not Piaf, herself), but her performance transcended the barrier of language, making her the second person to ever receive an Academy Award for a foreign-language performance.

[@CherFanClub]

YOU GO, GIRL!

[@michaelross4611]

I have never seen an actress give a performance like Meryl Streep did in Sophie's choice, she had to learn German and Polish and her accent was dead on!

[@andressalgado4558]

Julie andrews, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek ALL LEGENDS

[@johnchipol7716]

Ofcourse they are

[@BearP89]

I cant wait for Meryl to win again this year for 'The Iron Lady'

[@johnchipol7716]

Your wish came a reality and well deserve

[@bronoblack]

Her "Oh, boy!" is epic!

[@princepeterwolf]

Her performance in Sophie's choice is the greatest acting performance ever captured on film

[@longmemory1620]

what brando did in A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 was better

[@randywhite3947]

Trump 2020 that’s not even his best performance

[@lilspring1057]

Im still afraid of seeing this movie... 😳... I know it's out there, untouchable.. I just can't get the courage to watch that scene.

[@rerrpr]

The only one that could had won the award besides Meryl, was Jessica Lange. She was close to perfection in Frances, but Streep in Sophie's Choice was a masterclass in acting.

[@bondisteve]

Probably the greatest performance ever captured on film.

[@GillDawe]

I just watched Sophie's Choice for the first time. I can't believe I didn't allow myself the privilege of watching it before now. Meryl definitely deserved this award. Absolutely amazing performance...

[@francotan6119]

To my opinion, the best female role ever played in a movie, played by the most outstanding actress ever.

[@johnchipol7716]

The best female role ever was scarlett ohara that's why 80 years later we still talk about it and also the best performance ever

[@michelrodrigues5686]

@@johnchipol7716 It is your opinion. Meryl in Sophie's Choice is just the greatest of them all.

[@johnchipol7716]

@@michelrodrigues5686 not my opinion in 2019 energy weekly did an on line voting who the best oscar winner was vivien 55 % meryl 45% thousands of american voting for weeks see the video narrated by rita wilson wife of tom Hanks

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

@@johnchipol7716 Also Be kind Rewind covered it in Meryl's Streep video. That's how I got to know.

[@johnchipol7716]

@@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi in 2019 energy entertainment put an on live vote who was the greatest performance ever vivien leigh 55% Meryl Streep 45% and it was in the usa

[@cristinaaguilan7397]

She acknowledged everyone for her amazing victory as Best Actress! So humble, so Meryl! She's truly the greatest of all time!

[@waldemarlopess]

Julie Andrews looks breathtakingly gorgeous! So elegant, radiant, classy. She was my favorite that year and her role became iconic.

[@LovePirates44]

Jessica Lange looks gorgeous

[@ANFeuerstahl]

***** Totally 100% absolutely for sure one can say.

[@bigboy6191]

She looks depressed

[@johnchipol7716]

She was a great fan of vivien leigh she once said it's a rare phenomenon when someone could play the role that is unimarginal anyone playing that role to me she represented everything an actor could be referring to vivien in gone with the wind

[@TinaStMarie]

@@bigboy6191 Some actors are naturally introverted and do not feel comfortable having a huge camera in our face when not in character. Jessica Lange is lovely, always. Be Blessed!

[@thewomaninthemoon]

She's so adorable,pregnant and glowing.That was a really sweet moment with her husband,he must be so proud to have her as his wife.

[@donaldseidel1282]

She was so very humble-beautiful acceptance.

[@Channel-ew9dr]

Most deserved female oscar win. "Sophie's Choice" will always be a chilling film experience. And Sophie, is still (to my mind) the most brilliantly written - and handled by an actress - female role in recent Hollywood. Also, I love the fact that she was pregnant with her second child whilst accepting this. It's like the baby gave her a gift before arriving and giving her another.

[@Lucky4991]

She was pregnant here! So beautiful!

[@pocm100]

THE ENTIRE CATEGORY IS TOO POWERFUL WITH THESE NOMINEES. But Meryl WOW what a performance.

[@jamesdrynan]

Rarely can you see someone inhabit a role like Streep does with Sophie. Her dialect is perfection and her acting is impeccable.

