How tall is Meryl Streep?

Meryl Streep's listed height is 168 cm (5'6"). She is taller than about 75% of women in the United States.

Where 168 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 75% of women in the United States born in 1949 (average 163.3 cm).

Streep next to her co-stars

Emily Blunt is 3 cm taller than Meryl Streep (171 cm), The Devil Wears Prada co-star.

Colin Firth is 19 cm taller than Meryl Streep (187 cm), Mamma Mia! co-star.

Robert De Niro is 9 cm taller than Meryl Streep (177 cm), The Deer Hunter co-star.

About Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep is an American actress, born on 22 June 1949 in Summit. She is an alumna of Vassar College and the Yale School of Drama, holding a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts. She is noted for her technical precision, command of dialects and professional longevity.

Streep began her professional stage career in 1975 in Trelawny of the Wells and earned a Tony Award nomination the following year for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. She moved to film in Julia in 1977, followed by her first Academy Award nomination for The Deer Hunter. She won her first Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979, after advocating for a rewrite of her character's courtroom testimony. She is also an advocate for gender parity and labor protections.

At a listed 168 cm (5'6"), Streep is 3 cm shorter than Emily Blunt, listed at 171 cm (5'7"), her co-star in The Devil Wears Prada. Colin Firth, listed at 187 cm (6'2"), is 19 cm taller, and they appeared together in Mamma Mia! Robert De Niro, listed at 177 cm (5'10"), is 9 cm taller, and they appeared together in The Deer Hunter.

Frequently asked

How tall is Meryl Streep in feet and inches? Meryl Streep is 5'6" tall, which is 168 cm, 66.1 inches or 1.68 m.

How tall is Meryl Streep compared to Emily Blunt? Emily Blunt is 3 cm taller than Meryl Streep: 171 cm (5'7") vs 168 cm (5'6").

How tall is Meryl Streep compared to Colin Firth? Colin Firth is 19 cm taller than Meryl Streep: 187 cm (6'2") vs 168 cm (5'6").

How tall is Meryl Streep compared to Robert De Niro? Robert De Niro is 9 cm taller than Meryl Streep: 177 cm (5'10") vs 168 cm (5'6").

Is Meryl Streep tall for women in the United States? At 168 cm she is taller than about 75% of women in the United States born in 1949, whose average height is 163.3 cm.

Sources

• Meryl Streep on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Meryl Streep on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
• Meryl Streep on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.