19th April 2025
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Meryl Streep wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts

Meryl Streep has won one of Spain’s most prestigious awards in the arts for her long career of acting excellence, the jury of the Princess of Asturias awards announced on Wednesday.

The jury said that in her nearly five decades on screen, Streep has ‘developed a brilliant career that has given life to full and complex feminine characters which inspire reflection and a critical spirit in the spectator’.

The 73-year-old actress has won multiple accolades, including three Oscars for her work in Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice and The Iron Lady.

Spanish film director Pedro Almódovar who had submitted Streep’s nomination to the jury, said:

‘Few actresses in American film history have the versatility of Meryl Streep, an actress with a wide range of registers and a mastery of all genres, including comedy, drama and musicals, among others. She does it all so well and all so naturally and truthfully. Meryl Streep is a truly worthy recipient of this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts.’

The €50,000 award is one of eight prizes covering the arts, communication, science and other areas that are handed out annually by the foundation named for Spanish Crown Princess Leonor.

Flamenco musical artists Carmen Linares and María Pagés won the arts award last year. Other past winners include English director Peter Brook, and American directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.

The prizes are among the most prestigious in the Spanish-speaking world. The awards ceremony takes place each October in the northern Spanish city of Oviedo.

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