Celebrate Meryl Streep & Her 71st Birthday With These Gorgeous Photos

Meryl Streep (one our 50 Fabulous People of the 1970s) has had an incredible career in the arts, racking up 21 Academy Award nominations and winning three of them. Not only has she been extremely notable in film, but she also has had a wonderful stage experience as well. She received a Tony Award nomination for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and A Memory of Two Mondays in 1976. She established herself most ironically as a film actress by the '80s. Since then, at 71 years old, she continues to dominate movie screens everywhere. Let's take a look at some of her beautiful photos through the years to celebrate how far she's come! Meryl Streep, beautiful back then and beautiful now! Meryl Streep in 1979 / Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Streep stuns at the 51st Annual Academy Awards in 1979. RELATED: Here’s What The Oscars Looked Like The Year You Were Born Meryl Streep / Evening Standard/Getty Images Streep poses for a black-and-white photo in 1980, the beginnings of her establishment as a film actress in the industry. Férula Trueba (performed by the American actress Glenn Close), attends to her sister-in-law Clara del Valle (performed by the American actress Meryl Streep) / Photo by Mondadori via Getty Images Glenn Close and Meryl Streep in the 1993 movie The House of the Spirits, photo was taken in 1988. Meryl Streep in 1995 / Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Candid photo of Streep from 1995. Meryl Streep during "Music of the Heart" - Premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, New York / James Devaney/WireImage/Getty Images Photo of Streep taken during Music of the Heart premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, New York in 1999. Read onto the NEXT page for MORE stunning photos of Meryl Streep through the years... Meryl Streep attends the Christopher Reeve Foundation's "A Magical Evening" at the Marriott Marquis Hotel November 17, 2005 in New York City / Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images Streep attends the Christopher Reeve Foundation's "A Magical Evening" at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The photo was taken in 2005. Meryl Streep and Actor Pierce Brosnan arrive at the World Premiere of 'Mamma Mia!' The Movie at the Odeon Leicester Square on June 30, 2008 in London, England / Dave Hogan/Getty Images Streep poses alongside Mamma Mia! co-star Pierce Brosnan at the World Premiere of the movie at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, England. Photo taken in 2008. As the years go on, Streep continues to age gracefully... Meryl Streep attends the "The Iron Lady" New York premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on December 13, 2011 in New York City / Larry Busacca/Getty Images Streep attends The Iron Lady New York premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in NYC. Photo taken in 2011. Meryl Streep attends a screening of "Suffragette" on the opening night of the BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square on October 7, 2015 in London, England / Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty Images Streep attends a screening of Suffragette on the opening night of the BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square in London, England. Photo taken in 2015. Meryl Streep attends the European Premiere of "Mary Poppins Returns" at Royal Albert Hall on December 12, 2018 in London, England / Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images Streep attends the European Premiere of Mary Poppins Returns at Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Photo taken in 2018. Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep attend the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards sponsored by Icelandic Glacial on January 5, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, CA / Presley Ann/Getty Images for Icelandic Glacial/Getty Images Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep pose together at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2020. In conclusion, If anything has been made clear, it's like Meryl Streep has barely aged through the years! She's still gorgeous to this day.