And her last five years saw hit follow hit: The Devil Wears Prada, Mamma Mia!, Julie & Julia, It's Complicated. That last film, she says, "in the period of Silkwood, could never have been made with a 60-year-old actress deciding between her ex-husband and another man. With a 40-year-old actress it would never have been made."

Streep is the spokesperson for the proposed National Women's History Museum which will be 100% funded by private donations and only needs Congressional approval for the land (which has taken years and years and years). Why does she think we need a women's history museum? "because our history was written by the other team, basically."

YES.

Buy the magazine if you get a chance - show VOGUE that putting a 62-year old woman on the cover is a good idea.

And now - an all time Christmas fav. Also, may the Big Man live forever.