Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson: a Hollywood sisterhood Streep said: "There were a lot of surprises and injustices" from the nominations, the latter, she said, applied to Thompson who was not recognised for playing PL Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins, in Saving Mr Banks. Meryl Streep, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in 2003 (Reuters) But this is only the latest development of Streep and Thompson's friendship. Earlier in January, Streep sang Thompson's praises at the National Board of Review Awards - in the form of a poem called An Ode to Emma, Or What Emma is Owed among other things. Streep called Thompson "a rabid man-eating feminist like me!" - Thompson told The Telegraph in November that she has "always been a card-carrying feminist." Streep also praised Thompson's performance in Saving Mr Banks, saying: "She works like a stevedore, she drinks like a bloke, and she's smart and crack and she can be withering in a smack-down of wits, but she leads with her heart. And she knows nothing is more funny than earnestness. It's high praise indeed, but especially considering that Streep was linked to the part of Travers according to The Hollywood Reporter. In 1993, Thompson reportedly took the role of Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day from Streep too. Emma Thompson (L) and Meryl Streep (R) kiss in Angels in America Streep and Thompson's friendship was cemented with a kiss in 2003, when they starred in American miniseries Angels in America. At a round table event 10 years later, Thompson clearly remembered it well. "I've snogged her," she said, "And what I learned was, you have to use tongues even if you're not a lesbian." When Streep collected her Best Actress Emmy Award - one of 11 won by the drama - she joked about her fellow nominees: "Glenn (Close) is my friend so I know she`ll forgive me, Helen Mirren is an acting god, and no one has put a better performance on film than Judy Davis in The Judy Garland Story. The only one in the group is Emma Thompson, who will hold a grudge for the rest of her life. But who cares?