Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep is legendary for her Oscar-winning talent that seemed to come out of nowhere. Streep loved theater as a kid, but she never followed through with her interests. In fact, she didn't even want to become an actor until later on in her life.
The Campus Hero
Streep didn't care much about acting until she auditioned for the intermural play Miss Julie at Vassar College in 1969. She was highly celebrated for her role, she even outshined all of the theater students that joined the production for extra studies. The drama professor that put the play on stated: “I don’t think anyone ever taught Meryl acting, she really taught herself.”