The essential Meryl Streep true or false quiz

As Hollywood royalty Meryl Streep casually picks up another Oscar nod for Into The Woods, new on Sky Movies on Virgin Media this week, we want to test your knowledge of the living legend. Head to www.virginmediapresents.com for more...

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On Mar 29, 2017

1 / 10

Streep left her first Oscar in a toilet cubicle at the after-party

2 / 10

She learned the violin in eight weeks for a role

3 / 10

She learns her lines by reading her scripts forwards, then backwards, then forwards again

4 / 10

She originally planned to go to law school, but slept through her alarm and missed the interview

5 / 10

On the set of The River Wild, Streep would sneak up on Kevin Bacon and whisper lyrics from Footloose in his ear, to help cement their on-screen antagonism

6 / 10

Streep objected to Pierce Brosnan's singing so much on Mamma Mia!, she had her trailer soundproofed

7 / 10

Streep has an irrational fear of helicopters

8 / 10

Meryl chose her stage name because it's an anagram of "Try perms, Lee". Which was hairstyling advice she gave to The Six Million Dollar Man star Lee Majors

9 / 10

Though everyone else adores her, Katherine Hepburn claimed Streep was her least favourite actress of all time

10 / 10

Streep has been nominated for five Grammy Awards.

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