[@oceans80]

I saw Sophie's Choice with my mother, who is Baltic Geran and was a child in occupied Poland for part of the war. My mother was gobsmacked by Streep - she told me Meryl Streep sounded exactly like a Polish woman speaking German - that's how great Meryl was.

[@SeattleRaindrop206]

🩵🩵🩵

[@TheGreekPianist]

She was like a COMPLETELY different person in that film!

[@improbablecontinent]

What grace and intelligence radiates from this woman. She wins and, overwrought with emotion, describes her feeling clearly and succinctly to a full crowd. Then for her entire speech, she thanks others for her success. I know thanking people is a common speech, but you feel the gratitude when Streep speaks. And you feel it is sincere.

[@orbitalsatellite]

Probably the most powerful performance. It just rips your heart out. Brilliant writing. directing, everything.

[@ofxone2050]

I find it funny how quickly she took the statue from Sylvester with one hand, lmao 🤣

[@hardsam68]

The Oscars were so classy back then in the dark, now its all lit up and very disappointing...the Oscars have lost that mystique they once had

Technology is to blame.

[@jhock9171]

The movies themselves have lost a lot of their mystique, so perhaps it's appropriate the Oscars have as well.

[@rgrndu]

Pascoe Braun Putz!

[@sbn49ajc98]

And too political. I stopped watching about 10 yrs ago.

[@maxipazz8214]

rgrndu cheers m8

[@sanloubig]

Meryl can do no wrong, but the academy must have had trouble choosing between the other stellar performances in the best actress category in 1983. What a year for women in film.

[@AnneLiesveld]

Gives you a clue that you are dealing with talent that women (and men) who are her age who are all in their early 60s? (Is Merryl 65? or younger?) can be referenced back this far in their career to the beginning.Then you realize they are going now and it is like WOW!!

[@JorgeAl]

sanloubig yes, I think this was a year of amazing performances! Each one of them deserved an award! ❤️

[@michelrodrigues5686]

Don't think so. Her performance was the one everbody was talking. Stalone doesn't call MARVELOUS when reading the winner for no reason. Just to have an idea about the impact Meryl caused that time. The catagory that year was in its highest peak, but no one could beat her which shows the true power her portrayal has even nowadays.

[@djmotise]

@@michelrodrigues5686 Agreed. Meryl must have gotten at least 99% percent of the vote. With a performance this great, no one would even think of voting for the others.

[@simplypqz]

The competition was WILD.

[@mlc2005]

There may be movies I like better, or female characters more enjoyable to watch, but I have to agree that Streep's performance in Sophie's Choice is without equal. I mean, if there was ever a portrayal truly deserving of the "tour de force" cliche, it's this one. How she was able to be utterly believable and natural in a role that required her to speak with a halting Polish accent, display literally every emotion known to humans, and weave between English, German and Polish.. I mean, NO ONE has been asked to do so much in one film, and for her to do it flawlessly makes it jaw dropping. This is a performance that must be remembered.

[@HERBLANDZ]

Good points but I can never be so into someones acting to where i feel no one has ever done it as good or better.Meryl today Is the jesus christ of acting in my eyes at the same time many before her and a few after have the same talent .Her german polish and english in a polish accent can/couldve been practiced and mastered by many of the greats (dead or alive).She gets props for being able to do it in a short amount of time but if given the chance theres some other actresses I know could do it.Meryl was lucky enough to get the chance she was perfect for.But thats not the most an actress ever had to do to be convincing as a character but its up there.

[@gatewayski1]

IT MUST HAVE HELPED BEING POLISH.

[@Ornacia29]

Vivien Leigh on gone with the wind is indisputably the best performance. A 4 hour film she carried that right to the end and never missed a beat and still bought home an Oscar

[@carloscolon1916]

@@Ornacia29 she fought for this character with nails and claws, the first choice was a german actress that Alan Pakula had in mind, but Meryl auditioned and lost like 40 lbs for the concentratiob camp scenes studied polish, german like for 6 months, she went as far as choosing New Zealand as the place for the concentration camp scenes which Alan Accepted she even fought for the financing of the movie thats why she mentions and thanks the financial advisor in the movie. She fought for that role.

[@johnchipol7716]

@@Ornacia29 100 % with you in 2019 energy weekly did an on line vote who was the best oscar winning performance ever where thousand of people voted vivien got 55% meryl 45 %

[@melodychien]

Meryl Streep and Julie Andrews are both so beautiful, I love them so much!!

