How old was Meryl Streep in the movie Out of Africa?

Meryl Streep was 35 in Out of Africa when she played the character 'Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen'.

That was over 38 years ago in 1985.

Today she is 74, and has starred in 135 movies in total, 115 of those since Out of Africa was released.

How old do you think she looks in the movie?

In Out of Africa, I think Meryl Streep looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Sydney Pollack has worked with Meryl Streep just once in her career.
  • Meryl Streep's first movie was as 'Stage 6 (voice)' in Everybody Rides the Carousel, released in 1975 when she was 24
  • Out of Africa scores 7.2 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Out of Africa

Meryl Streep's other movies