You’ve been using MerylStreepYelling.gif for two years now, and it’s finally time to refresh your Streep Memes folder: A new Meryl meme was born at the U.S. Open on Sunday. The tournament’s men’s Grand Slam title may have gone to Novak Djokovic, but the Oscar should go to Streep, whose award-worthy facial expressions in the stands sent the Internet into a frenzy. Streep was understandably stressed after an already intense weekend of play, and during the tense match between Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro, she channeled Edvard Munch’s The Scream when she was captured on ESPN expressing her anxiety—she even figured out that announcers were talking about her performance and gave them a charming toast with her beer, which became a sub-meme of its own. Which is to say, we were all winners at this year’s U.S. Open. Read More Culture Stories:<doc-sep>If the Academy wants to go and create an Oscar category for "best sideline reactions," we know who the winner will be. Give it up for US Open spectator Meryl Streep. On Sunday, Streep emoted so well from the stands that the Internet took note. The actress' face captured the joy, anguish and stress of Sunday's men's final, in which Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro at New York's Arthur Ashe Stadium. Indeed, she embodied the "face screaming in fear" emoji. And she also let out a huge smile and lifted her beer once she realized the commentators were talking about her. Cheers, Meryl! The beautifully honest faces are the latest viral item featuring Streep, who got meme-ified last year when fans dug up a photo of her shouting at the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards and supplied their own captions. Just imagine the expressions Streep might have made during Saturday's highly controversial women'sfinal, where Serena Williams accused an umpire of sexism. More:This picture of Reese Witherspoon throwing an ice cream cone at Meryl Streep is sweet<doc-sep>Meryl Streep was one of the many stars who attended the US Open men's final in New York yesterday, and her reactions while watching the match were absolutely priceless. The Oscar winner sat in the stands during day 14 of the matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens and stole the show. Jean Catuffe Getty Images This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Fans on Twitter caught hilarious screenshots of Streep getting very into the game. Of course, the internet couldn't resist the opportunity to turn the photos into memes and add hilarious captions of their own. Streep basically gave an Oscar-winning performance: This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Meryl was just nominated for an Oscar for watching tennis pic.twitter.com/KUoCL0uEbh — Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) September 9, 2018 Her reaction also summed up everyone's love for Meryl: This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. She took us on a roller coaster of emotions: This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Meryl Streep currently on a roller coaster of emotions at the #UsOpenFinal pic.twitter.com/T6jVSzxGTI — • (@lucaguadadnino) September 9, 2018 She pretty much became a real-life 😱emoji: This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Meryl Streep is the 😱 emoji at the US Open final. pic.twitter.com/70C8SMl8In — ESPN (@espn) September 9, 2018 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Meryl had some other cute moments from the match, including when she heard herself being discussed by TV commentators. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Hilarious moment as Meryl Streep realizes they’re taking about her on the air pic.twitter.com/5cqkTddvfn — BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) September 9, 2018 She even gave the camera a cheers with her drink. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Meryl Streep offering beer. Perfection. pic.twitter.com/YlH4Xdueih — Break Point (@BreakPointBR) September 9, 2018 There have been plenty of funny celebrity moments in the stands during the matches this week. Gigi and Bella Hadid attended to watch their close friend Serena Williams play, and their reactions were almost as amazing as Meryl's. Gotham Getty Images Gerard Butler also couldn't contain himself watching the matches. Jackson Lee Getty Images Alicia Keys cheered from her Grey Goose suite. Michael Owens Getty Images Joe and Kevin Jonas had a hilarious on-camera moment, where they shared beers and then did the viral "floss" dance on camera. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Kevin's wife Danielle Jonas and Joe's fiancé Sophie Turner were there to watch with them, and had an intense double date night cheering on the games. Jean Catuffe Getty Images Joe and Sophie were joined the next day by Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra. Gotham Getty Images This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>
Meryl Streep’s Oscar-winning face continues to be prime meme fodder. After becoming immortalized in the hallowed halls of meme history for cheering on Debbie Reynolds at the 2015 SAG Awards (a moment she recreated at the 2018 Oscars), not to mention the countless Miranda Priestly GIFs that rule Twitter with an impeccably manicured fist, the iconic actress has once again spawned another meme—this time simply by emoting at the U.S. Open. According to Time, it all went down during the men’s final on Sunday between Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro. The cameras zoomed in on Streep’s face during their super-intense match, and the results are absolutely priceless. ESPN and SB Nation described it best: Gasping with the suspense of it all, hands pressed against her cheeks, she was pretty much the IRL embodiment of the scream emoji, reproduced here: ?. Naturally, the internet couldn’t get enough, and it pretty much took over Twitter for the duration of the match. (According to HuffPost, Streep soon became aware of herself becoming a meme in real time, and cracked open a cold one just for the cameras.) Remarkably, this isn’t the only Streep meme from this year, or even over the past month. Back in August, a picture from the Big Little Lies season two set took the internet by storm. Truly a work of art, it features Reese Witherspoon (in character as Madeline Martha Mackenzie) tossing a massive ice cream cone at Streep (who’s playing Perry’s mother). Oh, Meryl. Never stop.