[@Kaysxedits]

YES!

[@twilightblue8566]

Mamie got to walk onstage with her pregnant mother. Wow, look at handsome Sylvester and at all the talented actresses in the audience who were nominated. Meryl looks about the same today.

[@fatima1009]

One of the best screen performances ever.

[@jslasher1]

Certainly the greatest all-time performance in cinema history. Unforgettable.

[@johnchipol7716]

2nd best

[@Desmondleewx]

@@johnchipol7716 whose performance than?

[@johnchipol7716]

@@Desmondleewx vivien leigh in gone with the wind

[@neelabhraroy4238]

Undoubtedly the prettiest group of nominees you'll ever see.

[@calvinliang1866]

Such grace and humility from an outstanding actress. She even thanks her Polish and German coaches

[@nickpeek7510]

Now, if the Academy would actually choose great performances that deserve the award, Meryl Streep would have six or seven Oscars by now, breaking the record. Robert De Niro would have three or four. Leonardo DiCaprio would have two. Glenn Close would have one or two. Jennifer Lawrence would still be waiting.

[@sakitrain7766]

I agree with you so much exept for the Jennifer Lawrence, I think she does deserve what she won, but agree so so much with Meryl winning at least six. sigh!

[@kenny6449]

And edward norton would have one not Cuba gooding jr

[@jpk9902]

Nick Peek I knew a girl with emotional problems like Jennifer Lawrence's character, and let me tell you, she was spot on. She earned that oscar.

[@drlee2]

Nick Peek I agree about Streep, DeNiro, and Close. I think Streep should also have won for "A Cry in the Dark", "The Bridges of Madison County", and "The Devil Wears Prada", giving her 6 by now.

[@blorfapotatinho5779]

Leo didn't deserve any yet. He definiyely deserved the nominations but not the awards

[@mariebdo2703]

The prettiest pregnant actress to go on the Oscars stage. This was the time when there were still surprises at the Oscars. There were no bloody polls 8 months before the ceremony.

[@longmemory1620]

you look like my best friend

[@ggthewhale]

Sophie's Choice killed me

[@emilyh.8704]

Im watching her most touching, brilliant performance in this incredibly heartfelt movie right now..and each time i do i say we are so blessed to have this wonderful artist, Ms Streep to watch over and over again .. God continue to bless you with your amazing career Ms. Streep..i cannot thank you enough for not only this deep soul grabbing movie but all of your movies..❤️🙏❤️👏🏆

[@bradleyscarton3931]

Oh how I wish Victor Victoria was released another year. Julie gives an phenomenal musical comedic performance totally deserving of the Oscar, but she didn't have a chance going up against such an incredible performance by Meryl. Had it been another year, the Oscar would have been Julie's.

[@manuelarocha2662]

The way Jessica Lange smiles and looks down when he says her name just breaks my heart 💔 ... Meryl definitely deserved that award, but Jessica deserved it as well...

[@stepp2haus]

She did, but let's not forget she already had won a deserved Oscar at that same ceremony. As best supporting actress for "Tootsie". As a matter of fact all five actresses nominated here were absolutely superb in their respective roles. But Streep outclassed that exquisite group.

[@dinastergiou709]

@@stepp2haus the problem was that Jessica had a leading role in tootsie not a supporting one. I think the academy messed it up just to give an Oscar to meryl

[@JorgeAl]

An amazing performance, unique!

[@annalouise3251]

The academy loved Jessica's performance in "Frances" but, knowing who the real winner would be and that she stood a weak chance, they gave her the supporting award for "Tootsie" as consolation so they would both win. So technically Jessica won for "Tootsie", but she really won for "Frances"

[@FandemoniumEntertainment]

@@dinastergiou709 Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice would still beat her.

[@veronikahk.8113]

Meryl Streep was always my favorite and always will be.Top spot with Al Pacino

[@persecutednana]

Meryl really is so talented and has that gift of putting herself into any role and speak any accent such as Sophie Polish to Lindy A Cry In The Dark ,Australian accent to Francess The Bridges Of Madison County Italian accent,her talent is phernominal

[@josephwalding6562]

The single greatest performance of all time.

[@cdubs9918]

Meryl totally deserved that Oscar. But, so did the other nominees. What a list.

[@lordtom1997]

Sylvester was stunning! And the Oscar 🥳 was well deserved for Meryl

[@emwinzy]

i love the actresses's shy expressions when their names were announced. i find them so naturally beautiful compared to current actresses

[@nicholassmith4665]

Always love how just normal and funny she always is

[@silve050]

The times when Meryl was actually excited for winning :')

[@kiyo6211]

now she gets bored

[@ericandy88]

She has only won 3 Oscars so far, but has far surpassed Katharine Hepburn for nominations.

[@jacobskinner3522]

@@kiyo6211 have you seen her speeches? She's always excited to win awards. It doesn't happen as often as people think.

[@Cleradu]

She has such a beautiful voice, so was Julie Andrew. It was so unfair that they only give out 1 award per year while these ladies were all very great. Each and every one of them should be given an award.

[@timbolester]

Mai Duong AndrewS

[@grapiken7766]

So thoroughly deserved. She's so unlike anyone else. So intense and authentic..

[@hairyscotman1]

no other performance ever moved me like her's in Sophie's Choice....exceptional beyond words...

[@Kinopanorama1]

One of the all-time greatest performances on the silver screen. She deserved this Oscar®, no question about it.

[@allys744]

Im not crazy about Meryl (especially not as a person), but she deserved the Oscar that year. What a performance. Also I love her dress. She was pregnant with her daughter, I believe when she accepted the award.

[@soniahernandezrodriguez4163]

I would like to thank Meryl's parents for have such a wonderful talented daughter.

[@Incognitofrito1]

Meryl deserved this win hands down. Sophie's Choice is my all time favorite Meryl Streep movie. I have to say, Jessica Lange in Frances was also amazing. If you haven't seen Frances, watch it. It's based on a true story & Jessica did a bang-up job in that role. And wow...all the nominees were stiff competition that year. Even Debra Winger was in the running! I miss those days so much. Actresses had a certain humbleness & class that seems SO lacking these days. They were so much more well mannered & lady-like than today. ❤

[@sofiamangel2810]

my favorite actress and role model and forever will be. meryl streep deserves every oscar and more

[@jrwxtx]

Wow...what a year! Julie Andrews looks stunning!

[@just_cade]

What an amazing group of nominations, Julie, Jessica, Sissy, and Meryl!

[@wildwind5571]

I love how Stallone is like "as we all already know, Meryl Streep"

[@vedacorvus]

She's so adorable! And she absolutely deserved this. Her speech was just so darn cute, I couldn't help smiling through the whole thing! Gosh, I love her so much!

[@srini1917]

Marvellous Meryl streep 😍😍😘

[@rochelleumlauf516]

The most amazing acting I have ever seen. I still fall in love with her performance 40+ years later and still weep with Sophie.

[@TheOnlyXL]

Jessica Lange! Damn this was a good category that year. It's like the best of the best of all time in one category.

[@alexandrafranco1009]

I just finished reading Styron's novel for the second or third time and only wept at the end, absorbing the full scope of that literary masterpiece once more; it is a stunningly tragic saga. But I made it about 15 minutes into this film, with Meryl Streep's performance as Sophie, and I was sobbing uncontrollably. She gives incredible life to the character, and animates the most pathetic and heartbreaking little nuances of Sophie that I couldn't draw forth from my own imagination. What a performance. This movie was made before I was born, and it STILL has the capacity to reduce the observer to helpless mourning and grief. Meryl earned this award without question. What a beautiful story.

[@bobbyc912]

Never read the book but love the movie

[@blairboudreau6668]

such a great speech! She truly is the best actress on the face of the earth and we're privileged to live in a time when we get to not only be witness to her talent but to watch her evolve. Her talent says a lot about the human experience and her personal ethos. An incredible woman.

[@ReflectingonReflection]

Well said!

[@johnchipol7716]

Meryl bette and kate are the 3 goddesses of the movies and all 3 has a really claim for the top spot Meryl for consistent kate cause the older she got the better she was and bette cause she was the best of the golden era 1929 to 1959

[@mauromendoza4887]

Meryl, you are such a gifted woman... I could never forget the impact of that powerful performance and specifically scene of the chosen... you are great!

