Meryl Streep Covers Vogue for the First Time

The Oscar winning actress gets her first Vogue cover in the January issue and talks about how she thought her career was over! LOOK OUT SUPERMODEL COVER GIRLS! MERYL STREEP IS HOT ON YOUR HEELS! ACTING ICON MERYL STREEP CAN ADD ANOTHER TITLE TO HER ALREADY IMPRESSIVE RESUME—COVER GIRL. WEARING A STEEL COLORED DRESS, AND SITTING BY THE WATER, MERYL LOOKS REGAL AND REFINED ON VOGUE'S JANUARY COVER. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MERYL HAS GRACED THE COVER OF THE FASHION BIBLE! AT 62 YEARS OLD, THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER EVEN JOKED THAT SHE IS, QUOTE, "THE OLDEST PERSON" TO BE FEATURED ON THE MAG. MERYL IS QUITE CANDID IN THE MAG'S INTERVIEW AS WELL, ADMITTING SHE ACTUALLY THOUGHT HER CAREER WAS OVER MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO AFTER REPEATEDLY BEING OFFERED WEAK AND RATHER BEWITCHING ROLES. SHE SAYS, "I thought I must be grotesque after being offered three witch roles at 40". BUT IT'S HER NEWEST ROLE THAT HAS THE CRITICS BUZZING, AS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER IN "THE IRON LADY." "I may be able to be persuaded to surrender the hat, but the pearls are absolutely non negotiable." AND MERYL'S SPOT-ON PERFORMANCE AS "THE IRON LADY" MAY EVEN TURN INTO OSCAR GOLD FOR THE TWO-TIME WINNER... THE MOVIE HITS THEATERS IN JANUARY.