| Miranda Priestly |
Meryl Streep portraying Miranda Priestly in 'The Devil Wears Prada' | | | | Information | | Gender | Female | | Age | 50 | | Occupation | Fashion editor | | Title | Editor-in-chief, Runway magazine | | Spouse(s) | "B-DAD" in novel; Stephen in film. One previous marriage | | Children | Twin daughters Cassidy and Caroline, age 10 | | Portrayed by | Meryl Streep | | Created by | Lauren Weisberger | Miranda Priestly is a fictional character in Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada, portrayed by Meryl Streep in the 2006 film adaptation of the novel. Image File history File links Miranda_Priestly. ...
The Devil Wears Prada (2003) is a best selling novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who, freshly graduated from college, is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes hellish as she struggles to keep up with her bosss capricious...
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Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ...
Lauren Weisberger (born March 28, 1977 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist and author of the 2003 bestseller The Devil Wears Prada, a speculated roman à clef of her time as a put-upon assistant to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. ...
Lauren Weisberger (born March 28, 1977 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist and author of the 2003 bestseller The Devil Wears Prada, a speculated roman à clef of her time as a put-upon assistant to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. ...
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The Devil Wears Prada (2003) is a best selling novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who, freshly graduated from college, is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes hellish as she struggles to keep up with her bosss capricious...
Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ...
The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisbergers 2003 novel of the same name. ...
She is a powerful New York City-based editor-in-chief of the fictional fashion magazine Runway. She is known as much for her icy demeanor, as for her outstanding power within the fashion world. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
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She was born Miriam Princhek in the East End of London. Her family was orthodox Jewish and was poor but devout. The family relied on the community for support because her father worked odd jobs only occasionally and her mother had died in childbirth. Miriam's grandmother moved in with the family to assist in raising the children. Miriam saved the small bills that her siblings would give her and worked as an assistant to a British designer. She made a name for herself in London's fashion world and studied French at night and was made junior editor of the Chic magazine in Paris. When she was twenty-four Miriam changed her name to Miranda Priestly and replaced her rough accent with a sophisticated one. Miranda spent ten years at French Runway before Elias-Clark transferred her to American Runway. She, her two twin daughters, and her husband moved to a penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue at 76th Street. She is the editor-in-chief of Runway, a very chic and influential fashion magazine published by the Elias-Clark company. She is known for wearing a white Hermès scarf every day somewhere on her person and treating her subordinates in a manner that borders on emotional and psychological abuse. The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ...
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While she reminds employees "a million girls would kill for this job", Priestly's cruel treatment of staff causes a high turnover rate among personal assistants. A personal assistant, personal aide, or PA for short, is someone who assists in daily personal tasks. ...
Priestly has twin daughters, who one review suggested "look like extras from The Omen."[1] This does not cite any references or sources. ...
In the film version, her past is not mentioned at all.
Comparisons of the character
Novel Weisberger denies that Miranda Priestly is modeled on Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, saying in the publicity material for the book[2] that her antics and demands are partially fictional and partially a composite of actual experiences she and her friends had in their first jobs. But others familiar with Wintour, who makes a walk-on appearance near the end of the novel (and in fact is later described as having a bitter rivalry with Miranda), say there are specific similarities between life and art: It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...
Anna Wintour (born November 3, 1949, in London) has been the editor-in-chief of American Vogue since 1988. ...
- Both serve as trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Both have trouble remembering the names of people who work for them.
- Both are known for a fashion quirk: Miranda for her white Hermes scarf and Anna for often wearing sunglasses indoors.
- Both are native Londoners who never attended college.
- Both have distanced themselves from at least part of their family background.
- Both are "size-zero" thin.
- Both have two children by a previous husband.
- Both have new or old male companionship who are Texan natives.
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Film In the film she is a more sympathetic character than portrayed in the book. Whilst she remains just as ruthless and manipulative as she was in the book she is seen in a few moments of vulnerability three quarters of the way into the film in she confides to Andrea her distress about her failing marriage and the effect she is worried it will have on her daughters.
Most, if not all reviews and articles of the movie made reference to Wintour. Nicknamed "Nuclear Wintour", Anna has been known to possess most of the same traits as Priestly, although she has shown more redeeming traits. Streep has told multiple reporters that she did not personally base her portrayal on Wintour, but instead on men she has known; Streep actually didn't meet Wintour until a pre-release screening of the movie. Other inspirations for Streep's portrayal include Cruella De Vil, Martha Stewart and the ghost of Joan Crawford from Mommie Dearest."[1]. Anna Wintour (born November 3, 1949, in London) has been the editor-in-chief of American Vogue since 1988. ...
Not to be confused with Cruella de Ville, a short-lived 1980s progressive-rock band. ...
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Original book cover Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford. ...
Nearly all critics of the film raved about Meryl Streep's cold, calculating performance. One critic compared her to Tilda Swinton as the White Witch in Andrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.[citation needed] Katherine Mathilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960), better known as Tilda Swinton, is a Golden Globe Award-nominated British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. ...
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Meryl Streep received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress but lost to Helen Mirren in The Queen. It was Streep's 14th nomination, furthering her impressive record. Streep received a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her portrayal of Priestly, that being her sixth Golden Globe.
Cultural impact In May 2007, the popular American soap opera General Hospital introduced a new character Kate Howard patterned after the character of Miranda Priestly. Kate is much like Miranda. The only noticeable difference being age.[3] General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is the longest-running daytime American serial broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ...
Information Nickname(s) Connie (in Bensonhurst) Gender Female Occupation Editor in chief of Couture Magazine Address 124 Shoreline Road Port Charles, New York Portrayed by Megan Ward Kate Howard (born Costanza Louise Falconeri) is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. ...
References - ^ a b Peter Howell, "The devil in Ms. Streep", Toronto Star, Toronto ON: Torstar, 30 June 2006. Page C3, 6 columns.
- ^ Weisberger, Lauren; Q and A; randomhouse.com; retrieved September 3, 2006.
- ^ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/1978/3
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