[@f.b.8254]

That's when the Academy Awards were still great. When it was still a night of real glamour and excitement, and when they put on a great 3 hour show. Now it's just a disappointing dud every year. Meryl absolutely deserved the Oscar for this role. I just watched Sophie's Choice again, probably my 20th viewing, after many years of not seeing it, and I rained tears at the end. It was truly a masterpiece, a great achievement by all.

[@BoandNorafan4ever]

This is perhaps the most well deserved Oscar ever !! When I first watched Sophie’s choice I wasn’t a Meryl fan but fml she was beyond amazing I cried like a baby for like a hour. She is that good I have to agree with a lot of people on here best performance EVER by and actress or actor!!

[@johnchipol7716]

2nd best vivien leigh 1st in gone with the wind

[@hjarten]

Jessica Lange was awesome in 'Frances'.

[@Eudaimaniac44]

Jessica Lange should be able to get awards for accepting the last thing.

[@maylee261]

That was overacting, the academy did right giving to Meryl

[@hardsam68]

@@maylee261 lolzys overacting, I don’t think so, although I think Teri garr in tootsie was robbed

[@djmotise]

@@maylee261 Oh please. Just stop. She was stunning. Overacting? Nonsense.

[@flashtimgordon8019]

Meryl is superb on this role

[@DJimpanziG]

The change in her voice is just wow but her voice is amazing still

[@ItalianBrianA]

Sophie's Choice was an AMAZING film. Streep outdid herself!

[@loveistheanswer8143]

Love from India 🇮🇳💫

[@eaglewinnings8003]

So badass that Stallone presented this. Makes this incredibly iconic Oscar win that much more iconic.

[@Bambie_balagbis]

Marvelous Meryl Streep

[@lauralangham9657]

I mean what actress could top that performance ! Sophie's Choice - a once in a lifetime role.

[@hithere327]

Truly the greatest performance by any actor or actress.

[@mr.reynolds5417]

+hithere327 You're probably right about actress. But I wouldn't say actor when you consider the work of the Brandos, the De Niros, the Pacinos, the Nicholsons the Duvalls, the Scotts, the Day-Lewises, etc.

[@dohaperson1]

Name the performance that is better.

[@drstrangelove6558]

Bobby De Niro in Raging Bull.

[@anaam7662]

@@drstrangelove6558 no

[@anaam7662]

@@mr.reynolds5417 it's actually far superior to their work along with bette Davis in all about eve

[@MrRee-rs5dm]

There are some rare performances by women through the years. Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose, and Elizabeth Taylor is Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf.

[@carloscolon1916]

Yes......

[@hritikgupta4104]

Her performance was haunting and heart touching at the same time. This movie still feels like a sweet dream.

[@alrengomez3447]

One of the TOP 3 BEST PERFORMANCES OF ALL TIME BY AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS. Meryl was robbed so many times at Oscars,she should have won at least 5 times already.

[@johnchipol7716]

The most robbed was deborah kerr 7 nominations 0 Oscar's

[@robertmofford9887]

There was never a more deserving winner. In this category.

[@jakela23]

If ever an Oscar was to be won! This was it!

[@bleedinglove860790]

I find it extremely distressing that this woman hasn't won more Oscars, she has no real competition. I mean look at " A Cry In The Dark" ,"The Devil Wears Prada", "The Hours", "Music Of The Heart", "Doubt" and she hasn't been awarded an Oscar for these? It depresses me. She is the greatest actress that ever lived and if she doesn't win one for "The Iron Lady " I'm done with Hollywood!

[@edwardcoward5003]

Silkwood ITS her Best after Sophies Choice

[@valexcx]

Did she win for the Iron Lady

[@andreww3621]

@@valexcx Yes

[@valexcx]

@@andreww3621 tank you

[@rebeccamolloy8058]

everyone knew as soon as they clapped eyes on meryl that she'd make history

[@mofadali]

"Ample make this bed Make this bed with awe In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair " I loved this poem because I loved sophie's character. Love you Meryl

[@carloscolon1916]

By Emily Dickinson...the poem read by Stingo as an eulogy as they lay there in bed...lifeless...Sophie went to join her children butchered in Autchwitz....

[@katetoussaint2921]

just watched it and had to look to see if she won an Oscar. extremely well deserved

[@amalgeorge8251]

Over all look how polite she is!!!! Incredible