Meryl Streep is a person who acts.
Meryl Streep . She returned to the stage for the first time in over 20 years in The Public Theater 's 2001 revival of The Seagull , won a second Emmy Award in 2004 for the HBO miniseries Angels in America ( 2003 ) , and starred in The Public Theater 's 2006 production of Mother Courage and Her Children . The Public Theater . Notable productions in recent years include : The Merchant of Venice in 2010 , featuring Al Pacino as Shylock ; Twelfth Night in 2009 , with Anne Hathaway ; the 40th anniversary production of Hair in 2008 ; and Mother Courage And Her Children , with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline .