The Meryl Streep Roles That Prove She’s a Class of Her Own

Under the grotesque exterior, Streep finds vulnerability rarely granted to villains. Her Witch isn’t evil but wounded — clinging to love through control. Singing live, she balances theatricality with ache, earning yet another Oscar nod. Her transformation scene, shedding age like grief, is one of her most operatic acts.

Rob Marshall’s camera catches both her power and her plea. It’s fairy-tale tragedy rewritten as maternal confession.